My girlfriend at the time was, shall we say, a “big girl”. So while I was at Boot Camp on Parris Island, she went on this potato diet. When I finally saw her again, we had both lost a bunch of weight.
I actually GAINED WEIGHT at Parris Island!................I was about 120-125 when I enlisted and weighed 150 at graduation and stayed at that level for my entire four years....My mother noticed it immediately at graduation...........
When I was working/commuting and trying to lose weight I would wash a potato and toss it into the microwave right before I left in the morning. Then wrap it in a couple napkins or paper towels. I’d nibble on it (plain), still warm, like an apple on the drive to work while sipping my caffeine drink, finishing it on the way.
That alone seemed to satisfy my appetite until lunch.