How to Lose Weight With Potatoes & Protein

Achieving weight loss comes from a combination of eating healthy, exercising, and controlling the amount of calories you put into your body. Eating foods that fill you up for longer helps you to not eat as much, thus creating a calorie deficit that will help you lose pounds. The sweet potato is a food that will keep you full. Likewise, incorporating more protein into your diet will both help build muscle -- which burns more calories at rest than body fat -- and keep you fuller for longer.

Things You'll Need

• Sweet potatoes
• Whey protein powder
• Other protein sources, such as chicken, fish and beans

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Instructions

• 1

  Make a protein shake for breakfast using at least 20 to 30 g, or about one scoop of whey protein. Mix whey protein and 1 cup skim milk for a high protein breakfast. Add fruit for extra nutrients and flavor if desired.

• 2

  Eat two sweet potatoes for lunch mixed with green vegetables.

• 3

  Eat 4 to 5 oz., roughly the size of your palm, of lean meat for dinner with one small sweet potato and 1/2 cup of brown rice. Have another protein shake for a meal two hours before you go to bed.