I did a Mary's Mini and what I learned surprised me

I watched your video on the word of wisdom and enjoyed it, and just stumbled across your second channel. I don’t plan on being vegan ever but to eat vegan a few days of the week with eggs and fish most other days and meat sparingly.
A question, how does the Mcdougal diet compare to the daily dozen from Dr Greger? Greger says to eat legumes 3 times a day (protein), mcdougal doesn’t seem to be big on legumes, he says no more than a cup. Would the Mcdougal diet be too low on protein? Especially when restricting calories? People say as long as you eat enough calories, you’ll get enough protein from plants, but what if you’re lowering your calories? Legumes become very important in a diet extremely low in animal foods.

No coffee???? I don't know if I could do it....... Even though I just have one cup in the morning.

I must confess, I have never made it past day two on Mary's mini. You have inspired me to try again. At 63, it is nearly impossible to shed a single pound plus, I have a nasty habit of trying every single new vegan fake food product on the market to prove to my meat eating friends how easy it is to go plant-based. Pffffffffffffft duh. Love your channel. Thank you!

I ran into you accidentally and found you to be very refreshing and the video on Mary’s Mini I think that’s exactly what I need to do. I have struggled after I’ve gained weight to get the weight off now so thank you so much.

Mary's Mini is your selected starch ONLY for 10 days, you did it incorrectly. Start over. NO FRUIT!

Did you use frozen broccoli and cooked it in the microwave?

I want to meet the person that doesn’t like potatoes lol

I don’t know about vegetables in morning. How many meals are recommended? I could eat vegetables if it’s later say 11 like intermittent fasting with 2 meals.

Too much variation (with condiments and green smoothie). Purpose is to not just change taste buds away from concentrated sugar and salt in SAD diet, but to have such an ultra bland diet that you get to the point where you only eat when you are hungry, rather than bored. This is a 10 day challenge. Emphasis on the word challenge.

Interested to give this a try after a lavish Christmas and overseas travel eating out a lot. Very helpful video :) in terms of not overeating but making sure you're full and satisfied, how many potatoes do you eat per meal?

I eat a plant based diet and I eat a lot! Probably too much but thankfully I don’t gain weight easily. I’m not sure I could do this challenge😂 Good for you and thanks for the tips!

So….. it s basically the half and half plate. 😮

I can imagine doing the diet part, but no coffee?

I love these challenges! 🎉

I’m confused. I just watched a video of Mary talking about her mini. It is much stricter than this and she mentioned that the “updated versions” are not the same, not hers. So who updated the original version? Thanks.

Potatoes, rice, oatmeal, veggies, with occasional random fruit. Fast, full, cheap, super health and no counting or figuring. Easy!

No beans or legumes? Oh I see sweet peas and tofu.

How do you do potato chips in the air fryer

Hi, I am a Vegan Mamma and I just found your channel. Love your videos. I’m wanting to do a Mary’s mini!! ❤ sending love and good vibes from Seattle!!

Can you eat your garlic mashed potato recipe on the Mary’s Mini?

I haven’t tried Mary’s mini but I’m doing the 50/50 plate. I stalled out on losing weight so I cut back on fruit to one serving per day which got me back to shedding around two pounds per week (which I’m happy with). I love fruit but it has a lot of calories compared to vegetables and starches.

Funny thing with the Mary’s mini. I feel like I’m over potatoes for a week after then I crave them again. I do need to eat fruit though. I don’t have sweet tooth but salt. I love salt.

@plantwhys do we have to only eat one type of starch the whole challenge for it to work? Like could we do rice one meal instead of potatoes?

The best part of this is the kids acting like whatever you have is the most delicious thing ever. Lol

I feel like the soup would help alot

Mary's mini is the best diet I know. I am 46 years old and spend years trying different diets that I hated.

I love all types of potatoes! 😋
Can we mix potatoes? Sweet vs white vs gold vs russet potatoes?

Great video! Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing your journey! I’m going to give it a go.

The meals looked pretty good - ✔️