Debz wrote: You won't want to include them in your diet as you progress, because they are carbs of the worst kind and can slow your weight loss. Why not just get them out of your diet now while your appetite is so tiny? If you really miss the whole potato thing, sweet potatoes have a lower glycemic index than mashed potaoes...and they taste great.
Good advice Deb, and let me chime in with my own potato missing misery: McDonald's fries. Oh how I miss them!
