All that you wanted to know about the GM diet

The GM Diet works by only allowing users certain foods on each day of the week. The foods are high in fibre leading to quick weight & water retention loss.

Each day you are allowed 6 meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner and 3 snacks between.

On the first day of this plan, you are required to eat only fruits. The quantity of intake is not defined, and hence you can eat till you feel full.

• Include a huge variety of fruits. Involve all colours of fruit to get maximum benefits of the antioxidants. Red, yellow and green eat them all.
• Wherever possible eat fruits with the peel, this will help in increasing your fibre intake. Like in case of apple and pear. This fiber will help you keep away from hunger pangs and will make you feel full.
• Citrus fruits like pineapple, orange, lemon, sweet lime, strawberries will provide you with a lot of Vitamin C. This will help you in flushing off the wastes and keep a good shine on your face and hair.
• Eat all melon fruits – Melon fruits are high in water content. They will lead to increased urination, helping you flush the toxins and also water weight. This is specifically helpful in cases of water retention.

Day 2 – This is your vegetable day. This function is similar like fruits. The variety ensures that most micro nutrients are provided to the body. You can boil them, steam them, have it raw or make a soup out of it.

• Have the boiled / baked potato for breakfast. This will ensure a good and energetic start to your day.
• Use spices to make you boiled / steamed vegetables taste good. No point eating them bland and then losing your motivation to move ahead.
• Squeezing lemon on your veggies will not only add taste but also provide Vitamin C to assure that glowing face.
• Add some green tea to your day to ensure detoxification. (without sugar)

Day 3 – The third day is a blend of the first 2 days. On this day you can have all the veggies and fruits you ate on the previous days. You need to avoid potatoes and bananas on this day.If you really want to enjoy this week while you lose weight, try your hands at variety of recipes instead of sticking to a lone fruit or steamed veggie.

Day 4 – This is a high potassium and high carbs day. This will help in replenishing your energy stores. You are allowed to eat up to 8 bananas and 4 glasses of milk on this day.  you can spend the rest of the time eating fruits and vegetables or even vegetable soup (no cream).

The Smoothie day, as i call it is a blessing in disguise, after the 3 days of munching on veggies and fruits, your taste buds would love the change. Just blend a smoothie out of 2 bananas and a glass of milk.

Day 5 – This is the protein day. You need to include paneer , curd , soy milk, soya chunks along with 6 tomatoes. The original GM diet needs you to eat 10 oz of beef, which provides around 60 – 70 gms of protein. To meet this, you need to eat either 500 Gms of paneer or you can also have 250 Gms of paneer + 20 gms of soya chunks + 150 ml curd.

• Eating plain paneer is boring ,  So I suggest you to grate some carrots and lots of chopped Bell pepper (very good for weight loss), onion and tomatoes. Make paneer bhurji (something like scrambled egg) out of it in 1 tsp olive oil. i used a lot of spices like cardamom, cinnamon, cloves for taste.
• If you like soups, you can make a vegetable soup and add small paneer cubes to it along with some chopped veggies on top.
• If you are an eggitarian, you could replace paneer with egg whites.
• 6 tomatoes can be easily used in diets or as a juice along with other veggies.

Day 6 – This day is more or less like your day 5. You can incorporate the similar food stuff in an increased quantity if needed.

Day 7 – On the last day, you can continue to eat the vegetables and fruits of your choice (avoid the high carbs ones) along with a cup of brown rice at lunch.

Is the GM diet really good?

Being a fast diet plan, the GM Diet has become known for its side effects. Like many others quick weight-loss regimens, followers of the GM diet may experience conditions such as:

• Sudden muscles weakness: This is because the muscles tissues are deprived of adequate amounts of protein during the first few days of the diet plan. This condition can be regulated once the system gets used to nutrients provided by the regimen.
• Incessant thirst and dehydration: people follow GM diet may feel incessantly thirsty and also his body sometimes gets dehydrated as their fluids are used by the body to foster metabolic processes. Followers are advised to take more water to prevent the onset of dehydration and experience a more rejuvenated feeling.
• Headaches and malaise: People who are In the starting days of GM Diet, may feel headaches malaise, as they are still on the process of getting used to the diet effects. This tends to be Psychosomatic.

These Diet Facts of GM Diet are similar to those of other diet fads, but these can be effectively managed by some of the procedures mentioned below:

Following these regimens in a sequential and chronological manner can help. Skipping days and cheating on the food intake may result not only to the ineffectiveness of the diet, but as well as getting extra, unwanted weight.

Supplementing the diet with proper exercise, rest and water intake. By supporting the body system with regular exercise, water intake and rest, the body would be able to adjust to the diet setting at a faster manner and avoid routine side effects. It would also lead to better effects and easier maintenance procedures