Entries for June, 2009
To all you dieters out there, this review may help you in deciding if you want to give this diet a go.
The GM (General Motors) Diet in a nutshell:
It is rumored as the diet that the General Motors Company set for its employees, but apparently there have been no official claims. It's just a week-long diet- for the purpose of detoxyfying or "flushing out" whatever it is you need to flush out. But it could reportedly make you lose 7-14 lbs too. Ready?
Prepare for 7 days of hell.
Under no circumstances should you consume alcohol during this time. And water intake should be at least 2.5 L per day.
Day 1: All fruits. No banana. If you have watermelons and cantaloupes, capitalize on those.
I thought this was easy. I had tried a high-fiber vegetable diet before and I actually adapted to it very well. In fact, I liked it. But when I actually got into the all-fruit first day, I realized vegetables and fruits were really different. And my, what a BIG difference it was. For this first day I was hungry the whole day, and felt very weak and light-headed. Even if I ate until I felt my jaw would drop. Also, since fruits were sweet, I had a constant craving for savory food and junk food! In the end I cheated and bought myself a small pack of chips.
Day 2: All veggies. One potato may be included in your breakfast. Concentrate on high-fiber veggies. Only olive oil and some vinegar may be used as dressing if you eat salad.
High-fiber veggies would be the green leafy ones. Of course I wolfed on my salad. I LOVE SALADS. However, I cooked my veggies with butter. Like I learned in school. Big effing deal. Anyway, I liked this day because I love veggies.
Day 3: Fruit and veggie combo. Still no banana. No potatoes.
It was only this day that I felt enough strength and energy to go for a workout and run though.
Day 4: Minimum of 3 glasses of milk, and at least 8 bananas.
This made me less hungry compared to Day 1.
Day 5: Small portions of lean meat and cheese. You can make them into sandwiches. Consume a minimum of 6 tomatoes, and increase water intake by 25%.
Day 6: Unlimited amounts of lean meat, cheese, and veggies.
By this time, it was very similar to my usual diet that it felt normal. However, by the end of the day I suddenly felt light-headed and when I walked a little, my lips apparently turned blue and just a little more would have caused me to collapse. Fortunately I got home in time and lay down. After which I ate a mango for dinner- since I wasn't in the mood to cook anything and I wasn't too hungry. If this were my normal diet it would have been fine. I don't know why this particular day though, I threw up.
Now here were some factors:
- I slept until 5 am and woke up about noon for every day during this diet.
- I nursed a sick boyfriend and maybe I caught his fever.
- By day 6, it was my 2nd day of menstruation.
Day 7: Brown rice, veggies and beans.
I figured I'd just go for rice because I couldn't find brown rice where I was at the moment. It was 2 am- I still had an empty stomach because I threw up all the mango. I ate chicken and rice. I ended up throwing up again. Dammit.
Conclusion: You know, whatever factors caused the throwing up, I decided I didn't like this diet. I'm a fairly active individual as of late, and not being able to do exercise because I felt too weak or hungry really annoyed me. Besides, despite the strict following of the rules (except that small pack of chips on the first day), I lost only about 4 lbs. Anyway, I don't feel too good about it because I only stayed inside the house, when ordinarily I should have been outside running or walking. I was lying down all the time and now my muscles in my ass must have died.
My recommendation? Don't do this diet. It's stupid. If you're already on a high-fiber, low-carb diet, stick to that and eat because it makes you happy. If you're already eating a lot of high-fiber veggies (which I am), there's not much of a difference when you do this diet. And you get too weak to do anything else.
References:
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~jajoo/gmdiet.html
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/march/11/yehey/life/20090311lif2.html
http://www.healthmad.com/Weight-Loss/General-Motors-Weight-Loss-Diet.56927
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