GM DIET PLAN (LOSE WEIGHT NATURALLY)

Now let’s assume that you have decided to reduce your weight? The moment you set your mind to lose weight, you want to reduce weight as fast as possible and you want to cut down at least 10 kgs in a week which is far beyond possibility. Weight loss has to be normal and natural and you have to follow steps that will help you lose weight naturally. There are two ways through which you can reduce weight naturally.

• DIET
• EXERCISE

When you are planning to reduce your weight through dieting, you need to follow a specific diet plan that doesn’t harm your health. There may be several diet plans that have proven great results for your friends but might not suit your physiology.  So it’s highly important that you choose what suits you best and to be on the safer side, please consult with your physician whether the diet plan that you have chosen is the best for you.

Most of you would have heard of GM diet or General Motors diet. It’s a well-known diet system through which many people have reduced their weight in a healthy and natural manner. This diet system was created for the staffs of General Motors Inc and hence the name GM or General Motors diet. Though this is a well known and safe diet plan to reduce weight, not all can afford to practice it.DIABETICS and people with other health restrictions should consult your physician before practicing GM diet plan. The best part is that you lose 3-5 kgs in 7 days. In case if you don’t experience such weight loss there’s nothing to get perturbed about it. Kindly consult with your physician. 

With GM diet plan, you get specific details regarding the diet that you have to follow for 7 days. The table will explain the GM diet plan.

Day	What you can eat	What you can’t eat
Day 1	All fruits + 10 to 12 glasses of water	No bananas and honey.
Day 2	All kind of veggies including greens and water (10-12 glasses)	No fruits and rice.
Day 3	Both fruits and veggies. 10-12 glasses of water.	No honey topping!
Day 4	Bananas, skim milk and GM wonder soup. Indians can prefer yogurt.  Buttermilk is also good.	No sugar to yogurt.
Day 5	Soybean curd, paneer and brown rice. Increase water intake.	No adding to sugar to the curd.
Day 6	Veggies, paneer, and sprouts or a cup of brown rice.	No tomatoes and potatoes
Day 7	Veggies, fruit juice and 2 cups of brown rice	No sugar.

Day 1 of GM diet plan:

Day 1 is an ALL FRUIT DAY! This can be pretty daunting on the first go, but you can choose any fruit that you would like to eat excluding bananas. You can eat how much ever you like but eat only fruits. FRUIT SALAD should be a great idea. It looks colorful and appealing and at the same time you don’t get bored of a single fruit. But no toppings on the fruit salad! Not even salt and pepper. It is very important that you consume enough of water at least 10-12 glasses a day. Water saves you from dehydration. Fruits are rich in vitamins and minerals and the fiber content in fruits help clean your digestive system. Fruits on the first day are to prepare your body for the rest of the 6 days.

Day 2 of GM diet plan:

Your 2^nd day of GM diet plan consists only of vegetables and you are not allowed to take anything but veggies and lots of water. Choose either boiled or raw vegetables but avoid cooking in oil. 1 boiled potato can be taken either as your breakfast or brunch and that compensates your carbohydrate and energy level. High nutrient levels in vegetables are essential for your body and when you cook them in oil they don’t help in weight loss. Green leafy vegetables supply a high amount of potassium to your body. Few patients are not allowed to take potassium-rich veggies and that is why GM diet doesn’t suit people with health restrictions. In such cases, you can choose other diet plans under the guidance of your physician.

Day 3 of GM diet plan:

     Day 3 is a combination of both day 1 and day 2 of GM diet plan. On day 3 you are allowed to take both fruits and vegetables and water goes without saying. Avoid sugar, salt and pepper to the salads. Your body will get the required amount of sugar and salt from the fruits and vegetable that you eat. NO BANANA as yet!You can switch from fruit salads to vegetable salads to avoid getting bored. Stay away from potatoes since you get enough of carbohydrates from the vegetables that are already a major part of your diet. You might be fed up of eating fruits and vegetables for all three days but no more worries. Add a pinch of salt and pepper for taste. Panner, soups and brown rice will soon become a part of your GM diet plan.

Day 4 of GM diet plan:

 Yogurt, banana, and GM soup are your day 4 meal. Don’t confuse yogurt with curd, both are different. You can also prefer skimmed milk instead of yogurt. Yogurt and banana are the “Indian version of the Gm diet”. Buttermilk is also a good choice. But today it’s easy to get skimmed milk in the market. So it’s your choice to choose over yogurt or skim milk but don’t choose both. After three days of fruits and vegetables, you get to taste GM wonder soup and it is definitely going to be a delight to eat. But avoid cream and other rich ingredients to the soup and it should not be in a thick consistency. GM wonder soup should be watery and add a pinch of salt and pepper for taste. Not more than a pinch of salt!

How to make GM wonder soup:

Ingredients:

• Onions- 4
• Capsicum [green peppers]-2
• Tomatoes- 4
• Cabbage- 1 or ½
• Celery- just a bunch
• Water- lots depending upon the watery consistency.

Remember that you have to switch between yogurt [skimmed milk], bananas and this soup. So make how much ever you might need.  

How to cook?

• Sauté chopped onion and capsicum in few drops of oil, preferably olive oil.
• Add chopped cabbage and keep sautéing.
• Then add chopped celery. Once it is done, add tomatoes.
• Add water and let it boil nicely. Slow cook it until it the veggies become soft and tender.
• Add little salt and pepper for taste.
• Ready to serve.

Day 5 of GM diet plan:

       Protein rich foods are a part of your diet on the 5^th day. You are allowed to take curd, 5-6 tomatoes and any one item that is rich in protein. The non-Indian version included beef in the day 5 diet plan, but the GM diet Indian version gives you an option to choose either brown rice or skinless chicken or fish.

Vegetarians	Non- Vegetarians
·         Brown rice	·         Skinless Chicken – breast part
·         Paneer /cottage cheese	·         Fish
·         Sprouts	·         Lean meat

 Remember that you are allowed to take either one of these and not all!

After all the 4 days of fruits, veggies and GM wonder soup, day 5 is usually considered the Great feast day! When you prefer chicken or fish, please be careful of the oil that you add to cook. It’s better if you take GRILLED fish or chicken (olive oil would be better, at least till you lose some solid amount of weight).

If you prefer to follow the vegetarian version of GM diet plan and you are choosing over paneer, try and make a soup out of the tomatoes and add the paneer to it. No adding cream to the soup! Let the soup be little watery because you are dieting! You can’t  fry the paneer like you do in normal cases rather sauté the paneer in few drops of olive oil. If you are not a paneer lover then you can choose SOYA NUGGETS. But not both!!

For those who prefer brown rice, plainly boil the rice. You can’t expect the brown rice to become soft and fluffy like your white rice. Even after it’s cooked, it will not be soft. But it’s that healthy! 

Day 6 of GM diet plan:

     On this day of GM dieting, you will stay away from tomatoes. Sprouts, veggies and paneer are allotted for the 6^th day of GM diet plan. Sprouts are recommended as protein supplements. You can also choose brown ice instead of sprouts. You can actually make a good salad out this combination. Drink lots of water. NO POTATOES since your body gets enough of carbohydrates from other veggies and a cup of rice.

Salad Ingredients:

• Sprouts- handful of multigrain sprouts that include chick peas, green gram and the like or any specific sprout variety.
• All kind of vegetables except tomato.
• Paneer.

Before you can start preparing your salad, here’s a word of caution. Most of you have the tendency of buying sprouts from the super markets. God knows when they are packed! So reads these steps to make your own sprouts.

Steps	Procedure
Step 1	Take a hand full of multigrain like dried chick peas, peas, green gram. You can choose whatever you like to have.
Step 2	Soak the grains overnight in a bowl of water.
Step 3	Next morning drain the water and wash it.
Step 4	Now take a pure clean cotton cloth and tightly bundle up the soaked grains in it.
Step 5	After 2 days you will find the grains to have sprouted.

You can also simply place the soaked grains in your refrigerator and they will still beautifully sprout.

How to make the salad:

• Coarsely chop the veggies. You can cut them finely if you want so.
• Mix the veggies and sprouts.
• Add pepper and lemon juice for taste.
• You can also add little cubes of panner to it.
• You can also choose to make a tasty soup out of it.

Day 7 of GM diet plan:

The last day of your GM dieting! Veggies, rice and fruits are allotted for the 7^thday. You can take even two cups of rice. For a change instead of fruit salads you can drink fruit juices. Now check your weight and you would have definitely reduced at least 3-5 kgs. There’s nothing to worry if you haven’t reduced even less than that. Try sometime later and experience the results.

It’s usually not advisable to do exercise while following the GM diet plan, at least not in the beginning stages. But regular walking is always a must for a healthy life.

A word of caution: If you happened to experience severe tiredness, dehydration and the like, stop the GM diet and consult with your physician. And this the reason why we told you to confirm with your physician even before you could start with the GM diet.

Now let’s make a GM diet chart so that you have a clear cut idea to get started with GM dieting. You are free to choose your favourite fruit or vegetables instead of what’s given in tabular column below. But avoid those that are excluded on respective days.