Tips to success on the GM Diet

I made a shopping list for the week:


GM Diet Plan Shopping list

The Wonder soup:
6 Large Onions, 2 Green Peppers ( I use 3 jalapenos instead to kick it up a notch!), Whole Tomatoes (fresh or canned), 1 Head Cabbage, 1 Bunch Celery.

Day 1
melons and papaya
kiwi or mango along with apples and watermelon
melon along with kiwi and oranges or mangos
Day 2
large baked potato with a pat of butter
vegetable salads with cabbage, cucumber and lettuce
fresh greens, broccoli, asparagus, as well as cabbages, lettuce and cucumber.
Cherry tomatoes
Day 3
Melons or apple
Vegetable salads with cabbage, cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes
Cooked vegetables along with some Fruits like apple , watermelon, kiwi
Day 4
½ gallon of Milk and (8) Bananas
Day 5
3 - 6 oz. portions of lean beef (or chicken breast or fish or Soya bean or brown rice)
6 tomatoes
Day 6
3 - 6 oz. portions of lean beef (or chicken breast or fish or Soya bean or brown rice)
all type of vegetables except potatoes
Day 7
brown rice
melon and papaya
berries

Here are a few things I’ve learned as I am now doing this for the 8th time in 14 weeks:

I took some advice from all of these pages and combined them…and I seldom cheat (ok, I have caved for a late night cashew butter and banana on whole wheat bread a few times).

http://all4slimming.blogspot.com/2008/01/general-motors-diet-gm-diet.html
http://www.gmdietworks.com/general-motors-diet/gm-diet-day-1.html
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~jajoo/gmdiet.html
http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/fastest-way-lose-weight-gm-diet-065753502.html

There are several recipes for the Wonder Soup…many which call for Lipton Soup mix. Since that is high in sodium, I made the soup as follows:

6 Large Onions, 2 Green Peppers (I used jalapeños instead, which I highly recommend!), 2 Whole Tomatoes (fresh or canned), 1 large Head Cabbage, 1 Bunch Celery (I use the leaves too), 28 oz, Water,. Coarsely chop everything.
Wilt the onions and celery in 1 teaspoon of olive oil for about 5 minutes, then add the water and everything else. Season with salt (as little as you can stand) and pepper and any other herbs you may choose. Cook for an hour.

1. Eat the Wonder Soup whenever you get hungry, except for day 1
2. Have a pint of cherry tomatoes handy for day 2. There is a midday energy drop and ½ a pint of them will get you right as rain in a few minutes.
3. Try to do some form of exercise each day…but do not over do it as you will run out of energy, especially on day 2. I do 20 minutes of yoga or Pilates each day.
4. Get creative on veggie recipes…just keep the olive oil to a teaspoon per dish
5. Make banana smoothies on day 4. It is much more palatable than trying to eat 8 bananas whole
6. I am lactose intolerant, so I use rice, almond or soy milk on day 4 with the bananas
7. DRINK as much water as you can
8. Do not drink more than 2 glasses of wine or beer a day. NO HARD ALCOLHOL – that includes vodka!!