The General Motors diet has been around since 1985. It was originally developed by General Motors, along with the Food and Drug Administration and the United States. Day 7 is common for all.and day 5, 6 varies.instead of the chicken(meat), you can have brown rice.that's the only change when it comes to vegetarian version. GM Diet Day 5 . On the fifth day of GM Diet, you’re only allowed to eat beef with tomatoes if non- vegetarian and brown rice with tomatoes if vegetarian. The first four days will lack protein and you may feel some muscle weakness during that period. But, as beef contains lots of proteins and iron + tomatoes contain fibers and lycopene, consuming these two will help you gain all the proteins and fiber required for your body. Those who're not habituated with eating beef can substitute it with either Chicken (5. Read the Indian version of GM diet for more details. How to Prepare Yourself for GM Diet Day 5? Due to lack of appetite, you’re advised to eat small servings of beef multiple times during the day. It is because the large servings will make the appetite worse. So, it is a wise idea to combine beef with tomatoes and satisfy your taste buds. GM Diet Day 5 for Non- Vegetarians. Breakfast: Start your day with braised beef or chicken breast and tomato soup. While the meat gives your proteins, iron and fiber, soup on the other end provides energy.
Lunch: You can have a homemade hamburger made with beef/chicken. It may be either baked or fried but remember not to add too much fat as it already contains fat. At this stage, your body will produce excess uric acid and so it is advised to have lots of water (3- 4 glasses) so that the urine will be flushed out naturally. Dinner: You can have another hamburger during the dinner. However, health experts suggest that you should have beef/chicken soup and tomatoes in order to energize your body. Another advantage of having a soup is that it supplements the loss of water during the day. Snacks: On this day, you shouldn’t eat any snacks or have fruit juices. The only beverage you’ll be having on Day 5 GM diet is water. Drink at least 1. Can We Replace Beef with Chicken in GM Diet? Not many people will like the red meat although they’re non- vegetarians. So, those people can eat either Chicken or ground turkey instead of beef. But ensure that it should be skinless as skin contains a lot of fat. If you’re a vegetarian, then you can replace the beef with Paneer (Indian cheese). Non- Veg Recipes for GM Diet Day 5. You can try the below recipes on the day 5. These are very easy to prepare and they don’t take too long. Put it aside to rest for 1. Now, place these seasons strips on a hot grill and cook it until golden brown. Take the slices out and serve them with sliced tomatoes. Then, place it on a hot grill and occasionally baste it with butter until it becomes tender and reddish brown in color. Once done, serve it with either tomatoes or cucumbers. You can also drink the vegetable soup when you feel hungry. GM Diet Day 5 for Vegetarians. Make a pulao with Brown rice, sprouts and 6 tomatoes. This can be had for breakfast, lunch and dinner. During the morning and afternoon snacks time, you can have the Power soup made with tomatoes. If you don't like or have brown rice, then you can replace it with normal white rice, but include Cottage cheese (Indian paneer) while making the pulao. Hope you got all the necessary information you wanted in order to complete the Day 5 of GM Diet. Now, move on to GM Diet Day 6 where you’ll be mixing up beef + vegetables. Surviving the GM Diet - The Happy Lab. I came across the GM diet online, quite by accident. I don’t remember what I was originally researching at the time, but I do recall thinking how fortuitous it was to have stumbled upon the diet at the very moment I was contemplating on how sluggish and unhealthy I had become over the past couple of months. I’m generally pretty fit, you see; I’m usually engaged in some sort of sport or fitness regimen at any given time. But November and December were very busy months, and I didn’t realize that I had completely skipped out on exercise until it started showing in my mid- section. So, when fate (and Google) led me to the GM diet website, I took that as divine intervention. The GM diet was supposedly developed for General Motors, Inc. General Motors has repeatedly denied any connection to this program, and yet, it is one of the most popular diet plans being circulated online today, primarily because many claim that it really works. I did a bit of research and discovered that it is almost identical to another trendy diet, the Cabbage Soup Diet. Notwithstanding its iffy origins, what really caught my attention were phrases such as “unlimited amounts” and “to your heart’s content” that occurred so often in the diet description. We Labradors love good food; going hungry just isn’t our style (I tried the Master Cleanse once; I gave up after the second day). So when I discovered this particular program that promised a weight loss of 1. Time to drive kids to school, so I eat while waiting for my kids to pile into the car. As usual, they are moving at a glacial pace, so I am able to scarf down half a solo papaya and 2 glasses of water during the wait. On my way home, I pass by the Farmer’s Market (Cubao) to buy fruits and veggies. Today I’m supposed to stick to fruits, so I go for cantaloupe — 3 for P1. And since they are looking very good today, I also pick up some cherry tomatoes (for snacking on tomorrow), as well as fresh shiitake mushrooms, baby asparagus, and red bell peppers, which I will either throw into the soup or make into a salad for tomorrow’s veggie- only menu. Must not forget to pass by the neighborhood grocery later for canned tomatoes (for the soup). Lunch: Very hungry. Why I decided to try out that new adobo recipe today, I really don’t know. The cooking odors, not to mention the sight of tender pork cubes simmering in its own glistening fat, are making my mouth water. Must eat fruit. Good thing I love fruit. So much that I eat a quarter of a 5. I feel like a human gourd. Mid- afternoon snack: It’s 3. I’m feeling a little hollow. I’m feeling peckish, so I munch on another quarter of a cantaloupe while preparing the ingredients for the Wonder Soup (I still can’t get over the name.). Since I’m cooking a very huge batch — hopefully enough to last me at least 4 days — I rationalize that the additional 2 teaspoons of fat won’t really do any damage. After depriving myself of salt all day, I treat myself to 2 generous servings of soup. Happiness in a bowl. I top the meal off with a few sections of pomelo. Bedtime: I make sure to drink at least 2 more glasses of water (with a squeeze of lemon) before turning in. Final thoughts as I prepare for bed: #1. So far, I’m feeling pretty good about this diet. I can’t wait to have that baked potato tomorrow morning. Day 2: All non- starchy veggies + one potato. Breakfast: 8 am, surprisingly not hungry. I pop a large scrubbed potato, sprayed thinly with olive oil and lightly seasoned with salt & pepper, in the oven. Then I realize that I’m bringing my youngest daughter Sari to the dentist this morning, and won’t be able to enjoy the spud till I get back. I have a small bowl of soup and a glass of water to tide me over til then. Lunch: While Sari is having her braces put in, I make a quick trip to the market to buy more veggies. I’m worried I might run out, and my fear of hunger drives me to buy enough to feed a barangay. Back home, I sift through the veritable cornucopia spread out on my kitchen table, and decide on a roasted vegetable salad for lunch – eggplant, zucchini, kalabasa, carrots, okra, and leeks. I chop everything up, spray a thin layer of olive oil over it, season with salt/ pepper/ Italian grind, and pop the tray in the oven for 4. Then I remember that I haven’t eaten my baked potato yet. So while waiting for my veggies to roast, I have half a spud plus another bowl of soup. Now I’m too full to have the salad, which is smelling really good as I pull it out of the oven. I whisk together a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar, a squirt of mustard and a dash of hot sauce, and toss it with the salad. I taste a forkful, then pat myself on the back for being the kitchen goddess that I am. Sobrang delish. I’m starting to think that maybe I’m doing something wrong here because I seem to be enjoying this a little too much. Late- afternoon snack: It’s only been an hour since my last snack, but my daughter is insensitively munching on a bag of chips right in front of me, so I nibble on half a singkamas to keep myself from grabbing the bag from her and making a run for it. Dinner: Baby asparagus, red bell peppers, shiitake mushrooms – grilled, seasoned with salt & pepper, then tossed in a bit of olive oil with fresh basil and lemon zest. The earthy flavours contrast nicely with the tangy Wonder Soup. But, while this is a pretty good meal by any standard, I find myself staring greedily at the kids’ Bistek. Filipino and bro- in- law Toto’s baked fish fillet. To distract myself, I attack the cherry tomatoes with a vengeance, and end up eating 2 cups worth. Day 3: Fruits + non- starchy veggies. Breakfast: I wake up with a mild headache, and I’m feeling slightly acidic. Like being hung over, but without the pleasure of having been drunk the night before. Life is unfair. I have half a cantaloupe and some chamomile tea for breakfast. Lunch: 1. 13. 0am. Have to step out for errands, so I decide to eat early. Last night’s grilled asparagus dish tastes great cold. I follow it up with a bowl of watermelon for dessert. My tummy has settled somewhat since this morning, but there is still a slight pulsing right above my left brow. A little voice in my gut suggests that a bar of chocolate will cure it. I tell it to shut up. Lunch (again): 1. I come home from my errand run to find the kids feasting on pasta with 2 sauce choices – Bolognese and Alfredo with bacon. I immediately dig into the fridge for something diet- appropriate, and am rewarded with the roasted veggie salad from yesterday afternoon. Thankfully, it still tastes good. I finish the salad, but Sari is still eating (she’s even slower than usual due to her braces), so I munch on the last of the cantaloupe while I keep her company. This diet would be so much easier if I could hole up in a cave with my fruits and greens and Wonder Soup (and Hugh Jackman) until the seven days are over. Afternoon snack: 5 pm. Good thing I decided to pass by the supermarket earlier to pick up some fruit. A big hip- hip- hurray for Dole’s pre- peeled pomelo! I tear thru the packaging and happily chomp away while driving. Dinner: 7pm. Since I didn’t really have a menu plan when I went veggie- shopping yesterday, I end up with 2 totally unrelated dishes — the Asian bok choy saut. It actually works, oddly enough. I’m not looking forward to today’s menu (bananas and milk all day), so I go back to bed to delay breakfast a little bit longer. By 9 am my stomach is grumbling, so I have the obligatory bananas and a glass of milk. Lunch: There’s no room for creativity today, so I have only Wonder Soup for lunch, 2 bowls. My tummy has been vocalizing non- stop since the milk this morning; I have a cup of herbal tea in the hopes that that will calm it. Mid- afternoon snack: 2. I’m starving already. I have 2 more bananas and 2 glasses of water. I visualize the juicy burger I’m going to have tomorrow. I can do this. Mid- afternoon snack (part 2): 4 pm. I’m on my way to fetch the girls from school. Hunger strikes again so I swing by a 7- 1. I resign myself to the fact that hunger is my constant companion today. Dinner: 7 pm. I have (surprise, surprise) more Wonder Soup for dinner, while I suffer the aroma of the grilled chicken the kids are eating. Albert stays ever- loyal and has only a bowl of soup as well. His sacrifice doesn’t go unnoticed; I am overflowing with feelings of love and gratitude. Then he helps himself to some blue cheese and herb crackers. The traitorous wretch. Bedtime: 1. 1pm. I realize that I only had 5 bananas and 1 glass of milk today. To be on the safe side, I eat one more, then I prepare a cup of hot, steamed milk to set myself up for bed. Can’t wait to tear into burnt flesh again. Day 5: Meat (2. 0 oz.) + tomatoes (6)Breakfast: I wake up hungry, and immediately realize that it is – finally! Today I am allowed 2. Despite my excitement, I’m a little apprehensive about having beef first thing in the morning, especially since I’m not a big fan of heavy breakfasts. I refuse to cheat, though, now that I’ve come so far. After a bit of online research, I decide to digress from the official menu and opt for half a cup of cooked monggo (which is high in protein and has less calories than beef) and a handful of cherry tomatoes. It doesn’t sound like much, but I am surprisingly full afterwards. Or maybe it has something to do with the 3 glasses of water I downed with the meal. Lunch: I decide to join Toto for a quick lunch at Baba’s Kebab House along Sgt. Esguerra, a short walk from home. Going Persian is perfect for today’s meal requirements. I order one stick of beef kebab, one serving of kibda (grilled beef liver, 4 bite- sized cubes), and 3 grilled tomatoes. On any other day, this would have left me wanting more, but today it hits the spot perfectly. I am a very happy camper. Dinner: Lunch was so filling that, for the first time in ages, I was able to go thru an entire afternoon without food. In fact, I’m still a bit full, so I decide to have just soup for dinner.
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