Shilpa Kapoor went in for the GM Diet a few months before marriage. She details the procedures of the diet with a difference

The best thing about the GM Diet is that it's short, convenient and not too rigorous. You don't need the expert advice of a dietician or fitness instructor to follow the diet. All you have to do is follow the rules of the 7-day ritual. And in all probability you'll be happy with the results. GM Diet allows you to eat only one or two items each day, but you have the luxury of eating as much quantity as you like. But that's no cause for elation if you're planning a crash diet. Coz there's lots more to it.

Day One

What you have to do:
Give your system a good spring-cleaning and prepare it for the hardships of the days ahead. Fruits serve this purpose well. They are not just cleansers but they also provide most of the vital ingredients necessary to sustain life.

What you are allowed to eat:
Eat any fruit except bananas. Try and eat a lot of watermelon. You could end up losing as much as 3 lbs on the 1st day itself!

Day Two

What you have to do:
Cleanse your system with fibre - with a zero-calorie, high-fibre, high-nutrition diet. Start your day with a mixture of complex carbohydrates and a dose of oil for energy and balance.

What you are allowed to eat:
All types of vegetables, cooked or raw (except potatoes). But remember to eat well, till you are stuffed to the gills.



Day Three

What you have to do:
Consume carbohydrates, fibre and other nutrition without adding too many calories. Your system is now ready to start burning the excess pounds. Your cravings for particular foods (like sweets) will continue, but it will diminish by day four.

What you are allowed to eat:
A mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice (except for bananas and potatoes). There's not limited on the quantity.

Day Four

What you have to do:
Restock your body with potassium and sodium salts, which depleted over the last three days. At this stage, there is a definite loss of desire for sweets.

What you are allowed to eat:
Bananas and milk. Eight bananas and up to three glasses of milk would be the right quantity. Combine this with large quantities of the special GM soup (Cabbage Soup).

Day Five

What you have to do:
Stock up on iron and proteins. Cleanse the system of the large amounts of uric acid that you will produce on this diet. Drink lots and lots of water.

What you are allowed to eat:
Beef and tomatoes. And if you're a vegetarian, paneer is the alternative. The required intake is 500 gms of lean beef (or five quarter-pounders) and six tomatoes. You don't need to finish the entire quantity of beef. But you have to eat all the tomatoes.

Day Six

What you have to do:
Gain iron and proteins from meat, and vitamins and fibre from veggies. By now you are motivated and confident of shedding the extra flab. A close look into the mirror will reveal the outcome of this diet.

What you are allowed to eat:
Unlimited amounts of beef, and unlimited amounts of veggies. The veggies can opt for paneer instead of beef.

Day Seven

What you have to do:
Complete with the cleansing which you began a week back.

What you are allowed to eat:
Brown rice, fruit juices and as much vegetables you can consume.