Canberra, Australia Paul Anthony Bennett various heavily processed foods can make it difficult to maintain steady weight loss but some of the best foods to help you lose weight are those high in fiber, which many are surprised to learn is a form of a carbohydrate. Fibrous foods are often naturally lower in calories, help keep you satiated after a meal and also regulate blood sugar levels. Following are some of the key benefits for weight loss:
1. Avoidance of sugar: Apart from fructose, there is practically no exposure to any other kind of sugar content.
2. Detoxification: Due to the consumption of large amounts of water and healthy food and restricting the intake of any kind of junk food, the body eliminates excess toxins and flushes out waste.
3. Glowing Skin: Detoxification improves skin health and gives it a natural glow.
4. Boosts Metabolism: Healthy eating habits, greater intake of water aid body metabolism. A higher metabolic rate ensures a greater amount of burnt calories which eventually brings about weight loss.
5. Improves Digestion: The food consumed throughout the 7-day course is rich in fiber and thus improves your bowel movement.
6. Good eating habits in general: This diet, in general, promotes the consumption of fruits and vegetables, which are low in calories and high in fiber content and inculcates the habit of avoiding eating any kind of junk food. This prevents fat accumulation within the body, keeps the stomach satiated for longer duration's and thus stops a person from ending up overeating.
Diet Chart for Weight Loss:
Along with daily water intake of 10-12 glasses, following is the General motors diet to be followed throughout the course of the week.
Day 1: Fruits
l Breakfast: One bowl of watermelon/kiwi or an apple/pomegranate
l Lunch: One bowl of papaya or muskmelon
l Evening Snack: One glass of coconut water
l Dinner: One guava/ orange or a bowl of berries (strawberries, litchi)
l Bed-time snacks: One bowl of watermelon/grapes
Don’ts: Avoid any kind of cream, honey or sugar dressing on your fruit bowl.
Day 2: Vegetables
l Breakfast: One large or two small-sized potatoes/ bowl of corn kernels or green peas
l Lunch: One large bowl of cabbage soup
l Evening Snack: 2-3 medium-sized cherry tomatoes
l Dinner: One cup broccoli
l Bed-time snacks: One bowl of cucumber/ carrots
Preparation: You may either eat your veggies raw. boiled or cooked in 1-2 spoons of olive oil and lightly seasoned with pepper, rock salt, vinegar or herbs.
Don’ts: Restrict consumption of potatoes or any other starch containing vegetables like corn or peas only to the breakfast and in limited amounts it will provide enough energy throughout the day. Avoid eating deep-fried vegetables.
Day 3: Fruits and Vegetables
l Breakfast: One bowl of watermelon/ or an apple or about half a pineapple
l Lunch: One large bowl of cabbage soup
l Evening Snack: 2-3 medium sized cherry tomatoes
l Dinner: One cup broccoli
l Bed-time snacks: One bowl of cucumber/ carrots
Don’ts: Avoid bananas, mangoes and potatoes, corn or peas.
Day 4: Bananas and Milk
l Breakfast: Two large bananas with a glass of skimmed milk (750 ml)
l Lunch: Two large bananas with a glass of skimmed milk
l Evening Snack: A bowl of cabbage soup.
l Dinner: Two large bananas with a glass of skimmed milk
l Bed-time snacks: Nothing
Substitutes: Regular milk can be substituted with soy milk and bananas with figs
Don’ts: Avoid adding any sweeteners, honey or sugar to the milk. Do not put cornstarch in the soup. Mostly prefer skimmed milk.
Day 5: Meat
l Breakfast: Three whole tomatoes
l Lunch: 250 gm of meat of your choice with one large tomato
l Evening Snack: Nothing
l Dinner: A bowl of Tomato soup
l Bed-time snacks: Nothing
Substitutes: Choice of meat may include beef, chicken, eggs or fish. Vegetarians may substitute meat with cottage cheese, tofu and brown rice.
Day 6: Meat
l Breakfast: One bowl of Brussels sprouts or cucumber
l Lunch: 250 gm of meat of your choice/ vegetarian substitute
l Evening Snack: Nothing
l Dinner: A bowl of Cabbage soup
l Bed-time snacks: Nothing
Day 7: Vegetable and Fruit Juice
l Breakfast: A large bowl of watermelon
l Lunch: Brown rice, cottage cheese and a glass of fruit juice
l Evening Snack: Nothing
l Dinner: Brown rice with mixed vegetables of your choice and one or two glasses of fruit juice.
l Bed-time snacks: Nothing
Don’ts: Avoid adding any sweeteners to the fruit juice.
