Another bad day! I could not follow the diet for lunch today. I was completely off diet for lunch. Unlucky for me my boss took me out today and I could not find the right words to refuse nor refuse to eat what the restaurant offered.
Anyway, I am planning to continue with the diet without dwelling on my lapse for lunch. Lets see what I was supposed to do against what I did.
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Day 3:
Eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from fruits. Your system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will have cravings, which should start to diminish by day four.
Day 3:
A mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No bananas yet. No potatoes today.
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I had my packs ready - Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. Mixture of mixed fruits and mixture of cooked veggies. More or less the same things as my first and second day. Had a breakfast of mixed veggies at 8:30am and finished it off with a bowl of fruits at 9:15am. Around 11:15am, I had another bowl of fruits. Everything under control till then. 12:45 pm, I got a call from my boss, asking me to go for lunch with him. This lunch with boss was long planned, but had gotten postponed multiple times. I tried to wriggle out but then this meeting was important. He picked the place and as you can guess it was one of the worst I could end up in. I decided to keep my mind neutral and go with the flow no matter what happens.
How worse can it be was my thought. As usual I went with his suggestion closing my eyes and ignoring that warning in my head. He knows my taste:-( Should I say normal taste? I love continental food. And a 100% non vegetarian. Trust me, I am struggling through this diet. My main problem is avoiding non veg food... He ordered herbed chicken with mushrooms for me. I could not find fault with dish and I ate every bit which was placed in my plate. Chicken, mushrooms, potato, bread & salad! Chicken, potato and bread - all forbidden!! Can you believe it:-( Do I have to say that lunch meeting was success?
I started fighting that awful feeling called regret immediately after I finished my lunch and meeting. The happiness of that successful meeting could not mask the regret I felt. My next thought was whether I should continue the diet or scrap it. I decided to go ahead forgetting my slip. I am not sure if that helps or my slip has nullified the benefits of diet. Let me go ahead and finish the 7 days!! My dinner today is bowl of fruits. I decided to avoid the bowl of veggies I had kept for dinner.
I bought slim milk and bananas on the way back from office. I am all set for tomorrow hoping that everything will go right from now on.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
GM Diet - Day 2
One more day on GM diet:-) I did not do a really good job today... But then I followed it more or less. I could have done a lot better.
What was I supposed to do today?
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Day 2
All vegetables. You are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed with all the new and cooked vegetables of your choice. There is no limit on the account or type. Avoid oil and coconut while cooking vegetables. Have large boiled potato for breakfast.
Day 2
Starts with a fix complex carbohydrates in the form of a boiled potato. This is taken in the form of a boiled potato and taken in the morning to provide energy and balance. The rest of the day too consists of vegetables which are virtually calories free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.
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Had loads of veggies today - Starting with that big potato! I had carrot, cabbage, brocolli, zuchini, cauliflower, ladies finger, peas, mushroom, onion, salad leaves, tomoto, tofu, capsicum, beans, knol khol, asparagus... Hmm...I had quiet a variety! I made some soup putting a lot of veggies. This may last for a few days. I had cooked tofu, another set of carrot and peas, and somes grilled mixed veggies. Had breakfast @ 9:00am, snack @ 11:30am, lunch @ 1:00pm, snack @ 5:00pm and dinner @ 9:00pm.
Now, how I goofed up - Today is Thursday! Ok, let me explain. Me and friend @ work go out to eat lunch on all Thursdays. We follow this practice religiously. Hence we went out today also. Decided to go to a nearby mall which has a salad bar called Trim. I chose pile your salad option. So far so good! I am piling salads, I piled something with chicken and another with egg too though a small portion... I cant say that I was unaware. But then, something happened to me and I ate it all...
Today our cook did not turn up and my husband decided on ordering pizza for dinner. He ordered a salad for me too. Salad came loaded with dressing. Though I tried avoiding as much dressing I could, but then you know how it will be. Two mishaps today. I will try to be better tomorrow:-)
Tomorrow is fruits and veggies again... I hope I fare decent marks tomorrow...
What was I supposed to do today?
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Day 2
All vegetables. You are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed with all the new and cooked vegetables of your choice. There is no limit on the account or type. Avoid oil and coconut while cooking vegetables. Have large boiled potato for breakfast.
Day 2
Starts with a fix complex carbohydrates in the form of a boiled potato. This is taken in the form of a boiled potato and taken in the morning to provide energy and balance. The rest of the day too consists of vegetables which are virtually calories free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.
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Had loads of veggies today - Starting with that big potato! I had carrot, cabbage, brocolli, zuchini, cauliflower, ladies finger, peas, mushroom, onion, salad leaves, tomoto, tofu, capsicum, beans, knol khol, asparagus... Hmm...I had quiet a variety! I made some soup putting a lot of veggies. This may last for a few days. I had cooked tofu, another set of carrot and peas, and somes grilled mixed veggies. Had breakfast @ 9:00am, snack @ 11:30am, lunch @ 1:00pm, snack @ 5:00pm and dinner @ 9:00pm.
Now, how I goofed up - Today is Thursday! Ok, let me explain. Me and friend @ work go out to eat lunch on all Thursdays. We follow this practice religiously. Hence we went out today also. Decided to go to a nearby mall which has a salad bar called Trim. I chose pile your salad option. So far so good! I am piling salads, I piled something with chicken and another with egg too though a small portion... I cant say that I was unaware. But then, something happened to me and I ate it all...
Today our cook did not turn up and my husband decided on ordering pizza for dinner. He ordered a salad for me too. Salad came loaded with dressing. Though I tried avoiding as much dressing I could, but then you know how it will be. Two mishaps today. I will try to be better tomorrow:-)
Tomorrow is fruits and veggies again... I hope I fare decent marks tomorrow...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
GM Diet - Day 1
I'm started my diet today:-) Let me say I survived so far!!!
So what was I supposed to do?
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Day 1
All fruits except bananas. Your first day will consists of all fruits you want. It is suggested you consume lost of watermelon and cantaloupe.
Day 1: You are preparing your system for the upcoming program. Your only source of nutrition is fresh fruits. Fruits are natures perfect food. They provide everything you can possibly want to sustain life except total balance and variety.
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I had bought a variet of fruits for my use - Watermelon, Musk melon, Pear, Apple, Papaya and my favourite - Mangoes.
I know that mango is a high calorie fruit but still could not resist the temptation:-)
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Calorific value of some common fruits
Apple, medium, 1 apple, 2 3/4 in., 1/3 lb. - 80 cal
Apricot, each - 20 cal
Avocado, each - 380 cal
Banana, 1 medium—8 3/4 in. -101 cal
Cantaloupe, 1 cup, cubed - 48 cal
Grape, each - 2 cal
Honeydew melon, 1 cup, cubed - 56 cal
Lemon, each -30 cal
Mango - 1 cup sliced (165 gm) - 107 cal
Nectarine, 1 2 1/2 in. fruit - 88 cal
Orange, navel, 1 medium orange - 71 cal
Peach, peeled, medium, 2 1/2 in. - 38 cal
Pineapple, sliced, in syrup, 3 in. slice - 43 cal
Pineapple, diced, 1 cup -80 cal
Plum, each -35 cal
Prune, each - 20 cal
Raisins, 1 1/2 oz. - 124 cal
Strawberries, fresh, 1 cup - 53 cal
Watermelon, 1 cup - 45 cal
If you want you can get more accurate data from different websites available. One such is
http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/
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I cut the fruits I needed into 5 portions - Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner. I prefered mixed bowls for all times. I may have taken a little more of watermelon and papaya.
Had breakfast @ 8:45am, snack @ 11:15 am, Lunch @ 1:30pm, snack @ 5:00pm and dinner @ 9:00pm.
It was tough!
Tempation was too much to handle, but I survived so far.
I am little more tired than usual.
I also made the soup for tomorrow and kept things ready.
Let us see what tomorrow brings:-)
So what was I supposed to do?
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Day 1
All fruits except bananas. Your first day will consists of all fruits you want. It is suggested you consume lost of watermelon and cantaloupe.
Day 1: You are preparing your system for the upcoming program. Your only source of nutrition is fresh fruits. Fruits are natures perfect food. They provide everything you can possibly want to sustain life except total balance and variety.
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I had bought a variet of fruits for my use - Watermelon, Musk melon, Pear, Apple, Papaya and my favourite - Mangoes.
I know that mango is a high calorie fruit but still could not resist the temptation:-)
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Calorific value of some common fruits
Apple, medium, 1 apple, 2 3/4 in., 1/3 lb. - 80 cal
Apricot, each - 20 cal
Avocado, each - 380 cal
Banana, 1 medium—8 3/4 in. -101 cal
Cantaloupe, 1 cup, cubed - 48 cal
Grape, each - 2 cal
Honeydew melon, 1 cup, cubed - 56 cal
Lemon, each -30 cal
Mango - 1 cup sliced (165 gm) - 107 cal
Nectarine, 1 2 1/2 in. fruit - 88 cal
Orange, navel, 1 medium orange - 71 cal
Peach, peeled, medium, 2 1/2 in. - 38 cal
Pineapple, sliced, in syrup, 3 in. slice - 43 cal
Pineapple, diced, 1 cup -80 cal
Plum, each -35 cal
Prune, each - 20 cal
Raisins, 1 1/2 oz. - 124 cal
Strawberries, fresh, 1 cup - 53 cal
Watermelon, 1 cup - 45 cal
If you want you can get more accurate data from different websites available. One such is
http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/
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I cut the fruits I needed into 5 portions - Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner. I prefered mixed bowls for all times. I may have taken a little more of watermelon and papaya.
Had breakfast @ 8:45am, snack @ 11:15 am, Lunch @ 1:30pm, snack @ 5:00pm and dinner @ 9:00pm.
It was tough!
Tempation was too much to handle, but I survived so far.
I am little more tired than usual.
I also made the soup for tomorrow and kept things ready.
Let us see what tomorrow brings:-)
GM Diet unfolded...
I'm putting on weight, need to control or rather reduce it... Finally I can around to doing something about rather than just mulling about the issue! May be I should cleanse my system with GM Diet...
Let me share my research with you:-)
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GENERAL MOTORS WEIGHT LOSS DIET
The following diet and health program was developed for the employees and the dependants of General Motors Inc.
The program was developed in conjunction with the grant from the US Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. It was first tried at the Johns Hopkins Research Centre and was approved for distribution by the Board of Directors of General Motors Corporation at a general meeting on August 15, 1995.
General Motors Corporation wholly endorsed this program and is making it available to all employees and families. This program will be available at all General Motors Food service facilities.
It is the managements intention to facilitate a welfare and fitness program for everyone.
This program is designed for a target weight loss of 5-6 Kgs. per week. It will also improve your attitude and emotions because of its systematic cleansing effects. The effectiveness of this seven day plan is that the foods eaten burn more calories than they give to the body in caloric value. This plan can be used as often as you like to without any fear of complications. It is designed to flush your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well being. After seven days you will begin to feel lighter by atleast 10 pounds. You will have an abundance of energy and an improved disposition.
During the first seven days you must drink 10 glasses of water each day.
DAY ONE
All fruits except bananas. Your first day will consists of all fruits you want. It is suggested you consume lost of watermelon and cantaloupe.
DAY TWO
All vegetables. You are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed with all the new and cooked vegetables of your choice. There is no limit on the account or type. Avoid oil and coconut while cooking vegetables. Have large boiled potato for breakfast.
DAY THREE
Any mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No bananas yet and no potatoes today.
DAY FOUR
Bananas and milk. Today you will eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. You can also have I bowl of vegetables soup.
DAY FIVE
Today is a feast day. You will eat 1 cup of rice. You also have to eat six whole tomatoes and drink 12 glasses of water today to cleanse your system of the excess uric acid you will be producing.
DAY SIX
Today is another all vegetables day. You must eat 1 cup of rice today and eat all the vegetables you want cooked and uncooked to your hears content.
DAY SEVEN
Today your food intake will consist of 1 cup rice, fruit juice and the vegetables you care to consume. Tomorrow morning you will be five to eight kgs. lighter than 1 week ago. If you desire further weight loss, repeat the program again. Repeat the program as often as you like, however, it is suggested that you rest for three days before every repetition.
You have your system under control now and it will thank you for all the purging and cleansing you just gave it. Even more than a diet program it is good to follow this diet once in a while to clean your digestive system and remove toxic substances that have a accumulated in the system.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The most important element of the program is the 10 tall glasses of water a day. You can also flavour the water will some lemon to make the drink easier. While on the program, take only black coffee and never more than one teaspoon of oil. Preferably do not use oil because the high calorific content. No fruit juices before day seven.
Here is what happens to you body while you are on this program and how and why it works.
Day 1: You are preparing your system for the upcoming program. Your only source of nutrition is fresh fruits. Fruits are natures perfect food. They provide everything you can possibly want to sustain life except total balance and variety.
Day 2: Starts with a fix complex carbohydrates in the form of a boiled potato. This is taken in the form of a boiled potato and taken in the morning to provide energy and balance. The rest of the day too consists of vegetables which are virtually calories free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.
Day 3: Eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from fruits. Your system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will have cravings, which should start to diminish by day four.
Day 4: Bananas and milk. You are in for a surprise. You probably will not be able to eat all the bananas allowed. But they are there fore the potassium you have lost and the sodium you may have missed the last three days. You will notice a definite loss of desire for sweets and you will be surprised at how easy this day will go.
Day 5: Rice and tomatoes. The rice is for the carbohydrates and the tomatoes are for the digestion and the fibre. Lots of water purifies your system. You should notice colourless urine today. Do not feel you have to eat one cup rice, you may eat less. But you may eat six tomatoes.
Day 6: It is similar to five. Vitamins and fibre from the vegetables and carbohydrates from the rice. By now your system is in a total weight loss inclination. There should be a noticeable difference in the way you look today compared to day one.
Day 7: You may celebrate with champagne. You may also have white wine instead of champagne, but in al practical programs, and in all surveys done to measure the success of the program, General Motors employees have always preferred champagne to white wine.
Motor than one cup of coffee with milk is especially forbidden. Milk and oil add empty calories to your diet. Avid coffee lovers can console themselves with black coffee. However, after the first week, it will help your digestion and set your stomach. The key think to remeb4er is that if you are hungry at any time, then you are not following the diet correctly. Almost all people give up the diet when they are hungry because of dieting. The secret of this program is that you should never hungry. If it is a vegetable day, eat so much vegetables so that you are never hungry. If it is a fruits day, eat so much fruits that you are never hungry. You may be bored of eating vegetables all day, but you should not be hungry. You can take any amount of General Motors wonder soup on any day.
GENERAL MOTORS WONDER SOUP
The following soup is intended as a supplement to your diet. It can be eaten any time of the day in virtually unlimited quantities. You are encouraged to drink large quantities of this soup.
23 oz water
06 large onions
02 green peppers
03 whole tomatoes
1 cabbage
1 bunch celery - add herbs and seasoning as desired.
This program is highly recommended for women and men above 40 for whom excess weight is especially dangerous. Excess weight for women aggravates arthritis problems and leads to rapid joint decay. Pain and joint deterioration can be lessened by weight loss as weight loss removes the stress on the knee joint. Excess weight is the most critical factor in keeping good health and excess weight is responsible for the most problems including coronary diseases, heart problems, arthritis and cancer among other serious life threatening diseases. Most serious health problems can be avoided by the single function of maintaining an ideal weight. Daily mild exercise of 20 minutes is also essential. Do not tire yourself out, but being regular in your exercise and maintaining an ideal weight goes a long way in ensuring a happy, healthy and long life.
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By the way there are different variations to this starting Day 5.
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Day Five
Today is feast day. You will eat beef and tomatoes. Eat two 10 oz. portions of lean beef. Hamburger is OK. Combine this with six whole tomatoes. On day five you must increase your water intake by one quart. This is to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing.
Day Six
Beef and vegetables. Today you may eat an unlimited amount of beef and vegetables. Eat to your hearts content.
Day Seven
Today your food intake will consist of brown rice, fruit juices and all the vegetables you care to consume.
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Hmm Beef or rice...? You make your call!!!
I am starting this:-)
Let me share my research with you:-)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERAL MOTORS WEIGHT LOSS DIET
The following diet and health program was developed for the employees and the dependants of General Motors Inc.
The program was developed in conjunction with the grant from the US Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. It was first tried at the Johns Hopkins Research Centre and was approved for distribution by the Board of Directors of General Motors Corporation at a general meeting on August 15, 1995.
General Motors Corporation wholly endorsed this program and is making it available to all employees and families. This program will be available at all General Motors Food service facilities.
It is the managements intention to facilitate a welfare and fitness program for everyone.
This program is designed for a target weight loss of 5-6 Kgs. per week. It will also improve your attitude and emotions because of its systematic cleansing effects. The effectiveness of this seven day plan is that the foods eaten burn more calories than they give to the body in caloric value. This plan can be used as often as you like to without any fear of complications. It is designed to flush your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well being. After seven days you will begin to feel lighter by atleast 10 pounds. You will have an abundance of energy and an improved disposition.
During the first seven days you must drink 10 glasses of water each day.
DAY ONE
All fruits except bananas. Your first day will consists of all fruits you want. It is suggested you consume lost of watermelon and cantaloupe.
DAY TWO
All vegetables. You are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed with all the new and cooked vegetables of your choice. There is no limit on the account or type. Avoid oil and coconut while cooking vegetables. Have large boiled potato for breakfast.
DAY THREE
Any mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No bananas yet and no potatoes today.
DAY FOUR
Bananas and milk. Today you will eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. You can also have I bowl of vegetables soup.
DAY FIVE
Today is a feast day. You will eat 1 cup of rice. You also have to eat six whole tomatoes and drink 12 glasses of water today to cleanse your system of the excess uric acid you will be producing.
DAY SIX
Today is another all vegetables day. You must eat 1 cup of rice today and eat all the vegetables you want cooked and uncooked to your hears content.
DAY SEVEN
Today your food intake will consist of 1 cup rice, fruit juice and the vegetables you care to consume. Tomorrow morning you will be five to eight kgs. lighter than 1 week ago. If you desire further weight loss, repeat the program again. Repeat the program as often as you like, however, it is suggested that you rest for three days before every repetition.
You have your system under control now and it will thank you for all the purging and cleansing you just gave it. Even more than a diet program it is good to follow this diet once in a while to clean your digestive system and remove toxic substances that have a accumulated in the system.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The most important element of the program is the 10 tall glasses of water a day. You can also flavour the water will some lemon to make the drink easier. While on the program, take only black coffee and never more than one teaspoon of oil. Preferably do not use oil because the high calorific content. No fruit juices before day seven.
Here is what happens to you body while you are on this program and how and why it works.
Day 1: You are preparing your system for the upcoming program. Your only source of nutrition is fresh fruits. Fruits are natures perfect food. They provide everything you can possibly want to sustain life except total balance and variety.
Day 2: Starts with a fix complex carbohydrates in the form of a boiled potato. This is taken in the form of a boiled potato and taken in the morning to provide energy and balance. The rest of the day too consists of vegetables which are virtually calories free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.
Day 3: Eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from fruits. Your system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will have cravings, which should start to diminish by day four.
Day 4: Bananas and milk. You are in for a surprise. You probably will not be able to eat all the bananas allowed. But they are there fore the potassium you have lost and the sodium you may have missed the last three days. You will notice a definite loss of desire for sweets and you will be surprised at how easy this day will go.
Day 5: Rice and tomatoes. The rice is for the carbohydrates and the tomatoes are for the digestion and the fibre. Lots of water purifies your system. You should notice colourless urine today. Do not feel you have to eat one cup rice, you may eat less. But you may eat six tomatoes.
Day 6: It is similar to five. Vitamins and fibre from the vegetables and carbohydrates from the rice. By now your system is in a total weight loss inclination. There should be a noticeable difference in the way you look today compared to day one.
Day 7: You may celebrate with champagne. You may also have white wine instead of champagne, but in al practical programs, and in all surveys done to measure the success of the program, General Motors employees have always preferred champagne to white wine.
Motor than one cup of coffee with milk is especially forbidden. Milk and oil add empty calories to your diet. Avid coffee lovers can console themselves with black coffee. However, after the first week, it will help your digestion and set your stomach. The key think to remeb4er is that if you are hungry at any time, then you are not following the diet correctly. Almost all people give up the diet when they are hungry because of dieting. The secret of this program is that you should never hungry. If it is a vegetable day, eat so much vegetables so that you are never hungry. If it is a fruits day, eat so much fruits that you are never hungry. You may be bored of eating vegetables all day, but you should not be hungry. You can take any amount of General Motors wonder soup on any day.
GENERAL MOTORS WONDER SOUP
The following soup is intended as a supplement to your diet. It can be eaten any time of the day in virtually unlimited quantities. You are encouraged to drink large quantities of this soup.
23 oz water
06 large onions
02 green peppers
03 whole tomatoes
1 cabbage
1 bunch celery - add herbs and seasoning as desired.
This program is highly recommended for women and men above 40 for whom excess weight is especially dangerous. Excess weight for women aggravates arthritis problems and leads to rapid joint decay. Pain and joint deterioration can be lessened by weight loss as weight loss removes the stress on the knee joint. Excess weight is the most critical factor in keeping good health and excess weight is responsible for the most problems including coronary diseases, heart problems, arthritis and cancer among other serious life threatening diseases. Most serious health problems can be avoided by the single function of maintaining an ideal weight. Daily mild exercise of 20 minutes is also essential. Do not tire yourself out, but being regular in your exercise and maintaining an ideal weight goes a long way in ensuring a happy, healthy and long life.
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By the way there are different variations to this starting Day 5.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Day Five
Today is feast day. You will eat beef and tomatoes. Eat two 10 oz. portions of lean beef. Hamburger is OK. Combine this with six whole tomatoes. On day five you must increase your water intake by one quart. This is to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing.
Day Six
Beef and vegetables. Today you may eat an unlimited amount of beef and vegetables. Eat to your hearts content.
Day Seven
Today your food intake will consist of brown rice, fruit juices and all the vegetables you care to consume.
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Hmm Beef or rice...? You make your call!!!
I am starting this:-)
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