Gotten bored with my routine office schedule, I wanted to try something new. Hence went on a
GM diet last week. It is a program crafted to lose 5-7 Kgs in a week. Have known a couple of friends who have tried this diet, some completed, few gave up. Wondered how I would fare.
Prior to the diet week, raided the Venkatagiri Sunday market for all sorts of vegetables and fruits. One small watermelon, one papaya, 3 mangoes, carrots, raddishes, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, beetroot, drumstick all to consume for a week!
Day One... is an all fruits day (no bananas though) with lots of melon
During the start of the day, I figured out the way to the office gym and weighed myself (lets say X ;-)
Cut half a water melon, quarter papaya, slices of mango and ate every now and then through the morning and afternoon in an indistinguishable brunch. I had forgotten about the diet and was immersed in the CoD dashboard that I had to send by the end of day. For snack and dinner, I had a fruit plate each from the cafeteria.
Had a mild headache, caused more by CoD dashboard than by the diet. Slept peacefully!
Day TwoWoke up with dreams of steamed potato for breakfast. The diet said 'ONE' potato. I thought one would be too less for me. Hence boiled about 2.5 potatoes. Added a tinge of butter, salt and pepper to the potato pieces - never thought that could taste like heaven! And to my surprise, I couldnt even finish one potato. I was no longer hungry. I stuffed myself to finish that saying I will need carbohydrates for the day!
Packed the rest of the potatoes along with 1/2 cucumber, 4 carrots, 6 ladies fingers, 4 cauliflower pieces for lunch and snacks (after all they dont sell vegetables in the cafeteria)
Once I reached office, I ran to the gym to check weight - that was a X - 0.5 Kg! Wow is this thing working? Or this 0.5 is just a calibration error on that dabba machine?
Had more carrots, more cucumber and cauliflower pieces for dinner and went to sleep. But sleep seemed to have lost my address... And there was a dire need to eat something sweet... I controlled till 1 AM, finally when I gave up, went to the fridge and ate a piece of dairy milk that the better half had left as my share! Only then could I sleep well...
Day ThreeHad the same urge for sugar as last night. Opened the day with another piece of dairy milk. After eating a quarter papaya and a few mango pieces for breakfast, had a spoon of the kesari that I made for him...
Its a fruits and vegetables day (no bananas no potatoes) today and the weighing machine already read X-1.5 Kg. Wow!!!
1/2 a cucumber, 4 carrots and a cup of cooked cabbage made lunch! Had fruits for snacks and fried ladies finger and cooked cabbage for dinner.
My sister had called and I was telling her how sincerely I was sticking to this GM diet. She says simply "Oh now I understand why vegetable prices and inflation are sky rocketing... Its all you...!!!"
Grrr
Day FourBananas and milk day (with soup)
Had a full cup of horlicks with milk and sugar! Gulped 2 bananas for breakfast, 2 for lunch and snacks, had a banana milkshake for snack again, one more banana for dinner and slept
Felt no urge for sugar that day though! Weight stayed at X-1.5 only... I knew somehow that it wont go further down.
Day FiveRice and Tomatoes day (more water today)
No hunger, made a cup of tomato rice - ate half for lunch and half for dinner. Had a cup of vending machine chai at office... already got bored of the diet!
Day SixRice and vegetables day
Ate some soup, some rice and some vegetables on the sixth day... totally bored of the diet... I was not longing for food but was just plain BORED
Day SevenDitto as previous day
LearningsWhat is the point of doing something when I dont learn anything? So, here it goes...
- I dont *need* as much food as I actually end up eating
- Clearly 4 trips to the vending machine and cafeteria per day is unwarranted
- I have understood, chai is my favourite (and the one I missed the most during this week)
- I have some amount of control still left in life!!!
- My 1.5Kg loss may be purely calibration error :D
Thank God I am in right BMI category and wont need any of these fancy diets in the near future..!
~*~ Bhars.