I know I said I wasn’t going to post again before the weekend, BUT I had some extra time and I wanted to share the GM cleanse with you guys! This seriously changed my life and I had so many people ask me about it on Twitter and Facebook. So here it is…
First a bit of background. If the first thing you thought when you saw GM was General Motors, then you would be correct! This was actually generated by General Motors to keep their employees healthy. This is not a long term diet! But it IS a really great 7 day cleanse. I had been wanting to lost weight for so long and I just keep quitting everything I was trying because I wasn’t getting results fast enough. When I saw that this cleanse claims to help you lose 7-12 pounds in 7 days, I knew that would give me the motivation that I needed! And sure enough I have been on the right path since then.
Day 1: All fruits. They do recommend that you eat fruits from the melon family, but I quickly discovered that I HATE all melon family fruits! I tried to choke down some watermelon and I thought I was going to vomit! So I had kiwi and berries. You can eat until you are full as long as you are only eating fruits. NO BANANAS. You also need to drink 10-12 glasses of water a day. Plain water! Lemons and limes are ok for flavoring if necessary. I lost 3 lbs the first day!!
Day 2: All veggies. You can have whatever veggies you want! Start your day with a large baked potato and then no more potatoes for the day. You can cook your veggies any way that you want, but only veggies are allowed. Again 10-12 glasses of water. I lost another 3 lbs this day!
Day 3: Fruits and veggies. Still no bananas! You again can cook them any way you want and eat as much as you want. This day is when it started getting hard for me because I was so tired of fruits and veggies! But I made it and lost another lb.
Day 4: Bananas and Milk. NOTHING ELSE! This is the day that most people give up on! It was hard trust me, but not harder than day 3 for me. You can have up to 8 bananas and 1 glass of milk. Other than that you are drinking your 10-12 glasses of water. By this point my hunger pangs and cravings were gone. You start to fill up on water and don’t need all the extra calories to tie you over. I didn’t have any weightloss this day.
Day 5: Tomatoes and beef. For those that didn’t give up on day 4, day 5 did them in. I love tomatoes so I didn’t mind this day. You can have up to 6 tomatoes and I believe 16 oz of meat. I actually had chicken on this day, only because it was what I already had. It didn’t effect my results though. I had 5 tomatoes because one had gone bad before I could eat it. You also have to increase your water to 12-14 glasses because of the uric acid your body will be producing. I lost 1 more lb this day!
Day 6: Beef and veggies. Again I had chicken and I also tried pureed cauliflower! It was really good! Other than that I had carrots, celery and lettuce wedges. By this time, this cleanse was a breeze! !0-12 glasses of water again. I didn’t have any weightloss this day.
Day 7: Veggies and brown rice. You are allowed to have 1 cup of brown rice and unlimited veggies. I didn’t like this day because plain brown rice is not good. But I choked it down and had some veggies. Don’t forget your 10-12 glasses of water! I lost my last lb this day and was done! A whole new person.
So if you weren’t mentally keeping track, that’s 9 POUNDS TOTAL! That was so incredible for me and I was feeling so great. It gave me the kick start I needed to start eating better.
Since then I have lost 5 more pounds. I altered this cleanse a little to allow myself enough calories to workout. They strongly suggest NO EXERCISE during this cleanse. Once you start you will know why. You really don’t have enough energy do to anything real strenuous. A light walk would be ok. Anyway, I coupled my new diet with lots of exercise and now I feel incredible. I was so proud of myself for sticking to something and bettering myself.
I really recommend this cleanse to anyone that needs a boost or maybe just to lose a few pounds. There is an extensive break down here. There is also a soup that you can eat as much as you want from day 4 on. I made the soup but never ended up eating it. Like I said, by day 4 my cravings were gone. So the soup is optional.
If you guys try this, I would love to hear how it goes for you! It seriously changed my life and I feel so much better about myself! I hope that sharing this with you guys will allow that to happen for someone else! 🙂
Sorry my before and after pics were taken on my phone and I can’t make them big enough to see. I will try to get some added if you guys want. Just let me know in the comments!
Good luck and have a great weekend! 🙂
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