Support group for losing weight

Hi all,Iam really inspired by Preethis recommendation namely the General Motors diet paln.I am planning to try it. May be after Diwali?Coz you are likely to be tempted and moreover it is not proper to have a break in between!

Hi Preethi,

Thanks for the general motors diet plan. Me thinks of starting it after diwali bcos me can't tolerate the temptation of sweets. I am 54 Kgs and for my height I am supposed to be not more than 50 Kgs. I don't have a problem with the extra kgs, but my tummy size has increased in the last few months, so all my old jeans which used to be a perfect fit are now very tight .

Will let you all know the feedback once I try it.

However, can anyone guide me on how to lose tummy fat?? I want more emphasise on tummy and arms than the rest of the body. Is there any exercise of yoga specific to this??

Thank you all once again for your wonderful and support to the needy. Hats off to the Indus ladies team.

Cheers,
Geetha Satish.

Dear Geeta,
Lie on your back. Bring both hands to the back of neck and join them. Breathe deeply and Bend knees together and rise. Rise your head by supporting hands.
Do this in the morning before bf, and do ten times daily. This might work.
Best wishes.

Gals,

But the GM diet is a fad diet. Yes it is great that you loose 5kgs in one week etc... but sooner or later you are going to put those lost kgs back on. The diet basically makes you go into starvation mode. Never mind that you are eating fruits veggies etc... but the body still needs its carbs and protein. And once you go off the diet , the body ( which still thinks it is in starvation mode) will tend to hoard up all the extra cals as fat. so you are back at square one. Also if you read through the pdf file that Preethi has posted, there is a statement that Milk gives you empty calories, Which is totally false. Milk is a good source of protein and calcium and Riboflavin which are essential to the body.


Having studied this subject, my advise is to have a balanced diet and exercise a lot. that is the only way to loose weight and keep it off.

Just my two cents. This diet will make you really tired and give you headaches etc.....

Vandhana

Hi all

I would also like to join in this discussion as i like to reduce my excess weight which i cudnt bcos of my lazziness, but i ought to reduce, so i feel joining with u all will motivate me to reduce my body weight.

and i agree with vandhana ant that 7 day diet program. my bro followed it for a week adn he lost weight say around 3 to 4 kgs but once he stopped this diet program he gained back his weight. so we need to do an alternative with veggies, friuts, chapatis avoiding rice, thats it and not starving...

A best exercise is Walking. this worked out for me. when i was in India, i lost around 13 kgs only by walking and strict dieting.
my diet included chapati in lunch - 3 and i will have 1 chapati in morning and evenin gi will go for walk for an hour and then night i will have a light dinner, say a cup of rice with plenty of rasam or butter milk. so that large quantity of fluid fills my stomach or simply i will have light tiffen. thats it. i lost

but now i am in US i cudnt go for walk regularly bcos of climate but i am bored of aerobics so i cudnt exercise in any way, i gained a lot of weight...hmmm now i dont know wat to do

Even I want to reduce my weight. I am also interested to join this group.

Yes,Vandhana,you are right. I have heard about this GM diet some 5 yrs back itself. It is not a safe method to loose weight.Weight lose should never be sudden,it is not good for overall good health.

Also,heard from my doctor that whether it is rice or chappathi,there is not much difference in calories.It all depends on the quantity.

I am also trying to loose weight.I have lost about 4 pounds in the last one month.I think that is a safe amount to loose in a month.I have just decreased the quantity of my food intake and have started including more vegetables as side dishes and also fruits.I drink about 2 glasses of milk as coffee and tea in a day.But I am not on any crash diet,if I feel like eating something,I still go ahead and eat it since I don't want to start craving for it.I think the most important thing is -I do aerobics for about 50 minutes everyday.That has really helped.

hi all IL ladies ,
i also leave the programe in between coz i got a bad headache. i already suffer frm migrain but after 2 days of this programe it was on high so i drop in between . that's why i can't be hungry anytime otherwise i will get hunger headache and that's the reason i put on weight . even if i do exercise i got migrain . so i don't know waht to do. any suggestions for me will realy help me ?

hai friends,

hails for the girls who have put such an idea.I also want to join your group since i also want to reduce my weight.for the last three years i have been putting on weight due to the menopausual problems.i am doing regular exercises like yoga,pilates,etc and trying to control the intake of food also.actually i have been thinking of entering the general motors diet for the last three days.since diwali is approaching.i have postponed till the next week.i am going on a trip also.anyhow it is a welcome decision on the part of the group.new suggestions are welcome and i advise my friends to do exercises excluding the house chores of work and you have to find time for them.wishing you all the best,
bipasu