Dear Pooja,
I followed the GM diet twice, and lost almost 8 kilos. I’d followed the diet then because I had a wedding to attend. Now, I want to lose 10 kilos permanently. Is it safe to practice it on a regular basis? Or are the results just temporary?What if I asked you ‘Will you be able to do the particular diet permanently?’ Nothing lasts till you don’t work towards it. That holds good for any regime you intend following whether it was a hair care, skin care, exercise or diet related weight loss. Till you apply a certain cream to can prevent the pigmentation that bothers you, till you lift the weights to have the tone and strength you want, similarly till to follow a particular diet you will have the results it gives you. If you can’t do it forever – how will the results last forever? Thus my strong advice is never start something that is difficult to sustain. If the cream cost lakhs the results can be great on you skin but you cant keep applying it forever? Follow a food plan that can be become a lifestyle then its results are here to stay. Eating just fruits or just meat or vegetables in the whole day is not something anyone can sustain so then obviously once you start eating everything the weight will come running back on. No wedding or occasion is worth putting your body through the torment of muscle loss (and lack of eating wholesome only leads to losing your healthy burning muscle mass) and the worse being it comes back on as fat (the unhealthy storing component that further lowers your metabolism) Weight loss is not about deletion, we all tend to make food the enemy by starving or depriving ourselves to the point where we are punishing our bodies to lose weight. Weight loss is not about upheaval, its about adjustment. Weight loss is not about dieting, it’s about making permanent changes to your eating habits. So that you don’t have to do this rut for another occasion around the corner. Please do visit a nutritionist who can help you chalk this regime for you well and forever. Good luck!
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