G I Diet

[Domestic Goddess]

I've heard that the G I diet means that you can eat crisps and chocolate, which soumds like something I can stick to! Has anyone hear read the book or tried the diet. I lost quite a lot of weight last year through low carbing, but am finding it hard to stick to.

I'd appreciate any advice from someone with experience of this diet.

Many thanks

DG

[Bonkers Mad!!!]

DG, a friend of mine follows this diet and although i don't know how much weight he has lost, i do know that he is disgusting healthy because of it. he's way into his 40's and started on the G.I diet when his G.P told him he was running the risk of developing diabetes. it seems to have completely retrained his tastebuds and he now finds it hard to eat things like white bread because it is too sweet. in only a few months he seems to have dropped 10 years from his age as well as a couple of stones even though he's not exercising (as such), he just has loads more energy so he is becoming more active.

[Lady Penelope]

DG,

This diet....should be called God I need to diet....cos I know I do. I squeezed a pair of jean shorts on today and I am so glad I didn't have any visitors :bigeyes:

Crisps and chocolate sounds good to me...I am up for it :thumbs:
BM darling you don't need to diet poppet but if you can find out from your friend I would be grateful. :D

DG, we could start a diet together once we have the details couldn't we? I mean it would mean posting our weight on the forum or do you think that a wee bit risque :lol:

Come who else is up for it? :wow:

LPxxx

[Mr Ribbit]

Sounds interesting. I could do with losing the stone in weight I put on at Christmas and is still there to remind me every day that I wish I didn't have a weakness for cakes. :blush: :lol:

Be interested to find out more about this one - never heard of it before.

[sapphirelily10]

The GI Diet (http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/gi_diet.htm) :)

Sapph :)

[Bod]

The best diet that i know (it sounds horrid but actually easier than it sounds) is not really a diet -
its more like hunger conditioning..

Theres two kinds of hunger- Body and mind -
Mind is mostly the snacker...

You refuse to eat until you feel really and i do mean really hungry- From the BODY-

I normally wait till the evening meal and eat nothing till then just to get me started...
Then you eat - Not because its dinner time- but because you are literally Famished. Best of all you eat what you like..
Your body will chose..let it..
Do that for a week until you know the diference between a pang and HUNGER rumbles and you lose weight fast..
Most people eat because it is time to -Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner plus snacks between.. Time = mind...and as we know thats the Fattener...
If your not hungry why eat because its TIME to ?

You dont walk around starving- you literally just get used to the difference between Mental HUNGER PANGs and Bodily HUNGER (real need for fuel)

This may mean later you skip meals- but its because your NOT HUNGRY- and by god when you are truely hungry - everything tastes much better and it is so satisfying when you eat-
Its not a hand to mouth Chomp chomp - its AHHHH lovely i needed that!!

Very quickly the body gets used to it and the mental pangs stop replaced with just real HUNGER only when its time for the BODY to eat..
The mind loses control on that and you simply stop eating out of mental impulse.
You utterly blank them..

I cant say its easy or works for all- but it is a choice method in hollywood too..

[sunny]

LP;

I'm in!!!!!!!!!!
:lol:
Chocolate and crisps'll do me thank you very much.

What about red wine? :lol:

I was on the low carb diet 2 years ago, not Atkins, another one and I tell you it was lovely, steak, mayo, lashings of red wine, AND, I kid you not, the flattest tummy I have had in years. :thumbs:

But then...........

I got CRAVINGS for pasta, rice, bread, potatoes, so have a little wobbly tummy now as a result!!!!!!!!!! :hihi: :hihi:

Have heard of this diet, but am not on diet wavelength yet.........must diet, must diet, but hey, went on a really, really, long bike ride today, but then.......had an ice-cream as I'd done so well................. :blush:

[Lady Penelope]

:) Sapph, thanks for that :thumbs: just printed off a list. Right then Porridge on the shopping list tomorrow then. :rolleyes:

Bod, I hear what you are saying...might give it a go, I have on occassion had a fast for a day or two...mind you that's when I am normally have been upset or through trauma :cry: (I should be as skiny as a rake then :bigeyes: )

I think this time of year when we all don our 'summer clothes' we notice the few extra pounds as Mr Ribbit said we add over the winter. :blush:

I refuse to have scales in my home, so I'm off to a friend's tomorrow to weigh myself on hers :o

LPxxx

[sunny]

Yeah I forgot to thank Bod too!

I agree with you to an extent Bod. Some days I am so busy rushing round after the children, that I forget to eat until about 2pm in the afternoon.

Though they are not allowed to leave this house without first eating brekkie!!!!!

But I'm still not a size 8!!!!!!!!!! :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

[Lady Penelope]

:lol: Sunny,

Yes of course :thumbs: Red wine a must have or a dry white. :lol: I must admit I do love pasta and rice, though can leave potatoes out.

I have a very wobbly tummy :cry: I don't exercise and I don't intend to start now either :lol:

Oh heavens :unsure:

[Bod]

Oh yeah -always avoid the NFH diet- its not nice-

You lose weight and hair at the same time :blink:



Bod

[Mr Ribbit]

Sad but true Bod. :(

I found exercise (if you can stay motivated to keep it going) is the quickest way to lose weight. I started 'plodding' (slower than jogging and running, more like an enthusiastic walk :lol: ) a couple of years ago and with just 15-30 minutes, 3 times a week, my weight just dropped off. I think I lost 1 and a half stone in around 3 weeks! :bigeyes: :thumbs:

I also cut out my vices which were cake and biscuits. Made a huge difference until I stopped around Christmas time. :blush: :lol:

[Domestic Goddess]

I don't mind listing how many pounds I've lost/gained...but I'm way to shy to state my actual weight!!!! I've found that low carbing means that I'm never hungry, but there is the boredom factor to contend with.
Also it's really hard to make a packed lunch when you can't eat bread or pittas etc.

Tescos do make nice low carb muffins now, but the low carb cereal was heinious!
The thing is that I know I can loose the weight, but it's just that as soon as I stop dieting the pounds pile back on. I'm either dieting or gaining weight. I seem to be unable to maintain a steady weight.

Oh how I wish liposuction were available on the NHS. I'd just have a quick fix every year and enjoy life!!!

[JessicaRabbit]

I have been thinking about going on the GI diet myself.I lost 2 stone with weight watchers last year but I am bored with that now.
I would like to loose another stone and have just ordered the Anthony Worrell Thompson GI diet book as it was cheap ;)

My downfall is weekends,can't keep off the wine :wine:

[Lady Penelope]

:) We will have to invent a Red Wine diet then :wine: I'm to google then :lol:

[Domestic Goddess]

Originally posted by JessicaRabbit@2nd May 2005 - 9:33 PM
I would like to loose another stone and have just ordered the Anthony Worrell Thompson GI diet book as it was cheap** ;)




Dear Jessica,
I was looking at this book on Amazon. Once you'v got it can you please let me know if it's worth investing in.

By he way I was just so please to see a healthy eating book written by someone who isn't stick thin!!! AWT looks like a chap who enjoys his food amnd I certainly can relate to that!

[Annabel]

:D Attention all!!!

The Book People have Anthony Worrall Thompson's GI Diet book very cheap...£4.99...well worth a punt, Id say! :)

[JessicaRabbit]

Hi DG,well I got the book and I have had a quick look at it.
The recipes seem a bit time consuming but I suppose that's what you'd expect if you want to eat healthier food.

I haven't really got started on it because I thought it might give you alot of menu plans but there are only about 3 days worth and then i suppose you have to decide the rest yourself.

It is a nice book for the money,I got for £4.99 from 'The Book People'.

I am not in the right frame of mind at the moment for dieting though but I would like to give it a try some day,lol.

Just had a bag of M & M's,couldn't resist them. :rolleyes: