Wow, I couldn't believe it. I was surfing around looking for diet programs and I found this. This is very strange - a diet made for a car/truck company. I thought I would post it for everyone to see and give feedback on as you see fit. Just goes to show though - it is in the best interest of companies to help their employees stay slim, particularly if those employees are union. I'm sure General Motors is spending millions on obesity related illnesses, so the General Motors Weight Loss Diet isn't so far fetched I guess.

I'm going to try the General Motors Soup tonight! :D

GENERAL MOTORS WEIGHT LOSS DIET
The following diet and health program was developed for the employees and the dependants of General Motors Inc.

The program was developed in conjunction with the grant from the US Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. It was first tried at the Johns Hopkins Research Centre and was approved for distribution by the Board of Directors of General Motors Corporation at a general meeting on August 15, 1995.

General Motors Corporation wholly endorsed this program and is making it available to all employees and families. This program will be available at all General Motors Food service facilities.

It is the management's intention to facilitate a welfare and fitness program for everyone.

This program is designed for a target weight loss of 5-6 Kgs. per week. It will also improve your attitude and emotions because of its systematic cleansing effects. The effectiveness of this seven day plan is that the foods eaten burn more calories than they give to the body in caloric value. This plan can be used as often as you like to without any fear of complications. It is designed to flush your system of impurities and give you a feeling of well being. After seven days you will begin to feel lighter by atleast 10 pounds. You will have an abundance of energy and an improved disposition.


During the first seven days you must drink 10 glasses of water each day.


DAY ONE

All fruits except bananas. Your first day will consists of all fruits you want. It is suggested you consume lost of watermelon and cantaloupe.


DAY TWO
All vegetables. You are encouraged to eat until you are stuffed with all the new and cooked vegetables of your choice. There is no limit on the account or type. Avoid oil and coconut while cooking vegetables. Have large boiled potato for breakfast.


DAY THREE
Any mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No bananas yet and no potatoes today.


DAY FOUR
Bananas and milk. Today you will eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. You can also have I bowl of vegetables soup.


DAY FIVE
Today is a feast day. You will eat 1 cup of rice. You also have to eat six whole tomatoes and drink 12 glasses of water today to cleanse your system of the excess uric acid you will be producing.


DAY SIX
Today is another all vegetables day. You must eat 1 cup of rice today and eat all the vegetables you want cooked and uncooked to your hears content.


DAY SEVEN
Today your food intake will consist of 1 cup rice, fruit juice and the vegetables you care to consume. Tomorrow morning you will be five to eight kgs. lighter than 1 week ago. If you desire further weight loss, repeat the program again. Repeat the program as often as you like, however, it is suggested that you rest for three days before every repetition.


You have your system under control now and it will thank you for all the purging and cleansing you just gave it. Even more than a diet program it is good to follow this diet once in a while to clean your digestive system and remove toxic substances that have a accumulated in the system.


ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

The most important element of the program is the 10 tall glasses of water a day. You can also flavour the water will some lemon to make the drink easier. While on the program, take only black coffee and never more than one teaspoon of oil. Preferably do not use oil because the high calorific content. No fruit juices before day seven.


Here is what happens to you body while you are on this program and how and why it works.


Day 1: You are preparing your system for the upcoming program. Your only source of nutrition is fresh fruits. Fruits are nature's perfect food. They provide everything you can possibly want to sustain life except total balance and variety.


Day 2: Starts with a fix complex carbohydrates in the form of a boiled potato. This is taken in the form of a boiled potato and taken in the morning to provide energy and balance. The rest of the day too consists of vegetables which are virtually calories free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.


Day 3: Eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from fruits. Your system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will have cravings, which should start to diminish by day four.


Day 4: Bananas and milk. You are in for a surprise. You probably will not be able to eat all the bananas allowed. But they are there fore the potassium you have lost and the sodium you may have missed the last three days. You will notice a definite loss of desire for sweets and you will be surprised at how easy this day will go.


Day 5: Rice and tomatoes. The rice is for the carbohydrates and the tomatoes are for the digestion and the fibre. Lots of water purifies your system. You should notice colourless urine today. Do not feel you have to eat one cup rice, you may eat less. But you may eat six tomatoes.


Day 6: It is similar to five. Vitamins and fibre from the vegetables and carbohydrates from the rice. By now your system is in a total weight loss inclination. There should be a noticeable difference in the way you look today compared to day one.


Day 7: You may celebrate with champagne. You may also have white wine instead of champagne, but in al practical programs, and in all surveys done to measure the success of the program, General Motors employees have always preferred champagne to white wine.


More than one cup of coffee with milk is especially forbidden. Milk and oil add empty calories to your diet. Avid coffee lovers can console themselves with black coffee. However, after the first week, it will help your digestion and set your stomach. The key think to remeb4er is that if you are hungry at any time, then you are not following the diet correctly. Almost all people give up the diet when they are hungry because of dieting. The secret of this program is that you should never hungry. If it is a vegetable day, eat so much vegetables so that you are never hungry. If it is a fruits day, eat so much fruits that you are never hungry. You may be bored of eating vegetables all day, but you should not be hungry. You can take any amount of General Motors wonder soup on any day.



GENERAL MOTORS WONDER SOUP


The following soup is intended as a supplement to your diet. It can be eaten any time of the day in virtually unlimited quantities. You are encouraged to drink large quantities of this soup.

23 oz water

06 large onions

02 green peppers

03 whole tomatoes

1 cabbage

1 bunch celery - add herbs and seasoning as desired.


This program is highly recommended for women and men above 40 for whom excess weight is especially dangerous. Excess weight for women aggravates arthritis problems and leads to rapid joint decay. Pain and joint deterioration can be lessened by weight loss as weight loss removes the stress on the knee joint. Excess weight is the most critical factor in keeping good health and excess weight is responsible for the most problems including coronary diseases, heart problems, arthritis and cancer among other serious life threatening diseases. Most serious health problems can be avoided by the single function of maintaining an ideal weight. Daily mild exercise of 20 minutes is also essential. Do not tire yourself out, but being regular in your exercise and maintaining an ideal weight goes a long way in ensuring a happy, healthy and long life.

Here's the original link: http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~jaju/healt...otorsDiet.html

I'm on day 4 of this diet right now. I've lost 5 lbs so far.
Only the GM diet I found on line is a bit different...
Day 5 is beef instead of rice and Day 6 is beef and vegetables.
see at:
http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/~jajoo/gmdiet.html

I wonder if it matters, or which one is the true diet

I am disappointed in this diet.
I only lost about 8 lbs, and have gained back 3-4 of it already.

Hi Petch. You are the first person I know who has tried this diet. Doesn't sound as though it works very well. I tried making the soup and it was very unflavorable and disappointing so I didn't even bother trying the diet.

I guess GM should stick to making cars and trucks. ;D

Have you tried any other diets that you were happier with? What is your weight loss goal?

Helen

I found this GM diet is also called the 7 day diet...there is a lot more internet info when you google 7 day diet than gm diet...and the diet slightly varies with each link too.

I am also nursing, he is just about to wean at 12 1/2 months old...so I can try a few more things once that happens.
But my body "hangs on and tight!" to every pound while I nurse, it has been that way with all 6 of my kids.

I am normally a size 4. I have at times been a 2.
Right now I am in a size 8...and hating it!!
I'm 5'6". I need to lose about 25 - 30 lbs to be where I want to be.
I'm 39 (40 in July) so getting the weight off is a bit more difficult now than 10 years ago...but I am determined..my age will not stop me!

I just got Wu Long (oolong) tea and will try that. Have read some promising things about it.
ordered from:
http://www.wulongforlife.com/

I have also ordered (not tried yet)
Super Citrimax with Chromium (key ingredient: Garcinia cambogia)
Banaba Leaf
EGCg Green Tea Extract

I read about these here:
http://www.thedietchannel.com/Weight-Loss-Herbs.htm

and ordered them from my favorite online store
http://iherb.com

Also,
what I ***wish*** were still available...

Shapefast by Shaperite Concepts, Ltd.
That company has been taken over by 4Life products. And while they do still have the Shapefast,
it is now without Ma Huang. (the plant form of ephedra..not the chemical form)
It was tried and true and worked for me and everyone else I introduced to it that tried it.
The ban has been lifted, but you still cannot really find true ephedra anymore.

That worked for me, and I felt more healthy..
It helped me lose 40 lbs in about 3-4 months. After I had my 4th child.
I then kept the weight off for 8 years!
I only then gained because my doc put me on a med (for OCD) that put 20 lbs on me in about 7 months time. (size 10!!)
If it weren't for that, I wouldn't be having this weight problem now.
I did lose some of that by 2003, (down to a size 6) but then had another child in Jan. 2004, then went back down to a 6 (almost 4)
then had another child May 2006...and here I am now.

I have always struggled with my weight and now its a year and a half after my second child and I still can't seem to lose the weight. I want to lose 30lbs. I'm currently 160 and would like to get to 130.
After my first Child and I managed to get most of the weight off with working out and eating right, but it was a BIG struggle.
This time I am looking for some additional help to the usual diet and exercise.
I guess that is why I am here :)