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I thought third day was going to be wonderful. The GM diet… 

instructions said you can have “A mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity.” I was thinking of stuffing myself with loads of it. However, I did not realize that past can have a bad influence on my mind.  

I checked my weight in the morning. I had lost half a kg. This motivated me….. 

to great extent. I was feeling light and energetic. And moreover, telling my brother that I was still going strong with the diet was giving a huge boost to my ego. (whisper: That’s why I said in the beginning. Declare it to the world. It helps)

So day 3 started with a positive note. But as I started …

to think about the stuff that I was going to eat, the positive attitude got a little shaky. I didn’t want to have apples or oranges. The memory of the first day was still lingering in my mind. No, I didn’t want to eat the boiled vegetables too. I had it just yesterday. I thought third day will be pretty easy but it was turning out to be a tough day. When I was given a choice of having both, the fruits and vegetables, I was all confused.  

 I was thinking of having some ….

other vegetables. But the idea did not work as I realized that Indian gourd was the only vegetable which can be gulped down when boiled. I mean I can’t think of spinach, cauliflower, lady finger or any other vegetable in a boiled state. And I was very firm on not eating oil at all.

So Finally…

I decided to have just the boiled Indian gourd. I had half an apple and I was done. In the evening I had a cucumber.  

Let me stress here that having 10 glasses of water ….

(If you sincerely stick to that quantity) does not leave any empty space in your stomach. You don’t feel hungry as such. So spending a day with just half an apple, two bowls of boiled vegetables and a cucumber is not that hard. This is my experience. I know that everyone’s body reacts differently to diets and this is mental more than a physical thing. Mind plays a vital part in any habit cultivated by body. Some people like tomatoes and others don’t. I have never had a raw tomato in my life. And the fifth day in the GM diet is all about raw tomatoes. In the whole of the seven days, I thought fifth day was the toughest. 

However, as I said it is all about …

mind. If you can shut your mind and be a little stubborn, you can survive. I survived the third day. And the idea of next day kept me alive. I love bananas. And I can have as many as 8 bananas. I was sure that I can make it through that day. Now that I got through the 3^rd day, my only challenge was going to be the fifth day. Raw tomatoes?!! That was going to be bad.

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