| General Motors Diet |
[05 Dec 2006|01:09pm] |
GM diet is somewhat like cricket. Both were invented, in different centuries, by the erstwhile superpowers of the world to keep a check on the flab of their leisure loving populations. At present, Indians (from India) have taken up the duty of disseminating both across the planet. If you want to know how we are successfully spreading the game of cricket, read this. As for GM diet, just google. The first few results for General Motors Diet are exclusively Indian – coming to you from the servers of IIM Ahmedabad and IIT Bombay and the Blog of Parag! If you delve deeper you’ll see more Indianization of this calorie counting regimen supplied by Yahoo India Answers, NDTV and Rediff India.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) parag's blog deserves a special mention because his live journal is where I first came across this diet. Reading his detailed account it instinctively crossed by mind that N would be a good scapegoat for this weight watch plan. So what's my excuse of not partaking? I usually have different reasons depending on seasons when it calls for abstinence from fried and fatty foods, currently the excuse goes by the name of nursing ze Boy.
The diet program was developed in conjunction with USDA and FDA. It was field tested at the Johns Hopkins Research Centre and was approved for distribution by General Motors Corp. on the 38th anniversary of India's independence (a coincidence.) From what I've seen I'd not call it a miracle fat burner, the way it works is like a cleanser for your digestive system, similar to a fast.
( The Seven Day Plan copied from IIM Ahd server )
N lost 5 pounds at the end of the week. I got to eat processed frozen foods, heat and serve stuff from the deli and even a couple of fruits because I am lazy to cook for myself. I also whipped up the famed General Motors Wonder Soup and few other dietary delicacies – photos and recipes below.
GM Soup
( Something like a Recipe )
Day Five and Six are happy cow days. The non-beef version of the diet is more popular amongst Hindustanis due to the sacred status of cow (except among some heretics like us.) We had sheesh kebabs on skewers for Day 5 and Ground Beef Stuffed Bell Peppers on Day 6. Stuffed Pepper recipe as follows. Unleash you inner maniac and chop off the heads of all those glam peppers. Immerse them in boiling water – suffer, suckers suffer. Keep them in for 5 min, let 'em learn a lesson. You can sauté the beef in its own fat(even 7% beef will have some fat enough to keep it non-sticky) and add whatever spice mixture you like. I have a coffee-grinder which I use to dry grind spices to make custom garam masala or add store-bought seasonings.
Optional steps: Saute diced onions, mushrooms, garlic, ginger etc with the beef. When you are in doubt add Worcestershire sauce, always works with meat. I added cooked brown rice(or bread crumbs) to mine since I had no dietary restrictions.
Fill the beef mixture inside the bell pepper cups, pop in the oven for 20 min or till done. For presentation purposes jazz it up with scallions and take a picture. Let there be a record of rationed food week (or healthy living week, whichever way you see it.)
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