Has anyone else here tried "The G.I. Diet" (author Rick Gallop)?
It seems to be alot like Sugar Busters or The Zone. It seems to be very easy to live with. I've only been on it for 8 days and have lost 5 lbs. even though I cheated a little a couple of times. However I suspect that is mostly water weight. I have about 45 lbs. to lose. If I can average 1 or 2 lbs. per week this is the plan for me!
Quincy.

Hi~
I just ordered the book......*keeping fingers crossed*
How are you doing?

Hi AluraD:
The G.I. Diet is working quite well for me. The first two weeks I dropped weight quickly - 8 lbs. I am now in the 3rd week and have dropped 2 more lbs. for a total of 10. The diet is very easy to follow. The green light foods I am allowed to eat during the weight loss phase are varied enough and low-carb enough that I find my cravings for high carbs has been dramatically reduced, yet I can eat enough to keep me satisfied. I am learning to snack on fruit to satisfy hunger. This way of eating is so simple to do, healthy and satisfying that I can see how I could maintain this for the rest of my life. I am not in the clear yet as I have 40 lbs. to go to reach my goal weight but unlike Atkins and CAD which I tried a couple of years ago, I think I can reach my goal weight with this one, even though the results may come a bit slower. I think you will enjoy the simplicity of the plan and how good you will feel about the foods you eat.
Slow but steady.
Quincy.

Thanks Quincy~
The web site doesn't offer much info. I am looking forward to reading the book and started yesterday with the green light foods. I have had great success with Atkins but just want to eat a more varied "natural" diet. I will never get up where I was again~
I don't mind the slow progress as long as it is fairly consistant~ You are doing great~

Hi there,

Well done with your weight loss. I know this diet has a known fact that you wont shed every pound straight away. But you are guaranteed that the slower the weight comes off the longer it stays off. Meaning you wont pile it back on again. I have just started the diet today and so far im not hungry for high gl foods.

Keep up the good work, im sure you'll lose that 40 in no time.

Melissa.

Hi all, I haven't yet read this whole thread, but I will. I'm looking for a good WOL for my 19 yr old daughter and am wondering if this one might work for her. She has a lot of weight to lose (morbidly obese), but has some food allergies and food dislikes that make it near impossible for the standard lc plans to work for her. She just can't tolerate a lot of texture in her foods which is a big issue. For example, she gags on salad, can't stand chewing steak, pork, etc.

She's also allergic to eggs and oats (makes it really hard to find a good breakfast!) I suspect if I could get her down to 100-150 carbs per day she would lose weight, but won't kick the cravings. She did try lc at one point, but just couldn't maintain it because of the lack of food choices.

I bought a book awhile ago which has the glycemic index so I can look up the foods. That book wouldn't work for her because she wouldn't take the time to look them up. Is there some guideline #s that work for the red yellow and green concept? Do you think WOL might work for her?

Thanks for your help.

Here is the link to the website.....

http://www.gidiet.com/

Thanks Lobstergal.

AlluraD:
Thanks for the encouragement. I would like to know what your progress is and what you think of the diet once you get into it.
Quincy

I've really been thinking about this diet. Where do we get a list of foods that have the GI amount. I know I've seen one where it's listed in green and red and so on but for the life of me I can't find it now.

Hi Iowa:
Sorry for not responding sooner, I've been up to my armpits in alligators.
For a glycemic list you can try www.glycemicindex.com
Or - http://diabetes.about.com/library/m.../nmendosagi.htm
The book "The GI Diet" has simplified the whole deal by listing the foods we eat light a traffic light by categorizing them as red, yellow and green light foods.
I feel very good about this way of eating and I know it works as I've lost 15 lbs. in 5 weeks so far which has exceeded my expectations. I've been around the block a couple of times and this low-glycemic thing is like a breath of fresh air .

Thank you. I really appreciate it. It sounds like you are doing awesome. That's so cool. It's encouragment for everyone else.

I too have been attempting the GI Diet, although I'm not quite fully into it yet. I'm coming at it from the other way--from a truly LC WOE. I lost 55 lb. on Protein Power, but couldn't get rid of the last 6 lb. to goal. Also needed to get a WOE for maintenance. I know someone who is using the GI Diet and loves it. So I bought the books out of curiosity. When I first read them, I thought "no way". His adamant anti-fat really kind of turned me off. But then I got thinking about it and reading about it. Cheese is really my only issue. I don't drink milk, low fat salad dressing and cottage cheese are just fine with me. I make my own yogourt and switching to skim milk is OK for that. And I don't eat that much cheese to start with. Low fat cheese is just so yucky!
However, I've had to ease into it by gradually increasing my carbs since my body wasn't used to handling them. Just today I've started trying to get in the 3 snacks. I'm sure not hungry.
I've also been really a fiend (for me) on the exercise with doing WATP 3 mile 7 days a week, Curves 3x weekly and a firming and toning video 3x weekly. Whatever the cause, I lost a pound last week (and I wasn't even fully into GI Diet). So I was happy with that as the scale hadn't budged in 5 weeks.
Have yet to put beans, oatmeal and some other items into my diet. Still trying to be fairly cautious about the number of carbs I consume. But so far, so good.
Marjorie

Hi Marnie:
Your almost at your goal weight!
I too tried Atkins w.o.e., but that was a couple of years ago and I couldn't stand all the meat and cheese anymore. So I started the G.I. Diet last month and am very impressed with the types of foods I can eat. It all seems so right. Anyway I hope I can get as close to goal weight as you are. Even dropping 15 lbs. makes me feel so much better about myself.
Slow but steady.
Quincy.

There is a great cookbook i've been using for Low G.I. Recipes. It called The Good Carb Cookbook: Secrets of Eating Low on the Glycemic Index
by Sandra Woodruff
I bought it off of Amazon for about 12 bucks. Lots of info and great recipes.