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  Whichever plan you want to follow, make sure you eat three meals and two snacks each day. This will prevent the dreaded hunger pangs you so often get on a diet, whilst ensuring you meet your nutritional needs for the day.

  Use the shopping guides and food lists we have put together for you. They are there to make everything easier and to ensure you don’t find yourself at the supermarket checkout with a whole load of high-GL foods.

  Get organized – decide which day you want to start the plan, and stick to it. Get everything you need for at least the first two to three days. If you can, get rid of high-GL foods like biscuits, sweets, white breads and cakes that may act as trigger foods for you to fall off track.

  Take some measurements such as waist and hips as well as weight or BMI (body mass index – there is a BMI chart on our website) before you start and don’t measure again until the end of the seven days. Weight can fluctuate daily for lots of reasons so you won’t get a true picture of your success by jumping on the scales every day – and anyway, that’s what people stuck in a diet trap do and you are now breaking free from all that!

  Although we have given some general guides for portions, don’t start weighing everything you eat! There’s no need. The guides are there just to give you an idea of a sensible portion. Maybe weigh a food once, and then you’ll recognize the right portion the next time. Do use the cupped hands portion guide (see page 191) – this is the only portion rule you’ll ever need!

  Don’t get hung up about counting GL points either. Although we have given you the GL values of foods it’s just to give you a basic understanding. We are all for ‘Diet Freedom’ and making everything smooth and easy, which fits in perfectly with this way of eating. Counting points and weighing food is too much like dieting for us – and remember WE HATE DIETS!

  ? Get active. You will lose weight following the 7-day GL diet on its own, but this book is all about helping you towards a healthier lifestyle and that means moving about more (see page 18 for details). You will feel even better and get fantastic results if you increase your activity levels by even 30 minutes a day, along with following the eating plans.