However, if your goal is to quickly lose a few pounds without breaking too much sweat, the GM diet might be the silver bullet you’re looking for. The fact is that maintaining a steady diet is a long term commitment and demands changes that your body and mind are sometimes just not ready to make. Mostly because the meals were difficult to prepare or the food was not keeping you full or you weren’t getting the results you wanted soon enough. There must be any number of times that you started a diet but could never keep up.