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archanapa60
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posted October 23, 2008 09:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for archanapa60     Edit/Delete Message
I have gone through all the threads on this subject. I have been following the red diet for losing weight for the last 22 days VERBATIM as Linda has suggested in Star Signs. I find absolutely no change in me. Of course, I have not weighed myself but am talking from the experience of jean test and my appearance in the mirror.

Somebody, please share your experience and suggest how to remove the bottle-neck, if nay, to help me keep motivated to finish the entire period.

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Randall
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posted November 02, 2008 03:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
Did you keep working it?

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archanapa60
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posted November 07, 2008 04:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for archanapa60     Edit/Delete Message
God!!! Thanks for responding Randall. When I had posted the question, I was sure somebody or the other will definitely offer some advice. I had lost all hopes when nobody did, so far so that I stopped checking the portal. So once again thanks for acknowledging my post.

Yes, I am still continuing it. It has been 37 days today. No compromises what so ever. I feel my weight has increased by 3-4 kilograms instead of coming down. I can surely say this because the clothes that fitted me on the day I began the therapy, do not fit me any more.

I am committed to complete my 63 days. Even though I have no reason to, I believe in the concept. Linda asks us to 'know' instead of merely believing. I think I could have known only after it was successful on me. Till then I can only believe. So many times I have asked Linda to intervene and to guide me since I truly believe she exists, in some form or the other. Unfortunately she has not paid any attention.

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posted November 07, 2008 10:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message
Keep plugging on. Those that it worked well for have said that apparent weight gain is normal in the beginning (probably just water weight).

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sVirgo
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posted November 08, 2008 12:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for sVirgo     Edit/Delete Message
It worked for me very well. I had seen huge difference. However, I was too strict in it, I was wearing only red and white dresses. I checked all ingredients too while cooking so I relied more on water melon, etc. so that I would not be mixing any other stuff.
I tried it first time when I was in India. It is very hard to try red diet in India because of our dishes, they are so complex.

Good Luck to you archanapa60!

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archanapa60
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posted November 21, 2008 02:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for archanapa60     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks sVirgo. Well, here is an update. I have completed 50 days today. My weight has increased even further. I must be around 3-5 Kgs more than when I began.
While I accept the fact that food is complex in India, I have taken special care while selecting my ingredients. The only aberration I see can be making of ‘chapatis’. I use corn and gram flour and cook them on low flame; still there are few light brown spots which appear on them due to cooking. But mostly I eat white rice. Taking clue from the Star Notes, I eat white bread sometime, not always, just to break the monotony of rice. And that’s about it. I wear red, yellow, orange and white EXCLUSIVELY. I can afford to do this since currently I am out of job and in a position to do full justice to the tedious processes of the Red Diet.

Are there any exceptions regarding few who do not benefit from the Red Diet? Unfortunately, Linda has listed no exception. I really do not understand what is wrong with me. I get up early morning coinciding with the sunrise every day and start my music-color bath precisely at 6.30 AM. Not a single minute’s variation. I take about 4 glasses of solarized water daily.

After I complete my 63 days, I would like to start all over again. Are there any examples that have done the Red Diet more than once? Linda does not believe it would be needed more than once in a life time. Still, I would like to know what should be the ideal time interval between the two diets.

I think exceptions like mine need to be discussed more since it is always exceptions to a rule that provide more insights.

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angel.capri
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posted November 24, 2008 03:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for angel.capri     Edit/Delete Message
dear if its not working, then it meanz u r lacking in sumthing....
u hav to firstly trust upon the rainbow therapy..u hav to think positive as it will surely work for u...remember....BRAIN MALPROGRAMMING..
i hav found many of my frenz for whom this therapy is not working...coz of the reason...
if u do the therapy thinking of juz trying it,it will may not work bcoz ur mind is programmed as NOT WORKING...
u r frm india....juz tell me about ur eating habits for the whole day...ur weight in kgs...i will tell u the surest way...n it will surely work....
but surely only wen u believe it to be SURE....


"""""TRUST CREATES MIRACLES""""""
*****BELIEVE IN WAT U DO*****

LOVE EVRYONE......!!!!!

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Belano
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posted November 24, 2008 04:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Belano     Edit/Delete Message
It has been years since I've been to this site, but I've missed it. I'm hoping I can help you out here.
I successfully completed the Red Color Diet as outlined in Linda Goodman's Star Signs. The difference I believe is in the food you eat. Be careful of what oils you are using (olive is green, etc). I had previously followed other Color Diet threads where other people like you also showed no signs of weight loss, but it turned out they were eating salad greens and processed white flour and sugar. I strictly followed the no white flour or sugar rule. I tried before, unsuccessfully, eating white flour and white rice which is refined and processed and generally bad for you. Linda outlines in her book that refined and processed sugars and flours destroy the color harmony you are trying to achieve.
I lost a total of 20 pounds and I find that Linda's hint about shining the bulb on the soles of your feet for a few minutes after you complete the program is all the maintenance I ever needed. I hardly need that anymore, either.
Please let me know if I can help further.

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archanapa60
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posted November 28, 2008 02:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for archanapa60     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks Belano and angel.capri ! You guys appear to me as my real guardian angels. Okay, let me tell you all about what I do and what I eat. I will be grateful and happy for whatever personalized advice you may be able to give to me.

I get up at 6 AM and start my color bath exactly at 6.30 AM. When I started my color therapy, the sunrise here was at 6.30 but now it is at 6.55 AM. However, I have kept my color bath time constant. The music I use is the John Philip Sousa march. I do have a red metal lamp and 100 watts red opaque bulb. I use my mobile alarm to count time and take it exactly for 15 minutes (between breast bone and navel) + 15 minutes (soles).

I solarize four glasses of water each day and drink one just before my color bath. I take one in the evening and rest two anytime during the day. So only the evening water is freshly solarized, rest are kept overnight and used the next day.

I wear only reds, oranges, yellow and whites. Since I am without a job presently, I can follow this routine rigidly.

I use red sun-glasses whenever I go out but that is rare. I stay at home almost all the time.

Now food – I take two cups of tea in the entire day. Red hue + milk. I use a spoon of white sugar every time. I do that simply on the advice of star notes. My breakfast is either corn flakes with milk or eggs cooked in butter with two slices of white bread (In star notes, Linda allows us to consume white bread). My lunch and dinner constitute of white rice, yellow dal, carrot-beetroot-peeled potatoes-tomatoes-onions vegetable cooked either in mustard oil or butter. Sometimes when I am bored with rice, I cook chapattis of gram flour (besan) and corn flour. Fruits that I eat are bananas and red apples. Salads are only tomatoes, carrots and radish. I drink milk also. Sometimes I have eaten pizzas minus any green topping. That is almost all that I eat.

For more than a month, I visualized red color for two minutes, twice a day at exactly the same time (reminded with the mobile alarm). I have stopped doing that due to lack of motivation and no (rather negative) results.

I DO believe in color therapy and its principles including the fact that food does not increase or reduce weight. And simply because of that reason I am willing to do it all over again.

I am 48 years female, 5 feet 3 inches. When I started the color therapy, my weight was 82 kilograms and now it is 87 kilograms. I have weighed myself for the first time today because guessing my weight was causing me more anxiety. I have completed 58 days today and only 5 days remain in completion of 63 days, after which I will stop this cycle.

I suffer from hypothyroidism and take regular medicines for it. I also take medication for high blood pressure. I kept on doing red baths with red bulb since yellow or orange bulbs are not available in India. Yes, I did visit my doctor and started taking extra medication on his advice to counter temporary rise in my blood pressure.

Please suggest 1)when can I begin my next session and 2)with what alterations/modifications.

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archanapa60
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posted November 28, 2008 05:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for archanapa60     Edit/Delete Message
And yes, few more things that I eat-
..Packed juices (with sugar as one of their ingredients).. Apple, Pineapple, guava, mango, tomatoes, orange
..Biscuits (mostly orange creams)
...Fruit Jam
…Cheese
…No cold drinks, no nuts, no coffee, no chocolate

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angel.capri
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posted November 28, 2008 03:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for angel.capri     Edit/Delete Message
wat i followed i will tell u.
linda said that eat in the rite color spectrum as much as u want....but dats not working.
u hav 2 put a little control on ur food.

wen i firstly tried color therapy,it was not working...but last year i made a little changes in that.im a dietician.i was 63 kgs, after this i lost abt 5 kgs.now my weight is 58.2 kgs

i can tell u da eating-routine.

1. In morning, take ur color bath empty stomach after clearing ur wastes.Take ur tea as usual atleast 1 hr after color bath.

2. nearly at 9 to 10 am,take ur breakfast, 1 fruit,1 glass of milk/juice,1 bolied/scrumbled egg,2 brown-bread (u know both white n brown bread r made of wheat,i wonder y linda told NO to brown bread)

3.lunch, fix ur chappaties to 2, 1 bowl of dal/curd,1 bowl of vegetables.
(again, see make less use of root-vegies like potatoes,sweet potatoes,etc,less use of saltn red chillies)

4.take 1 fruit compulsorily.cc to yellow-gold spectrum mango,banana,pineapple,cheekoo has a problem,its basic color is Green,remember....
the main point is try n detect the rite color...the basic color.avoid these fruits.

5.dont eat dinner too late,wenevr u get late,better avoid it.instead take sum salads.dinner is as normal as lunch.but try n avoid chick pea,kidney beans,rice at dinners.

6.make salads a compulsory part of ur meals like 1 tomato and 1 kheera or 1 onion.

7.maximum u can take 2 spoons of sugar n oil...manage urself How.

8.twice a month,take fruit diet full day.

for any more clarifications,ask me...
dis will surely work.
God bless u n all da best 4 ur therapy.

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angel.capri
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posted November 28, 2008 03:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for angel.capri     Edit/Delete Message
wat i followed i will tell u.
linda said that eat in the rite color spectrum as much as u want....but dats not working.
u hav 2 put a little control on ur food.

wen i firstly tried color therapy,it was not working...but last year i made a little changes in that.im a dietician.i was 63 kgs, after this i lost abt 5 kgs.now my weight is 58.2 kgs

i can tell u da eating-routine.

1. In morning, take ur color bath empty stomach after clearing ur wastes.Take ur tea as usual atleast 1 hr after color bath.

2. nearly at 9 to 10 am,take ur breakfast, 1 fruit,1 glass of milk/juice,1 bolied/scrumbled egg,2 brown-bread (u know both white n brown bread r made of wheat,i wonder y linda told NO to brown bread)

3.lunch, fix ur chappaties to 2, 1 bowl of dal/curd,1 bowl of vegetables.
(again, see make less use of root-vegies like potatoes,sweet potatoes,etc,less use of saltn red chillies)

4.take 1 fruit compulsorily.cc to yellow-gold spectrum mango,banana,pineapple,cheekoo has a problem,its basic color is Green,remember....
the main point is try n detect the rite color...the basic color.avoid these fruits.

5.dont eat dinner too late,wenevr u get late,better avoid it.instead take sum salads.dinner is as normal as lunch.but try n avoid chick pea,kidney beans,rice at dinners.

6.make salads a compulsory part of ur meals like 1 tomato and 1 kheera or 1 onion.

7.maximum u can take 2 spoons of sugar n oil...manage urself How.

8.twice a month,take fruit diet full day.

for any more clarifications,ask me...
dis will surely work.
God bless u n all da best 4 ur therapy.

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angel.capri
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posted November 28, 2008 03:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for angel.capri     Edit/Delete Message
one more thing try n take atleast 8 -10 glasses of water a day.

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Belano
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posted December 01, 2008 10:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Belano     Edit/Delete Message
I have read the Star Notes, and I believe that Linda wanted to clarify that we can eat, among other things, noodles and pizza.
However, in my experience I absolutely could not lose any weight eating bleached, processed grains or sugar. I completed the program and actually gained a few pounds.
However, when I completed the program eating whole foods such as potatos, yams, strawberries, raspberries, organic pasta with red tomato sauce (the pasta wasn't made with bleached semolina) and pizza made with honey wheat unbleached flour I lost 20 pounds and felt great. Eating bleached sugars and grains did not work for me. I could still eat long grain rice with corn oil and butter, just not processed white rice or brown rice, of course. I also ate chicken and eggs before I gave those up. I am a vegetarian now.
This may just be my experience. I'd love to see other posts from individuals who were successful while eating bleached rice, flour or sugar.
Why not try adding honey to your red tea instead of sugar? Do you have access to organic unbleached pasta? I lived on this to keep me satisfied. I also made my own alfredo sauce with heavy cream, butter, parmesan, asiago, and romano cheeses. I'm getting hungry, now.

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archanapa60
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posted December 02, 2008 05:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for archanapa60     Edit/Delete Message
Yummy! Just reading your post makes me hungry B!

This is valuable insight. Unfortunately the organic foods you just described are not available here. We can get white and brown rice though. Going with what you say means both are out of bounds. That leaves the flour part. I understand white refined flour again is not edible, what about coarse wheat flour? The fact is I have not been able to assess Linda’s take on non-refined wheat flour. Is that eatable or not eatable because of brown wheat? What about whole wheat bread then?

What about the time interval between two ‘red color therapy’ cycles?

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