Lifestyle : The DIET!
Diet - a quotidian word in my dictionary! :D
It is the only one thing that I always have had a strong desire to follow, but mishaps always occur. ;)
Whenever I see that I have put on some weight, the very first thing that comes to my mind is that I must start dieting. This noble thought crosses my mind, but the will power to go by it - doesn't happen easily.
Following something strictly,and abiding by it requires a lot of patience and the urge to start over again if we fail.
Thanks to a page that I follow on Facebook - "Indian makeup and beauty blog",where I came across a very do-able diet.It presented with a very detailed time table of what to eat and what not to eat. At least unlike the others where maybe for one entire day you have to eat only certain kind of food - this diet allows you to eat most of the things,you eat on a daily basis with some restrictions of course.
For me the main culprit for putting on weight is my weakness for sweets. Trust me having a sweet tooth,sometimes adds to so much trouble - just hard to defy sweets.
But now with time, people are getting more conscious about their health, and I decided I take matters to my hand,before my weight becomes a serious health issue.
Below is the 8 week plan that ensures at least 3-4 kg of weight loss,the least.
I have started with week 1 - let's see how far can I take it with my hassled lifestyle.
Wishing everyone who wants to follow it - ALL THE BEST!! :)
Some things you need to follow this diet:
Week 1
8:00 am (as soon as you wake up) – 2 glasses of methi seeds water ( soak 1tsp of methi seeds in 2 glasses of water. Strain out the methi seeds and drink the water. Helps a lot in water retention and bloating) 5 soaked almonds with the skin. 1 kali mirch u don’t have to chew it just swallow it down.
9:00 am – 1 toast (brown bread) with amul lite butter / hung curd dressing/ salad and chutney
11:30 am – one fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – A small plate of salad before starting the meal. The fibers in the salad fills u up which in turn prevents false hunger that makes u overeat.1 bran chappati (mix wheat flour and wheat bran in equal proportions.) with 1 bowl ( normal sized katori ) of dal. Generally at my place dal is cooked at night so I used to store the dal made at night for the other days lunch, u can do the same.
5:00 pm – 1cup of milk or tea with 2 biscuits(just marie, no other biscuits)/ 1 small bowl bhuna channa/ 1bowl popcorn ( not the buttery act 2 ones but air popped popcorns without the butter)
7:30 pm –A small plate of salad before starting the meal. 1 bran chappati with 1 k vegetable ( any vegetable not rajmah, channa or kadhi)
8:30 pm – one fruit of your wish
When this week ends, weigh yourself again. You can loose up 1-1.5 kgs this week. You lose the max in this week because you lose all the water weight and the bloating is gone. The further weeks you are surely going to lose weight but it won’t be this much.
Now to the next week.
Week 2
8:00 am (as soon as you wake up) – 2 glasses of tulsi leave water ( soak 5 tulsi leaves in 2 glasses of water. Strain out the leaves and drink the water.) 5 soaked almonds with the skin. 1 kali mirch.
9:00 am – 1 toast (brown bread) with amul lite butter / hung curd dressing/ salad and chutney
11:30 am – one fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – A small plate of salad before starting the meal. 1 sandwich (2 brown breads with paneer filling, if you are a vegetarian and egg whites, if you are a non vegetarian.)
5:00 pm – 1cup of milk or tea with 2 biscuits
7:30 pm –A small plate of salad before starting the meal. 1 bran chappati with 1 k vegetable (this week you can take rajmah, channa or kadhi )
8:30 pm – one fruit of your wish
This week you can loose about 0.9kgs
Week 3
8:00 am – 2 glasses of methi seeds water. 5 soaked almonds with the skin. 1 kali mirch.
9:00 am - 1 glass of milk and a fruit
11:30 am – one fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – 1 bran chappati and any vegetable
5:00 pm – 1cup of milk or tea with 2 biscuits/ 1 small bowl bhuna channa/ 1bowl popcorn (not the buttery act 2 ones but air popped popcorns without the butter)
7:30 pm – 3 pcs steamed or roasted chicken or fish + salad (non vegetarians)
Any one of the following for vegetarians:
1. 1 bowl dal .+ 1 bowl curd + salad
2. 1 bowl veg + 1 bowl curd + salad
8:30 pm – one fruit of your wish
Week 4
8:00 am - 2 glasses of methi seeds water. 5 soaked almonds with the skin. 1 kali mirch.
9:00 am - 1 glass of cold coffee and a bb toast
11:30 am – one fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – This week you have a lot of options which you can take alternatively.
1 bowl sprouts + fruits
2 bowl vegetables + salads
1 bowl dalia + 1 bb toast
1 bowl vegetables + 1 bb toast
1 bowl kadhi + 1 quarter plate rice
5:00 pm - 1cup of milk or tea with 2 biscuits/ 1 small bowl bhuna channa/ 1bowl popcorn (not the buttery act 2 ones but air popped popcorns without the butter)
7:30 pm – 1 bran chappati and 1 bowl vegetable.
8:30 pm – one fruit of your wish
By the end of the month you will definitely lose 3-6 kgs.
Some pointers if you some outings with friends:
When you go out with friends try to have your lunch or dinner at subway. The healthiest option out there. Take a veggie delite sub in brown bread and eating out won’t harm your diet and weight at all. Tell them not to put mayo in it though.
If you don’t have a say in the place of eating then make your choices sensibly. If you go to eat Chinese have rice rather than noodles. Order stir fried veggies instead of Manchurian. And control your proportions. Don’t take fried starters. Avoid those thick soups they are no good.
When going out just pick 2 fruits before sitting in the car and eat it on your way to the venue. When you are already a little filled before going out. Your somewhat filled stomach helps your mind take the right decision.
If eating Indian, order tandoori chappati rather than butter naan or parantha. Take less gravy since it is the most fattening.
Even if you don’t want to lose weight keep these points in your mind and you will be able to maintain your weight easily.
So go on a diet now and get your svelte figure back.
Week 5
8:00 am (as soon as you wake up) – 2 glasses of tulsi leave water ( soak 5 tulsi leaves in 2 glasses of water in a copper utensil overnight. Strain out the leaves and drink the water.)
9:15 am – 1 stuffed chappati (without any ghee) with pickle or chutney and a small cup of milk
11:30 – a small bowl of sprouts (you can add tomato, cucumber, onions and pomegranate to it)
2:00 pm – 1 soup bowl of kadhi/ rajma/ chana/ Raita/ mix vegetable/ soya nuggets/ stir fried veggies with a big bowl of salad
5:00pm – a cup of milk or tea
7:30 pm – 1 k (katori, bowl) veg or dal with salad and fruit
Yes in this week you eat chappati just once and that is in the breakfast.. but rest assured you wont starve since there is a lot of food to have, salads and fruits are going to fill you up pretty easily. But I really felt that I can not stay without having chappati, yes it is a mental block that I won’t fill up unless I have a chappati. So I asked my dietician and he allowed me to have half a chappati in addition to the diet in my luch and dinner. So you can do the same if you are like me and feel you dint ate unless you see a chappati in you see a chappati in your plate.
My dietician told me start giving myself massages on my own. It isn’t very time consuming, just needs 10 mins a day. All you have to do is take some oil in your hands and with stiff and hard hands massage the whole body. The strokes should be “towards the heart” (upwards) as my doc said. This according to him helps in toning. I really don’t have any idea whether it’s true or not. But I did it nevertheless.
Week 6
8:00 am – 2 glasses of plain H2O with 5 soaked almonds with the skin + 1 kali mirch
9:15 am – BB Toast with diet butter or green chutney and a cup of milk
11:30 am – any medium sized fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – ANYTHING
5:30 pm – a cup of tea with 2 marie biscuits
7:30 pm – Clear chicken or Vegetable soup with a lightly buttered toast ( amul lite)
8:30 pm – a fruit of your wish
Week 7
2 glasses of hot water + 5 soaked almonds + 1km
1 bran chappati and 1k vegetable or
1 vegetable sandwich made with 2 bb
1 fruit of your choice
1 bran chappati and 1 k vegetable with a quarter plate of salad or
1 quarter plate namkeen dalia with vegetables
a cup of tea with 2 marie biscuits
1 bran chappati and 1 k vegetable with a quarter plate salad
1 fruit of your choice
Continue with the 20 mins walk and the massage.
No timings since this week its your timings week.
Week 8
8:00 am – 2 glasses of methi seed water + 5 soaked almonds + 1 km
9:00am – a glass of milk and a fruit
11:30 am – air popped popcorn or 1 pc dhokla
1:30 pm – 1 chappati with dal/ paneer/ chicken or
1 besan chila with pudina chutney
5:00 pm – a cup of tea with 2 marie biscuits
7:30 pm – 1 BB toast sandwich with a quarter plate salad
8:30 pm – a bowl of watermelon
Cheers to life!!
~Believe in yourself always!
It is the only one thing that I always have had a strong desire to follow, but mishaps always occur. ;)
Whenever I see that I have put on some weight, the very first thing that comes to my mind is that I must start dieting. This noble thought crosses my mind, but the will power to go by it - doesn't happen easily.
Following something strictly,and abiding by it requires a lot of patience and the urge to start over again if we fail.
Thanks to a page that I follow on Facebook - "Indian makeup and beauty blog",where I came across a very do-able diet.It presented with a very detailed time table of what to eat and what not to eat. At least unlike the others where maybe for one entire day you have to eat only certain kind of food - this diet allows you to eat most of the things,you eat on a daily basis with some restrictions of course.
For me the main culprit for putting on weight is my weakness for sweets. Trust me having a sweet tooth,sometimes adds to so much trouble - just hard to defy sweets.
But now with time, people are getting more conscious about their health, and I decided I take matters to my hand,before my weight becomes a serious health issue.
Below is the 8 week plan that ensures at least 3-4 kg of weight loss,the least.
I have started with week 1 - let's see how far can I take it with my hassled lifestyle.
Wishing everyone who wants to follow it - ALL THE BEST!! :)
Some things you need to follow this diet:
- No salt after 7:30
- No aerated drinks. Yes that includes even the diet version.
- Restrict mango and banana
- Restrict potato and rice.
- No artificial juices as well.
- Half an hour of aerobic exercise daily. If u want to join a gym good enough. But if due to any reason maybe time or money constraint u can’t join a gym. All you need is a comfortable pair of shoes to do some aerobics, a skipping rope to do at least 500 skips (5 sets of 100 skips and increasing it as you go). 1.5 -2 kgs dumbbells for toning your upper body. Just these basic things and you are set.
- 20 mins of breathing exercise. ( I’m talking about Baba Ramdevs pranayam)
Week 1
8:00 am (as soon as you wake up) – 2 glasses of methi seeds water ( soak 1tsp of methi seeds in 2 glasses of water. Strain out the methi seeds and drink the water. Helps a lot in water retention and bloating) 5 soaked almonds with the skin. 1 kali mirch u don’t have to chew it just swallow it down.
9:00 am – 1 toast (brown bread) with amul lite butter / hung curd dressing/ salad and chutney
11:30 am – one fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – A small plate of salad before starting the meal. The fibers in the salad fills u up which in turn prevents false hunger that makes u overeat.1 bran chappati (mix wheat flour and wheat bran in equal proportions.) with 1 bowl ( normal sized katori ) of dal. Generally at my place dal is cooked at night so I used to store the dal made at night for the other days lunch, u can do the same.
5:00 pm – 1cup of milk or tea with 2 biscuits(just marie, no other biscuits)/ 1 small bowl bhuna channa/ 1bowl popcorn ( not the buttery act 2 ones but air popped popcorns without the butter)
7:30 pm –A small plate of salad before starting the meal. 1 bran chappati with 1 k vegetable ( any vegetable not rajmah, channa or kadhi)
8:30 pm – one fruit of your wish
When this week ends, weigh yourself again. You can loose up 1-1.5 kgs this week. You lose the max in this week because you lose all the water weight and the bloating is gone. The further weeks you are surely going to lose weight but it won’t be this much.
Now to the next week.
Week 2
8:00 am (as soon as you wake up) – 2 glasses of tulsi leave water ( soak 5 tulsi leaves in 2 glasses of water. Strain out the leaves and drink the water.) 5 soaked almonds with the skin. 1 kali mirch.
9:00 am – 1 toast (brown bread) with amul lite butter / hung curd dressing/ salad and chutney
11:30 am – one fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – A small plate of salad before starting the meal. 1 sandwich (2 brown breads with paneer filling, if you are a vegetarian and egg whites, if you are a non vegetarian.)
5:00 pm – 1cup of milk or tea with 2 biscuits
7:30 pm –A small plate of salad before starting the meal. 1 bran chappati with 1 k vegetable (this week you can take rajmah, channa or kadhi )
8:30 pm – one fruit of your wish
This week you can loose about 0.9kgs
Week 3
8:00 am – 2 glasses of methi seeds water. 5 soaked almonds with the skin. 1 kali mirch.
9:00 am - 1 glass of milk and a fruit
11:30 am – one fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – 1 bran chappati and any vegetable
5:00 pm – 1cup of milk or tea with 2 biscuits/ 1 small bowl bhuna channa/ 1bowl popcorn (not the buttery act 2 ones but air popped popcorns without the butter)
7:30 pm – 3 pcs steamed or roasted chicken or fish + salad (non vegetarians)
Any one of the following for vegetarians:
1. 1 bowl dal .+ 1 bowl curd + salad
2. 1 bowl veg + 1 bowl curd + salad
8:30 pm – one fruit of your wish
Week 4
8:00 am - 2 glasses of methi seeds water. 5 soaked almonds with the skin. 1 kali mirch.
9:00 am - 1 glass of cold coffee and a bb toast
11:30 am – one fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – This week you have a lot of options which you can take alternatively.
1 bowl sprouts + fruits
2 bowl vegetables + salads
1 bowl dalia + 1 bb toast
1 bowl vegetables + 1 bb toast
1 bowl kadhi + 1 quarter plate rice
5:00 pm - 1cup of milk or tea with 2 biscuits/ 1 small bowl bhuna channa/ 1bowl popcorn (not the buttery act 2 ones but air popped popcorns without the butter)
7:30 pm – 1 bran chappati and 1 bowl vegetable.
8:30 pm – one fruit of your wish
By the end of the month you will definitely lose 3-6 kgs.
Some pointers if you some outings with friends:
When you go out with friends try to have your lunch or dinner at subway. The healthiest option out there. Take a veggie delite sub in brown bread and eating out won’t harm your diet and weight at all. Tell them not to put mayo in it though.
If you don’t have a say in the place of eating then make your choices sensibly. If you go to eat Chinese have rice rather than noodles. Order stir fried veggies instead of Manchurian. And control your proportions. Don’t take fried starters. Avoid those thick soups they are no good.
When going out just pick 2 fruits before sitting in the car and eat it on your way to the venue. When you are already a little filled before going out. Your somewhat filled stomach helps your mind take the right decision.
If eating Indian, order tandoori chappati rather than butter naan or parantha. Take less gravy since it is the most fattening.
Even if you don’t want to lose weight keep these points in your mind and you will be able to maintain your weight easily.
So go on a diet now and get your svelte figure back.
Week 5
8:00 am (as soon as you wake up) – 2 glasses of tulsi leave water ( soak 5 tulsi leaves in 2 glasses of water in a copper utensil overnight. Strain out the leaves and drink the water.)
9:15 am – 1 stuffed chappati (without any ghee) with pickle or chutney and a small cup of milk
11:30 – a small bowl of sprouts (you can add tomato, cucumber, onions and pomegranate to it)
2:00 pm – 1 soup bowl of kadhi/ rajma/ chana/ Raita/ mix vegetable/ soya nuggets/ stir fried veggies with a big bowl of salad
5:00pm – a cup of milk or tea
7:30 pm – 1 k (katori, bowl) veg or dal with salad and fruit
Yes in this week you eat chappati just once and that is in the breakfast.. but rest assured you wont starve since there is a lot of food to have, salads and fruits are going to fill you up pretty easily. But I really felt that I can not stay without having chappati, yes it is a mental block that I won’t fill up unless I have a chappati. So I asked my dietician and he allowed me to have half a chappati in addition to the diet in my luch and dinner. So you can do the same if you are like me and feel you dint ate unless you see a chappati in you see a chappati in your plate.
My dietician told me start giving myself massages on my own. It isn’t very time consuming, just needs 10 mins a day. All you have to do is take some oil in your hands and with stiff and hard hands massage the whole body. The strokes should be “towards the heart” (upwards) as my doc said. This according to him helps in toning. I really don’t have any idea whether it’s true or not. But I did it nevertheless.
Week 6
8:00 am – 2 glasses of plain H2O with 5 soaked almonds with the skin + 1 kali mirch
9:15 am – BB Toast with diet butter or green chutney and a cup of milk
11:30 am – any medium sized fruit of your wish
1:30 pm – ANYTHING
5:30 pm – a cup of tea with 2 marie biscuits
7:30 pm – Clear chicken or Vegetable soup with a lightly buttered toast ( amul lite)
8:30 pm – a fruit of your wish
Week 7
2 glasses of hot water + 5 soaked almonds + 1km
1 bran chappati and 1k vegetable or
1 vegetable sandwich made with 2 bb
1 fruit of your choice
1 bran chappati and 1 k vegetable with a quarter plate of salad or
1 quarter plate namkeen dalia with vegetables
a cup of tea with 2 marie biscuits
1 bran chappati and 1 k vegetable with a quarter plate salad
1 fruit of your choice
Continue with the 20 mins walk and the massage.
No timings since this week its your timings week.
Week 8
8:00 am – 2 glasses of methi seed water + 5 soaked almonds + 1 km
9:00am – a glass of milk and a fruit
11:30 am – air popped popcorn or 1 pc dhokla
1:30 pm – 1 chappati with dal/ paneer/ chicken or
1 besan chila with pudina chutney
5:00 pm – a cup of tea with 2 marie biscuits
7:30 pm – 1 BB toast sandwich with a quarter plate salad
8:30 pm – a bowl of watermelon
Cheers to life!!
~Believe in yourself always!
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