We've all heard the advice: if we want to lose weight, we need to eat less and move more. I come from a middle class family. Spending on gyms and expensive diets was not an option for me, especially because I didn't know if I would follow the routine. And so I started out on my own. I started by dancing for 45 minutes every day. I used to just shut my room, put on some peppy music and dance my heart out. Not only did it make me sweat; I love music and dancing, so it just relieved me of all my tensions. Soon it became a necessity. I just had to do it everyday in order to feel good. In addition to this I cut down on all the fatty stuff - basics like junk, colas, chocolates, rice. We all know about them, don't we? I am a pure vegetarian, so I stuck to poha, besan ka puda, chila or a brown bread sandwich for breakfast. Lunch would be lots and lots of fruits or salad. Around 4 pm I would eat two rotis, dal and sabzi. I avoided oily and fattening sabzis like arbi and bhindi. In the evenings I took coffee and an early salad.
See my point above on smoothies. I'm really guilty of this. I also get stuck in the gluten-free" trap. Gluten-free" still mean calories and carbs. For some reason, I see that phrase and think it's healthy. This label doesn't give you a license to eat all you want. That said, don't starve yourself of carbs; just get laser-focused on eating the right carbs Replace some starch like rice or pasta with lower carb and calorie options like cauliflower rice and zucchini noodles," says Marr.
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