What are Diwali festivities without those extra bites of sweets shared with everyone, making delightful memories? The festival brings flavoursome confectioneries and fat-drenched savouries to the fore, and most of us don't have the will power to resist.
Yet, we have to be mindful to shred those lip-smacking dishes from the eventful days of Diwali!
Here's a detailed diet plan to help you shed extra kilos in five days, allowing you to savour your sweetmeats and indulge in celebratory days guilt-free!
In essence, detox is all about eating a diet that supports and improves the functioning of our liver. Unlike popular belief, detoxification is not about weight loss alone. It's mainly about helping and supporting your body to get rid of all the waste through proper dietary choices. It is beneficial for one and all.
Consuming Natural Detox Water, i.e. overnight Cinnamon/tulsi/ orange-infused water, salads, smoothies, and cold-pressed green juices certainly aid detoxification sooner which in turn is needed to stimulate the overall wellbeing of the digestive system to accept weight-loss targeted foods.
Foods recommended for speeding weight loss
Our traditional herbs and spices like cinnamon, cumin, ajwain, etc., really help to boost the metabolism. With zero side effects, they stimulate weight loss.
Probiotics
Reduce sugar intake, please! While the days of the festivities will be loaded with fried snacks and scrumptious desi sweets, it is advised to reduce the intake of many guilt foods which hinder the weight loss journey.
We need to remove sugar from the diet in the form of sucrose, bread, refined flour, sugar and flour-laden western desserts, etc.
Detailed diet plan to reduce weight in 5 days: There are plenty of diets that one can follow to regulate their weight during Diwali. Here's a simple diet plan that can help one deal with binge-eating and stimulate weight loss:
Every morning it is recommended to drink a glass of water including Cinnamon (th tsp) + Methi ( tsp) + mint (3-4 leaves) that are soaked overnight.
Breakfast can include a range of meals like: * Skimmed milk + oats + 5 soaked almonds * Oats cheela + buttermilk + 5 almonds, 2 walnuts * Poha + buttermilk + 5 almonds, 2 walnuts * Banana oats smoothie (1 banana, 75ml milk, 5 almonds) * Besan dhokla (5 pcs) + buttermilk + 5 almonds * Suji Upma + buttermilk + 5 almonds.
In the afternoon, one can have any 1 seasonal fruit like an apple/ papaya.
Lunch can have combinations for each day like* 1 tsp Psyllium husk with a glass of water + 2 Chapattis (made combining bran+ atta) + Dal (1 bowl) + Curd (1 bowl, made from skimmed milk)* 1 tsp Psyllium husk + 2 veg stuff chapati with plain curd * 1 tsp Psyllium husk + 1 bowl oats porridge + curd * 4 idlis + sambhar + mint chutney * Green moong dal chaat (1 bowl) with buttermilk * Veg Poha (1/2 poha 1/2 veggies) + curd. * 1 bowl of salad during lunch is recommended.
Teatime can include Tea (1 cup with no sugar) + biscuit (1-2) or dry puffed rice chaat or 1 bowl of makhana.
Before dinner, a bowl of Vegetable Clear Soup or Chicken stock is recommended.
Dinner too includes a range of foods that one can select from over the 5 days. They include:* 1 tsp Psyllium husk with a glass of water + Sauteed Veg (1 bowl including capsicum, broccoli, mushrooms, and onion) or Sauted Chicken in olive oil (1-2 tsp)* 2 Oats cheela with mint chutney * Blackchana chaat* 1 Bowl steamed veggies + 1 bowl oats porridge* 2 bowls moong dal with 1 katori dry vegetables 4 slices of thin-crust pizza * Veg pasta (1/4th pasta and rest veggies in red sauce)* A concoction of curry leaves wherein a few curry leaves being boiled in a cup of water stimulates weight loss better post-dinner.
5 Superfoods for the win While dieting can be difficult with hunger pangs kicking in now and then, to keep you filled and on track of your weight loss journey, it is best to stick to some hunger-satiating superfoods.
Proteins, fibre, and natural sugar (fruits) help to combat hunger pangs and avoid eating junk foods at the same time. Most importantly having enough sleep does the trick as people who get more sleep experience less hunger during the day. They hardly experience a desire for sweet and salty foods.
One can rely on Pumpkin Seeds, Millets like Bajra and Amaranth, Chia Seeds and Darkh Chocolate which are energy-packed foods containing a lot of nutrients like proteins, manganese, zinc, iron, niacin, coppern phosphorous, flavanols and antioxidants keeping one's mood and energy levels up throughout the day.
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Five-day post Diwali diet to shed those festive kilos - Economic Times
