The Rujuta Diwekar Diet Plan

If you're an Indian, you most certainly would have heard of Rujuta Diwekar - the famous celebrity nutritionist. She has written two great books - Don't Lose Your Mind Lose Your Weight; AND Women & the Weight Loss Tamasha. What makes her and her books so popular is that she promotes healthy & wholesome eating. What she preaches not just makes sense, but works too. It may not be an overnight change. But her diets change the body for the better and equips it to fight diseases and indulge once in a while too!

According to her Mantra, at least for Indians, its good to start the day with a good carb rich hot breakfast as opposed to cereal. She advises us to eat every 2 hours. Her mid meal snack options include roasted peanuts, nuts, sprouts, salads, Coconut Water, sandwiches, cereal bars, etc. Although eating every 2 hours seems impossible, it just takes 1 week on consistent effort to remember to eat regularly for the habit to set.

Here's an overview of what I'll be doing these 45 days -

5 am	Wake Up; Brush;  ||  ANY FAVORITE FRUIT
5.30 am	1 hour Workout
7 am	Protein Powder + 1 glass Milk // Fresh Fruit Juice
8.15 am	Breakfast (usually a Rice based dish) + VITAMIN Supplement
11 am	LUNCH (Roti / Chapati with Stir Fry Veggies)
1pm	Salads (Fruit or veggie or bean)
3 pm	Lassi / Raita (Yogurt
5 pm	Peanuts / Almonds / Walnuts / Dates / Coconut Water
5.30 pm	1 hour Workout
7 pm	Dinner (soup & salads)
9 pm	1 glass Milk + Turmeric
11 pm	Calcium Tablet before sleep

As you can see, I am taking a couple of supplements. If you are following my diet plan, please consult your doctor before taking supplements. Also, in every meal, portion control is important. Do not stuff till your oesophagus is full. Just eat enough to fill your stomach (that is around 2 palmful of food).

Protein Powder is a supplement that gives best value for the food you consume. Its a really good source for protein, especially for Vegetarians. I mix around 2 tablespoons of Protein powder in warm milk & drink it after my morning workout.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS ONLY FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES. I AM NOT A DIETITIAN AND I AM CERTAINLY NOT PREACHING THAT YOU DO IT THIS WAY.
THIS JUST WORKS FOR ME.

---- 2014 UPDATE ----

Apologies to everyone who had tried to contact me! Sorry for providing the wrong web link. I'm contributing articles to another blog now. www.agirlsmusings01.blogspot.in . I had followed and lost a bit of weight, but I went right back to eating wrongly. If you're interested, please follow the other blog where I'm startong my workout & diets again!

Thinking about my health...

I'm going to lose weight & get fit.

There. I said it. Its out in the open. Even if noone I know is reading this, I feel good about making my intentions public!

Its high time I respect the body that I've been given and stop feeding junk to it. Although my tongue loves the junk, I'm sure my poor stomach is crying out loud for help! And so, I've decided to get rid of all the junk in my closet. (Yes, I hide junk food in my closet & eat at night after everyone's asleep! And yes, I'm creepy that way.)

I know getting that hot bod is way easier that we all think. Its simple. get rid of refined food, eat wholesome food & workout at least 3 times a week. Simple? Yea pretty much. Its just that the mind and a little something called 'laziness' creeps in and flops all my plans! In fact, I'm a trained classical dancer who just hasn't danced in over a year. SO I do have all that muscle memory from 18 years of dancing and once I start, its going to be easy. The problem is  to START! Why won't I move my ass!!! :P

Well, I am going to. I have been seriously thinking about how crazy I have been to let go of myself in this past 2 years.. I had a good body. Good health. And then I got so busy with exams that I stopped playing, dancing or going out... which then led to me taking food for granted.. which, now 2 years later has resulted in me gaining 40lbs! :( Yes, the gain has been astronomical. But I also know that the journey to lose those pounds will be easy and quick too. Thanks to my metabolic system! ;)

Starting 15th March, I'm doing a 45 day detox and then regularizing my lifestyle to include more healthy options! Stay tuned for the next few posts where I talk about what I'm planning to do in the detox period!