Is weight loss possible for people who do not want to spend on fancy foodstuffs? Is weight loss possible only for people who can manage to buy the most expensive food items in the market? NO!! Re-think and re-analyse because expensive foodstuffs are not the main ingredients in a weight loss diet. In fact, the affordable clan, also, must follow a simple-basic diet (involving the basic food items) in order to lose weight.
What about the supermarket purchases? One doesn’t have to make a habit of purchasing all high-priced costly products from the shelf. It’s not a compulsion to pick up expensive foodstuffs like tofu, celery, salad leaves, diet cokes, organic products, sugar–free chocolates and other sugar-free products in the market just because they have to lose those extra kilos. Follow a simple route to weight loss, without spending much.
One can easily lose weight by following few simple guidelines like:
- Correct meal timings are the key to successful weight loss programme. Sometimes, the right kind of food at the wrong time can surely hamper your whole weight loss progress. Maintain a gap of 3 to 4 hours between your breakfast, lunch, evening snacks and dinner.
- Eat till you are 70 parts full. Leave some space in the end of your meal so that you are not starving and at the same time, you are not feeling very full. This will be very helpful in controlling your bingeing and over-eating issues.
- Follow a well-balanced diet (breakfast, lunch and dinner must be perfectly balanced) daily. Balanced means, your carbohydrates, proteins, fats are in the right proportion. Proteins in the form of dals, milk, curd, eggs, chicken and fish, must be good in quantity. If you are a vegetarian, do not ever give up on your milk. Include at least 300-5ooml of toned milk daily. Carbohydrate intake in the form of cereals and vegetables must be balanced. Vegetable intake can be portioned in the form of cooked vegetables, salads or soups. Good quality fats must be a part of your diet in the form of your cooking oil, nuts and oilseeds.
- Do not indulge in cakes, pastries, desserts (kheer, sandesh, laddoos), aerated drinks, ice-creams, potatoes (in any form), fried foods like samosa, wadas, bhajiyas et al, which would surely toss your weight loss progress.
- Include a basic multivitamin like Becosule OR Beplex forte OR Supradyn in your daily diet. This will keep up your metabolism and hence, will aid in your weight loss process.
Here’s a sample of what your daily diet could look like:
Breakfast
Option 1
Toast and egg white omelet
Option 2
Poha OR upma with milk/curd
Option 3
Rawa idli with sambhar
Option 4
Toast with egg bhurji
Lunch
OPTION 1
Chapatis + cooked dal + cooked vegetables + curd OR buttermilk
OPTION 2
Idlis with sambhar
OPTION 3|
Usal Paav with curd
OPTION 4
Pesarattu with curd
OPTION 5
Baida roti (egg roti)
OPTION 6
Sambhar rice
OPTION 8
Jowar pithla
OPTION 9
Zunka bhaakar
Mid Evening
OPTION 1
A cup of tea OR buttermilk + 2 fistful of roasted chana
OPTION2
A cup of tea with Marie biscuits
OPTION 3
Kurmura bhel with buttermilk
Dinner
Can be same as lunch
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