4. My Recipe for Weight
Loss
•Mentor
•Exercise (ideally daily)
•3 small katoris
•Fresh food
•Weighing scale
•Weekly goal
•A shift in attitude to food
5. Mentor
• Choose a mentor, one who is
knowledgeable about food,
exercise and has gone through
the weight loss process.
• He keeps you on track.
• Only when you are reporting to
someone, you are accountable
• There are too many myths about
eating
6. Exercise (ideally
daily)
• 1 hr = 250 - 350 cal
• Increases metabolic rate of
body.
• Craving for food reduces.
• Balance between cardio,
weights, core strengthening
and yoga.
• Exercise is not just about
weight loss. Its about getting
stronger and healthier.
• Do Little exercise everyday,
7. 3 small katoris• QUANTITY CONTROL. Be aware of
the quantities of food you
eat.
• Smaller the plate, lesser you
eat.
• Eat slower, you will feel
fuller.
• Make sure your plate is
colourful, this ensures a
balanced diet with all the
nutrients.
• Rotate the vegetables you eat
8. Fresh food
• Stick to fresh vegetables, fruits,
nuts and whole grain.
• Carry some fruits and nuts to work.
• Eat foods that are low on the
glycemic index. High GI foods spike
blood sugar levels which stimulates
hunger.
• Eat beans,lentils and fibre-rich
foods.
• Eat lean meats : fish, chicken and
eggs.
13. Vegetables I Normally
RotateBeans, Brocoli, Brussel sprouts, Cabbage,
Cauliflower, Capsicum, Carrots, Tomato, Beet
Root,
Bitter Gourd, Bottle Gourd, Ridge Gourd,
Snake Gourd,
Drumsticks, Spinach,
Different types of Greens, ladies finger,
Yam.
Protein Sources
Tofu, mushrooms, Lenthils and Beans, Soy
Granules, sproutes,
Milk, Yogurt
14. Weighing scale
• Weight loss is a numbers game.
• You require approximately 20cal per
kg of body weight to sustain.
• Eat more and it becomes fat, eat
less and it melts fat.
• Know the calories of everything you
eat.
• The conversation should be between
you and the weighing scale. It
never lies.
15. Weekly goal
• Set a target for each week
(around 0.5 lbs)
• Try to stay ahead.
• Maintain a chart.
• Weigh yourself everyday.
• Also fix a monthly goal so you
can make up for it if weekly
goals aren’t achieved
16. A shift in Attitude
to Food
• Eat for Energy vs Eat for
Taste
• Eat foods that increase
efficiency
• Stay motivated.
• Moderation is key.
• Rassichu russichu saapidanam.
17. Tips• Be a calorie miser.
• Enroll in some outdoor
activity like a sport,
swimming, trekking, etc.
• Smaller your dinner, better
your sleep.
• Feeling hungry between meals?
Drink water or green tea.
• Apple vs Apple pie. Eat whole
fruits - natural sugars and
fibre.
18. • WHILE TRAVELING : Have 30gm
packets of nuts, muesli or
dried fruits in your bag.
• AT A BUFFET : Eat a salad, a
dhal, a vegetable
curry/poriyal and cut fruit
for dessert. For non
vegetarians, choose grilled
fish or chicken.
19. Avoid
• Processed packaged foods.
• Cakes and cookies - CALORIE
BOMBS.
• WHITES - Salt, Sugar, Maida,
White rice.
• During meetings, ditch the
biscuits and pick up a fruit
or some unsalted roasted nuts
20. The Benefits
• You’ll start enjoying your
body so much.
• Your body is God’s greatest
gift to you.
• The more you invest in it, the
more you’ll realize its value
and how it responds to your
inputs.
22. Ferrari Unleashed
• As You are exercising and going
towards your Ideal Body Weight
and also eating right, then you
will see the Ferrari in you
being unleashed.
• Completed 7 Half Marathons
• Completed 3 Himalayan Treks
Pindari Glaciers – 70 Km
Gangothri Yamunothri – 50 Km