The nine-day Navratri fasting is the best time to lose weight and detox your body. People from the northern and western India are gearing up for the 9 day Navratri celebration.
Though the nine-day Navratri fasting is a great way to lose some weight and tone your body, it can actually go opposite and make you gain weight too. Here are some obvious reasons why the nine-day fasting makes us gain weight.
– While breaking the fast, so many of us go crazy and eat anything and everything, which makes us gain more weight.
– Eating packaged foods, chips, thalis, laddoos and more
– Skipping fruits and veggies while fasting
– Not drinking enough water
– Eating more of Navratri food available outside instead of eating home cooked food.
Now that we know the mistakes that make us gain weight during Navratri, here are some tips that will help you lose weight and detox.
Six easy weight loss tips to include in your Navratri diet plan
1. Eat more vegetables
Having vegetables will keep you fuller for longer and thus stop you from binge eating. You can eat vegetable salads or vegetable soup.
2. Have small and frequent meals
Some people think fasting means not eating food and starving themselves. Doing so drops the blood glucose levels and takes away your energy. Instead of eating just one heavy meal one time, eat three-four small meals throughout the day.
3. Keep yourself hydrated
With Navratri comes the peak summer season. Not having water can make you feel hungry and weak while you are fasting. If you do not like plain water, opt for nimbu pani, coconut water, vegetables juice, fruit juice to keep yourself hydrated. Feeling thirsty is the first sign of dehydration, so have water even before you start to feel thirsty.
4. Get moving
Fasting can make you feel tired and lazy and might want to make you rest more and move less. But this is not the right thing to do. Having a balanced diet won’t make you feel weak, instead, it will make you feel energetic and happy. So, apart from keeping an eye on what you eat, do not forget to indulge in some physical exercise every day.
5. Opt for healthy homemade snacks
Packaged food is so readily and easily available that we skip taking the pain of cooking ourselves. And this is especially true when it comes to snacks. Opting for a healthier homemade snack plays a major role in weight loss. Instead of the market made vrat chips, laddus, vadas and more you can roast some peanuts, makhana or chanas at home and have them instead.
6. Opt for low-fat food
Instead of opting for full cream milk or cheese, go for low fat cream, cheese and milk. Even the low fat options provide you with essential nutrients like protein, amino-acids and minerals.
To help you more, here’s an ultimate nine day Navratri diet plan by Dr Raminder kaur Deshmukh, Director, Journey to health, which will help you detox and lose weight.
Day 1
Breakfast- Apple soya shake with chia seeds
Mid Morning – Coconut water
Lunch- Sauteed paneer (30 grams) with apple
After lunch- Lassi/Green tea
Pre dinner- Fruit
Dinner – Sauteed palak and aloo (1boil)
Day 2
Breakfast – Banana shake with chia seed
Mid morning – Coconut water
Lunch – Fruit raita
After lunch – Green tea
Prec dinner- Kheera salad
Dinner – You choice of roti with less oil
Day 3
Breakfast – Paneer and papaya salad
Mid morning – Coconut water
Lunch – Boiled aloo salad with veggies of your choice (1 aloo)
Post lunch- Kheera raita
Pre dinner – Kheera salad
Dinner – Strawberry and banana smoothie
Day 4
Breakfast – Fruit shake with chia seed and 5 to 6 almond
Mid morning – Green tea with water
Lunch – Samak rice with veg and salad
After lunch – Tea or green tea
Evening- Tea or green tea with baked chips
Dinner- Pumpkin or any fruit and bottle gourd soup with vegetable
Day 5
Breakfast- Strawberry shake with chia seed and 3 to 4 almonds
Mid Morning – Lemon water with fruit
Lunch- Baked sabudana tikki with veggies and curd
After lunch- Tea or green tea
Evening – Tea or green tea with baked namkeen or roasted makhana
Dinner- A bowl of veg with salad
Day 6
Breakfast – Fruits with skimmed milk
Mid Morning – Coconut water with orange
Lunch – Kuttu atta chapati with veg and salad and raita
After lunch – Tea or green tea
Evening – Tea /green tea with roasted makhana or baked namkeen
Dinner – Milk with fruit
Day 7
Breakfast – Fruit with milk
Mid morning – Coconut water with fruit
Lunch – Samak khichdi with salad
After lunch – Tea or green tea
Evening – Green tea/tea with baked namkeen or roasted makhana
Dinner- Paneer tikka and veg.
Day 8
Breakfast – Makhana porridge with almonds
Lunch – Sauteed palak paneer
After lunch – Tea or green tea
Evening – Mix fruit bowl
Dinner – 1 sweet potato chaat
Day 9
Breakfast: Almond milk
Mid morning – Orange juice fresh
Lunch – Pineapple and anar raita
Pre dinner – Green tea with ginger
Dinner – Samak rice pulao
Day 10 (Breaking the fast)
Breakfast -Boiled kala channa
Lunch – Roti with seasonal vegetable and raita
Evening – Green tea and makhana
Dinner – Paneer tikka
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