B-town’s Favourite Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar Is Giving Major Summer Eating Hacks

She is Bollywood’s preferred nutritionist. Rujuta Diwekar knows a thing or two about fitness. As an author, a leading nutrition and exercise science expert, one of the world’s most-followed nutritionists and a celebrity dietician to b-town celebs, like Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shahid Kapoor, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, she certainly knows how to lash any body into tip-top shape.

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Food and Bonding ❤️ – There are many perks of my job, countless really. But amongst the biggest is having clients with diverse background, culture and food heritage. And even within that it’s about having Marwari clients. It’s the one community that just adopts the food, language and customs of the region their trade takes them to. And then they own it with as much pride and joy as they take in their respective businesses. – One of my Madu clients, who is born and bred in Mumbai, got me this nashta this morning. It’s peas and poha, one of the staples of Bihar, as his mom is from Bihar. There are just so many functions of food beyond consumption of nutrients; it allows a peek into people’s kitchen, cuisine, culture. It allows for lovely conversations, bonding and brings refreshing insight to one’s life. And what is life without food, without the sense of belonging and contentment that it brings to all beings? #lovefood #marwari #bihar #eatlocal

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No fads, just fitness. #saifalikhan #kareenakapoor #instalive

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Rujuta only urges us to emphasis on a healthy diet and sustainable fitness. As in the key to sustainable weight loss is to do it in a healthy way; crash diets don’t help you.

As part of an exclusive 12-week fitness plan, titled The Fitness Project 2018, Rujuta is showing healthy eating doesn’t have to be intricate; instead it should be pleasing. Her eight-meal plan — general guidelines on what to eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, and when — is serious about keeping you slender and pleased. The craziest part is it not only lets healthy fats, it cheers you to add them to your diet: No, this doesn’t mean you can eat ghee all day, but yes, it means you can eat ghee and lose weight.

With summer everywhere, use Rujuta’s meal plan, as shared on Instagram, to lose weight in a sustained and healthy way. You’ll observe right away that the plan lets you eat numerous meals a day, rather than two or three big ones.

#Meal 1

What to eat: Seasonal fruit/ Dried fruit/ Soaked nuts

When to eat: Within 15 minutes of waking up

#Meal 2 (Breakfast)

What to eat: Homemade breakfast + ghee

When to eat: Within 60-90 minutes of meal 1

#Meal 3 (Mid-meal)

What to eat: Something easy to carry with you like nuts or a drink like coconut water

When to eat: Within 2-3 hours of breakfast

#Meal 4 (Lunch)

What to eat: Rice or roti + vegetable or meat or dal + accompaniments like dahi/ pickle + ghee

When to eat: Within 2-3 of meal 3

#Meal 5 (Mid-meal)

What to eat: Something to drink like seasonal sherbet (a fruit-based cooling drink) or buttermilk

When to eat: Within 2-3 of lunch

#Meal 6 (Evening snack)

What to eat: Wholesome meal similar to breakfast or portion of your lunch

When to eat: 4-6pm

#Meal 7 (Dinner)

What to eat: Rice or millet based meal with ghee

When to eat: 2-3 hours before bedtime

#Meal 8 (Bedtime)

What to eat: Milk with cashews/ gulkand/ chyavanprash

When to eat: just before sleeping, if hungry

Recently, she had a talk about fitness and healthy lifestyle with Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan at her Mumbai clinic.

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The ABCD of the talk with Kareena and Saif – Aspire – to be healthy and fit, not thin or skinny. Health is about being in harmony with yourself and your surroundings. Eat local and think global is the mantra here. So in the summer season, this is what Kareena is having – -Mango, jamun, karvand -Kokum sherbet, Limbu sherbet, lemon grass chai -Dahi rice with papad, Jowar or Nachni bhakri with fresh, seasonal sabzis cooked in traditional style — Balance – Don’t be a bore by being rigid with your diet but don’t let yourself go either. A good diet is a timeless concept, it isn’t something that starves you and then lets you feast as a reward for showing the will power to deprive yourself of food. Instead, it teaches you to eat the traditional delicacies, encourages you to chew slowly and makes you feel content just before you feel full. — Consistency – aim for that with your exercise program more than intensity. A good diet helps you back yourself mentally. On a day that you are not upto exercise, don’t bunk the gym, show up and train at 50% of your intensity. That way you will feel good about yourself for the rest of the day, instead of feeling guilty about skipping your workout. — Discipline – at the end of the day that is what it all boils down to. Food, exercise, sleep, every cog in the wheel of life matters and there are no quick fixes. As Saif said, there is nothing boring about being healthy and nothing sexy about having an heart attack. Broccoli is not going to magically save you from the excesses of last night, nor are green smoothies or soups in the name of detox going to undo the gluttony committed during a holiday, party, etc. — Essentially, a good diet paves way for a journey of self-discovery, allows you to feel light and happy through the day and ensures restful sleep in the night. #eatlocalthinkglobal #kareenakapoor #saifalikhan

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