Lose Weight With Navratri Fasting | Prettislim

Navratri is a Hindu festival of worship and dance, celebrated in different ways throughout India. The word Navaratri means nine nights in Sanskrit; nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights and is a celebration of Durga, the Hindu mother goddess. Fasting is a common practice in Indian households; many women and men observe fasting during this time.

Read on to understand how fasting can also help you lose with this Navratri.

This simple Navratri Diet plan will help you in losing weight while fasting. Remember, going completely without food will only lead you to malnutrition. You will lose weight initially, but you will gain back everything within a week.

Weight loss diet plan during the festive days of Navratri:

Early Morning – Start your day with soaked almonds ( 5-6 pcs ) and Munakka (2 big) with a glass of warm water and 1/4th to 1/2 tsp of lemon juice.

Breakfast – 1 bowl curd + vegetable griddle cake + mint chutney.

Mid meal – Coconut water

Lunch – Buckwheat flour chilla / dosa + mint chutney

Post lunch – walk for 15 to 20 minutes

After 2 hours – Take 1 glass thin buttermilk with roasted jeera powder and mint leaves.

Evening – Take green or lemon tea without sugar. May add cinnamon/ginger for taste and eat fruits like papaya, apple, pear, water melon.

Dinner – Take Milk and walnut shake or hot milk and 2 walnuts OR fox nut and skimmed milk kheer with artificial sweetener OR Bottle gourd kheer (1 bowl without sugar, add artificial sweetener) + 2 small bananas OR half kg papaya.

Bedtime – You can take milk.

Here are some tips that will help you observe healthy fasting during Navratri

Weight Loss Tips During Navratri:

• Start your day with overnight soaked almonds and raisins. These will increase your metabolic rate and will help you in losing weight.
• You can also take lukewarm water with a little lemon. This will increase your immunity as well as the antioxidants in lemon help you in better detoxification and weight loss.
• Avoid eating fried and fat laden foods.
• Dry roasted/microwaved fox nuts.
• Eat fruits like papaya, apple, pears and pomegranate, kiwi and watermelon, they have good water content.
• Choose simple sweets like rasgulla rather than consuming with heavy chenna bengali mithai and halwa for dessert.
• Include vegetables.
• Add fiber to your carbs. If you are eating high carb foods like sabudana /tapioca, make sure you add a lots of veggies too.
• Remember to drink a lot of water.

Liquid Diets For Navratri To Lose Weight.

How To Lose Weight On A Liquid Diet?  There are 2 ways based on the nutrient contents and transparency.:

1] Clear liquid diet

2] Full liquid diet

1. Clear Liquid Diet Plan

A clear liquid diet is free of fragments of foods and fiber or any sort. These diet plans contains liquids such as plain water and broths which do not provide any residue or fiber and can be digested very easily. Clear liquid diet items are strained before they can be consumed.

Items which can be included:

• Black coffee with or without added cinnamon powder
• Strained vegetable juices.
• Sports drinks without preservatives
• Candy based ice cream without any cream or milk.
• Water
• Strained coconut water
• Gelatin water (strained)
• Strained fruit juices (no pulp)
• Strained lemonade with sugar, salt and pepper

2. Full Liquid Diet Plan

A full liquid diet plan for weight loss can consist of items with or without fiber and residue. A full liquid diet is more nutritious in comparison to a clear liquid diet and thus can be carried on for a longer time (max 10 days). Normally when on liquid diet, people follow the regular 3 or 4 meal pattern, but you must follow a 2 or 3 hourly pattern. That way the body can be provided with good nutrients and calories can still be kept to a lower side. You can include a wide range of fluids through various flavors of soups, fruit juices, smoothies and protein shakes too.

The healthiest liquids to drink while fasting are:

• Almond milk
• Mint Lassi
• Grape juice
• Chikoo milkshake

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern where one cycles between sessions of eating and fasting. It focuses less not say on which foods to eat, but rather when you should eat them.

Weight Loss Tips: 

• Cut down your calorie intake by 200 to 250 cal. Divide meals in 6 and make sure to eat something every 3-3.5 hours. Have a heavy breakfast but light lunch and dinner.
• After each meal, take a cup of warm lemon water. Which helps to increase metabolic rate and help in digestion.
• Increase your exercise time and level gear up. You may join the gym, to workout for 45 – 50 minutes. With the former 40 minutes of aerobic exercises and latter 10 minutes of anaerobic exercises. Other activities like swimming, lawn tennis, hiking, skating are also doable. You can start brisk walking and jogging.
• Indulgence is allowed. You are only dieting and not on punishment. So go ahead, enjoy your day off. But next day ensure you get to your exercise and diet regime.
• Check your weight only once a week. Those who check weight every day or even 3 times a day are known to give up on their diet routine easily.
• You will take minimum 3 months on this phase to be able to lose about 8 kgs of weight. Maybe a little less or maybe a little more depending on your dedication, age, body pattern, and health score. But nevertheless, your health is improving. And so is your fitness level.

Every body responses to different diets, in different ways. These are the most effective diets, try them and see which delivers the best results for you

Diet Plans For Weight Loss:

1. Intermittent fasting
2. Plant-based diets
3. Low-carb diets
4. The paleo diet
5. Low-fat diets
6. The DASH diet

Since this diet is unlike you have ever had, it may turn out to be a little difficult to follow, but if you get the basics right, you will be able to get used to it.

Fast Metabolism Diet Meal Plan:

• Eat 3 meals which are carb-rich but with moderate protein, low-fat meals, and at least include 2 fruit snacks. Make sure you include at least five meals a day and not keep a gap of more than 3-4 hours.
• Do not forget to add enough complex carbohydrates each day.
• Breakfast: Ensure breakfast is a simple affair and add grains and fruit. Don’t wait for four hours to eat your breakfast, eat within the first 30 minutes of your waking up.
• Snack: Eat a fruit 3 hours after you have had your breakfast.
• Lunch: Keep your lunch simple, adding a portion of grain, a portion of protein, fruit and vegetables, also don’t forget to have your lunch 3 hours after you have had your snack.
• The evening snack: Have a fruit 3-4 hours later.
• Dinner: Your dinner should consist of a portion of grain, protein, and vegetables.

This guide is the complete know-how of everything related to fasting & weight loss. Use this festival of Navratri to regain your body confidence and stay fit, by fasting in the correct manner.

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