Weight Loss Challenge/change

Sept 30, 2024

Breakfast: kodo millet kanji - ambali

snack: soaked nuts

Lunch: 1 roti, brown rice, soya meal curry

Snacks: airfried peanuts + small piece of jaggery

Early dinner: chutney sandwich (sprouted bread from Costco)

Exercise: 30 mins yoga

Water: 1.5 litres

Review:

• I ate grains 3 times today, this needs to be reduced to two times and I also need to add veggies or protein in its place.
• Also, No veggies today except for that green chutney. That’s hardly anything.
• Now the moment of truth, last 4 days were not that great - no exercise all 4 days and that treat meal on Wednesday made me regress in my efforts for diet & exercise. I have to be careful with what I eat on a treat meal.

 

Oct 1, 2024

Tea: Dhaniya, pepper tea mixed with moringa powder

Breakfast: barley jowar almond dosai with lots of sambar and green chutney

Lunch: brown rice, sprouted moth / matki curry, cabbage

Snacks: peanuts + small piece of jaggery

Night tea: dhaniya, pepper tea

Exercise:
Morning: 60 mins yoga
Evening: walking -30 mins

Water: 1.5 litres not including tea

Review: need more veggies .. A bowl of salad would have been great .. if not, at least sautéed veggies.

 

I happy to share with all of you that I was able to achieve my desired inch loss with a WHR (waist to hip ratio) of 0.75. I'll continue with my workouts and portion sized meals to maintain my weight and keep my energy levels up.I'll keep posting as and when I can.

 

Dhaniya-Pepper tea was suggested by a friend (She heard it from a Siddha doctor on TV for hypothyroidism and for weight loss). 4 parts dhaniya and one part pepper, very lightly toast them on a tava.. It doesn't have to change color.. just 2-3 mins is enough. Let it cool and grind to a coarse powder, let the powder cool on a plate for 5 mins and store in a bottle.
Put 3 cups water on stove top, add 1 tsp powder, let it cook until water reduces to half quantity. Drink this first thing in morning, before each meal and before sleeping. This is what she said.

What I do is: put 800 ml water in Instantpot, add 1.5 tsp.. - pressure cook on high for 20 mins. Filter it as needed and drink.

For adding moringa powder in this tea, I use store bought organic moringa powder. I filter the tea in a mug, add 1/2 tsp moringa powder and let it sit for sometime until the heat is bearable for me and drink it. I am doing this only in the morning.

I am not able to digest moringa powder raw, so I do this method so its easy on my tummy. Side bonus: It tastes good this way.

 

This is great, congratulations!! Your efforts are working, keep them going.