Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar shares winter diet chart to lose weight

Winters are all about comfort and delightful indulgence, which often makes it difficult to stay in shape. While most of us struggle to lose weight by going for not-so-functional fad diets or for quick weight loss supplements, experts always vouch for a more sustainable diet and here’s a diet suggested by celebrity Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, which may help you achieve your weightloss goals without tweaking or compromising on your palate preferences. Here’s what her secret winter diet chart looks like! Read on…

To kick start Monday mornings, she suggests a flattened rice meal, which is traditionally known as Poha. To make it healthy, you may add seasonal veggies. For lunch: A bowl full of Matar Paneer with Rice; Followed by a traditional dinner: Pithla Bharkri with white butter or Chicken and rice. (To make your meals healthy you can add veggies or low-fat oil/butter).

Breakfast: Seviyan Upma made with loads of veggies and for lunch you may prepare a hearty Aloo Gobi sabji or Curry with Bajra Roti. For dinner a classic Khichdi or Dal and rice with Papad/Aachar will make for a light and satiting winter dinner.

Midweeks need a lot of energy and that’s why Rujuta suggests a simple yet nutritious breakfast with Til Chutney and Roti followed by delicious Rajma Chawal for Lunch and a hot crispy Paneer Paratha for dinner.

Breakfast: Ratala Khees followed by Aloo Sabzi with Mandua or Ragi Roti for lunch. Thursday dinner with healthy Palak sabzi with rice or Roti with Chauli Usal/dal.

As per this diet, you may tweak the delicacies based on the regional preferences. But if you are following this winter diet, then for Friday she suggests an Iddada with Lehsun Chutney as a nutritious breakfast. For lunch Mooli Patta Sabzi paired with Gehu or Makai Roti. Winter dinners call for a sumptuous affair and thus a delicious Kulthi soup along with a butter toast or Moong dal with ghee and rice may amp up your experience.

Saturday breakfast calls for something special so how about a healthy Gobi Paratha followed by a delicious Bharta and Roti for lunch. For dinner she recommends a plateful of Channa and Chawal.

Weekends can make or break your fitness goals so to balance that you can eat a delicious Idli Podi for breakfast and for lunch some Saag, Makki Roti and Makhan. A Sunday dinner plan will surely make your palate happy with some yummy options such as Dosa/ Pizza/Pav Bhaji. Interestingly, you can tweak the stuffing or make the delicacies with loads of healthy veggies.

Fruits are packed with essential nutrients like vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and as per this simple diet plan adding seasonal fruits like Guava, Sitaphal, Apples, Chikoo, Banana, Papaya as a mid meal can help in weight loss.

Apart from that, you must ensure that you are well hydrated and may include Sugarcane juice, Amla juice, Nimbu sharbat and Lassi. Lastly, the key to stay happy while you are following a diet is by effectively managing sugar cravings which can be done so easily by including seasonal delights like Gajar ka Halwa, Jhangora Kheer, Pinnis, Panjiri, Goond, Besan and Methi Ladoos.