5 guilty pleasures that can help lose your weight fast

Contemplating giving up your favourite foods to lose some inches off your waistline? Think again.

The fact that one cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well is absolutely true. Gone are the days, when you deprived yourself of your favourite foods. We now live in a world, where healthy substitutes for your guilty pleasures exist! Junk foods can actually be transformed into healthy and a hearty substitute. So, if you are on a weight loss journey, enjoy these healthy guilt-free substitutes to your favourite foods without having to worry about the excess calories or the waistline. Here are 5 such foods which may be helpful for a weight watcher!

Here’s to all the pancake lovers, Malpua an Indian Pancake is an amazing start to the day. With a surplus amount of protein and calcium, dietary fibre makes Ragi your intestine’s best friend. The traditional recipe of malpua includes deep frying which can be substituted by using a nonstick pan and adding ghee as desired.

Be it a binge watch or a post breakup mood, pizza will always be your soulmate forever. In order to give a healthy makeover to your pizza just replace the fat inducing refined flour with the semolina flour for the base. B vitamins, iron, folate and magnesium from semolina will definitely give you a post breakup glow or an extra life in your binge moment. Don’t forget to add your favourite toppings on that incredible base.

A hearty and beautiful dessert! All you require is just four ingredients- banana, cocoa powder, peanut butter and coconut milk. Your filling and super delicious ice cream is ready! A better alternative to store-bought ice creams, it weighs low on calories and contains mostly natural sugars and fat sources.

A prominent level of antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory lauric acid content in coconut milk will keep your immune system happy and healthy.

Giving up momos can be very tough. If you are contemplating doing so, don't be afraid! All you need to do is make it more diet friendly with the blanched cabbage leaf wrap and the chicken filling with minced chicken, spring onion, chilli, sesame oil and some spices.The high dietary protein from chicken could definitely benefit your muscle growth and however a good amount of fibre from cabbage will keep your digestive system healthy!

Enjoy every bite of this other-worldly thing.

Need a break? Have this Oats Chikki or an Indian version of the oat bar. This little thing will lighten up your house like any festive day of the year. A powerhouse of antioxidants and an instant energy source, this will only require some roasted oats, jaggery, raisins and dry berries. Once these ingredients are off the pan, press with a rolling pin and give it any desirable shape. Ta da! The beauty is on the plate.