In these difficult times when we’re all at home, concentrating on maintaining your weight can be difficult. Staying in your ideal weight mostly depends on what you eat. Eliminating any particular food group from your diet is not a very good idea. Most of the fad diets like keto, plaeo, liquid diet etc are not sustainable in the long run. Eliminating a particular food group from your diet can affect your immunity and metabolism adversly. To cater for your requirement this two weeks Indian vegetarian diet plan has been made. This diet plan is highly balanced and is very easy to follow.
Some basics
- This diet plan is loaded with essential vitamins and minerals like zinc, vitamin C. iron, folic acid, selenium and vitamin D
- Make sure you cycle your diet basis your activity levels
- Eat less on days when you’re engaging in physical activity
- Eat more when you’ve had a proper workout
- Have small frequent meals which are high on protein, fibre and water content
- Focus on good food combination and the right way of eating
- Follow intermittent fasting and make sure you have early dinner
- Include mid morning snack that is fruits or drink in your diet
- Some drinks which you can have as snacks are
- Sattu
- Shikanji
- Kokum juice
- Aam panna
- Ambali
- Chaas
- Gond katira juice
- Ash gourd juice
- Barley water
- Chia detox water
- Your evening snack shoud be high in protein and fibre
Some other important tips
- Avoid excessive fried food
- Avoid consuming refined food and heavy meals
- Swap healthy and lite food for cravings
- Don’t have too much sweet, salt, tea, coffee or choclate
- Eat slowly with a postive mind
- Avoid distractions while eating
- For morning juice have green barley or wheat grass, moringa, amla giloy, neem juice or aloevera juice
Points to remember
- Include fruits and vegetbales as per region and season
- Bed time summer drinks like gulkand milk are good for you
- Portion your meal size as per your activity levels
- For sugar cravings, have dark choclate or few pieces of misri with fennel seeds
- Prepare a meal before going to bed
- Don’t store a lot of drinks or meals cooked for future consumption
- Consume drinks as per availability
- Add few drops of lemon or ACV in your green tea
- Consume morning tea 20-30 minutes post meal
- Stay hydrated
- Include more probiotics in your diet
First Week | Breakfast 0800-0900 | Snack 1030 | Snack 1230 | Lunch 1330-1400 | Snack 1630-1700 | Dinner Before 1930 |
Mon | Barley peanut butter with milk smoothie | Seasonal fruits | Buttermilk | Luaki dal with roti / rice with salad | Roasted chana with tea | Panner roll grilled with veggies |
Tue | Poha with sprouts | Seasonal Fruits | Lite ragi ambli | Kala chana sabzi with roti / rice and salad | Roasted makhana with tea | Multigrain vegetable dalia |
Wed | Ash gourd juice or green juice | Seasonal Fruits | Lemon shikanji | Raw papaya salad | Coconut water | Mix veg stew |
Thrus | Overnight oats | Seasonal Fruits | Aam panna | Barley moong sprouts salad with curd | HM energy bar with tea | Mix veg with roti and peanut chutney |
Fri | Ragi besan chilla | Seasonal Fruits | Barley water | Chana dal with roti / rice and salad | Murmura with peanuts | Grilled paneer with vegetables |
Sat | Sattu banana smoothie | Seasonal Fruits | Buttermilk | Idili sambhar / rajma rice | Trail mix with tea | Sweet barley with porridge |
Sun | Stuffed parantha | Seasonal fruits | Kokum juice | Love meal | Handful of chana with tea | Lite moong dal khichadi |
First Week | Breakfast 0800-0900 | Snack 1030 | Snack 1230 | Lunch 1330-1400 | Snack 1630-1700 | Dinner Before 1930 |
Mon | Ragi ambli porridge | Seasonal fruits | Sattu milk | Mix veg salad with curd | Chia pudding | Barley mix veg dalia soup |
Tue | HM granola | Seasonal Fruits | Kokum juice / butter milk | Whole masoor dal with roti / rice and salad | HM cookies | Capsicum paneer sabzi with roti and salad |
Wed | Red detox juice | Seasonal Fruits | Lemon shikanji | Ash gourd salad | Coconut water | Mix veg stew |
Thrus | Moong dal with ragi chilla | Seasonal Fruits | Chaas | Rice veg / paneer pulao with raita | Handful sprouts and tea | Ragi roti with sabzi and salad |
Fri | Oats upma | Seasonal Fruits | Sattu drink | Sprouts vegetbale salad | Chia pudding with tea | Barley mix veg soup |
Sat | Ragi ambli smoothie | Seasonal Fruits | Aam panna | Chole rice with salad and curd | Energy bars with tea | Mix veg dalia with dal khichadi |
Sun | Bread toast / dosa chutney | Seasonal fruits | Lemonade / buttermilk | Love meal | Raosted peanuts with tea | Lentil soup |