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Article #233: Fitness - Losing Fat Weight and Practical Food Tips

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Losing fat-weight is not seen as a quick, cream off the top after boiling and
easy process. That is because many people cooling.
are misted into believing that if they Low-fat masalas
diet, they will lose weight. They will, Don't fry masalas. Grind roasted masalas
but it will not be fat-weight-loss but and add water instead of oil as the
water-weight loss and lean-muscle-weight cooking medium.
loss. Only aerobic exercise can build up Instead of using coconut or cornflour to
your lean muscle mass and ensure thicken the gravy, use pureed of ground
fat-weight loss. vegetables such as onions, carrots,
And the best balance can be achieved and pumpkin.
maintained by regular aerobic exercise Watch your salad dressing!
and a fatless or low-fat diet with Don't use salad oil Replace it with lemon
high-fibre content. Recently, it has been juice, vinegar, Worcester sauce. Or herbs
discovered that more oxygen is required such as coriander and mint leaves, chaat
to burn fat than burn carbohydrates. masala powder, mustard powder. Use
Which could explain why losing fat-weight low-fat curds, paneer made from skimmed
is not easy. However, regular aerobic milk for raitas, or in recipes where you
exercise combined with low-fat or fatless need that creamy consistency. Whip up the
food does the trick. dressing in your bfender with herbs,
Food without fat? The image thrown up by greens or spices of your choice.
this phrase is one of boring boiled Sweeten without sugar
vegetables. But our chapter on food will Wean yourself away from sugar by
show you how you can turn out delicious cultivating a taste for fruit and
meals without ghee, butter or oil. sugar-free tea, coffee. You can use a
Meanwhile, here are a few pointers to low-calorie sweeteners but not too much,
convert your eating lifestyle from a please! Substitute wherever possible
fat-producing one to a healthier one that sugar with 'sweet' spices such as nutmeg,
minimises calories and maximises energy ginger, cloves. For desserts, use fruit
and efficiency. These practical tips will juices as sweeteners.
help you climb the fitness ladder faster: A few more handy tips
No more oil, please! Keep sliced vegetables and sprouts in the
Don't season dais with mustard seeds in refrigerator as snacks. Avoid tomato
oil. Just add the good old rai to the dal sauce/ketchup. Use tomato puree that you
while boiling it. It tastes better have blended with garlic, ginger, raisins
without that oily film. Never fry meats, and chilli powder. Eat more smaller,
vegetables or grains like rice. Instead, low-fat meals during the day than a big
boil, steam, roast or grill them. one at one sitting.
Replace chapatis and parathas with dry These suggestions are only the beginning.
phulkas. For far too long we have equated
Trim off fats gourmet-eating with ghee-fried food. It's
Trim all visible fat from meat before time to destroy those myths with dynamic
cooking. fitness thoughts. Don't approach oil-less
Refrigerate cooked non-vegetarian curries food with 'yech' how is it going to
overnight before heating and serving. taste? The 'yech!" is only in your mind
This will make it easier to slice off that has grown accustomed to a certain no
that thick crust of white, hardened fat. - healthy style of cooking.
In chutneys, use onions as the base Your main aim is to give yourself a
instead of scraped coconut. Onions don't leg-up on the fitness ladder. Go for it
add to your cholesterol level. Replace with all the enthusiasm and creativity
butter with such onion-based chutneys as that you are naturally blessed with. Want
the spread on your bread for breakfast. to bet that you will win this time
Always use skimmed milk and skim the around?






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