Healthy and wealthy festive platter
The Indian festive season is around the corner. One after the other, there is a lot to celebrate in the coming weeks. With all the joy and celebrations, there also come a lot of parties, the yummiest food and drinks, and festive chores. While doing so there is always a thought at the back of our mind- how should we eat without hampering our health, happiness festivity, and weight? In this blog, let’s discuss some practical ways to maintain our health, diet, and energy during the festive season.
First things first we should not stop having festive food during festivals as it can have a negative impact on our minds, health, and motivation. After that follow these tips:
Pre- Meal
People believe in skipping the meal before having festive meals/ parties. Their purpose behind this is to balance calorie consumption. However, it backfires terribly. Skipping meals causes bloating, fluctuation in BP, low energy, and a dull face. The best thing to do is instead of skipping, have a nutrition-dense pre-meal like banana, smoothie, salad, sandwich, yogurt nuts, etc. in moderation. This way you also avoid overeating at parties.
On the table:
You and your body deserve that set of festive platter and taste during the festive season. But, the place where you need to put a break is on all the packaged and processed foods that are distributed and brought to homes. Besides it, you can eat all traditional and festive food like puri-bhaji, fresh kheer, lauki /suji/gajar halwa, coconut, and besan laddoos. All homemade sweets, and savouries. seasonal and festive food can be consumed without guilt. Homemade food will not ruin your diet and weight if you eat it in adequate quantity.
Do not misunderstand hunger and thirst signals. Eat well before drinking to avoid bloating and digestive issues. If you are opting for an alcoholic drink, mix it with water, ginger, and mint leaves. In case of a non-alcoholic drink, have coconut water or lime soda. Avoid cocktails and mocktails at all costs as they are high in calories.
During festive parties have only 2 starter dishes, and 3 items from a single cuisine for your main course, and go for traditional sweets prepared only during the festive season. Trust me, this is going to work for you and add joy to your body too.
Post Meal
Having plain lemon water or ajwain water after festive parties and before going to bed will help.
Get back to your healthy routine as the festivity is over. There is no need to torture your body by increasing your exercise or missing meals the following day. That is not the way our body functions, give it time and it will be back to routine.
So hook line is that cutting festive food is not going to help however eating wisely and fondly will add to your health, beauty, joy, and motivation.
May you enjoy the coming festive season with food, family, and friends, and do not forget to share your experience here in the comment box.
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