Fitness Secrets - Diet and Health

Kareena Kapoor recently launched a book "Don't Lose Your Mind Lose Your Weight", penned by dietician Rujuta Diwekar, who's responsible for making the actress achieve her size-zero figure. The book is No 1 on the bestseller list and has already sold 10,000 copies. Rujuta says, "Kareena had predicted that it'd be a sellout! That's why I have dedicated this book to her." The book - 'Don't Lose Your Mind Lose Your Weight' - also carries a foreword by the actress. BUY THE BOOK NOW FOR ONLY Rs 119/- CASH ON DELIVERY . Lose it, right Talking about how she got the idea for the book, Rujuta says, "I once met a 24-year old girl who was planning to get married and wanted to lose weight. She wore electric belts that gave her rectal bleeding. She also had lot of coffee with sweeteners, to kill hunger pangs. In the process, she got so dehydrated that for nine months, she didn't get her periods. I wanted to write a book for people like her. To ...

Freida's thought for food I am: Non-vegetarian. My favourite food: I love Italian cuisine. My palate is pleased by seafood risotto with porcini mushrooms. Besides that I love my Manglorean seafood dishes and the sukha chicken. Diet Routine: I begin my day with: A few glasses of water. My breakfast is: A bowl of cheerios honey nut cereal, a glass of milk and fruits. My lunch is: Light and simple. Sprouts, vegetables, chapattis with curd and dal sometimes. My evening snack is: Oatmeal cookies or nachini chips. Health food items fascinate me. My dinner is: Baked fish or roasted chicken and vegetables. I avoid rice and chapattis for dinner. My fitness regime: I don't like to gym. I find it boring. So I eat the right food, do yoga and a bit of pilates. Favourites In sweets I like: Rasmalai… yummy! I also love dark chocolate. My favourite restaurants abroad: In Singapore, I dined at Song of India. It serves Indian food with wine. The recipes are tweaked a little to incorporate a slig...

My workout regime: I don’t follow a particular workout regime. I keep changing my workouts to let my body get used to all types of regimes. I do cardio, martial arts and running. I even do yoga, which includes functional training. I do a lot of power training as well. I believe in leading a healthy lifestyle in all spheres of life. I don’t believe in size zero. I work out within the proportions of my body frame. For me losing inches is more suryanamaskars. I do functional training for important than weight loss. Fitness taekwondo to strengthen all my muscles involved in martial arts. Strength, speed and power are all achieved through should be achieved naturally and not through artificial methods. Fitness to me is all about creating an aesthetically pleasing physique in a healthy manner. My daily diet: When I wake up I drink a glass of lukewarm water with lemon and honey. Then I eat a bowl of fruits. I eat every two hours and in small quantities. I love sweets, especially pastries. I b...