Healthy eating tips for ganesh festival

 Healthy eating tips for ganesh festival

Ganesh festival a time to indulge in sweets...sweets n sweets as Ganeshji also loves it, they are prepared at home, friends and relatives too get the same...so here are few tips to help you stay  healthy.

Eating healthy will include all the sweets prepared during this festival, but living healthy will also include burning those calories immediately! So go hit the gym or the jogging track first thing in the morning, and you can enjoy all the sweets without feeling of guilt.

Ensure you eat breakfast on the festive days as you will be less likely to snack on mithai latter throughtout the day.

 

During the festive season, it’s easy to drink lots of sugary fizzy drinks but opt for water or lemon water or masala chass or masala milk.

 

Make sure you're drinking enough water during the day, otherwise thirst can be easily mistaken for hunger.

 

The simplest way to eat fewer sweets is to cut them into smaller pieces.

 

Have a Happy and Healthy Ganesha festival

EAT HEALTHY THIS DIWALI

EAT HEALTHY THIS DIWALI

So its DIWALI time with lots of sweets n delicious dishes around you

What goes in your mind

Is it OK to eat all those sugar loaded sweets? Or should I avoid it completely!!!!!!!!!!!

Am I getting too many calories?

Will I be on the right track?

Will it lead to too much of weight gain??????????

These are some of the questions that come to our mind………………RIGHT

Well here are a few tips that will help you make your DIWALI binge a true feast!

1.Firstly, don't think too much about calories during the few days of Diwali. Its a time to celebrate with friends and family. Enjoy life!.

FOLLOW MODERATION N YES TRY TO EXERCISE OR BE ACTIVE ATLEAST

2. Eat slowly and have fewer servings of many items - that way you will avoid risking a sugar rush from a particularly sweet product.

3.While cooking sweets use sugar blends like Splenda instead of sugar. You can also use jaggery. Use low fat or fat free milk instead of full fat milk. These will help in  reducing the calories in sweets to a certain extent.

4. Plan your meals. If you know you will dine out, then eat less through the day. But don't go starving to the party. Eat a light snack like a salad, soup, some lightly done vegetables, lentils, milk, yoghurt or nuts before you go out.

5. Choosing your snack well while partying is vital. For instance, eating rasgullas is better than gulab jamuns, which are fried and also high in sugar content. Similarly choose dry fruits over deep fried sweets.

6. Keep a tight control on portion sizes, especially when the variety seems endless.

7. At home, do not allow a build-up of sweets or chocolates. Chances are you'll end up gorging on these. Get rid of them by gifting these to others. 

Finally MODERATION and EXERCISE is the key to good health.

Happy DIWALI and enjoy yourselves!!!!!

An easy and healthy sweet dish for Diwali

An easy and healthy sweet dish for Diwali

  

Add one tablespoon of ghee in half kg of dates. Then, stir it continuously till the dates get softer. Once it reaches a thick paste-like consistency, add a handful of grated almonds on top, spread it in a dish and cut it into pieces. A healthy, home-made date halwa is ready. (you can also try adding other dry fruits, anjir to it)

All about SUGAR FREE Mithai

All about SUGAR FREE Mithai

Festive season setting in do sugar free mithais sound like an ultimate solution? But beware - though such items are devoid of added sugar they still have calories and carbs. They are mostly high in saturated fats, oils, transfat and mawa. Also make sure that the artificial sweetener used in such commercially prepared products is safe for consumption.

Also look out for ingredients like honey, corn syrup, fructose syrup, liquid glucose, jaggery, peanut butter etc as all these contribute to a lot of calories.

Healthy mantra for Diwali

Healthy mantra for Diwali

Make moderation your mantra this diwali a festival that's synonymous with binge eating.

Have sweets and fried snacks in small numbers. Savour mixture and sweets over weeks, at leisure. One Diwali sweet won’t kill you. Although one after every meal, one every hour, and just one more and than you don’t realize you have finished almost one box full. Please don’t over do it,where most people go wrong is to eat a Diwali sweet every time one passes in front of them.

Share, share, share! With your friends, office colleagues and co-workers,with people who are not as privileged as you.The smile on their face will surely light up your diwali !!