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High on energy and ready to welcome the week? That s what being fit and following a healthy lifestyle does to you. Continue the good work and have a fun filled week with the right amount of exercise, healthy food and a peaceful mind.
Morning Begin your day with soothing your eyes with greenery. If you have a home garden, or a tulsi plant, keep looking at it for few minutes. While you do so, chew some tulsi leaves to improve your immunity. It will keep you refreshed all day long.
Breakfast Try and unique sweet and savoury combination for breakfast today. It s a new recipe and will stay on your breakfast recipes list for long. Make oats with soft eggs today for a high fibre, protein rich breakfast.
Lunch For lunch replace rice with healthy quinoa. Try the delicious chicken and quinoa pulao. It s rich in proteins to keep you energetic all day and tasty enough to satiate your taste buds and keep cravings at bay.
Dinner Let it be an international food day today. For dinner eat the light yet filling and sumptuous grilled basa with couscous salad. It s easy to make with no pre-preparation and will make cooking dinner easy on a tiring Monday. This recipe is again protein rich and very essential for building muscle.
Snacks Enjoy a light evening snack with these multigrain crackers. You can combine it with a fresh homemade salsa or some yogurt dip. Yet again it falls into the category of low cal protein rich snacks and hence is a perfect fit in your fitness plan.
Moving to exercises, which have now become a habit. If you feel irritated for skipping a workout during the day, you are on the right track. That is how a fitness enthusiast must feel.
At home Invest in a stability ball and keep it in office if you work all day or at home if you are a stay-at-home person. Practice this one cool exercise using the stability ball to work on your abdominal and oblique muscles. It will improve your posture and help burn calories too.
In the gym Want to work on your triceps? Try these 4 exercises that will give you killer triceps. It will require little practice and sometime till you get the perfect results but it is definitely worth the effort.
Yoga Certain yoga poses can help you burn fat without you even realizing it. The Uddiyana Bandha is one such yoga pose that involves stomach locking. It also strengthens the gut, prevents digestion problems and boosts your metabolism.
Before sleeping Did you know that expressing gratitude has several benefits on your emotional well-being and health? You could write down things that you are grateful for before you go to bed or express it verbally to your family. A good and happy conversation will also give you peaceful sleep.
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Disclaimer: If you follow a fitness plan already, consult your nutritionist before switching to this one. If you are allergic to any of the foods/ingredients mentioned, please do not consume it. Do not follow this plan without consulting your doctor if you suffer from a health condition hypertension, hypotension, diabetes, etc. or are pregnant.
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