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Models are often accused of being anorexic and having terrible dietary habits in order to stay slim. It is a general perception that they follow diets like the juice or liquid diet, cotton ball diet, throw up after eating something which not only becomes a fad for young girls looking to lose weight. These unhealthy habits lead to serious health problems later and can even be fatal. Between all these conjectures, it is refreshing to see model Kate Upton confess that she doesn t starve herself in order to stay in shape. She enjoys her meals to the fullest and works out to stay fit.
'My body is something that you have to work out and eat healthily for, but I m not doing drugs or not eating,' showbizspy.com quoted the 21-year-old as saying. 'I want to enjoy life and I can t be enjoying life if I m not eating and miserable,' she added. While she s happy with her body, Upton admits initially people rejected her for being fat. 'It was hard when I was first in the industry and people were like, No, you are fat. ' she said.
It is important that women realise the health hazards of a fad diet which promises speedy weight loss in no time. You end up piling on those calories back again once you stop such diets.
Ill-effects of fad diets on the body
In order to lose weight in a safe manner, try this diet plan. Here is sample diet plan for weight loss diet plan by dietician Shilpa Mittal.
Breakfast: Start your day with milk and cornflakes, or milk and poha/upma. If you are from northern India, and are into eating parathas, you can still have them but make them healthy. Instead of just aloo paratha have potato mixed with other vegetables and use less of oil/ghee/butter. Similarly, if you are from southern India, you can have idlis, dosa, uttappa but avoid medu wada since that is fried. You can even opt for egg omelette or sandwiches.
Lunch: This can consist of a proper meal like rotis/ bhakri with vegetables, salads and a source of protein from dal/curd/ sprouts/ non-veg dishes like eggs, fish, chicken plus a small helping of rice. Avoid pickles and papads.
Snacks: This can be mixed dry fruits, seasonal fruits or any fruit you like or a handful of roasted channaor kurmuras.
Dinner: Preferably opt for an early dinner and it can be just like lunch or it can be a single wholesome meal like khichdi, pulav, biryani.
You also need to exercise to lose flab. You can take up anything you like - joining a gym, dance workouts, playing sports like kick-boxing, horse riding, swimming, yoga, running/walking, etc. Make a conscious effort to engage yourself in any physical activity and eat right and you can lose weight slowly but surely without compromising on your health, just like Kate Upton. Here's a simple weight loss guide to help you get fitter.
With inputs from IANS.
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