Written By: Shaloo Tiwari | Published : October 24, 2017 12:40 PM IST
If you are done trying different ways to lose weight and then you must read this till the end. Losing weight is one thing and losing weight healthily is a completely different thing and is a holistic change of lifestyle. Reyna Rupani, who is an active member of Sharan that helps people lose weight and gain health by conducting workshops has lost about 17 kgs and how! This amazing weight loss was a result of opting a plant-based diet. She had initially opted for this diet to get rid of her acidity and she had no idea that it would help her lose weight too. She says,"I tried everything to get my weight down from 65 kgs. I could manage up to 63 kgs. I gave up. Anyway everyone around me was mainly nice and round, so guess it was okay. I accepted it as fate until I went on to the whole plant based diet to ward off my acidity. " She goes ahead to say, "My acidity issues were gone in three days, but I felt so good and I was exposed to a brand new world that I decided to discover more. I continued with the diet and after some time compliments kept coming my way. I lost 17 kilos in 8 months!"
She opted for veganism and discovered that weight loss was just one thing, her life changed overall. Veganism, a little bit of tweak in the way of cooking and barring packaged food helped Reyna lose weight in the most healthy and natural way. She says, "I started cooking with zero oil and no one even noticed any difference. That's when I realised that it's not oil that makes food tastier, but the vegetables, spices and the love with which you cook. I also started having green smoothies every day. Whole foods took over, so I changed to brown rice and even went organic. I started making my own cheese, ketchup, mayonnaise etc at home"
Reyna totally believes in homemade food and avoids packaged, processed food as much as possible. She advises getting rid of processed foods as they have chemicals and are heavily processed taking away the nutrition from the food. She says, "I replaced sugar with dates and raisins and stopped consuming dairy products."
It is about the lifestyle and Reyna's life is an example that no supplements or crash diet is going to help. In the world of hundreds of chemical-laden supplements and crash diets, Reyna believes in all natural and has also proven it. Her weight loss has been a permanent one, she says, "It's been four years and I have barely put on 3 to 4 kilos. My fifteen-year-old daughter cringes when people call us 'sisters'!". She goes ahead to say, "Since I changed the way I cooked at home, the other family members also started experiencing the differences. Both my son and husband lost a lot of weight. My daughter's acne issues disappeared. They all have willingly accepted the changes because the food is so delicious and that makes it sustainable."
The best part of taking any natural route to weight loss is how you feel after that. Body feels like new and very active. She says,"I feel energetic, have not visited a doctor and am grateful for the awareness that our health is only in our hands. I can't help but share that the solution to any health related issues is so simple!"
Here's an interview with her:
