Why tea and coffee aren’t the day’s start anymore
There’s no better start to the day than consuming fresh fruit, nuts and raisins. Going by the norm, a lot of people start their day with tea or coffee, but this is not the ideal move to make if fitness is your goal. The all-rounder banana entails several health benefits such as fibre, weight loss, prevention of constipation and improving blood sugar levels

Add 1 teaspoon of ghee to breakfast, lunch and dinner
From the shastras to your grandparents, everyone has sung glories of ghee which is a core ingredient in most Indian kitchens. Adding a teaspoon of ghee to lunch or dinner helps with energy, sweet cravings, constipation and irritable bowel syndrome

Move more, sit less
Mostly 9-5 jobs, household chores, and other miscellaneous tasks leave no time for a workout. How does one bridge the gap? By taking the stairs, standing up for 3 minutes for every 30 minutes of sitting, performing one chore performed by house help once a week, and taking 100 easy steps after dinner. Park your car far away so you can sneak in a walk every time you go out. Don’t forget to take a 10-15-minute stroll every day

Don’t limit yourself to a light evening snack, instead eat a wholesome meal  
The make-or-break evening meal is the most important meal of the day according to Rujuta Diwekar. She strongly advises her clients to take this make-or-break meal seriously, as this determines the outcome of a fitness plan

Eat daal-rice for dinner
Did you know that the quintessential go-to Indian meal ‘daal rice’ is an excellent pre-biotic, lowers cholesterol levels and reduces the risk of heart disease? Just because you are following a weight loss diet do not limit your rice options to brown rice, because the excess fibre in brown rice comes in the way of absorption of minerals like zinc, crucial for insulin function