SPICY CHICKPEA SALAD ON DIET~DAY 3

Day 3 and the cravings hit hard today, I don't know whether it was because I was thinking about it or because my body was missing all the sugar it was so used to? :), I wanted something "chatpata", so I made this spicy salad-but I am STILL CRAVING CHOCOLATE!..

• Boiled Chickpeas-1 cup


• Onion- 1 large finely chopped


• Tomato- 1 large chopped


• Green chillies-2 chopped, deseeded


• Tamarind pulp- 1 tbsp


• Lemon juice-2 tbsp


• Salt and red chilli pwdr- acc. to taste

Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl and toss well, mashing the chana's a little too, season acc. to taste, serve with kulchas if desired.I had just the chana salad.

This recipe triggers back memories of College days in Punjab University, where we used to eat these everyday off the roadside vendor with a huge brass vessel atop his bicycle,a very common sight in North India and a boon for the students who could, at times afford only this- Chana and two kulchas for Rs.5/- :)

Well coming to DAY 3, this is what I had today-

• Early Morning-Tea-1 cup sweetened with Sugar free Natura+handful of besan bhujia


• Breakfast- Buttermilk- 1 glass with sweetener and 1 tsp Protinex powder +1 Besan and soya chapati with bittergourd vegetable


• Lunch-2 Besan soya chapatis +bittergourd veggie


• Evening-1 large bowl Spicy Chickpea salad(recipe above)+ 1 glass Cucumber and spinach juice


• Dinner-Rajma-1 katori+1 egg cooked in non-stick pan


• Exercise- half an hour walk

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DETOX DIET-DAY 2

Hey it's Day 2 and I am jumping with joy, never thought I would last more than a few hours, well here's today's diet and the one good thing you might notice is the inclusion of Soyabean flour and besan chapati as a substitute for regular wheatflour chapatis, for this take equal parts of besan and soyabean flour and knead with water, roll out and cook like regular chapatis.

• Early Morning-1 glass buttermilk with Sugar free Natura


• Breakfast-1 Besan soya chapati+Baingan bharta-2 tbsp


• Mid morning- Roasted chana(a handful)


• Lunch-Cucumber-2 slices+2 Besan soya chapatis+1 katori Amaranth dal+2 pieces gatte ki sabzi


• Evening-1 glassVegetable + fruit juice (cucumber,spinach,apples)


• Dinner-1 Besan soya chapati+1 egg cooked in 1/2 tsp ghee in nonstick pan


• Inbetween-2 to 3 glasses of lemon water(no sugar or salt)


• Walk for 20 minutes

From tomorrow will be including 1 tsp of high protein powder too, lets see how it goes...:)

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MY DIET LOGS-DAY1

It all started when I came across Kay's blog and thought that why not try this-it is basically a two week NO GRAIN DIET, a modified version of the South Beach diet, Bee and Indira are in it too and you can click on their names to find out just what they are doing :), as for me, I thought I must share my experience with you all and maybe someone can benefit out of it too, I know it is pretty boring to read a diet log BUT if you are seriously thinking of being fit and maybe lose some weight this can come in handy.

I have never followed a diet in my entire life, have never fasted, but due to certain hormonal changes, my weight had reached a plateau, with my BMI touching 26 I thought it is time for some serious action, I thought I will never get past a few hours on this plan and today is DAY 2!! and I am feeling great, I did have a headache which Kay says is a sign of detox, but otherwise no hunger pangs.

My first concern was that since I am working 9 hours a day, how will I be able to pull across without chapatis/rotis without feeling a loss of energy, once I devised the following mixture and made a dough out of it for my chapatis I was at ease, it is basically combining half quantity of soyabean flour and half of gramflour, kneading it and making chapatis out of it, I think it tastes great and I loved it!

DAY1

• Early Morning-Unsweetened tea-1 cup+Besan bhujia- a handful


• Breakfast-Buttermilk with roasted zeera- 1 glass+


• Fresh Peaches-2


• Mid-morning-Almonds-a handful


• Lunch-Besan Cheela-2 small+


• Amaranth dal-2 katoris+


• Black chana-1/2 katori+1 small tomato+lemon juice


• Walk for 1 hour in the Evening


• Evening-(instead of Tea/Coffee)Roasted soyabean+bhuna chana mixture+1/2 glass veggie and fruit juice


• Dinner-1 large besan cheela+1 egg


• I started with the Soyabean -besan chapatis today, yeasterday it was only Besan cheela.


• I also take 1 Evening primrose oil capsule +1 Tablet B-Long-F both for PMS, also 1 calcium tablet.

I was craving some Sugar though but the small amount of fruit in the veggie juice took care of it, so as of now everything's under control :) hmmm...so far... so good!!

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