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Yoga, ghee roti, cheese: Kareena Kapoor Khan is all desi when it comes to fitness

8 Jul, 2016
Yoga, ghee roti, cheese: Kareena Kapoor Khan is all desi when it comes to fitnessYoga, ghee roti, cheese: Kareena Kapoor Khan is all desi when it comes to fitness

"Ghee rotis have been part of our traditions, our lifestyle for years. My mother gave me ghee with rice as a child and she's not stopped giving that to me even now."

Kareena Kapoor Khan's enviable figure has been the subject of attention for years now! However, while many people feel that the actress might be following a crash diet and a strict exercise regime, the truth is she does nothing like that! Yes, that's true!

"Kareena is simply leaner and healthier than before. She has been working on eating correctly since May 07. Plus she has been doing weight training, yoga, cardio for at least 4-5 years. What we need to understand is that she has high accumulated fitness time. Diet only supplemented her efforts to lose weight. She not just got a body transformation but she has found more energy & vigor," says Kareena's celebrity nutritionist Rijuta Divekar in her blog rujutadiwekar.blogspot.in.

She also adds that Kareena "does more surya namaskars and covers more distance on the treadmill than she ever could, while the media concoct stories about her fainting on the sets."

Here are some golden rules that Kareena Kapoor Khan swears by:

Yoga Power

Would you like to change your life? yoga is a great way to start ...... ????

A photo posted by Kareena Kapoor Khan (@therealkareenakapoor) on Jul 4, 2016 at 9:14am PDT

"I've been practising power yoga for years. On Rujuta's suggestion, I made the switch to Iyengar yoga so that's what I'm doing now. It's good to change your routine from time to time, shock your body and push boundaries so you can stay in shape, "she said in an interview in 2014.

It is believed that for over four to five years, she practices yoga for almost two hours a day, six days a week.  "I do a lot of yoga and pilates. At least 40-45 minutes every day. Like any other girl, I have phases where I feel like binging but usually I also complement my workout with a healthy eating lifestyle," she said.

Another important point to note is that Kareena works out under normal temperature versus an air conditioned room.

Don't keep carbs off your plate

In Rujuta's documentary, the Indian Food Wisdom, Kareena says, "When people come to my house for dinner people message me saying grilled chicken, grilled only and no carbs. But rice is something I can't live without and I always have a bowl of it on my table. I enjoy being true to my culture and enjoying the perks, the fruits and foods of where I love."

Continue reading on the next page to know what Kareena's daily diet looks like!

Go back to your roots

Many nutritionists and food experts are now moving back to the roots and finding diet secrets from our past. One of the most important point that has come out of it is that one should never give up foods that we loved and enjoyed in our childhood.

A bowl of piping hot dal with a portion of rice, some home-cooked vegetables and a couple of rotis is all that you need to have for lunch everyday as that is what we Indians have been having for years. And, that's what Kareena swears by.

 

#fulloflove ????

A photo posted by Kareena Kapoor Khan (@therealkareenakapoor) on Jun 29, 2016 at 4:27am PDT


"I think what people don't realise is that we're very different from the people in the west. We have some of the oldest traditions in the world and food has been at the heart of it all. Cheese that is 99% fat-free and thinking why I'm bloated is the problem. I was told eat full-fat cheese and I realised I was losing weight despite eating it. Oatmeal biscuits, whole wheat biscuits - that's not a part of our ancestral diet," says Kareena.

Kareena also loves to eat ghee rotis and has been eating it for years now. "Ghee rotis have been part of our traditions, our lifestyle for years. My mother gave me ghee with rice as a child and she's not stopped giving that to me even now. That keeps my soul happy. What me and Saif have learnt is to feel good," says Kareena in the documentary.

"I don't eat anything that's not from India. I don't need products that are flown in from elsewhere. It has to be something which can go on forever so you can't do a low carb or no fat diet forever," she adds.

Kareena's daily diet

Kareena is strictly vegetarian and this is what she normally eats in a day. "I eat a banana in the morning. Fills me up and keeps me energetic. as soon as yoga's done. Then I have lunch - between rice, dal and vegetable and roti, dal and vegetable. Paratha and curd, I like Indian breakfast more than anything," she said.

Excerpts of this article were first published here.

Also Read: The one Indian staple that must be a part of your child's diet

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[Images courtesy: Kareena Kapoor on Instagram]
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