Bhumi Pednekar Weight Loss Secret to lose 32 Kgs

Food is Love

She lost 32 kilos without following a commercial diet. She has always been a little plump and enjoys food. “Food makes me happy. I’ve never deprived myself of eating anything I’ve wanted.”

No restriction to Ghee and Butter

The actress never said no to ghee, butter, buttermilk but controlled her carbohydrate intake. She followed her regular diet, exercised portion control and was very particular about not bingeing.

Home Cooked Food

Aside from physical activity, the most effective way to lose weight is through simple home-cooked meals.

First Meal in Morning

Bhumi starts her mornings with a glass of warm or detox water and thirty minutes later she eats muesli with skimmed milk and flax or sunflower seeds.

King Size Breakfast

She takes her king-sized breakfast an hour before her gym and the meal includes whole-wheat bread with two egg white omelets and a fruit.

Wholesome healthy Lunch

Simple, wholesome home-cooked food such as roti, sabzi, and dal. She prefers bajra, jowar, nachni, soya, chana, or rajgira roti topped with white butter.

Evening Snacks

Snacking is very important to keep a balanced diet. Around 4-4.30pm, she eats half a papaya or an apple/pear/guava. After an hour or so she has a cup of green tea with a few almonds or walnuts.

Light Dinner

Keeping her dinner light, depending on mood she’ll take grilled chicken or vegetarian diet grilled or slightly pan cooked paneer/tofu, stir fried or steamed vegetables.

Cheat Days

However Bhumi too has her cheat meal every five days to full fill her cravings for sweet sugar desserts.

Sugar is a big No No

Quitting or reducing her consumption of refined sugar was one of the best decisions. Refined sugar, whether brown or white, is nothing more than flavour and empty calories.

Healthy Sugar Alternatives

Raw honey aids digestion and is high in zinc, potassium, calcium, and vitamin B6. You can also take jaggery which is another healthy alternative.

Staying Hydrated

Bhumi Pednekar also drinks 7 litres of water per day. In addition she also prefers detox water to cleanse and detoxify her body. Lemon, cucumber and fruits make tasty and healthy detox water.

Workout

At the gym, Bhumi alternates between cardio and weight training. Cardio at least three times per week will help you burn calories and lose fat.