Diet Diary Update (cheat day maybe)

Hello guys, how's your diet diary coming around? I am here with another update on diet diary and maybe one cheat day for the efforts we put in following this lifestyle!!! :)

First of all, you should be checking your weight and compare it with last time you should have lost around 400g and if you've lost so then congratulations! Now, update your weight in the diary and let's get on the routine

2 glasses of water

4-5 Almonds and 4-5 Manuka raisins

10:30 - 11 AM

2 Stuffed roti's (Indian bread/ half paratha like paratha but without butter or oil to it) with 1 bowl of curd

12:30 PM

2 Fruits+ lemon water with pinch of salt or no salt

2:00 PM

2 Whole wheat chapati with vegetables sabzi and salad- same

4:30-5:00 PM

1 glass of milk+ 1 bread slice sandwich or 1 fruit

7:30-8:00 PM

2 Whole wheat chapati with vegetable sabzi, 1 bowl of curd and plenty of salad

P.s- Do not take masala lassi or sweet lassi as yoghurt, however, you can take 1 glass of plain lassi with roasted cumin seed powder in it.

You can make stuffed roti with paneer, onion, radish, spinach, cauliflower, methi or any other green leafy vegetable as you like. Do not take pickle with any meal,

however you can take mint chutney, coriander, guava or any other chutney you like with any meal during the day.

Also, if you feel hungry after any meal then you can try adding more portion of salad to the meal or a little more extra portion of vegetable sabzi or you can try having 1 small fruit after some time of your lunch or dinner in between snack time. You can try having 1 glass of water before your meal so you don't feel hungry at that time of the meal.

Do not forget to have 8-12 glasses of water throughout out the day and your 20-30 minutes exercise. This should help you get around 300g- 400g weight loss.

Now, on to the cheat day, if  you've seen some result in yourself then you can try having 1 small cheat meal in any one of the days following this routine. You can have a healthier variation of you something you like, if you want to have something sweet then try having coconut burfi or 1 ball of rasgulla. Or if you want to have whole cheat meal then you can have rice with rajma/chole/chickpea curry or chole kulcha or pasta or anything you like but in healthier option but it should be HOMEMADE and not from outside, also you should have this cheat meal in LUNCH MEAL only, not for dinner.
Well, that's about it for now in this post, I'll keep updating this diary and I hope you like this routine with some cheat meal ideas, enjoy your cheat meal with healthier option and thank you :)

Blogger Help- How to show multiple posts with labels in single page

Hey, I thought as I am building this blog id share some tips on how I made this blog which might help you guys if you ever want to start a blog of your own. So let's start with how to show multiple posts with the help of labels and pages gadget :)

1. When you publish a new post, see settings on your right side. You would see post settings, select Labels from it and put whatever label you want

2. Publish your post and view blog

Publish Post

View Blog

3. Select the Label you put in your post from bottom of your post

4. Copy the url, you will need it later

5. Now go to your blog design > select Layout

6. Go to Cross Column, click on add gadget and select pages

7. Now, it'll give you page settings pop up. Leave title blank and click on add external link

8. Put your page title like "diet diary, cooking/recipes" as you can see on my blog or same as your label and put your url which you copied in step 4 and save link.

9. Save Pages gadget which will look something like this and done!!!

Now, whenever you put that particular label in any post, it will show in that page in which you put label's link in and that way you can see multiple posts in single page with the help of labels. I hope this will help you guys when starting a new blog :)

Walk with Poke`mon go!

Hey, guys. This post is a bit interesting as this is about this new app which everyone is trying called Poke`mon go! This App is not available in India as of now but you can still be able to download it by following the Link below-
http://www.in.techradar.com/how-to/gaming/How-to-download-and-play-Pokemon-Go-right-now/articleshow/53084299.cms

I have tried this app and it's an interesting app as this is a reality-virtual game which makes you go out to catch those Pokemon's. You can easily understand how to use this app and get into it.

You can try this app while you want to go for a walk or to walk your dog out or if you just want to catch those Pokemon's!! Like you would not even notice that you have walked a long distance while playing Pokemon go but keep an eye on the road while trying to catch those rare Pokemon's and stay safe.

In this game, you need to walk to find new Pokemon and when you have found them and caught, you need to walk some distance to evaluate the Pokemon or if you get eggs then you need to walk some distance to hatch the eggs, which I think is a great way to keep you engaged in game and keep walking!! You can also walk from one poke stop to another to catch some new Pokemon or meet new people. 

Hope you guys try this game as well and like it, thank you :)

Pikachu

Pokemon Go

Banoffee Pie Recipe

Hello, today I will be sharing one of my favourite pie' recipe which is banoffee pie and it's really easy to make! Let's get on the things that will be needed to make this pie

• 250 g digestive biscuits (Marie biscuit)
• 2 tablespoons of melted unsalted butter or clarified butter
• 1 can of sweetened condensed milk (Milkmaid) or Dulce de leche/Caramel
• 2-3 bananas
• Heavy whipping cream
• Chocolate to decorate
• Food processor or mixer-grinder
• Electric whisker or hand whisk
• Pie dish or detachable cake tin

Banoffee Pie

1. First, if you can't get Dulce de leche/Caramel near your place then make it with sweetened condensed milk
2. take a deep pan, add water to it and let it come to a boil
3. Add condensed milk can to it and let it cook in that boiling water for 3 hours
4. Keep checking the pan and more water to it as water level goes down to make sure that can is covered with water all time
5. After 3 hours, remove can from the pan and let it cool until can has cooled down and you're able to touch it without help of any mitt or cloth
6. Now, on to the second step, break your digestive biscuit in smaller sizes
7. Add smaller sizes digestive biscuits with unsalted butter or clarified butter to the food processor or mixer grinder and mix them together until biscuits are finely crumbled to set the base of pie
8. Add crumbled biscuits to the pie dish and set the base in pie dish with your hands making sure that base is set all over nicely and keep it in fridge for about 20 minutes or until base if firm
9. Now, open the condensed milk can and give it a good stir until it's smooth
10. Once the base is ready, pour in your dulce de leche/caramel setting it all over the base and keep it aside in the fridge while we prepare cream topping for it
11. For cream topping, take a bowl and add some ice to it. Take another bowl, add your heavy or double whipping cream to it and put this bowl into the first bowl with ice
12. Whisk it with electric whisk or hand whisk until it's thickened giving those soft peaks which tell you that your cream topping is ready and keep it in fridge while we prepare the bananas
13. Now, peel your bananas and cut them in slices in desired thickness
14. Add banana slices to the pie on top of your caramel arranging them so they cover whole pie dish
15. Finally, add your whipped cream to the pie covering it nicely and decorate with some cocoa powder or garnished chocolate (I used garnished chocolate and 1 choco chips cookie)
16. Keep it in fridge so it can set

Now, that's your banoffee pie ready, enjoy it with some cold beverage or as you like it, thank you :)

Diet Diary after 1 week

Hello, guys. I am back with another update on Diet Diary! Let's get on the routine

2 glasses of water

4-5 Almonds and 4-5 Manuka raisins

10:30 - 11 AM

Vegetable Daliya with 2 teaspoons of daliya and a good mix of vegetables with a small bowl of curd if you like or milk

12:30 PM

2 Fruits+ lemon water with pinch of salt or no salt

2:00 PM

2 Whole wheat chapati with vegetables sabji and salad- same

4:30-5:00 PM

1 glass of milk+ handful of roasted chana or 1 fruit

7:30-8:00 PM

2 Whole wheat chapati with vegetables sabji, moong dhuli or chilka daal and salad

First, measure your weight before starting this routine and compare it with before starting this diary. You should be seeing some results. Now write down your weight again in the diary with this updated routine so in next change in the plan you can compare your progress. Follow this routine for about 4 days then you can swap with any other routine as given or last routines if you like.

Don't forget to brisk walk or some other sort of exercise for about 20-25 minutes on daily basis. Have 8-12 glasses of water throughout a day.

Do not add any other type of daal or pulses to your vegetable sabji. Do not take dahi/curd/yoghurt when you're having daal in your meal, like if you're taking vegetable sabji+daal then do not take curd with it. Do not take flavoured yoghurt or any other type of diet snack.

This routine should help you get around 300-400g weight loss with proper exercise. Do not starve yourself!!! If you feel hungry then you can always take 1 handful of roasted chana or fruits or 1 small veggie sandwich, Also DO NOT SKIP ANY MEAL!

Well, this is the routine which you can try and I hope it'll help you lose some weight without having to starve yourself, enjoy. Thank you :)

Diet Diary- Begining

Hey guys, in this post I am gonna be updating on Diet Diary. As you know, in last post I shared what do's and don'ts I was given so in this post I will be sharing with which routine you can start your own Diet Diary.

First thing, you should measure your weight and write it down in your diary along with date mentioned on the page.

All routines are gonna be starting with 2 glasses of water and some nuts before actual breakfast. Also, this routine depends on which time you wake up as well, as in if you wake up really early in the morning then you might have a slightly different routine for morning and followed by that. Let's get on the routine that you can try to follow!!

2 glasses of water

4-5 Almonds and 4-5 Manuka raisins

10:30 - 11 AM

Vegetable Sandwich of 2-3 bread slices

12:30 PM

Milk + handful roasted chana or 1 bread slice toast

2:00 PM

2 Whole wheat chapati with vegetables sabji and salad

4:30-5:00 PM

2 Fruits

7:30-8:00 PM

2 Whole wheat chapati with vegetables sabji, dahi/curd, and salad

Few things to know-

If you tend to sleep really late at night and still feel hungry after your dinner time then try have fruits at around 9:00-10:00 PM. If you still feel hungry after any meal then add more salad portion to the meal.

Cook your vegetable in Oil as recommended in the previous post. Do not make vegetable sabji with Paneer, Pulses, Tofu, Sprouts etc added to the vegetables. Don't add any spread or mayo to the sandwich. If you like you can saute some vegetables together and then add it as spread on the sandwich or can add coriander or mint chutney if you like having a sandwich with some sauce or etc. 

Follow this routine for about 1 week. Change routine with another diet chart in some days time span. Don't forget your exercise or walk time when following any diet routine.

p.s if you're tea or coffee addict like me then you can have that 1 cup milk tea/coffee with your vegetable sandwich as I never stopped having that morning cup of tea/coffee even now.

Well, that's the routine I was given to follow for the first week to detox and to lose a bit of that bubble weight.This routine did help, I was supposed to lose 1 kg in the first week but I did not, however I lost 400 g in the first week and was really happy with the result as this routine did not make me starve myself when trying new lifestyle!

Baingan Salan Recipe

Hello again, this time I'll be sharing Baingan (brinjal) ka salan recipe.This is Hyderabadi dish which I tried on other day with my sister and it turned out really good! This is coconut and nuts curry with brinjals in it. Let's get on the things you'll need to make this :)

• Baby Eggplant  6-8
• Tomatoes 2
• Peanuts 1/2 cup
• Coconut cut in pieces or grated 1 cup
• Sesame seeds 1/2 cup
• Onions chopped in slices 2
• Oil to cook
• Cumin Seeds 1/2 tble spoon
• Asafoetida a pinch
• Red chillies whole 6-7
• Black cardamom 1
• Coriander seeds 1/2 tble spoon
• Fenugreek seeds 1 tea spoon
• Cinnamon stick small piece
• Curry leaves 5-7
• Ginger Garlic paste
• Coriander powder 1/2 tble spoon
• Garam Masala 2 tea spoon
• Red chilli powder according to taste
• Turmeric Powder 1/2 tble spoon
• Salt to taste
• Tamarind pulp water 1-2 cups as per your gravy liking
• Water if you need
• Tomato slices 2 and Onion rings 2

1. Wash baby eggplants and make square cuts on eggplants and heat up some water, put eggplants in it and let them cook until they become softer.
2. While eggplants are cooking, put a pan on stove and prepare for curry
3. Roast peanuts, coconut, and sesame seeds in pan (add oil if you prefer), when they're roasted, put them aside and leave for 5 minutes to cool
4. Add onions to the pan now and saute them until cooked
5. Make a fine paste of these roasted nuts and onions, consistency depending on your preference ( you can make really fine paste or leave it a bit crunchy)
6. Now put a deep pan on the stove
7. Add 2 tble spoon of oil to it and let it heat a bit
8. Add asafoetida, black cardamom, curry leaves, whole red chillies, cinnamon stick to the oil and let them cook until they change their colour
9. Add cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fenugreek seeds and let them be until they crackle
10. Now add brinjals to the pan and give it a good stir and let them cook until they change thier colour and flip them in between one by one so they're cooked from every side (keep a watch on oil bursts)
11. Add ginger garlic paste, stir again and let them cook for 1 minute
12. Add nuts and onions paste to the pan and make sure that you keep stirring it as this paste can stick to the pan's bottom
13. Add salt, red chillies powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala
14. Let it cook and stir it until you see oil separating from the curry in corners
15. After it's cooked, add tamarind pulp water to the pan and stir it well
16. Add 2 tomatoes chopped in half to the curry and put lid on the pan
17. Let it cook until curry is thickened or as your preference but keep stirring it in between while it's cooking
18. Now your curry is cooked and you can put it in a bowl and use tomato slices and onion rings to decorate and enjoy!
19. Have this curry with rice and it'll taste really good :)

Do's and Don'ts

Today I am gonna be sharing some basic Do's and Don'ts that I was given before starting this diet plan, these Do's and Don'ts is only for the period when you want to lose weight but when you don't want to lose extra weight but follow up a plan then you can include some of this stuff in your daily food, for example- if want to have rice then rather than having it in for dinner, have it in lunch.
Well, let's get on the list.... :)

Foods To Avoid

• Cereals
• Maida and its product like pizza/burger/white bread/noodles/macroni/bakery products
• Suji and its products like idli/kheer/upma/rusk
• Rice and its products like poha/murmura/boiled rice/South Indian
• Corns and its products like baby corn/sweet corns/corn flakes/ makki ki roti
• Fruits
• Banana/grapes/lichi/mango/cheeku/custard apple/melons
• Vegetables
• Potato/beetroot/arbi/peas/carrot/green cholia/mushroom
• Non Vegetarian
• Red meat/gravy/egg yellows
• Milk
• Full cream Milk and its products
• Sugars
• Jaggery/raisins/dates/honey/cakes/pastries/cream biscuits/chocolates/candies/jam/pudding etc
• Fried Foods
• Mathri/Chips/Pooris/Parathas/French Fries/Namkeen etc
• Preserved or Packed Foods
• Papad/pickle/jams/jellies/ketchup/chutney/soups/salad dressings etc
• Pulses
• Rajma/chana/lobhia/chole/besan
• Beverages
• Juices(fresh/packed)/aerated drinks/squash/glucose/sports drinks/ice tea etc

Foods To Include

• Fruits
• Apple/pear/guava/orange/papaya/strawberry/pomergranate/cherries/plums/peaches/phala etc.
• Vegetables
• Cabbage/cauliflower/capsicum/torai/lauki/spinach/pumpkin/lady finger/methi/brinjal/beans/onions/radish/parwal etc.
• Non Vegetarian
• Egg Whites/chicken/fish/turkey
• Oils
• Sunflower oil/soya bean oil/rice bran oil/olive oil/groundnut oil etc.

Now to the Do's and Don'ts

Do's

• 30 minutes walk/ exercise per day
• 8-12 glasses of water per day
• Avoid stress
• Check your weight once or twice a week and keep watch on your weight
• Try avoiding salt consumption after your dinner time
• Try using green chillies or black pepper over red chillies if you prefer spicy food
• Try Switching between your 3-4 days routine of food plan
• Start your day with drinking 2 glasses of water before having anything else
• Have some nuts after water and before breakfast like Almonds, Walnuts, Manukkha

Don'ts

• Do not sieve flour to remove bran
• Do not eat in hurry
• Do not reheat Oil
• Do not take more than 1 teaspoon sugar at one time in your sweet items
• Do not eat same food routine over and again
• Do not skip your meal during the day (try having 5 meals a day)

Above are some guideline I got from my dietitian when I started my plan with her, out of these here are some which I applied in my diet plan

•  I used Pomace Olive Oil for my routine, it is good for cooking Indian food.
•  I mainly had apples, oranges, guava, cherries, papaya and sometimes pineapple.
•  I replaced potato for vegetables with other mix vegetables.
•  I included flax seed before my morning routine and for snack time sometimes as it helps if any deficiency because of change in your lifestyle relating to food.
•  I started my exercise routine with 15 minutes walk daily which got increased to 40 minutes daily. I recommend 20 minutes work out/ walk for starter and increase your time as per kg lost or as your prefer (daily routine like making rounds on home stairs or school stairs or school routine do not count as exercise.

Well, that's some things I followed and still following but there's more to it which I'll update in next post along with some diet plans I followed.

Also, I am not dietitian, this is general things about my diet plan which I followed and which I felt like sharing as it might help and you can make changes as you like here and there but make healthier choices, you will like those choices eventually.....hope it'll help you as well as it helped me, enjoy :)

Diet Diary

Hi guys.... this post is special as this is about our journey on losing weight and getting from fat to fit kind of... wouldn't exactly say fit as when you lose weight you have some problems as well. But we would like to say that we're in that shape where we feel good about ourself and can wear whatever we want Indian, Western and etc...... and this diet has become our lifestyle like even today we keep track on what we're eating, drinking, work out and such.

I still remember when we first went to our journey and made up our mind to start this lifestyle, our dietitian asked us this question "Are you guys here to lose weight by your choice or if your parents asked you to go", then she continued to say that if you're here because someone else asked you to then probably it's not right choice for us we would not like to follow that lifestyle then. And I totally agree with that now that I have seen the changes in me, my sister and our lifestyle...... and yeah... we were there because we wanted to change our lifestyle and that is the reason that we were able to achieve our goal.

So...here begins our Diet Diary together and I'll be updating this diary once or twice every week and also will share what we followed during our diet plans and recipes for that.... also bits of other things we did during that time period and how much time it took us to get there! (Also discussing problems during and after losing weight)

When I Say Diet, This Does Not Mean That You Have To Starve Yourself For It.

Besan Laddoos- Indian Sweet

Hello again, so this post is about me and my sister trying for more cooking stuff as we were at home and getting bored.... then sister was like lets bake some cookies but we didn't have baking stuff at home :( so.. she was like hmm can just make something Indian sweet which isn't really that complicated to make and good to taste and MOST important you can find all ingredients in your kitchen easily.
Things that you'll need-
- Besan/Chickpea Flour - 1&1/2 cup
- Ghee/Clarified Butter- 8 tble spoons
- Grounded Sugar - 3/4th cup
- Grounded nuts powder- nuts of your choice
- Cinnamon power - a pinch (we did not use this in recipe instead used one green cardamom with nuts and grounded it as well with them)

soo taaddaaa... thats how they turned out and as for taste they really turned out good as we got good feedback from family. Also I want to share this too that this is not our original recipe I looked it up on Youtube.com which you can find by clicking on here---> cookingshooking!
So yeh... this is the recipe we followed and when we tried them, they really turned out good and we had fun making them...If you guys try this recipe hope it turns out good for you as well, thank you!
Thought Id share this randomness with you guys when you feel like you're bored at home and feel like cooking something. Let me know in the comments below if you guys think the same... :) Happy cooking!

Trying New Hair Care Routine!!!

Hey again!! Today I am gonna be showing what new routine I am gonna be following for my hair care routine.... well to be honest I have never really looked well after my hair and now gonna try make them better.... I hope so it works out!
These are the things that I am gonna include in my routine.........


Flax Seeds... these are good for hair. You can use them as your snack time or you can mix with any flour you use like whole wheat flour, all purpose flour and such and you can also use them in your diet like... sprinkle them on your food like sandwiches, poha, salad, and etc or however you want to include them in your daily routine.

Egg.....Eggs are really good for all type of hair masks you can make at home and they're also good to include in your diet like in evening snack time and such. Egg hair masks gives you really shiney hair.

Oils and mixtures- Do Not Use Castor Oil Alone!!! Use with with Coconut Oil Mixture or Bhringraj Oil Mixture.

First Oil Mix- Coconut Oil with Castor Oil and Vitamin E Capsules...... You can mix 3 tble spoon of coconut oil with 1 tblt spoon of castor oil and 1 vitamin e capsule then put the bowl mixture in some hot water to heat up the oil (do not put the mixture bowl directly on flame to heat it up) and apply that mixture on to your scalp in circular motion and massage for like 5 minutes and just leave overnight.... either you can make it in a bun or you can make a simple braid or can also use shower cap and then wash with your daily use shampoo and conditioner. This Mixture helps in hair growth and shine for your hair (if you going for long hair...)

Second Oil Mix- Castor Oil, Bhringraj Oil, and Onion juice.... you can use 3 tble spoon of bhringraj oil and 1 tble spoon of castor oil with 1 onion juice squeezed out and heat up some water in a pan and put your bowl mixture in to so oil heats up a bit then you can apply that mixture on to your scalp and put it for overnight or put like 40 mins before you plan to wash your hair. Then just wash your hair with your daily use shampoo and conditioner like I explained above. This mixture helps in regrowth of your hair and stop hair from falling.

Try comb your hair with Wooden Comb. Also try staying stress free and meditate if possible... thats helps a lot :)

You can get all these oil from any Pantjali Store nearby or if you want to order online then you can buy these oils from Nykaa.com by clicking these links Bhringraj Oil, Castor Oil, Olive Oil and Coconut Oil......So thats what all I am gonna be doing for good and shiney hair!! I have already tried these hair mixture twice and I am happy with the result I am getting and if more progress from this hair routine I'll post on here to let you guys know....Hope you try it out to and this helps you too :)

2 INGREDIENTS ICE CREAM!!

Hey guyss.... This our my 2 Ingredients Ice cream we tried yesterday at home.... Cause got to know about this ice cream stuff so me and my sister thought hmm... lets try it out!

All we used was Full Cream (from Amul) and Condensed Milk (from Milkmaid) and made 3 different type of ice cream!

So these are 3 different Flavorous we made... in which 1 is with Oreo, 1 with Perk Chocolate and last 1 is with berries mix... Gonna give a taste test now and hope you guys try it too & enjoy!

About me!

Hey guyss, Welcome to TheSistersStop. This blog is about sisters! as in you, me or any other sister out there.... Me and my sister starting this blog to write about any girls' randomness like beauty, clothes, shopping, cooking, working, and any other random thought we have about different situations. Hope to see you guys around, thank you!