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Can anyone tell me about Vegetarian Indian food things that have high energy benefits and zero calorie value.?

I wish to loose atleast 10 kg this month, but can't keep away from eating all the time. Right in the morning I wake up and need breakfast. I adore rice, can't stay away from it. Kindly suggest some Indian vegetarian food/snacks that fill me up without giving any calories. I walk for 10 minutes and get breathless, my legs start paining . Please help

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1. Diet Tips 1. Eight, 8 oz. glasses of water everyday...this is a common diet tip and most people know this, yet they still don't drink enough water during the day. There are some very important reasons for drinking water, first off, its zero calorie, zero chemical, zero caffeine, and the ideal thing to curb your appetite. Drinking water will flush out the bad toxins in your body, will get your kidney's working, and even help your metabolism speed up a little. Drinking water also takes up space in your stomach, it reduces the cravings just a bit, and will make you feel a little more full when you do eat your calories for the day. If you want an added benefit from water, make sure you drink cold water, this will speed up your metabolism a bit and make you burn up a few extra calories. Remember that when you are losing weight, the fat that you are losing sometimes has stored toxins in it, drinking water will help flush out those toxins. 2. Keep track of your progress. Its very easy to break your diet if you don't monitor what you eat during the day. Get yourself a little journal that you write down what you've eaten, the calories you've eaten, and what type of workout you've done for the day. By keeping track of the calories, you'll make sure that you don't go over a certain caloric amount during the day. Also tracking your workout will also show you the areas that you've improved in...trust me, its great inspiration to see how far you've come. Keeping a journal of your progress is very important, because it shows you in some tangible way that you are making progress. 3. Variety may be the spice of life, but it also can be the downfall of a good diet. When doing your grocery shopping, if you don't buy junk food or foods that are bad for you, it makes it that much harder for you to break your diet on the spur of the moment. Its much harder to resist the temptation of a chocolate bar if its sitting right in front of you. Remove unnecessary temptations...if you only have healthy foods in the house and low cal foods, then it would be that much harder to break your diet. 4. Smaller meals throughout the day rather then larger meals. If you eat smaller meals throughout the day, your metabolism will stay at a higher rate and you won't feel as hungry throughout the day. Just having all your calories at one sitting will doom you to that hungry feeling and if you have that hungry feeling you'll be a little more apt to break your diet. If you have a series of smaller meals, you'll be able to feel slightly full at different moments of the day...there will be less time you have to "do without" and you'll feel better for it. Your body will also process smaller meals better and subsequently burn off the calories quicker. 5. Eat negative calorie foods, you can see the list in the Negative Food Section of this website. These are foods that you can eat in any quantity and not feel guilty about eating them. They work in a negative calorie way and are allowed to be consumed whenever you want. 6. Fat burning foods, yes, some foods will speed up your metabolism, for a list of those foods visit my other website: Fat Burning Foods 7. Eat to live, don't live to eat. Yes, I've always hated when someone said that statement to me, but in truth, its an important lesson to learn. The reasons we eat certain foods or indulge in certain junk foods is often far from being hungry. Some people eat to comfort themselves, some people eat for the pleasure of eating, the taste, texture, etc, but you really have to ask yourself, what should be the function of food in my life. You want to shift the focus of food as entertainment to food being what fuels your body...too much is bad and your body won't function properly. Changing your attitude towards food is important if you want to succeed in any diet. 8. Exercise, as I said in the exercise section, its important to add muscle to your body,why? Because muscle burns up calories 18 times faster then fat does on your body. So, add more muscle, your metabolism is increased, and you can burn off more calories per day. 9. Plan ahead - the fast food industry banks on people's need for food on the go...if you take the time to prepare your breakfast, lunch and dinner, you become a little more in control of your daily caloric intake. While you can eat at fast food places, most of the menu is off limits to you...if you are going to a fast food place, know what foods are okay for you to eat, know how many calories are in the food, how many grams of fat, etc. Don't just assume that this sandwich that you get will be a certain number of calories...its important that you know the exact amount of calories. Also, if you are going to a restaurant, think ahead of what you want to eat there...remove that temptation and stick to exactly what you planned on eating before going to the restaurant. 10. Soups, YAY for soups, this is one of my favorite things to eat while dieting. It takes a long time to eat, its filling, its low calorie, and its good for you. There was a study a few years ago that stated soup added to a diet will speed up your metabolism and reduce the hunger cravings. There are two things to look out for, creamy soups (higher in calorie) and the salt level in soups. Unfortunately, most canned soups are also high in salt, so take that into consideration when eating soup. 11. Reducing the fats that you eat during the day, but also being aware of the myth of no-fat foods. Lowering the amount of fats in your diet just makes good sense. Fat is denser and less likely to fill you for a sustained period of time, also, fat and cholesterol is not a heart healthy solution (there are some healthy fats...see the fat burning food site). Be aware of the "no-fat" "low-fat" products they have in the store. The way they usually make these items low-fat yet tasty is by adding more sugar. Just because something says low-fat doesn't mean that you can't gain weight from it. Another thing, if you substitute fatty foods with vegetables, you'll find that you feel fuller because of the fiber levels in fruits and vegetables. 12. Eat slowly. I know that sometimes you have to rush your food down because you're late for work or late for an appointment, but if you eat slowly you will enjoy the food more, you will feel a little more satisfied, and your body can honestly tell you, "Hey, I'm full, no need to finish that whole plate of food" if you eat to quickly your body doesn't have time to send you the message that you're full and you end up eating more. 13. Most of all, if you do break your diet one day, get right back on the diet...Do not go on a weak of breaking or longer. It just makes it that much harder to get motivated to start up again. We are only human, people will break their diets from time to time, but its okay to break it one day as long as you get back on your diet the next day. For more Information on Diet Tips Please visit below links http://www.webterrace.com/diet/diettips.htm http://www.annecollins.com/weight_loss_tips.htm http://www.1is2fat.com/dieting_tips.htm http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.info http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/Nutrition-EM/Chapter%2010%20-%2018.pdf http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=jEQsT7bVJFIC&oi=fnd&pg=RA1-PA3&dq=Vegetarian+food+with+energy+benefits+zero+calorie&ots=hd7Da_iMvh&sig=PeFy0JxpRPDNzgmL-DeXFOYg1eM
2. when u feel hungry take fresh salads in ur diet it will really help u
3. Make sure you have beets in your diet, vinegar and pepper only, no added salt. They help detox the body and allow your body to get make nutrition out of what you eat. Beet juice is good too. Don't forget that vegetables have to be chewed very thoroughly to get the nutrition out of them. More so than even meat which was already chewed once and has nutrition which is easily absorbed.
4. Yes , you can do just that loose 10 Kg and mre, I can help, but have to go slow and steady. Yes I can help. You wrote, "Can anyone tell me about Vegetarian Indian food things that have high energy benefits and zero calorie value"? This is not possible with any diet. It is possible to loose 10Kg in a month but you will definitely put it back on, in no time and some more in next month or so. You must understand the mechanics behind loosing weight and then take simple step and stick with it. Please read my article on the subject, and you must have will power to do, what you wish to do. ********************************************* Tips for Loosing Weight By minootoo You must count calories and at least in initial stages write down what you are going to eat and when then stay on that list. Your total calories for the week must not exceed, 1500 x 7 = 10,500 calories this will give you leave way to indulge at special occasions like wedding and parties, but you must write down what you eat and account for the calories latter and adjust the total intake next week. Please read my article on this subject and follow them. While at it build your body too, while reducing by doing body parts specific exercises. If you are not too old then best way to reduce your weight is to increase your height. Vegetarians have a big advantage, in loosing weight, it cost less and they can satisfy the hunger more easily, some vegetables have only 1 calorie per pound, so they can fill themselves up with it before enjoying each meal, and never go hungry. ****************************************** Life Style Change Program for Loosing Weight By minootoo Who needs to loose weight? Answer is simply not every one, only the over weight person. Who is over weight? This is simple, it is easy to find out and it is available on line, it is call Body Mass Index, and calculations are simple. According to this calculation if you find your self say only 10 pounds more, you may not be over weight. Remember every one is slightly different and you can just watch it, on your own and not let it get out of hand. What is the reason for being over weight? This is also simple, have doctor check you out for any physical or hormonal abnormalities. The doctor should be advising you of your ideal weight even though you have already figured out the ideal weight and you are seen a doctor because your weight is not where it should be according to BMI. Basic understanding of loosing weight. Every one uses calories at all time. There may be some exceptions to this rule, for most of us; the rate of use, even when we are resting, we use 65 calories per hour minimum. This comes to1560 calories per day. The actual range is between 65 and 100 calories per hour. This is consistent with heart rate of 60 to 80 bits per minute. Simply put any person eating only say 1500 calories a day will not put on any additional weight. At this level of calories consumption the person should loose some weight over long haul, depending on the individual rate of metabolism. What is a healthy weight loss? When one tries to loose weight, one should loose excess fat; there should be a healthy loss of weight. Loosing muscles tissue is unhealthy. How much is one pound of body fat? One pound of body fat weight is approximately same as one pound of butter. If you look at a one pound package of butter, you will see it contains between 3200 to 3600 calories. This means that each time a person burns 3600 more calories then what the person takes in, the person will loose one pound. How many pounds should a person loose in a month? Any one that is trying to trim down can figure out how long it took to put on the excess pounds. The fact is; it did not happen over night. It usually creeps up, but the person realizes one day suddenly. This is why a person should not be in a hurry to loose weight. The person should start at once but go slowly. Do not wait for New Year. Taking above in to consideration a person should not loose more then 2 pounds per month. If a person looses any thing more then that, chances are that the person will not be able to maintain the weight loss. It will take extra efforts to loose and it will take extra efforts to keep it off. Remember slow and steady wins the race. When an overweight person should start loosing weight? At once. The person should not be in a hurry to loose weight. The person should start at once but go slowly. Again do not wait for New Year. How does body react to weight lose? Any time there is depletion of fat beyond certain level, the body reacts by slowing down metabolism, so that it can build up fat. If the body is use to say 2000 calories per day and detects only 1500 calories per day for considerable length of time it reacts to the situation by reducing the rate of metabolism. When this happens one need to help body by increasing activity. Usually takes about four weeks for body to react. What is the relationship between body and body fat? Under ideal condition fat act as a reserved energy source for our body. Certain level of fat is good for healthy living and even may save our life in certain life threatening situations. Every one should have minimum required level of fat on their body. What if there is no weight loss at 1500 calories in take level? This is a rear occurrence. Do not panic. The body has slowed down the metabolism to such a great extent that you must help it. The only way to help is to increase activities, this means you have to exercise. You do not need to join Gym but you can go on an an half an hour walk every day or batter still engage in a power walk for same duration. Power walk burns 250 calories per hour and walk burns 100 calories per hour approximately. What is the importance of body fat for a female? Females require little more body fat then men. In the absence of certain required level of body fat, females are not able to function properly; in particular they may not be able to conceive. You can find lot more about this on internet. At 1500 calories intake per day what one must drink and eat? Drink One gallon of liquids most of witch should be in the form of water (zero calories). Calories should be accounted for all other liquids. Why water? Water is a universal solvent, means it dissolves almost every thing at least in very minute quantities. This helps purification of body. Eat What should be your proportionate in take of fat, Proteins and Complex Carbohydrates? This depends on what your need are. 1.Need to reduce fat. Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories. Complex Carbohydrates: 30 percent of 1500 calories per day = 450 calories. Proteins: 60 percent of 1500 calories per day = 900 calories. 2.Need more energy. Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories. Complex Carbohydrates: 40 percent of 1500 calories per day = 450 calories. Proteins: 50 percent of 1500 calories per day = 750 calories. 3.Need to reduce weight only. Fat: 25 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 375 calories. Complex Carbohydrates: 25 percent of 1500 calories per day = 375 calories. Proteins: 50 percent of 1500 calories per day = 750 calories. 4.Need to increase muscles bulk, but still reduce weight. Fat: 10 percent of 1500 calorie per day = 150 calories. Complex Carbohydrates: 15 percent of 1500 calories per day = 225 calories. Proteins: 75 percent of 1500 calories per day = 1125 calories. Exercise the muscles you want to develop, you can find right exercise on line, recommend use of light weights. Foot note: To take fat is so important, while reducing even fat, that it is included in all cases. If the fat is completely cut out, body will think of producing the fat, and will produce the fat by reducing metabolism, without fat in take, you may actually again weight even at lower than 1500 calorie level. You will feel run down and lethargic. How one must, drink and eat? Drink Every one may not be able to follow this regime. A 16 oz glass of water fist thing in the morning will be very healthy start. If you need to stabilize your stomach before eating, you can have a glass of water just before each and every meal. This is the easiest way to meet your quota of gallon of liquids. Eat To day almost half the world is starving. In western culture. Standard healthy practice for long time was three warm square meals per day. No eating in between, but children were allowed night cap. All that has changed, present thinking is 5 to 6 times per day. Any way what practice one follows is up to them; to each his own. Another best practice will be a glass of water before bed time, nothing to eat for two hours before bed time. How do I know the calorie count for various drinks and food? If you are buying packaged items it is on the package. Go on the internet and find the calorie information. Lots of cook book now a days list calorie per serving. Use your best guess, in this method use higher figure then you have guessed. References: http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv1-mdp&p=Calories+chart http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm ******************************************** Body Building BY minootoo You are blessed. How old are you? Most people put on weight after age 40. Any way before you try any thing, see a doctor to rule out any abnormalities (Hormone, Pituitary). Remember it is ten times easier to put on the weight then to take it off. Body building is opposite of weight loss. But you must understand weight loss in order to build body. I will include my article on weight loss also. Most people eat protein reach food and complex carbohydrates, with one thing in mind, that they have to exercise 6 days a week and they have to eat more than what they burn off each day. If you eat about 300 to 400 more calories per day then you burn off, you have a weight gain of slightly less than one pound per week. You need to eat about 4000 calories per day minimum. If that does not work than slow down your exercises routine. In extreme case you will not exercises for two weeks at all, followed by vigorous exercises routine for six weeks. Repeat this cycle again and again till you reach your goal. References: http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv1-mdp&p=Calories+chart http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.htm ***************************************** Increasing the Height By minootoo In rear cases, you can increase the height up to age 30. Cycling is good exercise and fun too. You need to adjust the seat so that when you paddle from seating position you will actually stretch your legs, it is a difficult position but doable. For safety you need to be on track and not in traffic, safety first. The FEW things I did at least helped me. Swimming. Not just playing in water, but serious laps type swimming, do not try to beat the clock but steady full strokes swimming. Remember slow and steady wins the race. Stretching exercises on floor. Find them on line. Chin ups. Full stretch type. Swinging from a rope. Full stretch climbing. In other words do things that require stretching. STRETCH-STRETCH-STRETCH-STRETCH PS In the morning after good night sleep every one is about 1/2 inch to 1 inch taller. This is because the soft tissue between the bones recovers during the time when there is no weight on them. Older people loose height due to bone loss. I was 5', 7'' I am only 5', 5". Issue of Genes: You know only the active genes but genes can stay dormant for generations. I believe that every one has some tall height genes, dormant or active; I again believe that certain exercises can activate those. Again Swimming: You will start out with half a lap and build up day by day, half a lap at a time. Then you will swim non stop for 1/2 an hour. The speed is not important but you must use various strokes and do them correctly, completely, slowly and perfectly. This way you will have full stretch, and its benefit. Eating healthy foods and taking rest as specially sleeping soundly at night is very important. Most people need 8 hours of good sound sleep per night, some need more and few get by with 4 hours only. In the mean time use high hills and take advantage of hair-do, wardrobe can do wonders too; vertical striped clothing can create a taller look for most people. Hormones: Under strict supervision of a doctor they do wonders but the side effects are delayed and unpredictable so doctors do not like to use them. Surgical Procedures: There are surgical procedures but most doctors will not do them till the person is 30 years or so. They also have to be very short.
5. I have been receiving a lot of e-mail lately about diet. In the past, I was never concerned about what I ate. I just went to the gym, trained hard, and that was the extent of my routine. Not until recently did I realize the power diet has over the way your body looks and performs. I believe that diet is at least 75% of the fitness equation. In this article, I'm going to describe in detail what I have learned about diet during my 12-week transition period. When to Eat and How Often This might sound strange, but you have to eat more often to lose fat and gain muscle. During my transition period, I never ate less than 6 meals a day. •Try to eat every 2 to 3 hours. •Do not eat complex carbohydrates after 6:00 p.m. or four to five hours before going to bed. •Try to eat one gram of protein per pound of lean body mass on lifting days and .8 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass on non-lifting days. •Never eat more than 70 grams of protein in one meal. Carbohydrates When I think of carbohydrates, I think of energy. Carbohydrates supply our bodies with the energy it needs to make it through a workout. Without an adequate supply of carbohydrates, the body goes into carbohydrate deprivation. This is called a state of ketosis (meaning our body is using protein as energy). This is not a good state to be in for long because it will rob the body of muscle tissue in an effort to create energy. On the other hand, if too many carbohydrates are consumed, they convert into stored fat. The idea is to consume just enough carbohydrates to make it through our workouts with sufficient energy. I have broken down carbohydrates into these three categories: •Simple carbs: These are sugars, or quick energy. They are absorbed very quickly into the body. Ex. Anything with sugar, also fruit •Complex carbs: This is where you get long-term energy for the day. These are long chained carbohydrates that brake down slower, giving us energy over a prolonged period of time. Ex. Oatmeal, potatoes, pasta, rice, breads •Fibrous carbs: These are things like vegetables. I think of them as roughage in order to stay regular. Make sure you include them in you later meals when you can't eat complex carbs. They are also a good source of vitamins. Ex. Leafy vegetables like lettuce. Protein Proteins are the building blocks of our muscles. Without a sufficient amount of protein in our diet, our muscles will not have the raw materials that they need to build up, or even hang on to what is already there. Net protein utilization: Not all protein is created equal. Different foods are absorbed more than others. For example, egg white protein is absorbed at 88%. That means we get about 9 eggs to our muscles. On the other hand, chicken breast are absorbed at 68%, meaning we get about 7 breasts to our muscles. It is imported to eat a wide verity of protein foods though; no one protein source has all the amino acids we need. •Whey protein (100%): the best source of whey protein is from protein supplements. It is also absorbed very fast by the body, so it is best to take this when your body needs amino acids quickly: like right after a workout or when you first get up in the morning. •Egg whites (88%) •Fish (78%) •Chicken breast (78%) •Soy protein: My one bit of advice would be to try and stay away from soy protein. It is not absorbed very well by the body. Fats We normally think of fats as being bad. The fact is certain fats are essential to building muscle and carrying out various functions of the body. There are 2 fat types we need to be concerned about: •Saturated fats: these are the bad fats. Avoid these fats as much as possible. You will find these types of fats mostly in meats •Unsaturated fats: these are the good fats. They are a good energy source and help us build muscle. You can find from plant oils. Peanuts are also a good source. Water Do not under estimate the importance of water! If you are looking to get lean, water will be your best friend. Drink as much as you can and as often as you can. Also, it is very important to drink lots of water when you're eating large amounts of protein to clean urea from the system. Vitamins & minerals As resistance training athletes, we have a greater need for vitamins & minerals. When we workout and bring blood to our muscles it is important that our blood is full of those essential vitamins & minerals if we want to grow. Supplements Supplements are just that, meaning they are used to supplement your diet, not replace it. Don't ever think of it that way. Hierarchy of supplements: I developed this hierarchy of supplements based on what I thought were the most important and also by price. •1. Proper diet: Without proper diet you are just wasting money on supplements. Start here! Do not think that supplements are going to do it for you alone. •2. Multi-vitamin & mineral: It is very important to have all your vitamins & minerals when resistance training. Most of us are lacking in some areas, make it a priority to make this your first supplement. •3. Protein powder: It is usually very hard to get all the protein you need from real foods. Powders make it much easier. Also, these powders are absorbed fast by the body making them ideal after workouts or before and after sleep. •4. Creatine: This is great for harder workouts. It also makes you muscles hang on to water, giving them a better environment to grow. •5. L-glutamine: This is an important amino acid in muscle recovery •6. Branch chained amino acid: These are great before and after workouts along with L-glutamine because it gives your muscles all the amino acids it needs to repair and grow. •7. ZMA: This helps you release more growth hormone while you sleep, increasing your size and strength. •8. Thermogenic: These really help in the fat loss process. They also help you hang on to more muscle while dieting due to the fact you can eat more. •9. Meal replacement: Although very expensive, meal replacements make it much more convenient to get some of your meals in. Also, you can get in more meals than if you were to eat only real foods. "The golden hour" Remember "The golden hour" because it will make things so much easier for you. "The golden hour" is a window of opportunity we have to get everything we have depleted in our body back in a short amount of time. Think of your muscles as a gas tank: When you workout, you use gas for energy or in this case glucose. After a workout, our muscles are in a unique state. They are able to fill back up very quickly leaving you full for the next workout. If you wait to long, your muscles don't fill back up as easily and the carbs you eat are more likely to be stored as fat. Doing this will also let you take advantage of insulin's muscle building effects from the simple carbs you have ingested. You want to ingest 50-75 grams of simple carbs right after a workout. Also, this is when you want to take your protein shake because it will absorb quickly and supply your muscles with the amino acids that they need. Insulin This is a very complicated subject, but all we need to know is that insulin can help us build muscle or can make us fat depending on the timing. Insulin is released by the pancreas in response to elevated blood sugar levels. We can achieve a high blood sugar level by ingesting simple carbs. Like "the golden hour" we have a window of opportunity to take advantage of the muscle building effects of the insulin without getting fat. We have about 4 or 5 hours after we workout to take advantage of insulin. If we take in too many simple carbs out of this window, we are very likely to store fat. Cheat day The theory behind the cheat days is you take one day every 2 weeks to eat anything you want and actually get leaner. It might sound crazy, but it worked for me. When you eat low carbs for a time for body begins to think it is not getting all the food it needs (because your not storing any fat) and begins to slow down your metabolism. When you bombard your body with food on that one day, it tricks your body into thinking it has all it needs and speeds your metabolism back up. I can tell you from experience, every day after a cheat day I felt leaner and looked better. Ketosis This is when your body uses protein for energy. This happens when we have too few carbs in the body or when we over train. I went into the state of ketosis for only the last week of my 12-week transition for a couple of reasons: (1) I wanted all of my muscles to shrink down so when I carbed back up, my skin would be tighter. (2) When you go into ketosis it seems to bring the water out from under the skin. Don't go into this state to loose fat. Without carbs your body can not burn fat effectively. You will loose weight rather quickly, but only because you don't have as much glycogen in the muscle. Also, you are simply loosing water. Remember that proteins are the building blocks for muscle and that means they are fair game for energy when in the state of ketosis. I would not recommend going into this state unless you are trying to get into a super ripped state for a short amount of time, like for a bodybuilding contest.