Hello everyone, hope all of you are doing good and are keeping healthy and happy. Have you taken up our november festival weight loss challenge to maintain and lose weight! If yes, here is the two weeks Indian vegetarian diet / meal plan to help you achieve your festival weight loss goals. With this diet plan, you can have a balanced and nutritious diet on a daily basis. This Indian diet plan has all the major food groups as it’s integral part. This diet plan is very simple yet highly balanced and easy to follow.
November Diet Challenge
- Liquid Detox : Increase your fluid intake by adding detox water, detox juice, detox teas and soupd to your diet
- Eat more veggies specially green veggies. Make sure you include alleast one bowl of veggies with every meal
- Weekly Detox : Once every week, consume only fruits and vegetables for that day. Consime liquids as well but no dairy
- 15 Days White Sugar Detox : 7 daus before and 7 days after the festival season or as per suitability, you can have sweets made from natural sweetners
- No processed or refined flour should be included in the diet
Morning Drink
- Green juice (barley, wheat grass) or cinnamon with fennel water
Morning Energiser
- Open your eating window with 5-6 almonds or 1.5 soaked walnuts with 5-6 soaked raisins or 1 soaked fig or 2-3 pieces of soaked apricots
- Consume lots of detox water
Post Lunch
- Make sure you consume herbal tea post lunch
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First Week |
Breakfast 0940 hours |
Mid Morning 1230 hours |
Lunch 1400 hours |
Refreshment 1730 hours |
Dinner 1940 hours |
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Mon |
Multigrain chilla (1-2) |
Seasonal fruit |
1 multigrain chapati with 1 bowl dahi, green veg sabji and 1 bowl salad |
Golden milk or herbal tea with phool makhana |
40 g grilled paneer with steamed veg salad |
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Tues |
Overnight oats with ground flax seeds |
Seasonal fruit |
Buddha bowl(dal, chana, rice, salad, dahi) |
Roasted makhana with tea moon milk |
Daliya soup with veggies |
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Wed |
Green detox smoothie 350 ml (fruits with seasonal green veggies, amla and herbs) |
Seasonal fruit with coconut water |
Steamed veg salad 1.5 bowl |
1 fruit or lightly sauteed veggies |
1 cup vegetable soup |
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Thru |
Homemade granola with 1 bowl plant or dairy milk |
Seasonal fruit |
Roti with dal, sabzi and dahi |
Peanut flavoured milk |
Grilled veggies with light quinoa soup |
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Fri |
2 idli with sambhar and chutney |
Seasonal fruit |
1 bowl Chickpeas salad with steamed veggies and flax seeds |
Cocoa milk with herbal tea |
Tomato carrot soup with 40 g grilled paneer |
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Sat |
Paneer and veggies sandwitch |
Seasonal fruit |
Sprouts salad with 1/2 cup rice and dahi |
Sweet potato chat and herbal tea |
Carrot jaggery daliya |
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Sun |
Methi parantha with dahi |
Seasonal fruit |
Treat meal |
Golden milkwith roasted seeds |
Mung dal khichadi |
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Second Week |
Breakfast 0940 hours |
Mid Morning 1230 hours |
Lunch 1400 hours |
Refreshment 1730 hours |
Dinner 1940 hours |
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Mon |
Green smoothie with besan chilla |
Seasonal fruit |
Multigrain pulao with 1 bowl veggies and 1 sweet |
Roasted seeds with golden milk |
Daliya soup with veggies |
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Tues |
Vegetable poha |
Seasonal fruit |
Ragi chapati with 1 bowl green veggies and dahi |
Energy bar Herbal Tea |
Pumpkin, tomato and carrot soup |
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Wed |
Green detox smoothie |
Seasonal fruit with coconut water |
1.5 bowl fruit salad |
Fruit or any vegetable Tulsi green tea |
1.5 bowl veggies stew |
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Thru |
Stuffed ragi chilla with veggies |
Seasonal fruit |
Quinoa vegetable khichadi with 1 glass buttermilk |
Roasted makhana Moon milk |
Crsipy sautéed veggies with dal soup |
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Fri |
Palak parantha with 1 bowl curd |
Seasonal fruit |
Buddha bowl |
Cocoa milk Roasted seeds with herbal tea |
Salad with steamed veggies and tomato soup |
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Sat |
Veggies upma |
Seasonal fruit |
Dosa stuffed with veggies and 1 bowl sambhar |
Chickpea chat Herbal tea |
Veg quinoa bowl |
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Sun |
Paneer parantha |
Seasonal fruit |
Treat meal |
Energy bar Herbal tea |
Vegetable dal soup |
Tips to follow with diet plan
- Portion control is the key to maintain or even lose weight during the festival season
- Don’t ignore the evening hunger pangs
- You can continue following intermittent fasting
- Don’t stop working out, 15-20 mins session can help you stay on track
- You can consume one outside meal every week
- Finish your dinner 2-3 hours before bed time
- Have a herbal tea post dinner to improve digestion
- Add more spices and herbs to your meal
- Follow a set routine for eating
- Enjoy more home cooked sweets and your favorite dishes