Hi Nupur,
Many prescribed drugs have a side effect of Weight gain. Now that you are done with the medications, follow some of the most common weight loss tips such as the following:
* Set a practical goal of 2 - 3 kilos in a month and make sure not to follow any unrealistic low calorie/ crash diets.
* If you want to have sustainable weight loss, you need to follow a natural process of healthy diet and regular exercises, which needs to be continued even after the weight loss.
* Eating a low-carbohydrate, low-GL diet will help you control your appetite and decrease cravings. You'll feel full sooner, you'll find it far easier to stop eating once you're satisfied, and you'll find yourself less hungry between meals. Include high quality protein, as it is essential for maintaining lean muscle mass for optimum metabolic rate.
* Include the goodness of vegetable and fruit fibre in the form of salad, soups, juices and milkshakes. Fiber-rich foods generally take longer to chew, meaning you'll eat more slowly and probably eat less. They take longer to digest, which means more time will pass before you feel hungry again.
* Make you breakfast the highest calorie meal and include more options like cereals (oat/ wheat/ corn/ all bran/ dalia), poha, upma, whole wheat bread (toast/ sandwiches), egg white (Boiled/ scrambled/ omelette), idlis, dosas, etc. As breakfast with be the 1st meal of the day, it gives a good start to your day.
* Have small regular Meals at least 5 - 6 time a day.
* Consume minimum 8 to 10 glasses of water, with couple more glasses of fluid in the form of juices, milk, buttermilk, soups, etc.
* Include 25% of wheat bran to wheat flour while making chapathi dough to increase the overall fibre intake.
* Switch to skimmed milk.
* Have at least one cup of Green Tea everyday
* Avoid Fasting or Feasting. Donât starve. Donât overeat.
* Avoid too much salt/ sour things like sambhar/ kadhi in the night. Both lead to water retention.
Also, Note that
Total sugar/honey allowance in a day - upto 4 tea spoons
Total oil allowance in a day - upto 4 tea spoons