I neither put on nor lose weight easily. Three days ago, I tried on a gown and now it’s almost an inch loose for me. You can even see the weight loss on my face,” says Esha Gupta while her friend and make-up artist is taking his time getting the Jannat 2 actor’s eyeliner just right.
As far as her body goes, the ex-Miss India does not have much to worry about. Her high metabolic rate and healthy eating habits have kept her hot bod sizzling without too much work in the gym. With a combination of yoga and gym exercises, Esha can turn her body bikini-perfect for a shoot in less than a week. She lets us in on how it works.
Gym beginningsAs a child I was chubby. I was into sports and was too tomboyish to care about how I looked. It was only in college, after I started losing all the baby fat, that I realised I may be a good looking person.I remember when I did my first calendar shoot, my sister’s friends wondered if I could ever carry off a bikini. They are still surprised that I got into modelling. The baby fat stayed for a long time, almost until I was 18. I won the Miss India title a year later.It was during Miss India that I first realised that I should workout. I saw all these girls taking so much care of their bodies. I was into yoga, my father who is a retired air force man, started me on it when I was 11. If I have been fit, it is thanks to sports and flexible because of yoga. But looking at Deanne Pandey train everyone, I got into gymming too.
Perfect dayI never get bored of a workout, because I feel great after a session. I currently have a lot going on, so I don’t get to exercise that much. But on a usual day, I go to my building gym in Andheri. I cannot exercise at home. I need to have that mirror in front of me, and that whole vibe of other people working out around me. I do an hour of weights, which include sides and abs, followed by 30 minutes of cardio with crossfit. I alternate the two. So if I do 20 minutes of cardio, I follow that up with 10 minutes of crossfit and vice versa. I like working out in the mornings, but it depends on the day.Injury tornI alternate cardio and crossfit because of a knee injury I suffered when I fell down as a kid. There is a gap between the bones that hold the knee together. This is why I practise yoga without fail. Even if I can’t workout I start my day with Surya Namaskar. While I don’t do complex stuff, I feel like my body opens up with yoga. I always do it before a cardio session.
Food intakeI am vegetarian and I love my food. The moment I wake up I have to eat. If I don’t eat, I feel like my blood pressure is dropping. I get crabby if I have gone more than half an hour without eating.
I space out my meals through the day. I start my day with two toasts of multigrain bread and a cup of tea. Three hours later I have the Apple, Beet, Carrot (ABC) juice, which Abhay Deol introduced me to. It sounds awful but it tastes pretty good. This I have with three egg whites which are either boiled, scrambled or made into an omelet. For lunch I have something light, like dimsums, or a soup or a salad. Another three hours later, in the evening I have Bournvita. My dinner comprises dal, sabzi and a chapatti. I know people say you shouldn’t eat curd at night, but I’m a north Indian, I can’t go without curd. I also have fruits throughout the day. Right now, I’m going through an orange phase. I eat it so much that people tell me I’ll turn into an orange.
Cheater eaterYou can’t really call it cheating because I don’t have a diet per se. But I balance my meals. If I have carbs in the evening, I won’t do that at night. I have never had a dietician and I never will, unless I get a disease. I enjoy cooking for people I am close to. So I make these cheesy Italian dishes, have a couple of bites, and make my sister eat the rest, while I gorge on the salad. If I had one wish, I’d ask god to make all the fatty foods healthy
.
As far as her body goes, the ex-Miss India does not have much to worry about. Her high metabolic rate and healthy eating habits have kept her hot bod sizzling without too much work in the gym. With a combination of yoga and gym exercises, Esha can turn her body bikini-perfect for a shoot in less than a week. She lets us in on how it works.
Gym beginningsAs a child I was chubby. I was into sports and was too tomboyish to care about how I looked. It was only in college, after I started losing all the baby fat, that I realised I may be a good looking person.I remember when I did my first calendar shoot, my sister’s friends wondered if I could ever carry off a bikini. They are still surprised that I got into modelling. The baby fat stayed for a long time, almost until I was 18. I won the Miss India title a year later.It was during Miss India that I first realised that I should workout. I saw all these girls taking so much care of their bodies. I was into yoga, my father who is a retired air force man, started me on it when I was 11. If I have been fit, it is thanks to sports and flexible because of yoga. But looking at Deanne Pandey train everyone, I got into gymming too.
Perfect dayI never get bored of a workout, because I feel great after a session. I currently have a lot going on, so I don’t get to exercise that much. But on a usual day, I go to my building gym in Andheri. I cannot exercise at home. I need to have that mirror in front of me, and that whole vibe of other people working out around me. I do an hour of weights, which include sides and abs, followed by 30 minutes of cardio with crossfit. I alternate the two. So if I do 20 minutes of cardio, I follow that up with 10 minutes of crossfit and vice versa. I like working out in the mornings, but it depends on the day.Injury tornI alternate cardio and crossfit because of a knee injury I suffered when I fell down as a kid. There is a gap between the bones that hold the knee together. This is why I practise yoga without fail. Even if I can’t workout I start my day with Surya Namaskar. While I don’t do complex stuff, I feel like my body opens up with yoga. I always do it before a cardio session.
Food intakeI am vegetarian and I love my food. The moment I wake up I have to eat. If I don’t eat, I feel like my blood pressure is dropping. I get crabby if I have gone more than half an hour without eating.
I space out my meals through the day. I start my day with two toasts of multigrain bread and a cup of tea. Three hours later I have the Apple, Beet, Carrot (ABC) juice, which Abhay Deol introduced me to. It sounds awful but it tastes pretty good. This I have with three egg whites which are either boiled, scrambled or made into an omelet. For lunch I have something light, like dimsums, or a soup or a salad. Another three hours later, in the evening I have Bournvita. My dinner comprises dal, sabzi and a chapatti. I know people say you shouldn’t eat curd at night, but I’m a north Indian, I can’t go without curd. I also have fruits throughout the day. Right now, I’m going through an orange phase. I eat it so much that people tell me I’ll turn into an orange.
Cheater eaterYou can’t really call it cheating because I don’t have a diet per se. But I balance my meals. If I have carbs in the evening, I won’t do that at night. I have never had a dietician and I never will, unless I get a disease. I enjoy cooking for people I am close to. So I make these cheesy Italian dishes, have a couple of bites, and make my sister eat the rest, while I gorge on the salad. If I had one wish, I’d ask god to make all the fatty foods healthy
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