Rujuta Diwekar > Quotes

“Sitting is the new smoking.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don't Lose Out, Work Out!

“What you do for 23 hours of your day will always have a greater bearing than what you do for 1 hour in the day.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don't Lose Out, Work Out!

“Whey protein Whey protein has got more bad press than whisky, gin, rum, wine, beer, and even grass. Whey protein is a powder made from milk which you mix with water to turn into a drink. It has the best biological value of protein; which means that almost every gram of whey you consume gets used for its intended purpose and is absorbed by the body. Whey isolate, made from whey protein is a boon for lactose intolerant vegetarians like me as it doesn’t irritate the stomach or the intestines. Whey protein has been accused of affecting the kidney, liver and heart but this isn’t true. Although superstars, cricketers and doctors advertise for the so called ‘Protein drinks’, (especially for children, easy targets perhaps, not to mention their parents’ obsession with their height), the reality is that these drinks are so loaded in sugar and have such miniscule amounts of protein (not to mention poor biological value too) that they really do much more harm than any good. And a nutrient is never specifically beneficial for a particular age group. Whey protein on the other hand is easy on the system, has zero sugar, and is easy to digest. If you weight train regularly or run long distances, whey protein will become a necessity. (It also comes in all flavours: chocolate, vanilla, strawberry and many more.) Word of caution: whey protein is a supplement. It is not supposed to be used as an alternative to eating correctly. Consuming adequate protein, carbs and fat by means of a well-balanced diet is a must. Only then can whey protein be of any help. Like with everything else, if you overdo it or depend on it alone to provide you with protein, you stand to lose out on its considerable benefits.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don'T Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight

“First things first, a supplement means that it will only aid nutrient delivery if diet, exercise and lifestyle are already in place. It isn’t an alternative to the real DEAL (diet, exercise and lifestyle), nor is it a drug that causes side effects”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don't Lose Out, Work Out!

“Being a parent is an opportunity; we must not let it pass. There’s plenty of time to be friends later. For now, be a parent; lead, guide.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Notes for Healthy Kids

“when children are really small, they want to sweep the floor, swab it, and do saaf-safai as a game, because activity is really attractive and natural to children. Then, over time, they realise that they are growing up in a feudal environment or that it’s not cool to do your own tasks yourself. Basically, they learn organically that you shouldn’t move your body much if you are rich enough to pay someone else to do things for you.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Notes for Healthy Kids

“On the other hand there are non-vegetarians who can’t stop pitying the poor ghas-phoos eating vegetarians. They argue that vegetarians are deprived of meat which is so rich in proteins and great in taste. But tell me how much of protein can your body assimilate when you stuff chicken biryani like there is no tomorrow or eat mutton and chicken in every form, size and shape at 3 am in the morning at Bade-miyaan after getting sloshed in the night with all the clubbing.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don'T Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight

“There is a saying, ‘Complain or do something about it’. Taking inspiration from it, I’ve coined my own: ‘To break out of a vicious cycle, start working with the known factors to control the unknown.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, The PCOD - Thyroid Book

“Low fat snacks like baked chaklis, fat free ice creams, fibre loaded biscuits, etc are nothing but junk food coated with misinformation and some sharp marketing brain trying to sell them to a gullible audience which will bite onto anything that’s fat free.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don'T Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight

“Crash dieting is like a fling with a bad boy (even when you are in it, you know it’s not going to work long term); and”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don'T Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight

“Once upon a time, India was a land of sages and rishis who practised yoga as a way of life. No one went to classes then, and yoga didn’t have fancy names or a multimillion-dollar industry attached to it or promises of quickly fixing your stress, backache, asthma or whatever else.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don't Lose Out, Work Out!

“And above all you understand that fitness is not some statistical or mathematical measurement but an experience of freedom and joy within the body.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don'T Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight

“But hey, who the f*&$ is asking us to run ourselves ragged keeping up with demanding relationships — mother-in-law wants to shop/maths homework with daughter/movie with husband/presentation at work/making aachar at mom’s/babysitting friend’s kid, etc. In every language, there is a word for NO, just learn to say it.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, The PCOD-Thyroid Book

“In my office, a married man almost never walks in alone for his appointment, he is always accompanied by his wife or daughter-in-law. They come to support him in his efforts to get fitter, leaner, stronger, healthier, and are willing to go all the way to ensure that no hurdles come in the way of his fitness. Married women, however, come alone; they plead helplessness over the ways of cooking and eating in the family, cite school timings or preferred meal timings when asked to make time to workout or advance dinner times. When it comes to the men or children in the family, their health, fitness and wellness, the women will change everything: meal timings, cooking styles, bedtimes, workouts, etc. When it comes to using the exact same resources for themselves, they can’t, the same drivers of change are helpless.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Women and the weight loss tamasha

“And seriously, get over yourself. Just because you didn’t do it doesn’t mean things don’t or won’t get done. They will, give it a try, and in case they really don’t get done, you already have the expertise and super speciality skill of getting things back on track, right? I am guessing you have realised by this time that you get no medal, trip to Switzerland, gourmet dinner at doorstep, acknowledgement certificate or much less appreciation for being there for everybody every single time, so learn to be there for yourself once in a while. Say”
― Rujuta Diwekar, The PCOD - Thyroid Book

“The fact that we haven’t learnt to reassert ourselves or talk about our innermost feelings to people who really matter, also adds to the burden. To support our thyroid, we must learn to speak our mind, tactfully yes, but speak for sure. It’s”
― Rujuta Diwekar, The PCOD - Thyroid Book

“DON’T LOSE OUT, WORK OUT! Rujuta Diwekar”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don't Lose Out, Work Out!

“A heart that works more efficiently also translates to smooth kidney function, so less vulnerability to stress and unreasonable rage, less chances of bloating, less chances of jet-lagging and improved chances of a drug-free, stress-free life. Like that? As for cholesterol, nothing like weight training and its added advantage of after-burn to bring that LDL, VLDL down and HDL up. Cholesterol is a problem only when the LDL and VLDL along with triglycerides are not being utilized sensibly by the body. As a matter of training response or adaptation (expect this to set in about 12 weeks post consistent exercise), the body learns to preferentially use the triglycerides and cholesterol and to spare the muscle glycogen (muscle fuel stores) for its metabolic needs. No cholesterol lowering drug can do that for you.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Strength Training

“Bramhanda to pinda and vice versa, as the Upanishads explain — all that you see in an individual is a reflection of all that there is in the universe or his environment.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Notes for Healthy Kids

“you first visualize how much you want to eat and then start with half the amount. The trick is to eat it in double the time you typically take. It means smaller morsels of food enter the stomach, thus improving the micronutrient assimilation and insulin response. This process can be repeated if required, but the key is to be without gadgets during meal times. This was one of Kareena’s well-kept secrets (when she says she eats everything), till she shared it on our fb live chat. This”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Pregnancy Notes: Before, During & After

“weight training is way more effective in controlling and getting rid of diabetes than hypoglycaemic drugs. But yeah, you will have to be as regular with it as you are with your medicine.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Strength Training

“vegetables”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don'T Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight

“A restricted diet is the opposite of a healthy diet. A healthy diet is a diverse, local (familiar) diet, rich in its nutrient profile and taste; that way it aids in diversity of gut bacteria too.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Notes for Healthy Kids

“By the time Swami Vivekananda made the epic speech at Chicago that attracted Western following to yogic wisdom, the British had already implemented a ‘modern’ education system.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don't Lose Out, Work Out!

“Soak a handful of cashews in milk for a couple of hours, grind them, add more milk, and drink just before you go to bed. Works beautifully, almost like a drug, and without any side effects.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Pregnancy Notes: Before, During & After

“If you are hungry post dinner, a glass of milk with freshly powdered nuts, kesar and sugar or jaggery is a great meal, which allows you to have something sweet but doesn’t stimulate you or disturb the natural hormonal cycle and leave you with disturbed sleep.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Notes for Healthy Kids

“Maut aur tatti kabhi bhi aa sakti hai,’ said Javed, my guide on the Kolahoi glacier trek in Kashmir, as he quickly ran behind a rock.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don't Lose Out, Work Out!

“If you came back saying that your friend is going to the US so even you want to go, your parents told you to go to hell. Today, they are looking at EMI options for Miami Disney World.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Notes for Healthy Kids

“Metabolism = break down + build up”
― Rujuta Diwekar, Don't Lose Out, Work Out!

“The Dalai Lama once tweeted: To know what you have done in the past look at your body, to know what you will do in the future look at your mind. And here’s my addition, chote muh badi baat (forgive me Dalai Lamaji) — to look at what you are currently doing, look at your thyroid.”
― Rujuta Diwekar, The PCOD - Thyroid Book