Trying to lose weight can feel like climbing a steep hill. The obstacles along the way make every step toward your goal feel like a win. But for some, the achievement comes at a cost – losing their natural glow. It’s frustrating to hit your target weight but feel like you have lost that inner radiance. If this sounds familiar, don’t stress. Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar has shared three practical tips on Instagram to help you lose weight while keeping your glow intact. Also Read:Quitting Roti And Rice For Weight Loss? Is It Worth It? The Answer May Surprise You
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Here Are 3 Easy Ways To Lose Weight Without Losing Your Glow:
1. Lose Weight The Sustainable Way
We all want quick results when we’re trying to lose weight, but Rujuta’s advice is to think long-term. She recommends a sustainable approach, even if it’s slower. Ignore those flashy “transformation” videos that promise a 10 kg drop in 20 days. Instead, aim to lose just 5-10% of your body fat in a year. This method is healthier and helps you shed those kilos without dimming your natural glow.
2. Build A Sustainable Exercise Routine
Exercise plays a big role in weight loss, but overdoing it isn’t the answer. If you’re just starting out, keep it simple and set small, realistic goals. Rujuta suggests beginning with a routine of exercising 7 days a month instead of pushing yourself daily. This way, you’ll give your body enough rest to recover. Once you’re comfortable, increase it to 20 days a month. When your body gets the rest it needs, your skin’s natural glow will shine through.
3. Stick To A Balanced Diet
One common mistake in weight loss journeys is cutting out carbs and sugar completely. While they’re not the most nutritious options, eating them in moderation is okay. The bigger issue, according to Rujuta, is relying on outside food, packaged snacks, and eating out too often. Instead of going to extremes, focus on home-cooked meals and ensure your diet includes a bit of everything. This way, you’ll hit your weight goals without sacrificing your glow. Also Read: Unlock The Power Of Moringa: 5 Fun Ways To Add It To Your Weight Loss Diet
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Foods That Keep Your Skin Glowing
Want to boost your skin’s radiance during your weight loss journey? Add these everyday foods to your diet: beetroot, yoghurt, turmeric milk, spinach, lemon, flaxseeds, and pomegranate. Packed with antioxidants and essential nutrients, these foods work wonders to keep your skin looking plump and glowing.
Now that you’ve got the scoop, give these tips a shot and enjoy the best of both worlds – a healthier weight and that enviable glow!
As winter approaches, the chilly weather can leave your skin feeling dry, dull, and lacklustre. But what if you could nourish your skin from the inside out while indulging in a delicious, guilt-free treat? Enter the Persimmon – the ultimate fruit for glowing, radiant skin. Here we have a dessert made with this fruit along with yoghurt and chia seeds. The recipe was shared by nutritionist Leema Mahajan on her Instagram handle. This skin-loving combination isn’t just a treat for your taste buds, but also a powerhouse of nutrients that can give your skin the nourishment it craves. Even better, it’s low in calories, free of added sugars and flour, and perfect for anyone on a weight loss journey.
Also Read: 10 Fruits To Enjoy In Winter In India
Here’s why permission is great for winter skin care:
Persimmons are a treasure trove of skin-loving nutrients. Packed with beta-carotene, lycopene, and lutein, persimmons provide powerful antioxidants that protect your skin from oxidative stress and UV damage. During winter, when the sun’s rays are less intense but still harmful, persimmons help shield your skin from environmental damage.
The high Vitamin A content in persimmons, derived from beta-carotene, plays a crucial role in skin repair. It helps fade acne scars, even out skin tone, and promote a more youthful complexion. If you suffer from skin conditions like eczema or psoriasis, persimmons’ anti-inflammatory properties can help calm redness and irritation.
Why Persimmon Greek Yogurt and Chia Seed Mousse is your new best friend for winter skin:
Greek Yogurt: The Glow Getter
Greek yoghurt isn’t just a delicious snack – it’s a skin-care powerhouse. Rich in lactic acid, it gently exfoliates the skin, helping to fade dark spots, smooth out rough patches, and promote a clear complexion. But the benefits of Greek yoghurt don’t stop there. It’s also packed with healthy fats that aid in the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins like Vitamin A, ensuring your body can fully harness the skin benefits of the other ingredients.
Additionally, Greek yoghurt supports gut health, which is foundational to glowing skin. The probiotics in Greek yoghurt help balance your gut microbiome, which in turn can reduce inflammation and improve skin conditions like acne or rosacea. When your gut is in balance, your skin is more likely to reflect that internal harmony with a radiant glow.
Chia Seeds: Nourishment from the Inside Out
Chia seeds are a tiny but mighty superfood that packs a punch for skin health. They are loaded with omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and zinc – all of which are essential for healthy, glowing skin. Omega-3s help to hydrate the skin from within, keeping it supple and plump. The antioxidants in chia seeds protect the skin from free radicals and environmental stressors, which can cause premature ageing.
Zinc, a crucial mineral for skin repair, also helps with wound healing and reducing acne outbreaks by balancing oil production. Chia seeds are particularly beneficial for those with oily or acne-prone skin, as they help to regulate oil levels without drying out the skin. This combination of soothing and hydrating nutrients makes chia seeds a perfect addition to your winter skincare routine.
How to Make Your Persimmon, Greek Yogurt & Chia Seed Mousse For Natural Winter Glow: Now that you know why this mousse is so good for your skin, let’s talk about how to make it! This dessert is not only simple and quick but also a nutritious snack you can enjoy without guilt.
Blend the ripe persimmon, Greek yoghurt, and soaked chia seeds in a blender until smooth and creamy.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl and chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes to thicken slightly.
Optional: Add a dash of cinnamon for extra flavour and a cosy winter feel.
Serve and enjoy – you can even top it with a few extra chia seeds or a sprinkle of crushed nuts for added texture.
This mousse is a refreshing, skin-loving treat that you can indulge in without any guilt. Not only does it taste amazing, but it also helps nourish and protect your skin as you embrace the colder months.
With its combination of antioxidants, healthy fats, and skin-soothing properties, this mousse is the perfect addition to your diet this season. Make the most of persimmon season while it lasts and treat your skin to the glow it deserves!
Getting to play Colin on Bridgerton “is such a gift,” says Luke Newton, 31, who has played one of the central family’s heartthrob brothers on the Netflix show for four seasons.
This year, the steamy period drama saw Newton transform into a romantic lead, and he took the glow-up seriously. Colin “had changed and become a man, and I wanted to embody that physically,” he says.
So who on the show is most like their character? “Most people say me. And I do take that as a compliment,” Newton says. But “I’d like to think I’m maybe less of a pushover and slightly stronger-willed.”
The actor sat down with PEOPLE at his shoot for the Royally Sexy portfolio in this year’s Sexiest Man Alive issue to chat more about the role and how his life has changed since joining the hit series.
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What’s the best part about playing Colin? It’s that we get to come back year after year, and there’s been space in the story. There’s always a summer for our characters to grow and evolve and go through these wild experiences. And I think probably for Colin, he’s had this crazy experience of traveling and finding himself, so being able to portray multiple different versions of this character is something that I’ve really loved. He was a teenager when we first met him, and to see him now year after year, sort of step into adulthood was really fun to explore.
Do you feel transformed when you put on the costumes? Absolutely. I think I had a moment going into the new season where I was like, “It’s been a while now. How am I going to get back into this?” But I kind of just trusted the process of knowing as soon as I put my first costume on that it would change everything. And it does every time, no matter how many sort of rehearsals or script reads that we do. It really does just change when you get into those costumes.
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Colin’s prominent sideburns seem almost as important as his clothes. Yeah, season three, we were very, very proud of those. It took us hours to really work those out, work out the exact shape, the line that we wanted. For me, I guess I took inspiration from Jonathan Bailey from the previous season, how he had these strong sideburns that felt very sort of well shaped and groomed, and I really wanted that. I don’t know, it was just fun to explore. The only thing is in normal life, it didn’t really go with anything, like if I’m in the coffee shop on a Sunday morning, you can kind of spot a Bridgerton from a mile away if you see those sideys!
What do you think you’d be doing if you weren’t an actor? It feels like a bit of a cop out, but something to do with music. I love to sing. Or maybe writing music and doing something where I’m able to perform. So maybe still under the bracket of the arts, but yeah, maybe singing in some capacity.
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If you were really a member of a royal family, what perks do you think you’d enjoy? I guess for one, it would be the travel, being able to go to these amazing places. It’d be official duties to do that. And the way that you travel, I’m sure it’s very, very nice.
But also, I actually read somewhere that [one of the royal family] had someone wear their shoes in. I don’t know if that’s true or not but for a brand new pair of loafers, that could be quite handy. That’s a really good perk to have someone walk around in your loafers for a couple of weeks, wear them in get them nice and comfortable and ready for you.
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What’s been one of your most memorable encounters with a fan? Wow. I mean, on the press tour, we would always do a screening or an event. So meeting fans on that sort of scale when they were dressed up and literally looked like they could walk onto the set of Bridgerton, that was always incredible, the effort that fans would put in. There was also a driver I’d had whilst in Paris and I’d been sharing a car with Ed McVey, who’s in The Crown. So we’d both been chatting in the back of the car and I think the driver had been sort of overhearing our conversation.
And then at the end of the trip, he was dropping me at the airport and as we got out he said, “Do you mind if I just take a picture for my wife? She loves The Crown.” And I just said, “Yeah, okay,” knowing full well that I’m not in The Crown, and his wife will be very disappointed when she sees a picture of me and her husband. So yeah, that was a real reality check, and it was kind of nice. Bring me back down to Earth.
So what does best keep you grounded? I think maybe my family and my friends. When I see them, just everything is normal and it’s kind of nice to have some sort of normality. But I guess even going back my upbringing, I’ve always just thought nothing I’ve ever done is that big. I don’t know why I can’t ever really understand or appreciate the scale. So I’m like, I just do what I do. The job, I love my job so much. I love the opportunities that it brings. And yeah, then I love my downtime as well. It’s great.
Do you remember the first time you were recognized? Actually, I feel like the whole process of that crazy word, fame, has been really gradual. I did a Disney show and I had some interaction with fans at that point in my career. And then being part of this incredible ensemble of Bridgerton for seasons one and two, it felt like I’ve been training for it. It feels like a real slow process of meeting fans gradually and being more and more recognized. But I think the one thing about the Bridgerton fans is they’re always so overwhelmingly positive and kind about the show.
How would you describe your year? It has been such a wild experience of the show coming out. It’s changed my life and I’ve loved it so much. It was like six months that we traveled promoting the show. So it’s now nice to get back to London and have some sort of some home comforts and some home-cooked meals.
What’s left on your bucket list? I’ve actually been thinking about moving abroad. I’d really like to just live somewhere, even for a few months, that’s got really nice weather. I’m enjoying traveling at the moment and being in the sun, and I feel healthy and happy when I’m there. So that’s definitely been put on my bucket list recently.
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How do you envision your life in 10 years? Maybe it goes with my bucket list that I’m living in some small sunny town in Italy and have pasta every day, and I still get to travel the world and work as an actor, but my life is very quiet and content. I don’t know. Yeah, that would be all right. I’d like to be on a balcony somewhere drinking coffee in Italy, reading a script for my next project. That’d be fun.
We Indians face extreme temperatures throughout the year. This impacts our lifestyle, diet and most importantly – our skin! But what’s that one fruit that remains constant even when the season changes? Well, we are talking about our humble bananas! Bananas are tasty, nutritious, and versatile. While its pulp helps keep our body healthy, you might be surprised to know that its peel has several beauty benefits. Banana peels are packed with antioxidants, vitamins and minerals that can help rejuvenate our skin! If you don’t like spending a fortune on expensive cosmetics, then the banana peels – which are often thrown away – could come to your skin’s rescue! How? With easy-to-make, homemade face packs! Intrigued? Well, you should be! While you enjoy its delicious pulp, use the peel in these 5 totally genius ways to get glowing skin in no time!
Also Read: Eat the Peels: How Banana Peels Could Help You Lose Some Weight
Honey can help keep your skin soft. Photo: iStock
Here Are 5 Banana Peel Based Face Packs For Glowing Skin
1. Banana Peel And Honey Face Pack
Truly a match made in heaven, the banana peel and honey face pack are rich in potassium and antioxidants, which can help hydrate and plump up the skin. Honey, which helps in locking in moisture in the skin, is perfect to apply on the skin if you have dry and dull skin. Just scrape the inside of a banana peel and mix it with a tablespoon of honey. Wash your face with soap to remove impurities from your face. Then apply this face pack evenly on your skin and let it sit for 15-20 minutes. Then rinse with lukewarm water. This will leave your skin soft and supple in no time!
2. Banana Peel and Turmeric Face Pack
If you struggle with acne and acne scars, the banana peel and turmeric face pack is a must-try. The anti-inflammatory properties can help soothe irritated skin, while turmeric is known for its antiseptic tendencies. To make this pack, scrape off and mash the insides of banana peel and mix it with a pinch of turmeric powder. Once done, add a few drops of rose water. Apply the mixture to your face and let it sit for 15 minutes before washing it off with cold water. This pack will help reduce acne and its spots on your face.
3. Banana Peel and Aloe Vera Face Pack
Is your skin feeling stressed and sunburnt? Then this face mask can come to your rescue. The banana peel will hydrate your skin while aloe vera will cool, soothe and calm your skin. Just take out the inner white part of the banana peel with a tablespoon of mash and mix it with aloe vera gel until you get a smooth paste. Apply this pack on your face and neck and leave it for about 20 minutes. Then wash it off with cool water. This will help hydrate and soothe your skin.
Exfoliate your skin with this banana peel and oatmeal face pack. Photo: iStock
4. Banana Peel and Oatmeal Face Pack
Are you a fan of natural exfoliators? Then this banana peel and oatmeal face pack is perfect for you! This gentle and effective oatmeal exfoliator can help remove dead skin cells without irritating your skin. To prepare this pack, grind a banana peel and mix it with a tablespoon of ground oat. Add a dash of milk and make a thick paste out of it. Gently massage it onto your skin in a circular motion. The result? Clean and clear skin like you’ve never seen before.
Also Read: Wait, What?! Wow! Leftover Banana Peels Can Be Used To Make This Breakfast Delight
5. Banana Peel and Lemon Juice Face Pack
Lemon juice, which has vitamin C, is an effective solution to naturally make your skin glow and tackle hyperpigmentation. When combined with the effectiveness of banana peel, this pack can help keep your skin naturally glowing and healthy. To make this face pack, mash the inner part of a banana peel and add a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice. Mix well and apply this pack to the face, avoiding the under-eye area. Leave it for 10 minutes and then rinse it off with lukewarm water. This will help lighten dark spots and give you radiant skin in no time!
Wedding celebrations could be fun and hectic at the same time. While your excitement is at its peak to begin a new journey, you need months of planning to put it all together. Jewellery, costume, venue, decoration, food menu and more – the list is super long and you just don’t want to compromise anything. But what a bride can’t ignore amidst all is a proper beauty regime. If you have your D-Day in the next few months, then surely you have started the bridal skincare routine by now. After all, we all want that extra glow on that very day. Right? Trust us, it can’t be achieved with just topical skin care. You heard us.
To get that shine and glow from within, you need to heal the skin with the right kind of diet and lifestyle. Proper hydration, the right kind of meals and regular exercise can help you achieve your goal seamlessly. Here, we found a drink concoction that promises a clear glass skin to all the brides-to-be on their ‘Big Day’.
Want That Bridal Glow? Here’s How This Beauty Drink Will Help You Get That:
The drink recipe has been shared by nutritionist Richa Gangani on her official Instagram handle. “Say hello to clear and glowing glass-like skin in just 21 days,” she writes while mentioning that this drink includes four basic ingredients that are high in antioxidants, vitamin C and vitamin K.
All you need to do is blend beetroot, carrot, curry leaves, and amla, and drink one glass of it every day. You can either strain the drink or have it as is, with the fibre, for better metabolism and digestion. That’s it.
Also Read: Say Goodbye to Dull Skin! This Simple Pink Drink Is Your One-Stop Solution For Healthy Glowing Skin
Here’s Why This Drink Is Just What You Need For Flawless Skin:
1. Because Beetroot – Rich In Vitamin C:
Beetroot is enriched with vitamin C, which can help prevent wrinkles and dry skin. It also contains some amount of lycopene and squalene, which may help reduce skin ageing, leaving you with an inner glow.
2. Carrots – They Improve Elasticity:
Carrot contains beta carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E that help detoxify your skin, prevent sunburn and improve skin elasticity, along with a natural glow.
3. Curry Leaves For Antioxidants:
The antioxidants and vitamin C in curry leaves are known to aid healthy complexion. Besides the leaves also contain bioactive compounds that may protect your skin from oxidative damage, promoting cell rejuvenation.
4. Amla Promotes Collagen Production:
Amla is a potent source of vitamin C that promotes collagen production – a vital component to maintaining skin’s elasticity and firmness. Besides, it is also known to reduce wrinkles, fine lines and ageing spots.
So what are you waiting for? Include this four-ingredient beauty drink in your pre-wedding regime and enjoy healthy skin and overall good health. But always remember, moderation is the key! All the best for your ‘Big Day’.
