I have lost weight during Ramadan over the past few years, elhamdouliAllah. The most important change was not viewing iftar as a chance to make up for not eating all day, a chance to have treats and eat whatever I want. I actually logged the last 2 years, and stuck to about 1200 calories per day while fasting. It is very easy to eat a whole day's worth of calories in a few hours, so even while fasting, we have to be careful.

The biggest change I made was not eating fried or sugary foods, and including vegetables. Our traditional iftar food does not contain any vegetables, but lots of bread and honey. I would eventually feel terrible from lots of carbs and sugar and no fruit or veg.

My Ramadan "diet" looks something like this:

Suhoor: oatmeal (porridge), milk or yogurt, fruit
Iftar: soup, meat, vegetables
dinner: salad, eggs, milk or yogurt

I still make the sweet and fried foods for the rest of the family, we all eat the soup, meat and eggs, and I make enough vegetables so everyone can have some, but mostly end up eating them myself. If you put the healthy options on the table along with the unhealthy ones, you are able to eat better without sitting apart from the family or having your "own food" and everyone has more choices.

Insha'Allah we will all manage to nurture our bodies as well as our souls this Ramadan.

Assalam Alaikum sisters my family also have a tendency to feast at ifttar, last year i did not fast all the month due to breastfeeding but kept the fast afterwards i am looking for any healthy options for pakistani foods because we make alot of pakoras,samosas and kebabs in this month, most things can be grilled/baked and we will just have to be more aware of what we are eating Inshallah