Indian meal

Its so hard isn't it....

We had a Dominoes Pizza Saturday night. We had spent Friday night doing a 12 hr night hike so by Saturday evening there was no way I felt like cooking, so Pizza it was.... Got another 1.5lb to lose before I can start on this week's weight loss....

Is it worth it..??

And curry for me is the worse... poppadums to start with can't be any good.... I feel for you !!!

Indian is most probably the easiest takeaway food to eat as part of a diet plan.

The best possible option:
Stick to vegetarian, tomato-based dishes. There are always LOADS of these and they are yummy.
No rice or naan, but go ahead with pickle and a small amount of chutney. Seriously the calories in naan are horrific.
They often serve a salad on the side. Eat it before you touch anything carby if you're still hungry after your main.

If you want more options:
Tomato based sauces still, fish dishes are good or meat which you know has not been fried.
A dry meat dish with a vegetable tomato-based sauce side would work ok.
Plain basmati rice, no naan!! Or lemon rice, you can ask what they put in the rice and if it's fried, my local doesn't fry the lemon rice, it's just a mix of spices and lemon juice.


Aside from the oil it's cooked in, most of the vegetable curry dishes will simply have a ton of veg in and little else. OK, the nutritional quality of the veg might be questionable, but calorie, carb and fat wise you are onto a big winner.

Choose a couple of chapattis rather than a naan if you want bread A chapatti is about 120 calories (however they often cook them in ghee, so if you ask them to limit the ghee then you may save a couple of calories!) whereas a plain naan is around 500 cals. Go for boiled rather than basmati rice if the option is available.

Go for a vegetarian, chicken or prawn dish - less calories, and as aforementioned, avoid creamy dishes in favour of tomato based ones. If you can eat it hot, then all the better, as you'll probably feel fuller earlier. If you must have a starter, have a poppadom or two (think they're about 70 cals each) but beware of the mango chutney and the lime pickle, both are calorific for the amount, have raita / sambal instead. Also if you're concerned about fat, then bear in mind that although poppadoms are lower in calories, they're high in fat as they're fried (about 5g each). AVOID bhajis, samosas etc. If you drink mango lassi, bear in mind it's quite calorific, and you probably don't want to blow calories on juice

http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/calories/calorie_content/indian_food.htm here's a useful resource for you! But mostly, enjoy your meal.

I think your body works in stages of around 24 hours (but I could be wrong, maybe somebody can clarify) so if you burn 1000 the day before you should be able to move some of it to the next day.

I'm indian and indian food is not that bad as long as you don't go for creamy sauces.
Avoid anything that say's 'butter' in the title as in butter chicken.

Have the veg, daahl is good as its lentils and avoid anything hat says makhani as this is also creamy butter.
All the grilled meats as starters is a good option, tikka and tandoori. and chapati's are also better than naan.

prepare what you will be eating in advance.

I would suggest chicken tikka, lamb tikka maybe even prawns, a mix veg jalfrezi or alu gobi (potato and califlower) a tomato based chicken curry is also good. and have boiled rice or chapati's no need to overload on carbs.

hope this helps.

Tandoori chicken should be ok, it normally comes with salad and is quite filling.