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Saif: Butter chicken and naan are out
Prithwish Ganguly, TNN, Dec 30, 2010, 12.00am IST
Chhote Nawab Saif Ali Khan has come a long way since his health scare in December 2008 due to smoking that made fans as well as the industry very concerned.
He has not only controlled the habit but has also checked his diet. Boiled food, virtually bland meals with little or no masala is what he consumes ever since, while cheese, butter and other high cholesterol and fattening foods have been taken off his menu. A big foodie, Saif admits that sometimes he felt like cheating on his diet. The other side, of course, is that he's looking fabulous; the blue blooded actor now flaunts a leaner and a superbly toned body.
He took his shirt off and showed us his abs. "It has been tough to sacrifice eating the food I once loved... but it has also been a process that's worth it," he says. "I can no longer eat butter chicken and naan and other high calorie dishes. I'm on a controlled diet not because I wanted to develop my abs for a movie but because I want to maintain myself and stay fit. The process of become fitter definitely started from my health scare. I needed to change things around to stay better. I started doing yoga and took exercising very seriously."
The actor now gyms for at least a couple of hours every single day. "I feel refreshed when I work out. It's a new dimension for me and I'm loving it. I do functional training, cardio, weight training, but I'm not a fanatic when it comes to gymming. I do my bit just to have a good body and feel good within. I don't do it to flaunt my muscles," he reveals. Tell him that there were reports that he was developing an eight-pack for Agent Vinod and he shoots back, "I'm not into the pack race. I don't really know which actor has how many packs. I have sweated it out to get this body. It's not just for a film as I want to maintain it for the years to come."
Saif also reveals that his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor has been a big motivator for him to get this fab bod. "Bebo got me into yoga and she is so motivated about staying fit that it does rub on to me all the time. I'm very inspired by her as she always pushes herself the extra mile to maintain herself, which I think needs a lot of determination and will power. I can easily say that it is because of her that I have been able to continue training and achieve what I have got today. And it's fun to do yoga with her, she has amazing concentration," he says.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/No-butter-chicken-naan-for-Saif/articleshow/7184394.cms
Prithwish Ganguly, TNN, Dec 30, 2010, 12.00am IST
Chhote Nawab Saif Ali Khan has come a long way since his health scare in December 2008 due to smoking that made fans as well as the industry very concerned.
He has not only controlled the habit but has also checked his diet. Boiled food, virtually bland meals with little or no masala is what he consumes ever since, while cheese, butter and other high cholesterol and fattening foods have been taken off his menu. A big foodie, Saif admits that sometimes he felt like cheating on his diet. The other side, of course, is that he's looking fabulous; the blue blooded actor now flaunts a leaner and a superbly toned body.
He took his shirt off and showed us his abs. "It has been tough to sacrifice eating the food I once loved... but it has also been a process that's worth it," he says. "I can no longer eat butter chicken and naan and other high calorie dishes. I'm on a controlled diet not because I wanted to develop my abs for a movie but because I want to maintain myself and stay fit. The process of become fitter definitely started from my health scare. I needed to change things around to stay better. I started doing yoga and took exercising very seriously."
The actor now gyms for at least a couple of hours every single day. "I feel refreshed when I work out. It's a new dimension for me and I'm loving it. I do functional training, cardio, weight training, but I'm not a fanatic when it comes to gymming. I do my bit just to have a good body and feel good within. I don't do it to flaunt my muscles," he reveals. Tell him that there were reports that he was developing an eight-pack for Agent Vinod and he shoots back, "I'm not into the pack race. I don't really know which actor has how many packs. I have sweated it out to get this body. It's not just for a film as I want to maintain it for the years to come."
Saif also reveals that his girlfriend Kareena Kapoor has been a big motivator for him to get this fab bod. "Bebo got me into yoga and she is so motivated about staying fit that it does rub on to me all the time. I'm very inspired by her as she always pushes herself the extra mile to maintain herself, which I think needs a lot of determination and will power. I can easily say that it is because of her that I have been able to continue training and achieve what I have got today. And it's fun to do yoga with her, she has amazing concentration," he says.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/No-butter-chicken-naan-for-Saif/articleshow/7184394.cms
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