Sharad Kelkar of Saat Phere shares his fitness tips. The former ramp model talks about his work out plan and diet and how Nach Baliye helped him lose 7 kilos of excess weight!
Every morning I drink a juice of green pumpkin and capsicum. It's natural and very good to detoxify your body. Other than that I eat some eggs. I'm not particular and can eat any form of eggs for breakfast.
I have a normal lunch of two chapattis, and dal. I eat a lot of dal!
In the evening I usually have a sandwich from a place called Health Junction which sells health food.
Normally it's not a habit of mine to take dinner. It's not that I want to lose weight but I just don't like eating in the night. For me the evening meal may be just a soup or a piece of fish.
I can't resist fish and seafood. I just love crabs especially in garlic butter. That's one thing I can't refuse even with all that butter! Mango is another thing I just can't stay away from. If I see a mango I just have to eat it!
"Timing is everything"
I try to avoid a lot of things but I can't seem to manage it! I don't diet though. I eat only three meals a day and timing is very important. I have to have my meals at a fixed time. Lunch is between 1:30 and 2 and in the evening I eat between 6:30 and 7. I don't eat outside those times.
"I don't want a body builder's body"
I go to the gym everyday. If I'm shooting I have to adjust my timings to early in the morning or late in the evening but I make sure I go. I work out for about one and a half hours; everyday on different body parts. I do cardio four times a week and weight training the other three days.
I don't want a six pack, rock hard, body builder body. I just have to be agile and fit enough. I would rather be lean and muscular than big and bulky.
"I lost 7 kilos during Nach Baliye"
The first year I started working out I gained 14 kilos in two months! I was very lean and sleek. I have no muscles whatsoever and I immediately gained a lot of weight once I was exercising. People I knew would see my and say "Kya ho gaya?" Now I've been working out for 10 years. Earlier I used to do ramp shows and I had a good body. Now it's not that great. When I was doing two serials I had gained 8 kilos because it was so hectic. I managed to lose it with all that dancing in Nach Baliye. I lost 7 kilos there! The rest I lost and maintained through doing a lot of cardio exercises.
"I love my height"
I put on weight on my abdomen and my face. They are the first places that get bigger so I'm not too happy about that. I would like to have a more toned stomach and I'm working on that. In two months I should see a good improvement on my abs.
Among the things I love about my body are my arms. I think I have good arms. They're well toned. And I also love my height which is all of 6'1!
"I don't notice women's bodies!"
In this industry I think that Indraneil Sen Gupta has a great body. Among the women I'm the wrong guy to ask because I never look at them! (Laughs). There are a lot of girls who are maintaining themselves but I really wouldn't know about any of them.
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