Revealed: Sexy Babita aka Munmun Duttas fitness secrets

Serial Taarak Mehta fame Babita aka Munmun Dutta is a fitness freak and believes in exercising regularly. Being a Bengali, the actress cannot resist without sweets and rice.

Daily Bhaskar.com got in touch with Munmun who inspires us to follow a healthy diet and shares her 'Stay Fit' mantra with us.

Let's see what Munmun has to share with us...

What does fitness mean to you? Honestly, I am a great fan of my own self. I love myself too much. Honestly, I have a very high metabolism and that's the reason I do not put on weight too much. But, having said that it is very important to keep our self fit and healthy and so I do not myself taken for granted.

Fitness secret: Generally, I prefer eating healthy; especially home-cooked food, but let me be very honest; I eat a lot. I do not do dieting at all. In fact, for me dieting are having healthy food and most importantly doing workout. Without workout it is impossible to remain fit. So, whenever I go to the gym, I have a routine of half an hour cardio and then I get into strength training and circuit training. Sometimes, I also mix it up with Kick-Boxing and weight training. Weight training is very important to tone my body. I work out for almost 1 hour 30 minutes.

Workout plans: Due to my hectic schedule, my workout timings are not fixed, but yes I make sure that I exercise on a regular basis no matter how much time you do so. Many a time, I force myself to go to a gym because I do not want to break my regular routine.

My day starts with: Generally, when I am not shooting, I wake up late. First thing in the morning is I drink a lot of water to start up your system. After a little gap, I take some soaked almonds. Then I make a smoothie and I drink that. And yes, I do not like a green tea at all. I have some fruits along with it.

Lunch menu: My lunch consists of roti, salad, vegetables. Being a Bengali, I love rice and I eat lot of it. In fact, I can't live without rice.

Dinner consist of: Dinner is very light for me. But yes, I would be lying if I say that I do not eat after 8 pm. Honestly, I sleep late and so I love eating. I prefer eating light food in the night and work out hard later.

Weakness: My weakness is sweets, rice and hot chocolates.

A fitness tip: Be happy, drink lot of water, eat healthy, avoid junk food and sleep as much as possible