- Why this book?
- Chapter plan
- Components of the book
- The ‘take-away’
Chapter 1: The Tamasha
Chapter 2: A fearless (teen)age
- Real life example - What’s in the looks?
- The age of misinformation
- What’s so special about 8?
- Mother- the ultimate enemy?
- The missing link – Nutrient Deficiencies
- All about Periods.
- The thing about breasts.
- The 4 strategies
- Real life diet analysis – A 14 year old school girl with ‘weight issues’.
Chapter 3: Marriage –Learning to Be.
- Real life example
- The thin, fair, tall and convent educated phenomenon
- Marriage - All eggs in one basket?
- Pre- marriage – weight loss
Waist to hip ratio- The evolutionary reason
Conditional responses - Peeche se pressure
- Single in the city
- Post marriage – weight gain.
Why? 5 reasons. - The 4 strategies
- Real life diet analysis – A 24 year old who put on 10kgs 1 year after marriage
Chapter 4: Pregnancy and motherhood: The pain, trauma and glory
-Real life example
- Preparing for pregnancy
Oral health
Right Nutrition
Work-out
- Diet for life
- Assuming responsibility After the baby
- Real life example: A study in unfeasibility.
- Survival, sex, food and sleep.
- Pregnancy myths and facts.
- The 4 strategies
- Real life diet analysis – A 34-year old nursing mother of two juggling house and career.
Chapter 5: Menopause: Coming of age
- Real life example
- Nature to the rescue
- Healthy ovaries- healthy menopause
- Life after Menopause
- The 4 strategies
- Real life diet analysis – A 65-year old, pretty pampered, Punjabi lady.
Chapter 6: Curses we bring upon ourselves Hypothyroid
- What is it? How does it function?
- Thyroid and weight loss
- What exposes me to this curse.
- What can I do about it?
The 4 strategies
- The thyroid pill
- Real life diet analysis – A busy 66-year old TC artist and homemaker PCOS/ PCOD
- What is it?
- Hormonally vibrant – the story of our ovary.
- What exposes me to this curse.
- What can I do about it?
The 4 strategies
- Real life diet analysis – A 40-year old taking a break from work and on full time medication Diabetes
- What is it?
- The 4 strategies
- Real life diet analysis – A 39-year old banker staying in London with 3 kids Summary of other curses and strategies to combat them
Chapter 7: The four strategies of well-being Nutrition strategies
- Eat local. Think Global.
- Portion size.
The rule of UNO
Gut feeling
Eating small
- Food planning
- Beyond calories
Nutrients
Cooking traditions
Filtered oil
Sweet visa Exercise strategies
- Kinestheatic intelligence
- The work-out paathshala
- The principles of exercise
Progressive overload principle
Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID).
Recovery
Regularity
Principle of balance or variation Sleep strategies
- No TV in the bedroom – The biological (clock) reason
- No booze before sleeping
- No dessert/tea/coffee post sunset.
- No compensation
- Bedroom etiquette Relationship strategies
- With great power comes great responsibility
- Debugging sucks, testing rocks
- Pain is our friend
- Relationship with food
Appendix 1: A comparison of traditional and on-the-go breakfast options
Appendix 2: Short-term and long-term effects of low-calorie diets
Appendix 3: Food considered healthy and why they are not
Appendix 4: Is your body talking to you? -Nutritional deficiencies and how to combat them
Appendix 5: More real life diet recall and analysis
