Salsa for slimness!
Diets and early morning jogging sessions not your thing? Now you can dance your way to fitness instead !
If weight training weighs you down and gymming is just a drag, chinta not. Innovative fitness techniques ensure that you don’t have to endure boredom and pain on your way to a healthier figure. Say hello to ‘dancexercise’ – dancing to lose weight and build stamina – which is catching on among young professionals and students who don’t get the time to hit the gym or do early morning exercise.
Shraddha Poddar, an animation student, says, “I’d always been a very fitness conscious person. I wanted to lose weight, but did not want to lock myself up in a gym doing repetitive exercises. That’s when I decided to sign up for dance classes. I loved the fact that I was losing weight while learning interesting dance forms. Moreover, I even ended up volunteering as a dance trainer for other people after some time.”
People who come looking for these courses want to both learn dance and get in shape. Pallavi Bhatia, trainee mentor at Thumps Choreography, says, “Our clients, who basically comprise young professionals, are no longer interested in aerobics. They specifically ask for courses which involve a lot of dance forms and will still help them lose weight. We teach them twist which works on the waist, salsa which helps tone the hips, and even bhangra for stamina building, so they don’t get bored repeating the same dance form everyday.”
SDIPA (Shiamak Davar Institute of Performing Arts) also has a course dedicated to dancexercise. Deepika Mathur from SDIPA says, “This batch sees participation from a lot of college students and young professionals. We teach them various dance forms like Bollywood jazz, salsa, modern contemporary, disco and rock ‘n’ roll. We are running this course only in one centre and get many requests to introduce it in other centres too.”
“Joining these dance classes is more about de-stressing and utilizing my free time in the most fun manner. I’d rather dance than work out in a gym on the same machines everyday,” says Sunanda Poduwal, who works long hours in a CA firm and chose belly dancing to keep herself fit and agile.
Nanda Kundu from Kiran Dance Rhythm echoes the same sentiment. She teaches jive and salsa to employees of various MNCs in their offices and at her studio. She says, “A lot of youngsters, teenagers and even elderly gentlemen come to us looking for newer ways to work out and lose weight. Gymming and aerobics is so passé now. Our clients are now looking at weight loss options which can deliver quick results. Jive has everyone sweating within two minutes, as it is a very high energy dance form.”
Meher Malik from Banjara School of Dance teaches belly dancing to her Delhi clients. She says, “Belly dancing is a very interesting dance form which helps with weight loss if practised seriously. We have a lot of well-to-do female clients in the age group of 16-30 who come looking for such courses.”
BABY FOOD RECIPES
BABY FOOD RECIPES - CHICKEN HEARTS APPLE
Baby food recipes
Material:
250 grams of chicken liver
2 apples, peeled, seeded, chopped
1 carrot, peeled and cut into pieces
3 pieces potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
2 stalks celery, chopped
3 tablespoons green peas
Directions:
1. Cook all ingredients until cooked.
2. Drain and puree (or chopped finely for children ages 8 months and up)
BABY FOOD RECIPES - FISH APPLE
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 pieces of fish fillets
2 apples, peeled, cut into pieces
Directions:
1. Boil the ingredients until cooked. Drain and puree.
Note:
For children 8 months, the food should not be crushed but only finely chopped. It is good to stimulate the growth of teeth and to train the muscles of the mouth and gums to bite.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - CARAPPEAR
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 stalks carrots, peeled, cut into pieces
2 apples, peeled, cut into pieces
2 pieces of pear, peeled and cut into pieces
Directions:
1. Kl Boil carrots for 10 minutes, then amsukkan apple and pear. Cook until soft.
2. Drain and puree (or chopped finely for children ages 8 months and up)
BABY FOOD RECIPES - steamed fish
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 snapper fillet (or other fish species, according to taste)
Directions:
1. Steam the fish until cooked and then mashed.
2. Can be mixed with pureed vegetables (carrots, broccoli, etc.).
BABY FOOD RECIPES - Broccoli POTATO
Baby food recipes
Material:
7 broccoli florets, discarding the stem
2 potatoes, peeled, cut into pieces
Chicken broth / meat taste (only boiled water chicken / meat, without salt or other seasonings)
Directions:
1. Steam the broccoli and potatoes until cooked.
2. Blend the two ingredients with the processor / blender.
3. Give the broth to taste.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - VEGETABLE INTERFERENCE
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 carrot, peeled, cut into pieces
1 piece of potato, peeled, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons green peas (can be replaced other green vegetables, eg broccoli,
zuchini, celery, etc.)
Chicken broth / meat taste (only boiled water chicken / meat, without garammaupun other seasonings)
Directions:
1. Boiled / steamed until cooked all the ingredients and puree.
2. Give the chicken broth / meat taste.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - CHICKEN SOUP
Baby food recipes
Material:
1 piece of chicken thighs, remove skin, cut meat into pieces (bones were not removed)
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 potatoes, peeled, cut into pieces
1 stick carrot, peeled, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons green peas
500 ml water
Directions:
1. Cook all ingredients until cooked.
2. Discard the chicken bones, then puree all ingredients
BABY FOOD RECIPES - puree CARROT
Baby food recipes
Material:
2 medium carrots, peeled
Boiled water to taste
Directions:
1. Steam the carrots until tender then puree. Add water as needed.
2. Presentation: Give the carrot puree as single or mixed foods
with pulp POTATO / SWEET POTATOES porridge.
BABY FOOD RECIPES - pea puree
Baby food recipes
Material:
250 grams of fresh or frozen peas
Directions:
1. Boil peas until cooked and then mashed.
2. Strain the rough skin so do not take part inedible.
3. Presentation: Give peas puree as a single food or
mixed with porridge POTATO / SWEET POTATOES porridge.
