Weight loss story: Shobha de’s daughter Anandita de reveals how she lost 42 kilos in 8 months with…
In a world obsessed with fad diets, crash diets, and rigorous workout regimes to attain quick weight loss results, very few people want to take the sustainable route for a long-term result. Weight loss is often shown as a luxury with its complicated organic diets and expensive gym membership, but sometimes true transformation comes from real people choosing more real and sustainable life choices. One such shining example is Anandita De, daughter of famous columnist Shobhaa De, whose transformation is not merely about vanity through fancy diet and expensive gym studio workout, but it’s more about choosing discipline, consistency, and hard work over shortcuts and quick results.
Her journey wasn’t merely about changing her aesthetics but more about shifting her mindset “I’m not on any diet.. I’ve not gone to any health specialist or nutritionist. Just used my common sense. I eat sensibly,” she explained Instead of following diet trends she belives in simple and wholesome diet “From being someone who used to eat nearly a whole packet of chocolate chip cookies for breakfast… now simply drinking my morning staple, one cup of coffee without any accompaniments… I’ve come a long way.”
Wake-up call for Anandita was when she learnt about her health. “I wanted to reverse my type 2 diabetes,” she says. She could attain this goal in 2 months of her new regimen. She also saw a change in her menstrual cycle. “I’m very proud to say that I never used to get my monthly period cycles for years… Very proud yet humbled to mention that I now do”, she shares.
Anandita’s strategy is surprisingly practical. “I don’t think I believe in starvation. I believe in eating consciously and controlling portions.” Her diet is uncomplicated—home-cooked oats or fruits for breakfast, poha without oil, lean meat or chapati for dinner, with low oil vegetables. “I’m a chapati person, and that too I don’t apply any added oil, clarified butter, ghee.”
She also steers clear of “fads” such as millet-based options. “They don’t suit me, and they do make me feel very heavy on the stomach lining.” Fried foods, potatoes, fizzy beverages, and booze have all been eliminated from her diet. If she feels like having something sweet, she has “a fruit or an occasional date. Natural sugars every now and again, are fine!
But it wasn’t just about food. Exercise—specifically walking—played a massive role. “I walk every day… 1.5 hours in the morning and 1 hour in the evening. Daily. Without fail.” For Anandita, fitness became a tool to regulate her anxiety and sleep patterns. “I’ve been a clinical anxiety patient and insomniac since 2018… my mind shift has changed 100 percent from August 2024 to the present.”
Her message is one of patience, resilience, and internal strength. “Just be super consistent with your diet and exercise routine… My favourite statement to quote is ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day.’ Be patient and diligently follow a set routine you’ve set yourself.”
Anandita’s weight loss journey is a reminder that with enough discipline and consistency, everything is possible.
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