Wedding season without starting over
Five functions in eleven days. A plan for the days around them, not for the buffet itself.
The short answer
Read this bit if nothing else
Nobody diets at a wedding and nobody should try. The damage in wedding season does not come from the wedding — it comes from the fortnight of mithai boxes, late nights and skipped breakfasts around it. Eat properly at the function; run the plan on every other day.
स्रोत·Computed from ThaliFacts food data·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
What it adds up to
A typical plate and a half at a reception
- समोसा ×2512 kcal
- Paneer Tikka ×1294 kcal
- Butter Naan ×1288 kcal
- Shahi Paneer ×1323 kcal
- Gulab Jamun ×2258 kcal
What actually works
- Do not arrive hungry.
- Skipping lunch to 'save room' is the single most reliable way to eat twice as much at 10 pm. A bowl of curd or a glass of chaas before you leave costs about 80 kcal and changes the whole evening.
- Starters are the meal.
- At most Indian receptions the starters run for two hours and carry more oil than the main course. Take from the tandoor counter and let the fried tray pass.
- One plate, sitting down.
- Standing and grazing has no end signal. A single seated plate does.
- The next morning is the lever.
- Not a fast — a normal breakfast with protein, a normal lunch, extra water and a walk. Compensating with a starvation day is what turns one heavy night into a bad week.
- Mithai boxes have a shelf.
- The box on the kitchen counter gets eaten because it is visible. Move it, give it away, and the problem largely solves itself.
Put it into a week
Guides are for the awkward days. The plans are for the ordinary ones.
The other awkward days
What people ask about this one
Wedding season without starting over?
Nobody diets at a wedding and nobody should try. The damage in wedding season does not come from the wedding — it comes from the fortnight of mithai boxes, late nights and skipped breakfasts around it. Eat properly at the function; run the plan on every other day.
Are these figures exact?
They are computed from Indian food composition data at the serving sizes shown, which makes them a good estimate of home cooking and a conservative estimate of restaurant cooking. A restaurant version of any dish here can run 30 to 60% higher, almost entirely because of fat.
कॅलरी व मॅक्रो ThaliFacts डेटासेटवरून मोजले आहेत, जो आधारित आहे Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN), त्यासोबत या साइटसाठी अंदाज काढलेले आणि चिन्हांकित केलेले प्रादेशिक पदार्थ est ते जिथे जिथे येतात तिथे. प्रत्येक बिल्डला ऊर्जा 4P + 4C + 9F शी जुळवून पाहिली जाते. प्रत्येक स्रोत, तो शेवटचा कधी तपासला त्या तारखेसह, इथे दिला आहे — स्रोत पृष्ठ. फक्त सर्वसाधारण माहिती — वैद्यकीय किंवा आहारविषयक सल्ला नाही. या सरासरी मूल्यांवर आधारित उदाहरणादाखल योजना आहेत; त्या प्रिस्क्रिप्शन नाहीत आणि त्यांत ॲलर्जी, आजार किंवा औषधे विचारात घेता येत नाहीत.
स्रोत·Computed from ThaliFacts food data·पुनरावलोकन जुलै 2026
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