These days I’m at home and since my father comes home for lunch we normally have roti and chawal at both meal times. I try to alternate, say have roti at lunch and chawal for supper, but sometimes the garam phulkian are too irresistable. I’ve trying to cut down on the carb intake, on average how many rotis should one have in a day and how much rice? I’d say on average I have 1 to 1 and a 1/2 and some rice too.
(lost 2kg so far :D)
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too much carb? the less you eat, the better.
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I think its better if you lunch not to eat rice. But bread tosti something like this things.
Lunch shud be light i think.
I eat just rice in de evening and lunch if i feel hungery 1 slice bread.
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I only smell bread. Eat everything with lettuce.
jk
I like girls who eat phulkay. I think you should eat 3 for lunch and 6 at dinner. Morning may no phulkay but you can eat two paraathay.
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Depends if you're trying to follow a low carb diet or not and why you want to cut down on the carbs in the place.
If it's to aid weight loss, then it doesn't seem to be doing you any bad as you're losing weight anyway.
If you feel healthy enough and it fills your appetite then don't cut the carbs out just for the sake of it.
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LOL Funguy everyday pharata's uff!! i dont know how some pplz can eat it everydayIf i make pharata's sometime's i eat 1 sometime's 2 pharata wid cup of chay.
But everyday Pharata's no way. Befor i can think im more fat them i am now :(
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hmmm yeah I definitely need to lose at a faster rate, I'm getting quite desperate. Ive stopped eating toast, and I cant cut out carbs completely. I always have lots of salad. They say its better to eat more during the day than in the evening, so maybe I should eat the roti/chawal for lunch and not for dinner. Thanks everyone.
fungi, did you skip work again today? you're in a lafanga mood.
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oo congrats catty 
ive lost 7 kg … low carb diet is it! i eat cornflakes for morning with milk… (duhh)… then a salad .. lots of water (i think i drink 3 litres )… hmm… fresh carrot juice… V8… lots of protein from chicken and meat.. i just eat the meat or chicken from salan with my hands .. with a very small pce of roti or 1 big spoon of rice.. then for dinnertime again… chicken or meat.. no rice or roti this time.. before bed time. milk…
everyday teh same routine .. its workin for me… 
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I can never finish 1 roti never mind eat chawal aswell...i'l give up everything, even chocolate but will never give up bread...i love bread, Granary and pitta bread are the best kind.
You make chawal everyday?
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People are dying in Africa & you eat Roti & Salaan every day? tsk tsk tsk
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^ yea have pasta once in a while to keep the italians happy would ya
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wow khawa!! :k: 
Im going to follow your example! 7kg?? thats amazing, but you were never fat to begin with!!
MM, yeah :s my parents and I are always saying we should cut down but our family tends to enjoy food a tad too much. But my parents gym so they’re both quite fit, but I need to cut downn.
ahmedjee, what do you eat?
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we only have chawal maybe once a week, if that…iv have roti one day and something else the next, and i only eat roti cos my daddi makes me! very rarely eat in the evenings though, am usually forced too. As long as you exercise im sure you’l be fine.
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Fibre in roti keeps your digestive system working fine... so regular roti intake is good. And if you throw away the water from boiled rice, it won't be fattening either.
And this whole low-carb fad is so-2004. People have wisened up. Atleast in US. Its all about balanced diet, calorie count and regular exercise. These fancy diet plans are all a sham.
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^ you sound like my daddi, if there is ever a need for a 6 hour lecture on the advantages of roti, my daddi's your woman.
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I would never cut out carbs completely, i dont think i could do that but I know its worked for people.
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thats whats worked for me-ive gone down about a size and half-not really pounds wise as that turns into muscle as well, but the inches are gone
its not healthy to exclude anyone thing majorly
as far is roti is concerned-its only 100-130 calories per phulka
my weakness is chavel 
thats a lot worse thn the roti-more calories, more carbs, and its starch so just all around something one shouldn’t over indulge in
as for portion sizes, i really havent a clue-sorry!
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Nothing will work on me. Ever. I can not eat for an entire season and not lose weight. I can slim down but that flippin scale doesn't budge. Sucks.
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i,ve just lost 8 kilos eating pizzas and ice creams… the key is to love urself regularly. :k: 
ok ok ive lost 8 kilos, the thing with me is, during my non diet days, i totally pig out, large pizzas, litres of ice creams and cakes and donuts and what not… and then when i just get back to tuna sandwiches, water instead of soft drinks, and in general, watch my diet, i lose weight quite easily.
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Huh?