I know of a person, who for logical and personal reasons, undergoes strict diet. Whenever I hear her diet, I start feeling hungry!! No not because she has some delicious meals as part of her diet, nor is it that she makes her diet sound appetizing, its just that, the deprivation puts my mind into auto-hunger mode fearing that I would deprive my body the same way (and this even after a full meal!!!!!). All said and done, my hats off to her determination and discipline. To say it and do it are parallel lines and when I see one in flesh and blood actually doing it successfully makes me ashamed sometimes at my so called "will-power" or rather the lack of it - when it comes to dieting ( I suck at it - so finally I gave it up a year back! :) )

An acquaintance of ours, was telling us about how it is difficult for the body to process carbohydrates after noon. So, later the day, the more hard it is. He was telling us about how it would be a good idea to eat all carbs in the beg. of the day and Nada during evening and night.umm! Oh well...Too many calculations and planning as if the weekly Menu that I plan ( which incorporates all the essential nutrients from all quarters of the pyramid) is not enough! I dunno about you - but it takes close to an hour to write down b/f,lunch,snacks and dinner for 7 days keeping all this points in mind!!!!! Anyways, with all this health and balanced diet going on, I planned to cut down on rice (My body is made of rice- cutting it down is like taking out a vital part of the body- got to tell you that ;-)). Anyways, so went for Millet Upma/ Pilaf - call it what you will - along with a hearty tomato and herb dumpling soup! Made a very hearty and nutritious meal and ya well, it dint make me miss rice at all.