Interactive session with Shilpa Shetty on "A Holistic Approach To Life & A Scientific Way of Being Fit" held

Hyderabad, March 9, 2016: Young FICCI Ladies Organisation(YFLO) celebrated International Women’s Day. To mark the occasion and celebrate the same, an interactive session with Shilpa Shetty on "A Holistic Approach To Life & A Scientific Way of Being Fit" held. Pinky Reddy, city’s well known personality was in conversation with her.

The session which was held at Park Hyatt on Wednesday was attended by well over 200 gathering of YFLO, FLO(FICCI Ladies Organisation) members and their spouses. It was the last program of the YFLO for the year.

Addressing the gathering Shilpa said I don’t understand why people run after the west when we already have the best ingredients here. People do not know how nutritious our locally grown or sourced food ingredients are and there is no need to look beyond border to tailor the perfect. Diet. Eat what belongs to you. You are an Indian and eat Indian ingredients which are best suited to you she told her audience.

Giving secret of ageing gracefully, she said, that she maintained her body weight of 56 to 60kgs for 25years of her life. But, when she became pregnant, she put on 32 kgs weight due to pregnancy. That weight she has lost in four and half months. The secret behind that is mind over body. Once you decide, you can do it. Women are far more mentally strong than men. If we put our mind to it, we will achievement. We have that determination she said.

Working out is not the solution. Eating right contributes 70 per cent for weight management and workout only contributes 30 per cent she said. So you better understand this balance, she said. If you achieve success or manage to loose weight, that is only possible because of the discipline. So should have strict discipline, she told the audience.

Make small changes. Eat all browns, avoid whites, she said.

Replying to a question that where do we get motivation to do excercise, she said you have to exercise , because you love yourself.

Replying to another question she said. She doent mind exploring to set up a Spa in Hyderabad. She owns a chain of Spas

I am a full time mother and part time professional she said in reply to a question as to what is keeping her busy. She also informed that she is penning down her second book. Writing is not my forte, but, I still managed to write my first book The Great Indain Diet. Now I am working on my second book, she informed.

Replying to another question, as to what keeps her driving at the age forty, she said. Happiness in life and staying positive in life she informed

She also explained her journey from Ms. Shetty to Mrs. Kundra as well as Big Boss journey, fame, foray into Yoga etc. She spoke well over 90 minutes and answered to many questions put in by the gathering.

Welcoming the gathering earlier, YFLO Chairperson, Samia Alam Khan said: “we live in a world today that is tremendously busy and extremely ambitious. Our life and career goal posts have aspired to break through glass ceilings. We do know the importance of good health”.

Yet we live so out of balance that our overall wellbeing and long term health is suffering. We do not pause for a second to listen to our own bodies and what it is trying to say. We see quick fixes in diets and sudden bursts in the gym. We mistake weight loss as staying healthy. We are a generation that is the most informed but not necessarily the most insightful. We all understand the importance of health in our lives, but struggle to implement a healthy lifestyle. That is sad truth... she added

Speaking further Samia said “the healthy living is the outcome of a healthy body that talks to a healthy mind and healthy soul. It is true that the greatest gift you can give your career, your family, your friends, your colleagues and the world is a healthy you”.

“Your body hears everything that your mind says”. Which means if your mind is not healthy, then your body most definitely won’t be. And this forms the core agenda this afternoon. What does it take to lead a healthy way of life, to develop and follow a fitness routine that works for your body and soul, Samia Alam Khan added

And to help us uncover and understand the healthy way of life, we have with us, two extremely successful, beautiful, inspirational women; our guests of honor for the evening, Shilpa Shetty Kundra in conversation with our very own Pinky Reddy, Samia announced

During this conversation, Shilpa will share her experiences and expert insights on the various aspects of healthy living like exercise regimen, nutrition and diets and ways to develop a holistic approach towards living. Our special guests will also touch upon various interesting aspects and insights mentioned in ‘The great Indian diet’, a wonderfully insightful book co-authored by ShilpaShetty and Luke Coutinho, Samia stated.

Samia gave brief outline of an initiative “PRANA’”, an ambitious initiative aimed at mobilizing resources for the wellbeing of underprivileged children by providing them basic health care to difficult surgeries free of cost.

This initiative was launched recently in partnership with Dr. VRK Medical College Hospital and Research Centre. We had a team of 25 Doctors across various specializations for conducting a health camp in 3 government schools, supported by FLO. A total number of over 800 children were checked and were administered with vitamin, calcium and general medication as per their diagnosis.