Updated On: 12 May, 2021 08:40 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
At a time when maintaining weight has become increasingly difficult, three ’90s actresses on successfully doing so across several decades.

Bhagyashree
Bhagyashree credits her ability to have maintained a svelte frame during her prime to her healthy eating habits. “We didn’t use the term intermittent fasting then, but I remember my first meal would inadvertently be lunch, followed by a cup of coffee in the evening, and then dinner. So, I was following the IF eating pattern back then too. Also, I would not consume rice and roti at the same time. Back then, if you could dance, and shoot for 12 hours a day without fainting, that was enough. Most of the actresses got their dose of exercise from dancing,” says the actor, now a nutritionist, whose interest in wellness stemmed from a desire to heal herself when she was told an arm injury would require surgery.
Instead of opting for the treatment, she decided to study about wellness, and tended herself back to health. Having once been unable to practice yoga — given that it puts the muscles of the arms under stress — Bhagyashree can now pull off inversions with enviable ease. “I realised that most of our diseases are psychosomatic. When you study about health, you realise that there is a lot that you are not doing correctly. People talk about a diet as something that requires you to cut things out of your meal plan. I see it as all that [you should add] to it.”