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My vital statistics: I am five feet eight-and-a-half inches tall and my measurements are 34-24-37.
Fitness for me is: A way to be healthy. It’s an assurance of good health.
My fitness regimen: Right now, I’m doing a lot of muscle building with yoga on alternate days. I do weight training at least three times a week. Yoga stretches me out. It's really made me a healthier person.
My diet: Is pretty normal. I eat everything in the right proportion. I have aloe vera juice in the morning, then a cup of tea and wheat flakes. In the afternoon, I have a wholesome meal with chapatti and ghee, dal, sabzi, chicken. I think ghee is really good. If possible I have nuts in the evening.
I looked fittest on-screen: In Dus. I remember during the ‘Baras ja’ song. Shamita and I were both working out in our gym.
If I had to rate my body on a scale of one to ten, I would say: It’s well-maintained. In Phir Milenge I was supposed to look a certain way. In Dus, I started working out. But I believe a woman should look like a woman. I am doing an action-oriented role in my own film so I am switching to complete heavy weights. I am going to look very tough but I’m not going to look like a man. My body is going to look completely different in that movie.
The Bollywood actress with the fittest body: My sister, Shamita. She is someone I take advice from as well. She knows exactly what dish has what amount of carbohydrates or protein. She is a complete psycho when it comes to food and fitness.
The Bollywood heroes with the fittest body: Salman and Akshay Kumar are really fit for their age. Akshay is lean and Salman is muscular. They are two totally different bodies but both are very fit.
The body part I love training: My legs
The body part I hate training: My upper body and calves.
My best body feature: My stomach. My sister says that. I have a long torso.
My worst body feature: This question can’t be for me (laughs).
The best compliment I have got: People tell me that I look my best now. I really agree with it.
I started working out: Eight years ago. But I have always been very fit. I have been genetically blessed but I was not toned. I used to be a volleyball player. I have represented Bombay district. I also did karate in school.
My introduction to yoga: Five years ago, I suffered a very bad neck. I had a spondylosis problem and my physiotherapist suggested yoga. That’s how I got into yoga. When I was in the Big Brother house, I used to do yoga because for yoga you don’t need equipment like a treadmill or anything. You just rely on your own knowledge. You are getting fit on your own. The whole fad of yoga started in Britain because of that. When I came out of the house, people were like ‘You did yoga in the house. You taught people meditation.’ I had all these firangs in the house and I was teaching them Om.
The gym I workout in: I have my own gym, luckily. That’s one good thing that I have done in my life (laughs). I used to hate going to the gym. So I bought the sixth floor (in Juhu) and I have put up my own gym there.
My personal trainer: Sherin. He is my weight trainer.
If I don't workout I feel: Incomplete.
When I workout I feel: Fit.
My opinion on the size zero and six pack trend? Six pack is fine but the ‘size zero’ trend is something that is too over-hyped. Size zero is not something that everybody should aspire to. I wouldn’t advice my fans to become a size zero.
Would I like my man to have a six pack? Who wouldn’t like her man to have a six pack but that’s not a criterion for me. It’s very difficult to maintain a six pack. People who have a six pack work out two times a day.
A piece of advice for young girls aspiring to fitness: Buy my yoga DVD (laughs).