Had a heavy lunch? 7 readers share ways to make dinner lighter

Vegetarian meals are far more simpler and calorie-light in comparison to non vegetarian meals. Roast some vegetables or make a healthy soup and you will be able to ease your hunger pangs. It works!

(29 year old Mughda Sharma, fashion consultant)

This is actually a no brainer. We all know carbs are difficult to digest before bedtime so it's safest to avoid them completely at dinner time. Instead focus on healthy proteins and fibre. It always works for me.

(23-year old Shikha Patil, call center employee)

While the title suggests lighter, we understand that your dinner also has to be satisfying (especially if you are a foodie). Want to know how? Here are things that worked for our readers:

We all weight watchers fear dinner time. The meal that decides how we will wake up feeling the next day or what our weighing scale will indicate. While a heavy dinner is clearly an unpardonable sin, a heavy lunch still has an easy redemption plan. From lunch to bedtime, your body has a lot of time to digest your loaded meal. So here is the plan...

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I keep interesting dressings at home and so it's easy to fix a light and healthy salad. Add vegetables, from carrots, broccoli, spring onion, lettuce, bell peppers and add some nuts to the bowl. Season it as per your taste and you are good to go! My kids love it too.

(37 year old Pratibha Sinha, homemaker)

Yes, saltfree. If you can't resist carbs, prepare yourself a salt free sandwich with vegetables of your choice. To add flavour, mix the veggies with herbs and you won't miss salt at all! I promise

(41 year old Saurabh Sinha, investment banker)

Never let leftovers hang around in your fridge. Move all the extra food out of your sight (and mind). This will help you portion your meals and stick to a light dinner.

(33 year old Huma Verma, freelancer)

Take a stroll if you have had a heavy lunch. It will surely make you feel better

(19 year old Pratap Soni, student)

Guilt doesn't help you eat healthy. In fact such emotional behavior is often linked to binge eating. Forgive yourself - for the meal was not dinner but lunch.

(36 year old Kashika Behl, yoga teacher)