{"id":1769,"date":"2020-04-23T14:49:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T13:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1769"},"modified":"2020-04-23T15:29:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T14:29:34","slug":"ramadan-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/ramadan-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/84pEMBkXRyc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ramadan is almost upon us and this year it is going to be challenging for many Muslims around the world with the pandemic going on. Please remember to observe social distancing guidelines and stay safe.<\/p>\n<p>For the last few months I have kind of fallen off the Slimming World wagon and have just been eating what I wanted. This Ramadan, I intend on fully getting back on track with my food habits and hopefully will carry on after Ramadan ends too.<\/p>\n<p>I have done my first week meal planner for Ramadan to include foods I enjoy eating and all part of the plan. My healthy extras are mainly being used at Suhoor time with my meals at Iftaar mostly being Free Food or low in syns. All the recipes can be found here on my blog. I hope this is useful for anyone following Slimming World or anyone that just wants some ideas on what to eat!<\/p>\n<p>I will open my fasts everyday with a date (syns) and fresh fruit with plenty of water, followed by the main meal. I intend on keeping active this Ramadan by doing home walking videos. If you&#8217;ve not tried this before, do give it ago. It is amazing! There are lots of Youtube videos of walking at home to choose from, I usually follow &#8216;Walk at Home by Leslie Sansone&#8217;. There are different miles to chose from and you can work up a sweat without having to do any burpees or squats! I will do around 3 of these a week.<\/p>\n<p>What are your plans for this Ramadan? Are you going to be following Slimming World or being active at all? Remember this planner is just to give you an idea of what I will be eating, you don&#8217;t have to follow it to the letter or follow it at all. Everyone likes different foods and with SW it is so easy to adapt many dishes, it is not all just salad! Plan meals you&#8217;ll enjoy eating that fits with the plan. I know some people find there are too many carbs on my planner but with SW carbs are not banned! The carbs included in my Iftaar are Free Foods (apart from the pitta bread on day 7), and if you are a SW member, then you&#8217;ll know that Free Foods are unlimited and you don&#8217;t have to weigh, measure or count quantities of these foods in any way. Remember the two golden rules of a healthy diet:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0A wide variety of food<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Everything in moderation<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you follow the plan properly, you will lose weight. Measure your healthy extras accurately and count your syns carefully. It is as simple as that!<\/p>\n<p>Hope you all have a blessed Ramadan. Please remember my family and I in your prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Ramadan Mubarak x<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1768\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1768\" data-attachment-id=\"1768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/ramadan-2020\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"887,810\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ramadan 2020 Planner Week1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ramadan 2020 Planner Week1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ramadan 2020 Planner Week1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929-300x274.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929-300x274.jpg\" alt=\"Ramadan 2020 Planner Week1\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929-768x701.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929-816x745.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ramadan_2020_planner_wk13462875228431838929.jpg 887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramadan 2020 Planner Week1<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramadan is almost upon us and this year it is going to be challenging for many Muslims around the world with the pandemic going on. Please remember to observe social distancing guidelines and stay safe. For the last few months I have kind of fallen off the Slimming World wagon and have just been eating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[120,316,785,786,787,14,788],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89etY-sx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1446,"url":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/ramadan-2019-meal-planner\/","url_meta":{"origin":1769,"position":0},"title":"Ramadan 2019 Meal Planner","author":"Rahema","date":"May 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I posted a poll on my Instagram today asking if people wanted to see my meal plan for this Ramadan, and the majority said yes so here it is! 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