MY LIFE IS MY GYM: PRIYANKA

For actor Priyanka Chopra (left), who now divides her time between two continents, her hectic life has become her gym and she has customised a special exercise regime called PC’s on the job workout.

The actor has let out her food and fitness secrets in a new book compiled by former model and Miss India International, Shvetha Jaishankar. The book features inventive ideas and recipes from the kitchens of India’s top models and actors..

“I work eighteen-hour a day with little or no time off. I’m never sedentary in those hours — running between set and my makeup trailer, going from one event to the next...it kind of makes up for the lack of exercising that I do! My life is my gym and my playground,” the book quotes Chopra as saying.

She credits the “amazing metabolism” that she was born and her work routine for her fitness, which works wonders for her — she can gorge on anything that she wants to. “I don’t ever have to think about what I’m eating or count the calories, (except when I am training for a specific look), so I eat what makes me happy,” she says.

The former Miss India World was recently appointed as the UNICEF Global Goodwill Ambassador. Chopra likes to have an eclectic mix on her plate with her favourites such as tuna tartare, rajma chawal and pizza. She is also an expert at concocting her own recipes to satiate her taste-buds.

In the book, she talks about one of her greatest food discoveries — Caviar and potato chips, that she invented on a promotional trip to Los Angeles.