Five women CEO’s fitness mantra

They are successful, hard-working, pressed for time and barely manage five hours of sleep. Then, what is the secret of their energy? Here is the fitness mantra of five top women CEO's decoded just for you.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chief Managing Director, Biocon Limited

She believes in the restorative influence of water. She admitted in an interview, “I am a water baby.” Her workout schedule is a combination of swimming, yoga and cardio for an hour on weekdays. It may stretch by an extra half hour on weekends. Her diet comprises cereal and a fruit in the breakfast, salad and soup for lunch, and, some carbs, meat and salad for dinner.

Nadia Chauhan Kurup, Joint Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer, Parle Agro

A mother of two, she hits the gym for kickboxing and weight-training. Her other indulgences are swimming, horse-riding and running on the beach. She keeps an eye on her food intake and follows a balanced diet plan. She once confided in an interview with The Economic Times, “

Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries

Her day starts with stretches and pranayama, and she sweats it out at the gym for half an hour. When she has the luxury of time, you can catch her playing squash or tennis. She does not binge at all. She eats everything but watches the portion size. Her famous punch line is, “Staying healthy is about feeling good, eating right and exercising wise.”

Zahabiya Khorakiwala, Managing Director, Wockhardt Hospitals

She swears by fitness and spends her mornings with her gym instructor for workout sessions. She is a foodie. She believes in awakening the people, '"to engage more in outdoor activities, eat healthy, live healthy and be fit." True to her word, she recently organised a health camp in Mumbai along with Shipla Shetty Kundra, to create awareness about rising lifestyle diseases.

Shahnaz Hussain, Chairperson and Managing Director, Shahnaz Husain Group of Companies

She relies on a healthy lifestyle interspersed with exercise and nutrition. Her mornings start with pranayama, stretches and yoga exercises. For breakfast, she has nuts, vitamin C supplements, cornflakes and papaya juice, lukewarm water with honey and lemon during the mid-day, rotis and vegetables for lunch, and, cornflakes for dinner. The uncrowned tycoon of the beauty business, she often emphasises the importance of good health for beauty. She believes in the healing power of yoga and its practise on daily basis for holistic health. She once wrote for The Times of India, “The appeal of yoga lies in the fact that it helps both body and mind.”

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