Feel in the beauty

Model and tele-show host Gauhar Khan calls herself a "weight training fanatic"
Backstage, at the launch of a new range of products by
Swedishcosmetics major Oriflame, the air is hot and models scurry
about in preparation for the highlight of the evening — a fashion show
showcasing the range.
In a quieter corner a marked door reads 'Gauhar Khan'. Inside, the
showstopper for the evening, decked in a Dolly J ensemble, sits down
to talk about how she keeps in enviable shape.
Tied intrinsically to fitness is food and in Gauhar's case nothing is
off the table, she underlines. "I love everything that nature has to
offer and I'm notfinicky at all; I don't deprive myself of anything
good. If I need to have pastries once in a while I enjoy them." She
manages this approach because her body "reacts to happiness" and
working out gives her results that she seeks. Italso allows her to
freelyeat whatever she desires.
Gauhar says she relies on working out in the gym to keep fit and
considers herself a "weight training fanatic". She does not consider
herself a "yoga or meditation kind of person" and instead loves to
"sweat it out in the gym". She follows this regimen everyday as long
as there isn't some thing else tying her up.
Peace of mind, Gauhar believes, is essentially linked to the natural
surroundings that one is surrounded by. She says, "It depends on how
much nature I see around myself. When I am in Delhi I feel beautiful
because thereis a lot of greenery here, it's well maintained and that
makes me feel beautiful."
She hopes and prays that "we live in a much cleaner environment which
sadly we're not,"and feels "angry about educated people driving about
and chucking things out of their cars."
Beauty and well being, she opines, are a reflection of the inner self.
"You need to look beautiful at whatever rank you see yourself but if
you don't feel beautiful inside it doesn't show on your face."
Between beauty and fitness, Gauhar believesthat fitness is more
important and "you need to be healthy whatever size you are. If you
are a heavy weight lifter, even being a size 12 is not a bad thing."
"I am US size 4," she reveals, "and I am absolutely fine with that. I
love the way I feel."