Sania Mirza says stubborn, disciplined approach helped her curb temptation to cheat diet

Coming back from a lengthy hiatus is never easy for any athlete, especially after giving birth to a child, which makes it a t more difficult to make a comeback. US tennis star Serena Williams won title after making a comeback to following birth of her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. India tennis star Sania Mirza also joined list of sports celebs who bounced back in style after having a baby.

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Sania Mirza training: Tennis star reveals her biggest inspiration

Sania Mirza training program has seen her lose 26 kilos in past four months. This week, while speaking to a leing publication she said that her biggest inspiration was to get back to playing competitive tennis post birth of her child. She said that to get back to tennis, she h to regain her fitness level and lose weight.

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Sania Mirza training: Tennis star reveals difficulty post-pregnancy 

During interview, Sania Mirza said that she was handed a reality check on her fitness when she stepped on  tremill and found out that she could t walk for more than three minutes. Sania Mirza training regime took backseat post-pregnancy because she was t allowed to do core exercises and could only do cardio. In interview, she revealed that since she was breastfeeding her kid at that time, it was more challenging for her to get back to fitness. She only started to do core exercises once she h lost 15-17 kilos in training.

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Sania Mirza diet: How she mand to curb cheating 

Sania Mirza diet currently includes spinach, fish, eggs and chicken after she stopped consuming dairy products, gluten, processed sugar and red meat. During interview, she revealed that toughest thing for her was to keep off chai (tea) since she missed it a lot for four months. She said that initially, she found it tough to get back to her diet and often felt like t following her diet r go to gym, but it was her stubborn and disciplined nature that helped her in curbing temptation to cheat on her diet. 

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Qatar Open: Sania Mirza falls in first hurdle

Coming back from injury, Sania Mirza recently took part in Qatar Open. Her comeback was shortlived after she, along with her doubles partner Caroline Garcia of France were ousted in doubles first round of  tournament. pair lost ir match to Cagla Buyukakcay and Laura Siegemund 6-4, 7-5 victory in 1 hour and 26 minutes.