Ekta Kapoor has decided to concentrate on attaining a svelte figure and go slow on churning out soaps. She is all set to go on a crash diet, with the aim of losing 7 kgs in the next two months.

"I am going on a diet from this week. I need to lose at least seven kilos. At this moment I intend to give priority to my slimming plans over my career. In the next two months, I will lose seven kilos. That's a promise I've made to myself," says Ekta.

What prompted this drastic decision? Apparently when Ekta was in Bali with her friends for the New Year's, everyone just slipped into their swimming costumes and short skirts with the exception of Ekta cos she couldn't! That's when she began thinking about losing weight seriously.

"I'm not one to let challenges go by. As a child I was F-A-T, there were no two ways about it. If I had had the determination to become thin then, I can now manage to be really slim quite easily. Please wish me luck," she quips.