What I Eat In A Day

Happy Monday everyone!! I hope you all had a great weekend. I’m super excited to be writing this post for two reasons: 1. I’ve had a ton of requests to cover this topic and 2. I am pretty passionate about food. I love sharing healthy meal and snack ideas each week on IG stories, and I always get amazing feedback whenever I share anything food related. If you watch my stories then you probably won’t see anything new here, but I thought it was about time to get a post up on the blog so that you all can refer back to if you ever want to.

I want to start by saying that I’m not a nutritionist or a dietician, and I’m not suggesting that anyone eats the same things as I do. I by no means eat perfect (or even close to it – ya’ll know I eat pizza pretty much twice a week.) I don’t count calories or macros at this time, but I have before so I have a pretty good idea of what I’m putting into my body each day. I’m personally not a fan of “diets” or restriction in general, and I believe that everything is ok in moderation. So here is what a typical day of eating looks like for me:

Breakfast

I start each day with a cup of black coffee or tea. Sometimes I’ll put a splash of almond milk in my coffee if I don’t feel like waiting for it to cool down, but other than that I drink it black. Breakfast is my most important meal of the day and I always make time to cook breakfast, no matter what. I try to make sure that I have a decent portion of carbs, fat & protein in every breakfast to give me energy for the day – if for some reason I have to skip breakfast it literally throws my body off for the entire day and I’m a bottomless pit. Here are a few of my go-to breakfasts:

Avocado toast and scrambled egg whites
Egg white omelette with spinach, onion, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese
Toast topped with a slice of tomato and “egg salad” made from 1-2 hard boiled eggs and 1/2 avocado mixed together
Toast topped with mashed avocado and a poached egg
Bowl of grits topped with scrambled egg whites, cheese, and bacon
English muffin (or toast) topped with smoked salmon and a poached egg
Protein pancakes (I use the Kodiak cakes box mix)
Egg and cheese sandwich on an English muffin

Lunch

During the week I try to eat a smaller meal for lunch and then an afternoon snack to avoid feeling sleepy and sluggish throughout the afternoon. The weekend is another story because lunch/brunch is the highlight meal, but for this blog post I’ll focus on weekday lunches:

Turkey sandwich (or wrap) with sliced cucumbers
Salad with grilled chicken
Chopped cucumber, tomato, avocado & turkey salad topped with olive oil, spices, & feta
BLT lettuce wrap
2 pieces of toast topped with hummus and cucumber or tomato, olives, onion, feta
Home made chicken salad sandwich or on a salad
Avocado tacos – corn tortillas, sliced avocado, chopped onion, spinach, salsa verde
Toast topped with lettuce and tuna salad
Leftovers

Snacks

Snacks are a must for me, especially post-gym and in between lunch and dinner. I try and stick to some of these high protein snacks because they keep me satisfied the longest:

Hard boiled eggs
Low fat cottage cheese
Edamame
Greek yogurt
Carrots or celery with hummus
Slices of turkey rolled up & dip in mustard
Smoked salmon with crackers

Dinner

I cook dinner at home probably 5 nights out of the week, and the other 2 usually involve sushi or pizza takeout. I love cooking dinner and I honestly look forward to it every day – the kitchen is my happy place. But with my schedule I don’t have a ton of time to spend on dinner, so I usually go for meals that are quick and easy to throw together. Here are a few favorites:

Baked salmon with mashed potatoes (or mashed cauliflower) and a broccoli
Panko crusted baked chicken and vegetables
Shrimp scampi with zoodles
Chicken Alfredo pasta and a salad
Teriyaki chicken with baby carrots and cauliflower rice
Tuna poke bowl with avocado, cucumber, edamame, etc.
Baked bbq chicken with vegetables
Cheeseburger sliders (lettuce wrap for low carb)
Home made pizza with pesto, fresh mozzarella and vegetables

Dessert

I go through phases with dessert where I either it eat every day, or I don’t want it at all. Right now I’m not that into dessert, but when I am – these are my favorites:

Haagen Dazs salted caramel gelato
Dark chocolate
Talenti coconut almond chocolate gelato

And that’s it! I hope this was helpful or interesting for ya’ll – if you like this type of post and would like to see more food related blog posts (recipes or anything like that) please let me know! Thanks for stopping by 🙂