Time for Day in the Life: Mel’s Meals where I show you everything I ate and drank throughout the day. I do not show you how much water I drink per day, but if you are interested then let me know. I average between 4-5 liters per day, occasionally 6. Yep, lots of water and LOTS of bathroom breaks! Here is everything I ate on Monday.
4:30am – Preworkout
1 liter of water, half plain and the other half mixed with 1 scoop MusclePharm Assault (fruit punch). 1 BCAA capsule pre-workout, 1 capsule post-workout.
1/4 cup 1% cottage cheese mixed with 1/4 scoop MusclePharm Isolate Protein (chocolate)
6:30am – Meal #1
Sorry for the blurry picture! I didn’t notice until AFTER I had it uploaded. For breakfast I had an egg scramble with 1 whole egg, 4 egg whites, and 50 grams zucchini (grilled over the weekend). I had one slice of Alvarado’s Flax Seed Bread topped with 1 oz avocado plus salt and red pepper flakes. I needed a few more calories (surprisingly) so I also had 4 oz Greek yogurt, 1/2 Tbsp Justin’s almond butter, and 29 grams of banana microwaved with 1 tsp coconut oil (heat until melted then add some cinnamon — delicious!). The coconut oil, banana, and cinnamon help sweeten the yogurt slightly, but I added 2 grams of agave as well to help offset the tartness of the Greek yogurt.
10:00am – Meal #2
I made a Banana Blueberry Breakfast Cake on Sunday during meal prep (recipe heading your way soon). I brought 1/16 of that recipe, plus 4 egg whites, 1/2 scoop MusclePharm, Isolate Protein (vanilla), and 3/4 Tbsp Justin’s Almond Butter. I started eating before taking the picture, so that is why it looks like I have very few egg whites! It started as four, but this picture looks more like one. Whoops. #hungrygirlproblems
1:15pm- Meal #3
I had a late lunch Monday. I decided to do a little extra HIIT cardio over the noon hour (30 minutes on the elliptical) so I ate lunch after that. I made hamburgers on Sunday using the same recipe as Hamburger Lettuce Wraps, but made five patties instead of six and different seasonings. I also had 3 oz sweet potatoes, 70 grams asparagus, and 50 grams cooked cabbage.
4:00pm – Meal #4
5 oz pork loin, 100 grams broccoli, and 1 oz avocado. I made a brown rice salad using grilled vegetables (another recipe for a future post). I used sweet brown rice, which is apparently brown sushi rice. It was nice and sticky – I loved it! I had roughly 1/2 cup of this mixture.
6:30pm – Meal #5
Dinner was a gigantic veggie salad (we have a ton of vegetables in the fridge right now, which I love). It was about 1 1/2 cup spring mix greens, 1 oz broccoli slaw, 35 grams carrots, 30 grams grape tomatoes, 37 grams cucumber, and 1/2 Tbsp Annie’s Lite Honey Mustard. Donny grilled some halibut. He seasoned half the fillets with a Cajun seasoning and the other half with Everglade Seasoning (it is from Florida and is salty, but delicious). I made some homemade fries using russet potatoes, extra virgin olive oil, and some salt and pepper. I had 4.6 oz halibut, 5.5 oz potatoes. I had used 1 Tbsp olive oil for all the potatoes and had a lot of carbs left at the end of the day so I got to eat a lot of fries! I calculated eating about half of them, meaning 1/2 Tbsp olive oil. This was a fantastic dinner and the extra carbs were perfect for my morning workout of cardio intervals!
That was it for today. I consumed 1,655 calories according to My Fitness Pal. 172 grams protein (3 under my goal), 134 carbs (3 over my goal), and 54 grams of fat (4 under my goal). I thought this was a good day of eating and I wasn’t hungry throughout the day. If you have questions about any of it, then let me know!
What is your favorite meal of the day?
