Time for Day in the Life: Mel’s Meals! Everything I eat is not a fancy recipe… in fact, I am pretty basic.
Here is everything I ate and drank yesterday. I never add my water intake, but I am pretty good about drinking water. Yesterday I consumed 6 liters of water (one right when I woke up, plus 5 more throughout the day at work). I pee a lot. And I mean a lot.
4:30am Preworkout:
1 liter of water – 1/2 plain, 1/2 mixed with 1 scoop of MusclePharm Assault. 1 BCAA capsule.
I made some Chocolate Cake Protein Bites the other day and ate one before the gym as well.
6:30am Meal #1:
1/3 cup quick oats made with water. I mixed in 1/2 scoop MusclePharm 100% Isolate Protein (vanilla). I microwaved 1/4 cup blueberries with 1/2 Tbsp coconut oil to make a syrup-like topping which I poured over the oatmeal. I also added 1 Tbsp raw cashew butter. I’m not going to lie, this was delicious! I highly recommend microwaving blueberries with coconut oil (30 seconds or so, just enough to melt the oil). On the side I had 4 egg whites cooked and sprinkled with a little salt and cinnamon. I also drank warm water with lemon.
9:45am Meal #2:
1 serving of a kale & red pepper frittata that I made over the weekend (this is 1/6 of the recipe). I poured some Cholula on top of the frittata. I also had 4 oz plain greek yogurt with 1/2 scoop MusclePharm 100% Isolate Protein (vanilla) mixed in and topped with 2/3 Tbsp Wild Friends Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter. I prefer isolate protein a lot of the time because there are zero carbs.
1:15pm Meal #3:
I had a noon appointment to get my eyelash extensions refilled so I had to eat lunch later than normal and I had to eat it at the office. This is 5oz of pork loin that we roasted in the oven, 2.2 oz green beans (grilled), 3.5oz white sweet potato (aka Japanese sweet potato), and 1oz avocado. These sweet potatoes are amazing! If you find them at the store then try them! We grilled ours.
4:15pm Meal #4:
Three meals at my desk today (boo), but sometimes that just happens. This is 5oz boneless, skinless chicken breast with 1 Tbsp yellow mustard and 100g “zoodles” (aka zucchini noodles). On the side I had 1/2 pear (88g) topped with 2/3 Tbsp raw cashew butter.
Before I began my meal prep for this week I decided to try to eat less grains for my carb intake and add more fruit. I would usually add a carb (a grain or legume), a protein, and a veggie of some sort per meal container. Instead of doing that, I kept 1/2 the containers with zero carb so I could add a fruit later (for example, the pear in this meal). I have liked it so far….
6:30pm Meal #5:
Donny made a brown rice and sweet corn succotash for dinner. He sautéed onion, sweet corn, brown rice, and an heirloom tomato in a little olive oil. It was really good! I had 3/4 cup of that, 5oz beef tenderloin (the picture only shows 3 oz or so, but I ate 5oz total), and 1 slice Ezekiel bread.
According to MyFitness Pal, I consumed 1,715 calories total. I was 3 grams short on protein, 3 grams over on fat, and 2 grams over on carbs. My goal is to be +/- 5 grams per macronutrient.
That is all for today. One thing I’ll mention is that I measure my nut butters by the gram, but in the post I mention it as tablespoons. I have 2/3 Tbsp a couple times, which is about 11 grams of nut butter. I am experimenting a little bit with my macros to try to get more carbs around my morning workout. My goal is to have a few more carbs for breakfast (to restore glycogen post-workout) and more from dinner (for energy the next day) compared to the other three meals throughout the day. I’ll keep you posted on how I like it!
My meals are very similar week to week, but check out my first two Mel’s Meals posts here: [#1] & [#2]
If you have questions about what I am eating or where I purchased it then let me know! I love talking food… almost as much as eating it!
