Clean eating foods don’t have to be boring. It can be simple meals thrown together in a matter of minutes! It takes a little bit of planning, but can be easy. I promise!
Day in the Life: Mel’s Meals is a weekly post which I show you everything that I eat and drink throughout the day. I try to eat as many whole foods as I can, but supplement with some convenience foods once in a while too. Scroll down to see all the different foods I ate throughout the day.
I aim for 1,600 calories per day with 40% of that coming from protein sources, 30% from carbohydrate sources and 30% from fat sources. I am typically very good at hitting those values Monday thru Thursday, but the weekends aren’t always perfect. Here is everything I ate on Monday.
4:30am – Preworkout:
I started the day bright and early (well, not quite so bright, but definitely early) with 1 liter of water. I drank half plain and the other half I used to mix 1 scoop MusclePharm Assualt (fruit punch), which is a preworkout supplement to help increase energy, endurance and focus. I also took 1 capsule BCAA before my workout and another after my workout.
I try to eat something light before I go to the gym. Today was 1/3 cup 1% cottage cheese mixed with two drops vanilla crème stevia and topped with 25 grams sliced banana and cinnamon.
6:30am – Meal #1:
I had one cup of coffee with a little stevia and 1/2 Tbsp creamer (French vanilla). Not the most clean creamer, but we had it in the fridge and I didn’t feel like using almond milk!
For breakfast, I had 5 egg whites scrambled with 50 grams zucchini and 1.5oz grape tomatoes. I topped that with 1/2 Tbsp homemade pesto and 1 large over-easy egg. On the side, I had 1 slice Eureka Top Seed Organic Bread with 1/2 Tbsp strawberry chia jam.
9:30am – Meal #2:
I made chia pudding for my mid-morning snacks this week. The chia pudding is made with 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk (vanilla), 2oz 2% Greek yogurt, 1 Tbsp chia and 3/4 scoop MusclePharm Isolate Protein (vanilla). I mixed all of that together in containers in the fridge.
I wanted to take different toppings each day to mix things up. On this particular day I topped the chia pudding with 1/4 cup blueberries, 1 Tbsp hemp hearts and 1 Tbsp dry roasted pepitas.
12:30pm – Meal #3:
Lunch was pretty basic. I had 4.15oz cod that was seasoned with Mrs. Dash Salt Free Garlic & Herb seasoning. I also had 2oz baby organic sweet potato and 3oz green beans.
4:15pm – Meal #4:
I had a veggie salad and some meatballs for my mid-afternoon snack. I had four meatballs and some yellow mustard. The salad was 2 cups chopped romaine, 1oz broccoli slaw, 1/2oz chopped sugar snap peas and 25 grams bell pepper. I also added 1oz avocado to the salad.
6:45p – Meal #5:
I have been really good about eating “real” dinners when Donny is out of town. However, I was craving more breakfast foods for dinner AND I didn’t want to spend a lot of time cooking.
Instead, I pulled one homemade whole wheat waffle out of the freezer. I defrosted it in the microwave and threw it in the toaster to make it crispy. I mixed 6oz 2% Greek yogurt with 1/4 scoop MusclePharm Isolate Protein (vanilla) and cinnamon.
I topped the waffle with some of the yogurt and left some in the bowl. I didn’t want to overload the waffle so whatever wouldn’t fit on it, I left in the remaining yogurt in the bowl I mixed it in.
I also had 1/4 cup blueberries, 50 grams sliced banana, 1 Tbsp toasted unsweetened coconut and 1/2 Tbsp cashew butter (these was divided among the bowl and waffle). I sprinkled a little cinnamon over the waffle and then dumped what I thought was a little TOO much cinnamon into the yogurt bowl. It actually ended up being a good amount of cinnamon in the yogurt bowl once I stirred it all up!
Well that was everything I had for Day in the Life: Mel’s Meals. In terms of macros, I consumed 160 grams protein (right at my goal), 123 grams carbohydrate (3 over my goal) and 56 grams fat (3 over my goal). It was a pretty good day of eating. Nothing too exciting, but nothing too terribly boring!
What has been your favorite healthy meal so far this week?
