Every week I like to document for an entire day everything I eat and drink to show you that clean eating is doable! It doesn’t have to be fancy or super complicated recipes. Half the time I don’t even use a recipe! I throw random ingredients in a bowl (or this time on a plate) and call it dinner!
If you have questions about how I prepared some of these foods then check out yesterday’s Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Week 9 post. It will show you what I bought at the grocery store for the week and how I prepared all my foods and meals for the week.
I didn’t consume as much water as I would have liked. I had plenty, but not as much as usual. I had 1 liter right off the bat and then 4 throughout the day. I usually drink two liters before lunch at the office, 1/2 or a full liter over lunch, then another 1-2 in the afternoon. I try not to drink anything after work because I’ll pee all. night. long.
Alright here is everything I ate and drank throughout the day.
4:30am – Pre-Workout
I woke up and drank 1 liter of water. Half I drank plain and the other half I mixed with 1 scoop MusclePharm Assault (fruit punch), my pre-workout supplement that helps with energy, endurance and focus. I took 1 BCAA (branched-chain amino acid) capsult pre-workout and one post-workout.
My pre-workout snack was 1/4 cup 1% cottage cheese mixed with cinnamon and 1/4 scoop MusclePharm Isolate Protein (vanilla) and topped with 20 grams sliced banana.
6:30am – Meal #1
Breakfast was a Greek yogurt bowl. I mixed 6oz 2% Greek yogurt (plain) with 1/3 scoop MusclePharm Isolate Protein (vanilla). I topped the yogurt with 130 grams diced nectarine (1 medium nectarine), 1 Tbsp pepitas and 1/2 Tbsp cashew butter. It was really good and super simple to make!
10:00am – Meal #2
I made overnight oats for my mid-morning meals this week. I mixed 2 Tbsp rolled oats, 1/3 cup almond milk, 2oz 2% Greek yogurt, 1 Tbsp chia, and 1/2 scoop MusclePharm Isolate Protein (vanilla). This particular day I topped that with 1/4 cup blueberries, 2 tsp hemp hearts and 1/2 Tbsp cashew butter. I left each oatnight oat bowl plain (no toppings) so that I could change it up every day.
12:30pm – Meal #3
Lunch was pretty simple. I had one homemade turkey burger patty topped with 1oz avocado and yellow mustard, 3oz Brussels sprouts, 100 grams zucchini, and 25 grams bell pepper. I was suppose to pack 1/4 cup 1% cottage cheese but I forgot it. I honestly didn’t miss it, but when I was looking back the next day I realized I didn’t ever eat that for lunch! If I would have looked I could have made up those calories with dessert!
4:00pm – Meal #4
My mid-afternoon snack was 4 oz cod, 3oz green beans, 50 grams broccoli, 50 grams cauliflower and 25 grams bell peppers. Simple, yet delicious!
7:00pm – Meal #5
Donny requested burrito bowls for dinner. It ended up being more of a deconstructed burrito on top of a bed of greens! I had about 1 cup spring mixed greens. I mixed together 2.5 oz pork tenderloin, 1/3 cup cannellini beans, 50 grams zucchini, 20 grams bell pepper and 2 Tbsp 505 Green Chile sauce. I microwaved that mixture to get it nice and hot. I dumped that on top of the greens then topped it with 1 Tbsp 2% Greek yogurt and 1 oz avocado.
I had some carbs left to eat so instead of adding rice or another starch I decided to have “dessert” after dinner. I mixed 75 grams sliced strawberries and 1/4 cup blueberries and sprinkled that with a tiny bit of stevia. I love fresh berries in the summer!
I was pretty close to my macros. I thought I was right on, but then I forgot to pack cottage cheese for lunch! Whoops. I was 6 grams protein under my goal (154 grams total), I was 2 grams short of carbs (118 grams total) and 3 short of my goal for fats (50 grams total). Not too shabby, but the cottage cheese would have given me a little more protein. I did pretty dang well with fiber, thanks to the beans! Women are suppose to consume 25 grams fiber each day and I had 33 grams!
Well that was everything for Day in the Life: Mel’s Meals. If you have questions about how I prepared some of these foods then check out yesterday Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep Week 9 post. Also, feel free to ask me questions via comments below, email, or Facebook!
