What I Eat In A Day

What I Eat In A Day. As requested, I am writing a blog post to show what I eat in a day. Let me preface this by saying I am still doing Faster Way to Fat Loss and this is what I would eat on a regular macro day. My food intake is different on low carb days and low macro days.

Friends, honestly, I don’t really like these “what I eat in a day” type posts but I am writing this because many of you have signed up for Faster Way to Fat Loss or are interested and want to see what the meal plans look like. Prior to starting this program, I was literally eating anything I wanted. And because I cook and make food and recipes for my job, I was literally surrounded by food all the time. I was eating constantly and not omitting anything from my diet. 

Because my goal was weight loss, I put on a little over 10 pounds over the years, I mainly cut out dairy, gluten, bread and pasta. I also pretty much cut out sweets and dessert, with the exception of my Saturday treat day. For me, this shift was major and I think that’s partly why I saw significant changes to my body so quickly. 

First Meal of the Day

I follow the 16 hour intermittent fasting protocol so I fast from 7pm to 11am. My first meal of the day is at 11am. I do have black coffee in the morning with a splash of Nut pods. Just a splash so I don’t break my fast and lately because I am working out more, I have added in drinking water with electrolyte powder, I love this one and if you are new to electrolytes, get this sampler pack so you can find the flavor you like!  I drink a few sips of this in the morning before my workout and more throughout the day if I feel I need it. 

Many of you have asked what to do if you are hangry in the morning. It took me a few weeks to get used to not eating my protein bar in the mornings before my workouts and I would drown my coffee with coffee creamer. Now I am so used to the black coffee with just a tiny bit of nut pods, I can’t imagine having all that sugar in my coffee. My tip: keep yourself busy in the morning. Whatever you can do to keep yourself busy until 11am, do it. Clean the house, do laundry, workout, take a walk, journal, do anything and stay away from the kitchen. Trust me, after week 3, the fasting should be easier. 

My first meal of the day is usually eggs with veggies or sausage or bacon, overnight oats with fruit and almond butter or a smoothie. The meal plan gives you a pancake recipe for Saturdays but I’ve only made them once and they were more trouble to make and didn’t taste very good to me.  I use avocado oil now instead of olive oil and just season my eggs with a little salt. No milk, nothing added to the eggs.

How I Season My Food

I mentioned this on my Instagram stories, but I always marinate my chicken. I pretty much mainly eat chicken breast and if I’m going to eat chicken, I want it to be juicy and flavorful.  Click here for my go-to recipes. So easy. I do this at least 1-2 times a week. When I’m sick of chicken, I eat canned tuna, salmon or ground turkey. 

I add pickled red onions on and in a lot of my foods. Sometimes, I just splash some red wine or apple cider vinegar over my salads. I use salt and pepper. I use Everything but the bagel seasoning. I’ll add a few splashes of coconut aminos. I don’t eat or use soy sauce anymore for myself.  Sometimes, I’ll just add coconut aminos and salt and pepper over sautéed vegetables. I guess I keep the seasoning to a minimum now but my food still tastes good. I’ll add apples into my salads for flavor and crunch. I always make this Dijon vinaigrette for salads. You just get creative! 

Healthy Options for Snacks

Depending on what my macros goals are for the day (net carbs, fiber, fat and protein), sometimes I don’t have a morning snack. But if I’m hungry, I eat! Eat when you are hungry!! Don’t go crazy but don’t deny yourself either.  If you find that you are hungry all the time, talk to your coach and you might need to reset your macro goals.

During the 6-week program, I found that I had so much energy, I started working out more. I would come home from a class and feel like I didn’t workout at all, so I would also do the Faster Way to Fat Loss app workout. At the beginning of the 6 weeks, I would only do one workout a day but as time went on and my energy level spiked, I started working in other workouts or workouts that would target specific areas on my body; like my butt and my arms etc. I came to a time period where I was working out and burning through the food I was eating and I was so hungry so we increased my macro goals and I’m good now. 

Healthy snack options that I always choose: apples with peanut butter (and buy natural peanut butter!). By the way, I read labels now! I always look to see if there’s any added sugar. Siete chips and hummus, raw veggies and hummus, raw vegetables and mustard, raw vegetables on their own, nuts: almonds, walnuts and pecans are my faves. I try to limit the number of cashews I eat. I also only eat a handful (1/4 to 1/3 cup) of nuts when I’m snacking. Nuts are great snacks but are also high in fats so we can’t eat cups and cups of nuts unfortunately. Cottage cheese, yogurt (I would recommend these as snacks after the 6 week program), these protein energy bites. 

On this day, I had some bell peppers and almonds for another snack. For lunch, I had the chicken and snow peas above and a chicken salad for dinner. 

TO RECAP: WHAT I ATE 

Meal 1: eggs with leftover sautéed vegetables 

Snack: fruit bowl

Meal 2: Chicken breast and leftover sautéed vegetables 

Snack: raw veggies and nuts

Meal 3: Salad with grilled chicken, half an avocado and pecans 

Meal Prep and Meal Planning

I always have lots of fruit and vegetables chopped up and washed and ready to go. I also always try to have cooked chicken breast or hard boiled eggs made and in the fridge. That way, if I get home from working out and I’m hungry, I can munch on some protein. 

The Faster Way app is incredible. I hope you love it too! I actually have really enjoyed their meal plans and have made a lot of the recipes from the app! For time savers: I cook extra of something I like and will have it for another meal the following day. So, one night I made stir fry with the snow peas and bell peppers and made extra so I could eat more veggies for Meal #1 (with eggs above) and for lunch with my chicken breast. I am fine eating some of the same foods two days in a row. Some days, if I don’t feel like cooking and if it’s works with my macros, I’ll go buy some sashimi from the grocery store and will eat just the fish with some nori. 

This new way of life certainly has me prepping more food and cooking more because I cook a separate dinner for my family. I am 100% ok with this. I am prioritizing myself and my personal goals right now so if I have to cook another dinner for my husband and kids, I am happy to do it. I hope you can find joy in meal planning and meal prep and I really hope you enjoy the 6 week program! Bravo for choosing you and for taking the first step to getting to your personal goals!!! 

If you have any questions, please reach out to me. Email is best: alice@hipfoodiemom.com 

YOU GOT THIS!!!!WE GOT THIS!!!!! LET’S GOOOOOOOOOO!