One of the most common questions that I get asked is:
“So what do you eat, Sheila? Give me an example of what you would eat in a given day.”
In response, I give you… a day of my food, in pictures. This particular example is a lower calorie day…one that I might use during a cut (aka fat loss meal plan). I am not going to go into the breakdown of calories, etc since, as with any plan, everyone has different needs based on their specific goals and starting point. But this just gives you an example of the foods that I put together. If you are interested in figuring out proper calorie intake or meal plan ratios, refer to the articles, How Many Calories Should You Eat For Fat Loss? and the series, Your Guide To Meal Planning.
Breakfast
Chocolate Oats with Coconut, Sunflower Butter, and Cinna-Snaps with German Chocolate Flavored Coffee
Lunch
Tuna Salad
Recipe: Tweaked version of Protein Packed Tuna Salad
Snack
Blackberry Yogurt with Cinna-Snaps and Walnuts
I was going through a Cinna-Snap (Whole Foods brand) phase…
Dinner
Arichoke Chicken, Apple Salad, and Steamed Broccoli
Recipe: Artichoke Chicken
Dessert
Chocolate Protein Peanut Butter Dessert
Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Decadence
Vitamins (With Each Meal)
Multi-Vitamin and Fish Oil
Care to chime in? What did you eat today? Want to see more? Let me know in the comment section below.
Print This Post
{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }
Wow. Very cool. Can you add links to the recipes for the choc oats and choc protein desert?
Thanks.
Fit Mommy – actually the chocolate protein powder dessert recipe link is directly below the pic. The only thing that I did differently was that I did not freeze the mixture, I just added it together and ate it!
The chocolate oats recipe is pretty much a take off from this recipe: http://livewell360.com/2008/11/german-chocolate-oatmeal/ only nix the pecans and add the Cinna-Snaps and Sunflower Butter instead. I have been throwing together whatever I have on hand recently with my oats, and they have been turning out really well!
GORGEOUS photos!!!!! And delicious fresh eats!
YUMMY! Thanks Sheila. I actually started taking photos of my healthy meals that look and taste good and keeping them on my iphone so I will want them again when I’m deciding what to eat. I just browse the photos I saved when I’m trying to decide and it has been a good way to steer me away from my comfort foods that are loaded with calories. I highly recommend that others do it too! My husband has been doing it too and he just saves the photos to his phone, but I searched for a program that will let me link more info to the photo like nutritional values and glucose levels (I’m diabetic). I’m using thecarrot.com ,which I really like. Is anyone else doing this? Sheila–do you do this on a regular basis
Thanks Kath! I got on the Cinna-Snaps kick after seeing you eat them!
PhotoFoodie – What a great idea! Its so difficult to think of creative meals when you are trying to think on the fly. Having the images there, at your fingerstips, can make such a difference!
I have not used thecarrot.com, but it sounds like a fabulous idea. I don’t typically take pics of all of my food, but I have been toying with the idea of doing posts like this more often, because there has been quite a bit of activity coming to this post, so it seems that people are truly interested in this topic.
oops, I sent that too soon!
I was going to ask: Are you taking 3600 mg of fish oil a day?
Love the site !
Duh, actually I erased it — didn’t send it.
What i said was: I love your pictures! The food looks amazing!
Question: Why do you take a multi vitamin and fish oil with every meal? Isn’t it too much — especially vitamin A?
I take fish oil (1200 mg) a day– it says one a day on the bottle. I was wondering if you take that much or do you take three times that much?
Just curious. Really enjoying all the articles on your site!
Melissa,
The vitamins I take are the 3x per day type (I linked to them below the pic if you are interested in reading up on the brand). As for fish oil, I have done quite a bit of research on fats and fish oil in particular because I have finicky hormones, and I have found that my body performs better on higher fats (see: Top 5 Reasons to Eat Your Fats). It depends on your own personal situation and body, but I personally take 6000mg per day. Some health and wellness professionals actually recommend taking up to 10,000mg per day.
Glad you are enjoying the site!
OMG – I wish I lived right next door to you and Ryan – that way I could come over and eat your food, it looks so delicious – I know it wouldn’t taste good if I made it…. lol. Thanks for sharing.
Such great pictures. Those blackberries look amazing. I’m very curious about the Cinna-snaps now. May have to check them out. You make them look so good.
Hey Sheila!
Is that tuna salad recipe the same one you post on your site just without the pita?
Shelia,
GREAT pictures and post! I am asked constantly asked about a ‘typical day’ as well, and you have inspired me to spiff up my photos. Now we just need to work on switching your brand of coffee:)
Lorri – You crack me up! I am going to pretend you didn’t say “I know it wouldn’t taste good if I made it” because you know as well as I do that that is a cop-out. You can totally make this stuff!
Tracey – Yes, actually it is. I will link to that recipe. Thanks for reminding me!
Karen – The coffee cup is actually misleading. Got that from my Mom as a gift. The brand of coffee I actually buy is Schuil. LOVE their flavored coffees. I asked if they were going to start making flavored organic coffees, and no such luck any time soon. Darn.