Hey Everyone!
Since my Fitness RX blog about the no-meat athlete, I have been getting tons of emails about my daily nutrition. So here it is!
My Vegan Nutrition
Here is my nutrition 90% of the time in my off-season. These are my staples unless I have a few cheat meals on the weekends. Everyone who knows me knows that I like to hit my favorite Mexican restaurant Cantina Laredo once in a while for my beloved chips, salsa, guac, and margaritas.
My personal rules I follow:
1. Eat 5-6 small meals a day
2. Eat organic when available
3. Eat 80% raw/fresh for the enzyme activity
4. Juice once or twice a day (love my juicer!) and a shot of wheatgrass
5. More veggies than fruit in a day
6. Lots of water throughout the day
7. If I am super hungry at night, I drink hot decaffeinated dandelion root tea with stevia and if that doesn’t cut it; I eat a serving of fresh fruit. Nobody gets fat eating a serving size of fruit.
Here are my top menu choices in each category-
Upon rising I drink hot lemon water
Breakfast:
Fruit smoothie-1 scoop of Vanilla Sun Warrior protein powder, 8 oz water, 1 cup frozen raspberries, 1 cup fresh mixed berries, 1 tablespoon coconut oil, ½ tablespoon of Sun Warrior Ormus Greens
1 cup green tea with Stevia
Multivitamins and digestive enzymes
OR
1 scoop protein powder in 1 cup gluten-free oatmeal with ½ cup of fresh berries
1 cup green tea with Stevia
My multivitamins
OR
My Lean Green Juice-
½ cucumber
1 pear
1 inch ginger root
3 asparagus spears
1 celery stalk
1 stalk of romaine lettuce
1 large leaf of kale
Juice all in my new juicer-Omega 8005!
Spirulina
Mid Morning Snack:
10 raw almonds and a piece of fruit (apple, banana, pear, ect)
OR
1 coconut milk yogurt with ½ scoop of protein powder and a piece of fruit
Lunch:
A large salad with quinoa
Salad-Spring Mix with tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, black olives, chick peas, cilantro, broccoli sprouts, quinoa, and ginger lime dressing on the side (I eat the entire thing)
OR
1 cup beans and ½ cup brown rice with a large salad with lots of fresh veggies
Afternoon snack:
¼ cup of hummus with 2 cups of raw veggies like celery, carrots, cauliflower, and baby tomatoes
OR
I will juice about 10 different veggies and drink it (makes about 12 oz.)
10 almonds on the side
OR
2 celery stalks with a tablespoon of almond butter in each
Dinner:
1 cup beans with ½ cup rice with my 12 oz. green juice
Juice-kale, romaine, asparagus, celery, cucumber, pear, spinach, and ginger root
Or
2 black bean tacos on corn tortillas with spinach, avocado, and fresh pico with a side salad
OR
1 cup black beans with ½ sweet potato, and 2 cups steamed veggies
Nighttime hunger cravings:
Hot dandelion root tea
OR
1 serving fresh fruit