DAILY MEAL PLAN

I know we get very caught up in our busy scheduled lives and on-the-go food is wayyy easier than sitting down to make a meal, but it is important to fuel our bodies in the right and proper way! With how active I am, I hate dancing on a full stomach. So I do many smaller meals than three larger meals. It might seem to you that I am eating too much or too little but this is what works for me. Feel free to change it however you feel necessary. The goal of my day is to have 2/3 of my meals completely plant based. These are a couple of my sample day-to-day eating schedules and a shopping list at the bottom for staples!

Day 1:

.5 - 1 liter of water before any food every morning!

7:30 AM - Apple

10:00 AM - Rice cakes with almond butter and blueberries on top

1:00 PM Mix of veggies (carrots, cucumber, bell peppers, spinach etc.) and hummus

5:00 PM Salad with ALLLL the veggies I can find in my fridge. (The base can be any type of green and chop up a mix of fresh and raw veggies to toss into it. I also sprinkle lemon juice on top to give it more flavoring since I steer clear from dressings).

Day 2:

.5 - 1 liter of water before food every morning!!

8:30 AM - Banana

11:00 AM - Slices of apples and cucumber

2:00 PM - Acai bowl (mix berries, banana, and dash of almond milk with sambazon acai packet and top with strawberries, unsweetened coconut, and oats!)

5:30 - Stuffed avocado with black beans and corn

Day 3:

.5 - 1 liter of water before food every morning!!

9:30 AM - Green smoothie (my favorite has baby spinach, avocado, frozen pineapple, cashews, and almond milk!)

12:00 PM - Chickpea salad (still adding as many veggie toppings as desired, but instead of the base being greens, it's chickpeas for protein!)

3:00 PM - Larabar (preferably a flavor with no added sugar)

5:00 PM - Naan bread pizza with tomato sauce, bell peppers, cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, and spinach.

I like eating raw foods because I don't like to cook with added oils and sodium. If you are to season anything, I would suggest herbs over salts because we get enough sodium in our day-to-day diet. On days I am staying really active and sweating a lot - I drink coconut water. My favorite brands are Zico and Harmless Coconut Water because they have no added sugars! This helps refuel your body with the electrolytes you sweat out throughout the day, without the added sugars.

This is what a typical shopping list looks like for me:

Bananas x5

Strawberries

Apples x5 (red and green)

Mangos x2

Cucumbers x5

Tomatoes x3

Bell Peppers x4

Kale

Shredded lettuce

Spinnach

Celery

Carrots

Coconut Water

Guacamole w/ pico

Hummus

Rice Cakes

Shredded Coconut

Lara Bars

Gluten Free Oats

Frozen Acai

Frozen mix berries

Frozen mango