what I eat in a day

If I put into the You Tube search engine "What I eat in a day" there are so many results, in fact there are at least more than 182 results. The one I picked out is Mary Bedford, as I watched her on the TV show "Love Island" and I kind of recognise her, that is really it to be honest. Mary Bedford

She discusses her typical what she eats within a 24 hour period. So I decided to copy that and just do my own version of "what I eat in a day", I hope you enjoy it, and as usual feel free to make any comments you have

Before I wake up in the morning, I try to make sure I get a good nights sleep the night before, as that determines what the food diary will be in future. I strongly believe that a good nights sleep will ensure that you can make the right food choices on that day itself, however that depends on if there is an event that day or a party etc. But if there is no events or no celebrations, then we should aim to try and eat as well as possible. A good nights sleep would just help do that. 

So I have woken up, and it is time for breakfast. Breakfast is either porridge, wholegrain toast, or a full English breakfast. Porridge I have Quaker oats, with flaxseeds, mill seeds with a drizzle of honey, sometimes I will add in a handful of blueberries. I go for Quaker oats as I adore these, and have become addicted to the apple and cinnamon flavour, which tastes really nice. I also have tried the golden syrup flavour as well, but I am mindful of the sugar content in them. I am sure that the apple, and the strawberry flavour has the least amount of sugar in them. The best possible opportunity you can do is to buy just plain porridge and add your pieces of fruit to this. This is far cheaper, as I have seen a big bag of porridge oats for 0.75p in various supermarkets, plus this would have the least sugar content: 

 Wholegrain toast I have Warburtons seeded bread, or Hovis seeded bread, I make sure the bread that I purchase are always seeded as they contain a higher amount of fibre in them, which can help lower cholesterol, and regulate bowel movements. I sometimes have this with olive spread, and just eat this, but I have just purchased Almond and cashew butter, so have this on top. I am not a fan of peanut butter, and I do not like chocolate spread luckily, as I find them far too sweet. When I was young I use to eat chocolate shreddies, and would eat this all the time, looking back at this, I realise why I was constantly bouncing off the walls, this was due to the high sugar content : 

 

Full English I tend to have baked beans, mushrooms, vegan bacon, vegan sausages, poached eggs, and two slices of toast. I only really have a Full English Breakfast on a treat day, as the amount is far too much, and I tend not to finish everything, so it is best to stick to this on treat days.

Any of the breakfasts above I have, I always have a cup of tea with this, with half a teaspoon of sugar, and full fat milk. I have not yet gone to skimmed or alterative milk, as I still like to have my tea slightly creamy. This is a great opportunity to mention that I do like the milk Oatly, as I have this with Granola, or porridge sometimes, no sugar but does taste really nice, kindly introduced by a good friend of mine:

Lunchtime, and this tends to vary, as if I am out and about, I tend to buy lunches. This could be anything from wraps, jacket potato, or a salad. If it is a wrap I make sure that it has plenty of vegetables in them, same as a salad. Vegetables are really important in my meals, as they contain important vitamins and minerals that we all need on a daily basis. If I am at home, then I tend to go for the  granola Lizzi's,  as I have noticed that it has a low sugar content. I have this with blueberries, and a drizzle of honey, sometimes I will add in the millseeds and flaxseed to this. To drink I have this with water.

 

I actually drink water (apart from breakfast, as I have this with tea) throughout the day, including my meals,  and try to drink at least 2 litres of water every day. I have discussed the importance of water in my previous post which I will add the link on here: Water

Dinner is a mixture of different meals, which I have mentioned this in my previous blogs, but again I make sure that I try to have vegetables within this. An example of this is salmon and sweet potato chips, which I have included a picture on here.

 You can see (the amount of mayonnaise is extreme I know !! and Yes I do love mayonnaise) there is a mixture of vegetables within this. I also try to watch the portion size of the meals that I have, as that can have an impact on the digestion, as well as the amount of food that I am putting into my body. Any foods that I am unable to eat, I have the next day, or I freeze this, apart from breakfast, which I manage the portion, and consume the meal within the go. 

I do not have any treats, only if I am out on a night out with friends, but if I do I have sweet treats like a piece of cake, but again I manage the portion, and I have this as a treat. Treats are also important and I never neglect myself from a treat, as there is nothing wrong with this, again I have discussed treats, which I will add the post in on here:   Treats

I do have snack as well, but I tend to snack on nuts including cashew, almonds or brazil nuts, packed full of vitamins and minerals, but fibre also. They do contain a high amount of fats, (if you look closely at the picture of the almonds below, you can see the nutritional label, and it states red for high in fat)  but these are good fats, which the body does not make, and has to be obtained from food. Nuts are a great source of this: 

So here it is, my what I eat in a day. I hope you found this useful, and would be great to hear your thoughts on what you eat in a day? put your comments in, Looking forward to hearing it!