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    What I Eat in a Day

    Jul 27, 2016 • What I Ate

    Hey loves! Happy Wednesday ?

    Time for another ?What I Eat in a Day? post. I love doing them… let me know if you like these types of posts as much as I do. They?re meant to inspire, share insight, show what I regularly eat and reveal how vibrant, colorful and delicious plant based foods can be 🙂 which are the total opposite of boring.

    As you probably know, I eat a plant based whole foods vegan diet and have been for over 2 years now. It makes me feel my best and works for me. Living vegan is a choice you have to make every single day. The hardest part is the learning process because the food tastes absolutely amazing! It?s getting acclimated to the lifestyle that takes months, just like anything else that?s ?new? in life. 

    I avoid processed foods as much as possible and minimize oils (at least when I?m cooking at home) while being mindful about my fat intake; I don?t keep track of specifics and definitely don?t count calories? I count colors instead. I try to keep it simple and easy, incorporating variety each day which means that no one day is the same, but is always super yummy. 

    I would rather not stress about the specific numbers and prefer to listen to my body. I only say this because I often get comments and emails asking for the nutrition facts and specifics for my recipes. I understand people want to know (I used to be the same…) but it?s life-changing when you transition to focusing on the ingredients rather than the nutrition facts. Can you pronounce all of the ingredients? Are all of the ingredients whole foods or are they processed? These are the questions we need to be asking ourselves rather than worrying about how many carbs there are.

    This intuitive way of eating works best for me but you may prefer to monitor your food intake a different way ? that’s okay – there?s no right or wrong way to do it, we?re all trying to find our own path, right? 🙂 the less restrictive and less stressful, the better, in my opinion. Not saying that it?s acceptable to eat vegan cupcakes all day long (!!) but it?s supposed to be a sustainable lifestyle for the long-term, so getting caught up in specifics isn?t worth the time or worry, in my opinion. 

    I’ll promote plant based eating all day long… but if you want to incorporate more plant foods into your life without going 100% vegan – I think that’s amazing too. Focus on lots of greens, lots of fresh veggies, lots of fruit and whole food carbs (brown rice, oats, sweet potatoes, beans, quinoa etc). Any kind of effort like choosing non-dairy milk over cow’s milk and occasionally choosing a veggie burger over a beef burger is amazing and makes a difference. Just wanted to throw that out there!

    So here?s what I ate (keep in mind these meals are from one day last week; before getting sick, if you saw on my snapchat – @glowingfridge!) 


    BREAKFAST:

    First thing, before eating anything, I always make sure to drink 24 ounces (3 cups) of filtered water with 1/2 lemon (after oil pulling, of course!). I use this mason jar all day every single day. Water helps to rehydrate the body after a long night?s rest where we can get dehydrated. It starts the day off on a healthy note!

    Then I made a cup of coffee with my favorite dairy-free creamer ? the Silk Almond Vanilla Flavored Creamer (check out my superfood coffee elixir recipe too!). I savored that while responding to emails and then made breakfast 30-45 minutes later. Listening to our bodies is so important! There are days when I?m starving right as I wake up and there are days when I don?t feel hungry until mid-morning. I don?t stress about it ? just eat when I?m hungry and stop when I?m full.

    What I Eat in a Day - VEGAN & Plant Based Whole Food Lifestyle. From The Glowing Fridge

    This colorful breakfast bowl had 1 juicy mango that I cut into cubes, fresh blueberries, the Chia Coconut Granola from Nature’s Path organic and a splash of unsweetened vanilla almond milk. I have some sort of cereal bowl like this every once in a while…. so good! I call it my homemade adult cereal. Usually I?ll do a smoothie every morning (like this one) but like to switch it up too.

    SNACK:

    A few hours later I went to the gym and then needed a little snack after, so I had a pink lady apple and a coconut chocolate chip CLIF bar. Later in the day, after lunch, I sipped on the Evolution Fresh Green Lemonade for a little pick-me-up. 

    What I Eat in a Day - VEGAN & Plant Based Whole Food Lifestyle. From The Glowing Fridge

    LUNCH:

    Glow Bowl salads are often my go-to for lunch. You can add so much goodness to glow bowls! I go with greens like kale or spinach and then add in whatever veggies and plant protein I have in the fridge. Today was one that I make often with kale, brown rice, tempeh, celery, bell pepper, avocado and lemon juice.

    I also drank another 24 ounces of water (with 1/2 lemon) before my salad.

    What I Eat in a Day - VEGAN & Plant Based Whole Food Lifestyle. From The Glowing Fridge

    DINNER:

    I’ve been craving spring rolls like crazy lately! I made them over the weekend and already twice this week. They’re so FRESH and light yet filling and satisfying at the same time. Perfect for hot summer nights. This is a variation of my popular spring roll recipe with the essential spicy peanut sauce. I filled these rolls with romaine, sliced cucumber, purple cabbage, thinly sliced carrots, edamame and cilantro. You must try these!! And yes, I ate 4 of them, plus finished the last roll later on in the night. What I Eat in a Day - VEGAN & Plant Based Whole Food Lifestyle. From The Glowing Fridge

     

    That?s it for What I Eat in a Day!  Hope you find these posts helpful and inspiring to get more greens and veggies into your day. 

     

    xoxo,

    Shannon

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    1. Oliwia

      June 09, 2019 at 9:31 am

      https://busyoliv.wordpress.com/2019/06/09/breakfast-why-is-it-important/

      Reply
    2. fara

      March 29, 2018 at 2:17 pm

      i am a very new vegan and I was wondering if any of you more experienced vegans out their knew how to stop your blood sugar from dipping to low on a plant based diet or lifestyle . I woke up this morning feeling dizzy got out of bed and blacked out and figured it was my low blood sugar due to my recently adopted vegan diet . NOT FUN ! but like I said I’ve only been at this 3 days so I think its safe to say I dont know what I’m doing . 🙂 If any of you who are more experienced with this lifestyle and know how to stop things like that from happening please let me know because I dont want to go threw that again YUCK!!!!

      Reply
    3. Johanna Woodbury

      July 28, 2016 at 1:45 am

      My honey and I need to ‘cleanse’ and you’re an inspiration. I know what to do, I just have to do it.

      Reply
      • Shannon Leparski

        July 28, 2016 at 9:53 am

        Thanks Johanna! It’s the getting started part that can be the hardest! Only you know what works for you but sounds like you know what you need to do 🙂 I’m happy I can offer you some inspiration.

        Reply
    4. wendy

      July 27, 2016 at 7:38 pm

      Where is the protein that you ate that day? Can you talk about how to get the protein in your diet when vegan?

      Reply
      • Shannon Leparski

        July 28, 2016 at 9:51 am

        Hi Wendy! There’s plenty of plant protein in the vegan diet as long as you are eating a variety of whole foods – not processed foods. Things like black beans, chickpeas, lentils, quinoa, tempeh, tofu, edamame, avocado, greens, nuts/seeds, oats, nut butter, brown rice etc. I got it from tempeh and edamame as well as the greens, rice, avocado and clif bar. Hope this helps!

        Reply
    5. Andrea

      July 27, 2016 at 6:38 pm

      I ALSO love these!!! So helpful and gorgeous pics !

      Reply
      • Shannon Leparski

        July 28, 2016 at 9:59 am

        Thanks Andrea! I’ll be sure to share more of these 🙂

        Reply
    6. Beth

      July 27, 2016 at 4:18 pm

      I love when you do “what I eat in a day” posts…you should write more! 🙂

      Reply
      • Shannon Leparski

        July 28, 2016 at 10:01 am

        Hi Beth! Will do, happy you like them. I share lots of ideas on my instagram too that are not here on the blog in case you want to see more! https://www.instagram.com/theglowingfridge/

        Reply

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