What I eat in a day 🍰
- Calories
- 5,386
- Protein
- 252 g
- Carbs
- 478 g
- Fat
- 284 g
- Fibre
- 60 g
A 19-year-old's sponsored "what I eat in a day" video, framed around eating enough and including a Thrive Market haul. Breakfast was a protein Greek yogurt bowl with almond butter, frozen berries, Three Wishes cereal and nuts, plus a decaf whole-milk iced latte. For snacks she had items from the Thrive box: two JoJo's dark chocolate pretzels, a Whims caramel cookie bar and a B.T.R. Nation Recharge bar. Lunch was sourdough three ways: a turkey, cheese and mayo sandwich, avocado toast and buttered toast. She followed it with a turkey and cheese lettuce wrap. In the afternoon she ate about a third of a small store-bought sprinkle cake. Dinner was leftover steak, roasted sweet potato and carrots, quinoa, a lot of tahini, and half an avocado. Before bed she had a dessert yogurt bowl (two yogurts, ice cream, Simple Mills cookies, chocolate pieces, nut butter) and a whole-milk tea.
Original caption
What I eat in a day 🍰 I’ve been learning to choose nourishment over restriction ✨ For so long I thought I had to control everything I ate to be “healthy”… but now I’m realizing that taking care of the body God gave me means fueling it with love, not fear. Food is a gift—not something to feel guilty about 🍞🥑 It’s okay to enjoy meals, to eat enough, and to feel peace around food. This is me choosing grace over guilt and honoring God in how I care for myself 🤍 “So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” – 1 Corinthians 10:31 ✝️ #whatieatinaday #wieiad #whatieatinadayrealistic #whatieat #healthyeating #healthyrecipes #fulldayofeating #fdoe
Meal by meal
Breakfast: protein yogurt bowl
Good 710 kcalFirst up, a decaf iced latte and a Greek yogurt bowl with protein powder, almond butter, berries, fruity cereal and nuts.
A protein-packed start, with berries bringing the fibre.
“Decaf latte: all the ritual, none of the reason.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Decaf iced latte with whole milk1 tall glass (~400 ml with ice, ~250 ml milk) · 280 g
Why this estimateShe calls it her 'decaf home milk latte', most likely 'whole milk'. No sweetener mentioned. |
0:05 | 157 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
Greek yogurt with protein powderabout 1 cup yogurt + 1 scoop protein powder · 257 g
Why this estimateBase of the breakfast bowl. Assumed plain 2% Greek yogurt (~227 g) and a 30 g scoop of whey-type protein powder. |
0:10 | 285 | 47 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
Almond butter (in breakfast bowl)about 1 tbsp · 16 g
Why this estimateStirred in and smeared on the side of the bowl. |
0:10 | 98 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Frozen mixed berries (raspberry, blueberry, blackberry)about 1/2 cup · 70 g
Why this estimateAbout 15–18 berries on the yogurt bowl. |
0:10 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
Three Wishes fruity cerealabout 1/4 cup · 9 g
Why this estimatePink fruity rings used as a topping. |
0:10 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Nuts/seeds toppingabout 1–1.5 tbsp · 12 g
Why this estimateShe says 'some nuts on top'. Almonds and pumpkin-type seeds are visible. |
0:10 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
White dollop on yogurt bowl (possibly whipped cream or cottage cheese)about 2 tbsp · 30 g · low confidence
Why this estimateNot named in the speech. Valued as a middle estimate between cottage cheese and whipped cream. |
0:10 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Snack: chocolate pretzels and bar
Mixed 190 kcalNext, a couple of dark chocolate covered pretzels and a milk chocolate caramel cookie bar from her snack box.
Low-sugar dark chocolate keeps it light, but it's still candy.
“Subscription box snacks: the official sponsor of just one more.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
JoJo's dark chocolate covered pretzels2 pretzels · 20 g
Why this estimateTwo pretzels taken from the Thrive box bag and eaten ('some of those snacks'). 70% dark chocolate, low sugar. |
0:27 | 100 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 |
Whims milk chocolate caramel cookie bar1 piece (bag of 5 = 100 g) · 20 g
Why this estimateThe lilac-wrapped bar she unwraps and bites is taken to be one Whims piece. The low-sugar recipe likely uses allulose or fibre. |
0:39 | 90 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
Snack: chocolate superfood bar
Good 200 kcalThen she grabs one of those chocolate superfood bars for a quick pick-me-up.
A tidy protein and fibre top-up in bar form.
“Snack round two before lunch. The day is warming up.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B.T.R. Nation Recharge chocolate bar1 bar · 50 g
Why this estimate'I had one of those BTR bars'. Typical superfood bar values. |
0:58 | 200 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 6 |
Lunch: turkey sandwich and toasts
Mixed 1,061 kcalLunch is a turkey and cheese sandwich on sourdough with mayo, plus avocado toast, buttered toast and a turkey lettuce wrap.
Plenty of protein, but the mayo and butter steal the show.
“Lunch so good it got an encore in lettuce form.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turkey sandwich on sourdough with cheese, lettuce, red onion and mayo1 sandwich (2 palm-sized sourdough pieces) · 190 g
Why this estimate~70 g sourdough, ~2 oz deli turkey, 1 cheese slice (~20 g), romaine, red onion. About 1.5 tbsp Kroger real mayo ('smothered in mayo') is included, about 150 kcal. |
1:09 | 485 | 23 | 39 | 26 | 2 |
Avocado toast on sourdough1 palm-sized sourdough piece with about 1/3 avocado · 95 g
Why this estimate~35 g sourdough with ~60 g mashed avocado spread thickly. |
1:11 | 191 | 5 | 23 | 10 | 5 |
Buttered sourdough toast1 palm-sized sourdough piece with about 1 tbsp butter · 49 g
Why this estimate~35 g sourdough with a ~14 g butter pat. |
1:11 | 195 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
Turkey and cheese lettuce wrap2 romaine leaves, ~3 oz turkey, ~20 g cheese, red onion, sauce · 175 g
Why this estimate'Made a lettuce wrap after that with more turkey and more cheese'. The orange streak (about 1 tsp, likely mustard or hot sauce) and black pepper are included. |
1:25 | 190 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
Snack: sprinkle layer cake
Bad 940 kcalThen comes a very generous chunk of vanilla sprinkle cake with thick buttercream frosting.
A frosting avalanche of added sugar and saturated fat.
“The portion size was negotiated live, and the cake won.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanilla sprinkle layer cake with buttercream frostingabout 1/3 of a small store-bought two-layer cake (two wedge slices) · 240 g
Why this estimateShe says a fourth, then half, then settles on 'like a third of the cake'. A third is used. The whole cake is estimated at ~720 g, frosting-heavy. |
1:29 | 940 | 8 | 132 | 41 | 1 |
Dinner: steak and quinoa bowl
Mixed 1,586 kcalDinner is a bowl of leftover steak, roasted sweet potato and carrots over quinoa, with avocado and a whole lot of tahini.
Whole grains and steak protein, drowned in a tahini flood.
“That tahini isn't a drizzle, it's a swimming pool.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leftover steakabout one steak's worth, 5–6 slices · 130 g
Why this estimateSeared, medium-rare, sirloin-type cut assumed. About 1 tsp cooking oil included. |
1:49 | 310 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Roasted sweet potatoabout 1 cup cubes · 150 g
Why this estimateRoasted with skin. About 1 tsp oil included. Tahini is logged separately. |
1:49 | 175 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 5 |
Quinoaabout 1 cup cooked · 185 g
Why this estimateBase layer of the dinner bowl. |
1:49 | 222 | 8 | 39 | 4 | 5 |
Avocado1/2 avocado · 75 g
Why this estimate'I had half an avocado'. Seasoned with herbs and pepper, scooped from the skin. |
1:49 | 120 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
Tahini (Simple Truth Organic)about 4 servings (~8 tbsp) · 120 g
Why this estimate'I probably had like four servings of that tahini', used to douse the sweet potato. A 2 tbsp (30 g) label serving is assumed. |
1:54 | 714 | 20 | 26 | 64 | 11 |
Roasted carrotsabout 6–8 baby carrots · 70 g
Why this estimateSeen in the bowl, not mentioned in the speech. About 1/2 tsp roasting oil included. |
1:56 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Snack: sweet treat yogurt bowl
Mixed 635 kcalFor a night treat, she builds a yogurt bowl topped with ice cream, cookies, chocolate pretzels, soggy cereal and nut butter.
Yogurt brings the protein, ice cream and cookies bring the sugar.
“Soggy cereal as a topping: a bold, crunch-free decision.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yogurt, two types (plain and pink flavoured)2 servings · 300 g
Why this estimateBase of the night 'sweet treat yogurt bowl'. 'Two different types of yogurt, so two servings'. Assumed ~150 g plain Greek plus ~150 g flavoured. |
2:02 | 240 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 0 |
Ice cream1 large scoop · 70 g
Why this estimateWhite, flecked, likely vanilla bean, on top of the night yogurt bowl. |
2:02 | 145 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
Chocolate toppings: soggy cereal and likely JoJo's chocolate pretzelsabout 3–4 small dark pieces · 25 g · low confidence
Why this estimateShe names 'my soggy cereal'. The JoJo's bag is held up next to the bowl, so the pretzel pieces are likely in it too. |
2:06 | 115 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 2 |
Simple Mills cookies2 square cookies · 12 g
Why this estimateMixed into the night yogurt bowl. From the Thrive box. |
2:08 | 55 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
Nut butter (night bowl)about 2–3 tsp · 13 g
Why this estimateAlmond or peanut butter, in dollops and smears on the night bowl. |
2:08 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Drink: bedtime milk tea
Good 64 kcalAnd to finish, a mug of bagged tea with a splash of grass-fed whole milk before bed.
Cosy and sugar-free, though the tea's caffeine may nudge bedtime.
“Decaf latte at breakfast, caffeinated tea at bedtime. Bold strategy.”
| Food | At | kcal | P | C | F | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whole milk tea1 mug (~350 ml, ~100 ml whole milk) · 350 g
Why this estimateBagged tea with Maple Hill grass-fed whole milk, drunk before bed. No sweetener mentioned. The brown drink in a mug seen at 128 s is taken to be this tea. |
2:11 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Whole video5,386 kcal Protein 252 gCarbs 478 g Fat 284 gFibre 60 g