what I eat in a day while working 9-5 🍜🍚🍄‍🟫🍓

maritr · posted 5 Oct 2026 · Day of eating

Calories: 1,948
Protein: 73 g
Carbs: 259 g
Fat: 67 g
Fibre: 22 g

Protein 15% Carbs 54% Fat 31%

A realistic 'what I eat in a day' video from someone working a 9-5 office job. Breakfast was meal-prepped baked oats topped with raspberry chia jam. They also had a coffee they didn't film. Lunch at the desk was their regular glass meal-prep box of white rice, sauced pan-fried tofu and sautéed mushrooms, and they drank from a bottle of water. Before getting home they had a little chocolate chip muffin for dessert. Dinner was a soybean paste stew (doenjang jjigae) made from a frozen soup kit, eaten with a bowl of white rice and kimchi. Their mom gave them a griddled arepa with cheese as a nightcap.

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what I eat in a day while working 9-5 🍜🍚🍄‍🟫🍓 #wieiadrealistic #wieiad #whatieat #whateatinaday

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Meal by meal

Breakfast: baked oats with chia jam

Good 365 kcal

Breakfast is meal-prepped baked oats, topped with a homemade raspberry chia jam.

Oats and chia bring fibre without a sugar crash.

“Breakfast made by past you. Present you says thanks.”

Food	At	kcal	P	C	F	Fibre
Baked oats (meal-prepped)1 single-serve glass container, about 12–15 cm square · 200 g Why this estimate Recipe assumed to be a typical single serving: about 50 g oats, banana, egg, milk and a little sweetener	0:04	320	12	50	8	6
Raspberry chia jam (topping on the baked oats)About 2–3 tbsp spread over half the oats · 40 g Why this estimate Homemade jam of raspberries, chia seeds and a little sweetener assumed	0:04	45	1	7	2	3

Lunch: rice, tofu and mushrooms

Good 565 kcal

Lunch at the desk is the trusty glass box of white rice, saucy pan-fried tofu and sautéed mushrooms.

Tofu brings real plant protein to this desk lunch.

“Same box every day? That's not a rut, that's a brand.”

Food	At	kcal	P	C	F	Fibre
White rice (lunch)About 1 cup cooked, a third of the meal-prep container · 160 g Why this estimate Plain steamed white rice	0:07	205	4	45	0	1
Pan-fried tofu in orange-brown sauceAbout 6–8 bite-size pieces, a third of the container · 170 g Why this estimate About 150 g firm tofu, browned in about 2 tsp oil, with a soy- or chili-based sweet sauce	0:07	300	22	10	19	2
Sautéed mushroomsAbout 1/2 cup cooked slices, a third of the container · 80 g Why this estimate Includes about 1 tsp cooking oil	0:07	60	2	4	4	2

Drinks: off-camera coffee and water

Good 20 kcal

There's a coffee we never got to see, plus a bottle of water at the desk.

Water and a simple coffee keep the sugar at zero.

“The coffee was camera shy. Respect its privacy.”

Food	At	kcal	P	C	F	Fibre
Coffee1 cup, assumed with a splash of milk · 240 g · low confidence Why this estimate Mentioned but never shown; size and any milk or sugar are unknown	0:07	20	1	2	1	0
Water1 small plastic bottle · 500 g Why this estimate Plain water	0:15	0	0	0	0	0

Snack: little chocolate chip muffin

Mixed 190 kcal

On the way home, a little chocolate chip muffin for dessert.

Tasty treat, but mostly refined flour and added sugar.

“Little muffin, big chocolate chip energy.”

Food	At	kcal	P	C	F	Fibre
Chocolate chip muffin (small)1 little muffin, about 6 cm across · 45 g Why this estimate Called 'a little muffin for dessert'; sized as a small bakery or packaged muffin	0:16	190	2	25	9	1

Dinner: doenjang jjigae with rice

Good 433 kcal

Dinner is a soybean paste stew from a frozen kit, with a bowl of white rice and kimchi on the side.

Fermented soybean and kimchi bring flavour, veggies and gut-friendly goodness.

“A frozen kit doing the heavy lifting after a long workday. Smart.”

Food	At	kcal	P	C	F	Fibre
Soybean paste stew (doenjang jjigae) from a frozen kit, with tofu, potato and zucchini1 bowl about 15 cm across, nearly full, about 1.5–2 cups · 420 g Why this estimate Kit tofu, potato, zucchini and onion, doenjang block, plus about 1 tbsp gochujang added while cooking. This is the served bowl only; the rice mixed in is counted with the rice bowl	0:17	220	13	25	7	4
White rice (dinner)1 rice bowl about 13 cm across, about 1 cup cooked · 160 g Why this estimate Plain steamed white rice, partly mixed into the stew	0:23	205	4	45	0	1
Napa cabbage kimchiSmall glass side dish, about 4–5 pieces (about 1/3 cup) · 50 g Why this estimate Standard napa cabbage kimchi	0:23	8	1	1	0	1

Nightcap: arepa with cheese

Mixed 375 kcal

And a nightcap from mom: a griddled corn arepa stuffed with melty cheese.

Comforting corn and cheese, though light on veggies and fibre.

“When mom hands you an arepa, you do not say no.”

Food	At	kcal	P	C	F	Fibre
Arepa with cheese1 griddled corn arepa, about 12 cm across and 1.5 cm thick, cheese inside · 150 g Why this estimate The transcript mis-hears it as 'artichoke cheese'; the on-screen text says arepa with cheese. Estimated as about 120 g arepa, about 30 g white cheese and a little butter or oil on the griddle	0:28	375	10	45	16	3

Whole video1,948 kcal Protein 73 gCarbs 259 g Fat 67 gFibre 22 g