What I eat.

Hi friend,

I thought I would switch things up for the day’s article. Today will be day 45 of writing every day, and I celebrated with a protein-packed pretend pop tart. I do see the irony in typing this topic post.

I live in Texas, and about seven years back, Hurricane Harvey passed through. We were mildly affected and spent the brunt of the storm watching documentaries on Netflix. We stumbled upon a handful of vegan documentaries, which led us to become Pescetarians.

So today, I want to share with you what I eat and what my cheat meals look like because a life that isn’t 80:20 gets a little boring.

What My Perfect Meals Look Like

Breakfast:

  • Leftover fish or leftover seafood, with two over medium eggs and sliced avocado with a dash of sea salt.

  • Tuna salad with avocado oil-based mayonnaise, 2–3 hard-boiled eggs, and a small handful of berries (strawberries, blackberries, or blueberries).

  • Scallops cooked in the cast-iron, with two over medium eggs and sliced avocado with a dash of sea salt.

  • An OWYN (Only What You Need) chocolate protein shake with or without hard-boiled eggs. These shakes are premade and do not spike my glucose. What I love about them is that you can drink them chilled or at room temperature.

  • I make it a point to fast through breakfast if I don’t have a healthy dinner or if I eat out the day prior.

Lunch:

  • Leftover fish or leftover seafood steamed veggies and sliced avocado with a dash of sea salt.

  • Tuna salad with avocado oil-based mayonnaise, 2–3 hard-boiled eggs, and a small handful of berries (strawberries, blackberries, or blueberries).

  • Cast iron-cooked shrimp, salmon, tuna steak, or any other wild-caught frozen filleted fish with a veggie and/or sliced avocado with a dash of sea salt.

  • A protein shake.

  • Lettuce wraps with tuna salad and a small handful of berries.

  • Tuna jerky, boiled eggs, and fruit, or dried fruit.

Dinner:

  • Grilled or cast-iron cooked shrimp or wild-caught fish with veggies.

  • Leftovers.

  • A protein shake.

  • Fried cod or fried salmon with veggies.

  • I love oysters, but Downtown Houston is the best place to eat them. It is 45 minutes from where I live, and you have to drive on the highway through traffic.

What my cheat meals look like:

  • Jason’s Deli salad bar. (Which is pretty healthy by most standards.)

  • Buffalo Wild Wings cauliflower wings, mozzarella sticks, and cheesy tater tots are the most unhealthy meals I eat. They spike my glucose, and I have a hard time recovering.

  • Veggie Burger (restaurant or homemade).

  • Oysters with freshly baked bread.

  • A Freddy’s grilled cheese kids meal with fries and Fry Sauce.

  • I love fried mushrooms. Sometimes, I ask Edward for a “chicken fried” mushroom steak with mashed potatoes and white gravy—it's to die for, lol.

  • Eating out healthy: salad with grilled salmon.

  • I have a horrible love for fried pickles. Whenever I get home from eating them, I drink a protein shake.

  • Starbucks shaken espressos, which don’t spike my glucose. I do love the vegan sausage and cheese sandwiches. I always ask them to remove the egg before cooking. I hate the way it tastes.

  • Buffalo fried shrimp with maybe a salad, depending on where I eat these. I also love BBQ fried shrimp.

  • Mexican food. I typically order grilled shrimp fajitas.

  • SUSHI! Spring rolls.

I try to avoid all added sugar. I occasionally cheat when having Starbucks sauces like in the items above or “healthy-ish” desserts with 2–4g of sugar.

I have lost 27 pounds eating this way, and I am still losing weight and toning.

When I intermittently fast, I fast for 18–24 hours. Occasionally, I do a little longer. Once, I have done 72 hours. That was liberating and detoxing.

I no longer drink tea, but once a month.

When you consume caffeine, you hinder your iron absorption the two hours before you consume that caffeine and for the two hours after. I am anemic, so coffee and tea, I discovered, were detrimental to my health.

I have cut back my energy drinks to once a month. I was consuming one every day. Since making the drastic change, I am no longer tired.

Eliminating sugar, gluten, and caffeine has changed my life, along with supplementing with 2–3 iron tablets daily.

Perfect days are when I feel my best.

Sleep

I function at my highest on 7.25–8.25 hours of sleep. As long as my diet is 95% clean and I consume VERY LITTLE sugar or caffeine, I feel great and sleep great.

I sleep with an eye mask on every night.

I have a blue-light blocker on my iPhone. I still need to get one on my laptop.

So there you have it. I am eating mainly protein right now to lose 20 more pounds. I eat all types of sugar and processed food very rarely. My go-to meal when I am in a hurry is tuna jerky and boiled eggs. I love those 2g of sugar peanut butter cups from Costco. I think that is it.

With love,

Jo

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