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6am I wake up and head straight to the ocean for some paddle-boarding. Afterwards,I blend together a smoothie with frozen berries,banana,cinnamon and oat milk.
11.45am An early lunch in the form of a salad with green beans,capsicum,red onion,lemon,olive oil,salt and pepper.
2pm At the charity I started,the Push-Up Challenge,we take a short movement break between meetings. Then I grab a decaf flat white with oat milk. I snack on almonds in the late afternoon.
7pm On the way home,I grab a ready-made meal of salmon,mashed potato and broccoli.
Dr Joanna McMillan says:
Top marks for … Snacking on almonds. A handful of nuts a day is terrific for heart health and almonds are the nut with the most calcium,important for you as you seem to avoid dairy foods.
If you keep eating like this you’ll … Find it difficult to build or maintain muscle mass as you have very little protein during the day until dinner. Oat milk has a fraction of the protein found in dairy milk and your salad,while terrific for plant foods,is low in protein. You may also find you are hungry since protein is key to appetite control.
Why don’t you try … Adding nut butter and rolled oats to your breakfast smoothie to boost protein and energy,and a can of tuna,some cold meat,hard-boiled egg,tofu or chickpeas to your lunch salad.
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