My Week in Food: Olivia Cooney
July 30th 2017
Want to start a healthy eating plan but unsure of where to begin? Making healthy choices can be confusing, but fear not - this year I am here to help, sharing my top tips for a happy healthy you with my Week in Food.
Since becoming a wellness guru, I have learned to ‘listen to my body, not my doctor.’ I eat what my body tells me it needs and ignore the advice of medical professionals and I hope you’ll agree that I’m looking like a stone cold fox. This week I invite you to embrace my mantra, that ‘every day’s a cheat day.’
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Breakfast
I don’t know about you, but I tend to get a bad bout of the Monday blues, especially when it’s cold and grey outside. That’s why I like to kickstart my week with a nourishing blue juice. My favourite one is from WKD. The sugar really gets me fizzing for the day ahead.
Lunch
I love healthy pasta alternatives but sometimes I don’t have time to spiralize and that’s when I reach for the strawberry laces to make delicious strawghetti. Strawberries are a superfood and a great way to get one of your 5-a-day.
Supper
Supper is my favourite meal of the day and a great opportunity for me to arrange some ingredients in a bowl and call it a recipe. My ‘Crisps Four Ways Abundance Bowl’ is a delicious easy meal. My favourite combination is Wotsits, Hula Hoops, Space Raiders and Razzles.
Breakfast
On Tuesdays I work out, so I like to start the day with a health boosting protein shake. My fave recipe is one where I use milk, Nesquik protein powder, Malibu coconut water and Sunpat nut butter. Delicious.
Lunch
If I’m working out, I like to load up on protein so today I had some delicious energy balls. The best ones are from Lindor. They really help me get the glow.
Supper
I like to enjoy a light supper, so I whipped up a healthy seafood broth made from cheesy goldfish crackers.
Breakfast
Wednesday breakfast is time for a clean eating staple - the green juice. I like to enjoy a Gordon’s Gin to get me a little loose before I hit the gym. It keeps me pumped all day.
Lunch
I love crispbread - it’s so healthy and easy to make. I just spread butter on two slices of white bread and stuff a packet of crisps in-between them. Voila!
Supper
Wednesday supper is time for another delicious abundance bowl. This one is themed around one of my favourite ingredients, chocolate. I like to use Rolos, Jaffa Cakes and Maltesers. It's wonderful.
Breakfast
I wouldn’t be much of a wellness guru if I didn’t include this recipe. Avocado and eggs on toast is one of my all time favourite recipes. Getting your poached eggs cooked to perfection can be tough so I like to use ready made ones from Haribo. Yum.
Lunch
Coco Pops are such a brilliant alternative to white rice which can be quite heavy. A bowl a day keeps the doctor away so I always include this in my meal plan at least once a week.
Supper
Thursday is date night for me so I like to eat out. I called the restaurant in advance to tell them about my dietary requirements so they had stocked up on chocolate and marshmallows to make me a sweet soup.
Breakfast
Fridays are for delicious breakfast acai bowls. I used strawberry Angel Delight for my smoothie's mixture and decorated it with fizzy cherries, smarties and popping candy.
Lunch
On Fridays, I treat myself with a trip to one of my favourite healthy eating destinations, Mcdonald’s. I love Happy Meals because they make me smile on the inside and out.
Supper
Friday supper was light again. I melted some cheese into a bowl and dipped white bread into it. It was delicious.
Breakfast
On Saturday, I decided to do a day’s juice cleanse so I started the day with a Bloody Mary.
Lunch
For lunch I had a bottle of wine.
Supper
And for supper I had a river of gin.
Breakfast
On Sunday, I needed to retox after my juice cleanse so I started with a delicious Domino’s pizza. I like to get the Vegetarian Hot so I can get my 5-a-day.
Lunch
For lunch I had roast beef, accompanied with some red grape juice (wine).
Supper
I had a light supper of a cheese board.
Join the conversation
I agree with Louise. Stella is hilarious and refreshing compared to the smug and saintly people usually featured on here. I am all for healthy eating and balance but some of the weekly food diets you see on here are laughable and pretty much impossible for people with 'normal' lives.
Thank the Lord for Stella's sensible 'healthful' advice to redress the balance........
;-)
I'm somewhere between sick to the back teeth and despondent at my personal failure to measure up to the arse-achingly smug food diaries that appear with monotonous regularity on this otherwise largely enjoyable site!!
Yes, yes, I do have Amelia's books and I even try to incorporate the food principles but let's face it - unless your job is to be a glowing food martyr (and let's face it, no one likes a martyr - it's no wonder they burned them) we should try and reflect a little more reality and less saintly food behaviour!!