- I'm Jay Shetty
and this is everything I eat in a day.
(bright music)
The first thing that I do
when I wake up is avoid looking at my phone.
For years,
I woke up,
picked up my phone straight away
and now I try and replace it with a grateful thought.
So I try and have a thankful,
grateful thought first thing in the morning,
before I do anything
I'm not someone who eats first thing in the morning.
The first thing I do is meditate.
And then I usually have my first meal after my workout.
So, I am 100% a tea drinker.
When it's wet or raining or cold outside,
I grab a lemon ginger tea
because I want to feel warm and cozy.
But if the weather's great outside then I'll grab like
a Jasmine green peach tea
because that's gonna set me up for the day.
What I love about drinking tea,
for me,
it becomes a mindful practice.
I'm breathing in the scent.
I'm looking at the colors
I'm feeling still as I'm experiencing all the flavors.
And so to me,
it really gets me
into that mindful state at
the big beginning of the day.
So I spent a long time trying to search
for the ideal breakfast.
I tried so many different types of breakfasts
and finally I discovered chia pudding.
It may not sound that impressive,
but I promise you it has been incredible for me.
And I start my day every day with chia pudding.
And I'll also have
a shake which includes bananas,
almond milk,
almond butter,
cacao and carob.
And that shake keeps me energized all the way
through to lunch.
It's super filling,
super nourishing
and I feel great.
Every day can look absolutely different.
I could be in the studio recording meditations.
I could be in the studio recording a podcast.
But over time I've realized
that not skipping meals has been really important for me.
So I always make sure to have lunch scheduled
in my calendar so that I can make it a priority.
So a typical lunch for me is
a mixture of all
of these things,
but one of my favorite meals is Khichri.
Now, if you've never heard of that before,
don't worry.
I grew up on it.
And it's a mix of rice,
lentils.
I'll usually have that with a bit of sauteed kale.
And it's just one of those things
that makes me feel clean,
content and happy.
And then I don't feel weighed down
for the rest of the day.
So I have to be completely honest,
if you're listening
to my diet and thinking,
wow, this guy's really healthy.
I was nowhere near close to this
before I met my wife.
Snacks to me were like bag of chips,
maybe some fries,
maybe three bars of chocolate.
I grew up eating four chocolate products a day,
a chocolate biscuit,
a chocolate bar,
a chocolate yogurt
and a chocolate ice cream every single day.
And I'm not joking.
Now my snacks look very different.
I eat cacao nibs that are sweetened
with monk fruit so there's no refined sugar in those.
And another snack that I really enjoy is nuts.
Whether it's walnuts,
almonds, cashews,
I'll be carrying around like handful of nuts
throughout the day
to make sure that I can keep my energy.
A typical dinner for me is an Indian Curry
with some roti Indian bread
and maybe a little bit of rice.
So it could be anything from a chickpea curry
or stew all the way through to
a mixed vegetable curry.
For me having that Indian meal
in the evening makes me feel like I'm back at home.
And it gives me
that nostalgic feeling of being a child again.
I'm no longer allowed to late night snack.
And so I haven't done it for a long time.
But my favorite late night snack used
to be chocolate cereal,
any chocolate cereal with a bowl of milk.
Like that was my go-to midnight snack.
Cheat meals are my favorite thing.
I try and only have two per week,
but a cheat meal to me is an incredible pizza
or a burger and fries
and ideally a chocolate fudge cake
at the end of it.
That's the most important component
of a cheat meal.
It has to end with a chocolate fudge cake.
The best thing I can cook is gourmet beans on toast.
And I only call it gourmet
because I'll sprinkle some cilantro on top,
maybe a bit of salt and pepper,
but as a Londoner beans on toast is
without a doubt better than avocado toast.
And I love avocado toast,
but beans on toast wins.
My favorite food city has to be New York.
As someone who's plant based,
New York is filled with incredible plant based options,
all different ends of the spectrum,
different cuisines.
I loved living in New York
when I was there for a couple of years
and I love visiting.
My go-to comfort meal is dosa.
It's this south Indian dish
that I grew up eating.
And it's like a thin,
savory crepe that you usually have
with something called sambar,
which is like a lentil soup.
And you dip it in coconut chutney.
I dream about dosa pretty much all the time.
So something I recommend
for mindful eating is
a technique that we learned
when I was in the monastery.
And we were told to chew our food 16
to 32 times.
Now, I know that sounds crazy.
But when you do that,
you're actually making it so much easier
for your body to digest anything you consume.
Another way to mindfully eat is
to set a little prayer,
a little intention before you dive into the food.
Whether it's gratitude to the people
that made it,
the people that delivered it
the people that brought it there,
it's such a beautiful way
to set that energy before you eat
whatever it is that you're about to eat.
And that's everything I eat in a day.
Thanks so much for watching.