In this video I'm going to give you the one meal a day food plan.
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In this video we're talking about the one meal a day food plan.
Based on our comments and questions that we get here, I can see that a lot of people are
really struggling with this, and in my other videos I've covered one meal a day food options
at a 3,000-foot overview where I talk about percentages of fats and protein and carbs
and that sort of thing but a lot of people need a little bit more in depth information.
So, that's what we're going to cover today.
Now, as you know with one meal a day, instead of eating three meals a day, you're taking
all three meals and you're just consuming one massive meal, and you're doing it in a
one to two-hour period.
So, when we look at that one meal a day, we have to really make it count.
This is so important because I told you before that if you are following a one meal a day
diet plan and you're eating whatever you want it's a great way to drive nutritional deficits
in the body.
And, when you look at one meal a day, technically it's not a diet it's a strategy in which you're
eating your meals.
So, technically you could really eat anything you wanted on one meal a day, but you know
if you've watched my other videos that this is highly, highly not recommended by me because
once again, it's going to drive those nutritional deficiencies and so we want to focus on making
this one meal a day count.
And, we want to make sure that in that one meal a day we're getting a lot of different
diversity in our food, we're getting a lot of different nutrient dense foods and so what
we're going to do is go through the OMAD food pyramid that I made right here for you.
Now, in each category here, this is just kind of a starter right here.
I couldn't write down every food, we'd have foods coming off of this board right here.
So, I couldn't right down every single food, but what it is, it's going to give you the
idea as to how to start and for further lists on this go ahead and click on the diet that
we follow, it's the Heal Yourself Cookbook And Diet Guide we follow that down and I'll
put the link below so that you can get more information.
But let's start with the high fiber vegetables here.
This is where you're going to eat the bulk of your meal, right here.
Now, what I did too is I listed the different high fiber vegetables in order of nutrient
density because what we want to do is we want to make sure that we're focusing on getting
the most nutrient dense foods in our one meal.
Now, first here is kale, second is spinach, brussels sprouts, broccoli, cucumber, and
peppers and then squash, okay?
So, an example of squash here is spaghetti, summer, and zucchini and squash is actually
going to be listed twice, okay?
Because it's going to fall under the high fiber vegetables and it's also going to fall
under the carbs section, so there's two different types of squash there.
So, this is where we're going to start the bulk of our meals, right here okay?
Once again, this list continues on.
However, you know, just for video purposes these are some really great nutritionally
dense ones that you can really focus on getting into your diet so that you can get the most
nutrient dense foods within that one meal a day.
The next big one here is fats and oils, okay?
This is really important.
A lot of people who don't understand fats and oils are usually using a lot of hydrogenated
oils which drive inflammation in the body and can cause you to really develop inflammatory
conditions.
inflammatory conditions are cancer, inflammatory conditions are heart disease, all these different
things that you want to stay away from.
So, we want to make sure that we're eating good quality fats and oils, okay?
And examples of this one again, nutrient density taken in mind here.
Avocados, nuts, seeds, coconut oil, coconut chips are really great, cheese and then also
good grass-fed butter.
Now, we don't want to over consume nuts and seeds because it can be a little burdensome
for the gut.
So, we want to just kind of tread lightly in that area.
However, they are really great source of fats and oils, okay?
And then with the nuts and seeds we also want to make sure that we're eating those in the
raw form because when the nuts and seeds are roasted what happens is it's going to break
down those oils and turn them into bad fats.
So, nuts and seeds, raw, of course not consuming too many.
Next one on our list is protein, okay?
Now, when we think of protein we want to think of organic, we want to think of grass-fed,
we want to think of free range, that whole type of thing.
And then beef, chicken, wild game like bison, like venison, duck.
Those are all good meats.
Fish in the way of salmon, mahi-mahi and sardines.
Once again really great and a lot of those have really great fats in them as well.
And then of course eggs, okay?
Once again, great protein but also a great fat.
Then on our carb list.
This one's important because a lot of people who get into carbs tend to gravitate towards
white bread, gravitate towards spaghetti, rice, that kind of thing, okay?
Those are not nutrient dense carbohydrates so once again as we're trying to just up the
scale here on nutrient density, we want to focus on nutrient dense carbohydrates.
Sweet potatoes, beans, peas, tomatoes, squash and within that squash is acorn, butternut
and winter squash.
So, these are some examples of really high-quality carbohydrates, okay?
Once again, we want to stick in that nutrient dense area and then last on our list here,
smallest part of the pyramid, but yet still very important, and that's low glycemic fruits,
okay?
The reason we focus on low glycemic fruits here is because as I told you before, if you're
consuming a diet that's high in sugar when you're on the OMAD eating strategy, what's
going to happen is that you're going to get that false sense of satiety, okay?
Sugar can make you feel that you're full and when you feel that you're full but yet you
aren't getting the proper nutrients then your body is really starving on the inside.
So, we don't want to eat a bunch of fruits that are really high in sugar, any food that's
high in sugar when you're doing the one meal a day because it can give you that sense that
you're full and then as a result of that, it can cause you to eat less calories and
that whole thing can kind of spiral out of control for people who aren't really diligent
about their food.
So, an example of low glycemic fruits is going to be berries.
So, we're thinking blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, you know all those different
types of berries because they're loaded with antioxidants and they're also the most nutrient
dense fruits.
We also have Granny Smith apples which are really good here that are going to also be
low glycemic and then grapefruit.
So once again, when we look at these fruits and we look at all these different categories
here they spill way beyond on what I wrote here.
I'm just trying to get you started.
Okay, now let's go ahead and talk about some different meal plans here, okay?
As in to what does this all look like?
What are some good options, some good diverse meals that I would eat?
You know the great thing about one meal a day is you only have to focus on eating one
highly nutritious meal.
The first meal on our example list here is going to be the Mexican Feast.
First, it starts off with chili.
Which is great.
It's got a lot of protein in it, it's got a lot of good fats when you top it with avocado.
It also has some different carbs in it from the beans and then it's going to have a lot
of vegetables as well.
The next one is, chicken fajitas.
This one is really our main portion.
Chicken fajitas over black beans with all the fixings lettuce, guacamole, sour cream,
raw cheese, topped with some salsa.
This is once again a very diverse meal.
And then for dessert, what we could have is some chocolate coconut mousse topped with
or with a side of really good mixed berries and this is an excellent meal.
Now remember, this is a big meal but with one meal a day it's supposed to be a big meal.
Now, jumping into our second meal, I'll go ahead and cover an example of an Italian feast.
What this will include is starting off with a vegetable minestrone soup, a side salad
with extra-virgin olive oil and vinegar, and then grain free biscuits with butter, spaghetti
squash, sauce and meatballs.
Then, for dessert what we'll have is mini cheesecakes with strawberry sauce.
Now, what I'll do is I'll go ahead and post a link below of those example meal plans so
you can go ahead and get the recipes for them and make them yourself.
They're all really great options and ones I personally like a lot.
So, make sure when you're doing the one meal a day you're following this food plan here.
It's all designed to support your body in a really powerful way.
I mean, you need those fats in order to support proper nervous system function.
You need that protein to make sure you're not losing a whole bunch of muscle.
You need to make sure you're hitting the right amount of calories so that you don't create
huge nutritional deficits and huge caloric deficits that are crashing your metabolism.
You need to make sure that you're hitting this right.
So, go ahead and follow this one meal a day food plan and be sure to give this video a
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