What Simone Biles Eats in a Day to Help Her Win Gold

Breakfast

Simone says that her breakfast depends on whether she can sneak a meal in before her practice. She doesn’t drink coffee as she’s “always been of a morning person.” If she does have time, she’ll eat oatmeal, fruit, toast, a boiled egg, or a granola bar, foods which she also eats to fuel through the day. When she has more downtime on the weekends, she’ll cook up some protein waffles with chocolate chips or cinnamon rolls.

After a workout, she loves drinking a Core Power Protein Shake. “Usually I drink half after the first practice and half after the second practice,” she told the publication One of my favorite flavors at the moment is vanilla. It always changes, but it’s currently vanilla.”

Lunch

Like any relatable person in their 20s, Simone Biles likes to order out food on Uber Eats and order salmon, sushi, or pizza after her practice ends at 11 a.m.

“If I cook, though, it’s usually pasta, or chicken or salmon in the air fryer, oven, or on the grill,” she tells Women’s Health. She also loves to add a veggie to her proteins like asparagus, broccoli, carrots, corn, green beans, peas, and potatoes…especially potatoes.

Drinks

Give her one margarita and she’ll end up winning gold. Simone winds down with a margarita or a glass of wine at the end of her days or weekend.

Dinner

Simone loves to wrap up her day with a hearty meal. “If I’m feeling like a little bit of a less healthy meal, I get pizza or fettuccine Alfredo with chicken,” she told WH. “I really like home restaurants that are in the area because I feel like I get to be closer with them. I’m not picky. I’ll try any new restaurant.”

If she’s cooking up at home, she told Bustle, “I make a good lemon pepper salmon with rice and veggies. And if I make salad, I have to have feta on top.”

Dessert

Simone Biles seesaws between ordering out cookies and making homemade cookies herself. “I do bake chocolate chip cookies myself and whenever I do I usually make s’mores cookies,” she told Women’s Health. “I put a graham cracker at the bottom, marshmallows and chocolate on the top, and then I wrap it in cookie dough and bake it. That’s my favorite cookie to bake.”

Snacks

Simone Biles doesn’t seem to snack on too much, but when she does, only one thing is off the table: coconut.  “It all depends on how I feel, but when I splurge, I have like popcorn or pretzels and Nutella, stuff like that, as a snack.”