Kristin Cavallari Just Revealed Her Exact Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Ever since she was a teenager on Laguna Beach, Kristin Cavallari has maintained one of the most celebrated bodies on reality television. Now a mother-of-three and entrepreneur living in Franklin, Tennessee, the jewelry designer is living her best and healthiest life. On Tuesday, during an Instagram Q & A, the 35-year-old revealed all of her diet secrets to her 4.4 million followers, including the exact breakfast, lunch, and dinner she eats on a daily basis. Read on to see everything Kristin Cavallari eats in a day and all of her other diet rules for staying in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!

1. She Eats Food to Stay Thin

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According to Kristin, starving yourself to get thin isn’t a good idea because it messes up your metabolism. “So I think the most important thing is that you actually have to eat food,” she explains in the first clip. “There's a misconception that if you don't eat a lot of food, you're gonna be skinny. I think it's the opposite. I think you have to really work on your metabolism.”

2. Her Breakfast Is Packed with Protein

Kristin starts her day with a protein packed meal. “For breakfast, I'll do a smoothie. I'll do eggs with sauteed spinach or arugula or something, goat cheese, maybe avocado,” she explains in the video. “Or I'll do like overnight oats or something like that.”

3. For Lunch, She Eats a Healthy Salad

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A typical lunch for Kristin? “I love a big salad,” she confessed. “I always have to make sure there's protein in it. I'll do like a deconstructed cobb salad or a Greek salad, something like that, where I'll do leftovers, which is usually protein and veggies.” She also shared a photo of her go-to Greek salad, consisting of cucumber, tomato, red onion, olives, feta cheese, chicken, and tzatziki sauce.

4. Dinner Is Protein, Veggies, and Carbs

Kristin keeps it simple for her final meal of the day. “Dinner is typically a protein of some sort, always a vegetable. I'm big on veggies,” she says. “I've also been doing more carbs in the last few months. A few of her favorites? Sweet potatoes, brown rice, black rice.

5. She Snacks Healthy

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Kristin also snacks throughout the day. “I do fruit. I do hummus. I do lots of beef jerky. Nuts and stuff,” she says. She also loves drunken goat cheese that she gets at Whole Foods. “It's the best cheese on the planet and it's a goat cheese, but it doesn't taste like it. It's really good,” she says about the Merlot soaked cheese.

6. She Reads Ingredients, Not Calories or Fat

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Kristin has a trick when reading food labels. Because she focuses her diet on foods that are “real” she reads ingredients, not numbers. “Never look at calories or fat or anything like that,” she says.

7. She Indulges

In the photo of her Greek salad, Kristin also revealed that she allows herself to indulge. “When I travel and go out to eat, I eat whatever I want and enjoy every second. I NEVER beat myself up. It’s all about balance.”

8. She Avoids Intermittent Fasting

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So, is Kristin one of the many stars who swear by the keto diet and intermittent fasting? “I have in the past,” she reveals. “I honestly think both of those things completely mess up your metabolism.

9. She Drinks Mindfully

“I know it seems like I drink a lot but I actually hardly do,” she revealed when asked about her drinking. “Usually I drink 1-2 times per week but sometimes not at all. I try to be really mindful of it. I do a healthy red wine (low sugar, low sulfites) or tequila soda with jalapenos and lime juice,” she said.

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1. She Doesn’t Diet Anymore

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Cavallari has been in the public eye ever since she was young and starred on the MTV reality show, Laguna Beach. And this took a toll on her body image and insecurities. Cavallari revealed in her book Balancing in Heels that she struggled with herself, and felt like she had to do extreme diets. "As early as high school, I thought that depriving myself of certain foods (sweets and carbs) and limiting calories would result in the body of my dreams," she wrote. However, today Cavallari says she doesn’t diet anymore, and focuses on eating healthy. She writes that this change has made her “the happiest I’ve ever been.”

2. She Avoids Refined Wheat

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Cavallari says that she tries to eat healthy, and that she tries to avoid a lot of processed and refined products. Mainly, she says that she avoids refined wheat products. "I'm not eating gluten free, but I try to avoid refined wheat products since they've been shown to spike blood sugar levels faster than some candy bars," she writes in her book.

3. She Eats Close To the Natural State

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Cavallari tells Us Weekly that she makes sure to eat as healthy as she can each day, and says that she “eats as close to the natural state” as she can. “The way I eat is a lifestyle,” she shared. “Organic as often as possible, tons of veggies, meat, nuts and seeds, complex carbs like buckwheat soba noodles, berries, tons of fat — I even eat butter.”

4. She Cooks Most of Her Own Food

Cavallari is big on cooking her own meals, and she says that it’s better for her. “I make dinner 90 percent of the time. I think that’s important because that’s the only way to truly know what’s in your food,” she says to Us Weekly. Cavallari has some recipes for her three kids. “My kids love pasta,” she says. “We use brown rice noodles or lentil noodles.”

5. She Gives Herself Grace

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Cavallari tells Us Weekly that a big part of her health and her lifestyle is giving herself grace and staying consistent. “It’s important to give ourselves grace and not beat ourselves up,” she says. “For so many years in my early 20s, I was all or nothing. I have the best relationship I’ve ever had with food and health because I’ve let go of a lot of that control. It’s about consistency — just keep showing up.” Cavallari revealed that she doesn't use a nutritionist or expert to help her, and that has helped her find this balance.

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1. She Does A Variety Of Different Workouts

Cavallari opened up about some of her lifestyle and wellness secrets in an interview with Us Weekly. She says that her fitness routine includes a lot of different things, and that she likes to try new exercises and classes. “I lift weights, but I do circuit training to keep my heart rate up. I also started doing hot yoga every once in a while. I don’t do it as often as I would like, but I love it when I’m able to make it happen.”

2. She Eats An Early Dinner With Her Family

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Cavallari and her family like to eat meals together. However, she says that she prefers having dinner as soon as possible, as it helps her to sleep and avoid midnight snacks. “I eat with my kids every night at 5:15 p.m.,” she told Us Weekly. “I find that I sleep better when I eat early like that. And I eat enough so that I’m not hungry before I go to bed.”

3. She Eats Mostly Organic Food

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“The way I eat is a lifestyle,” she explained. “Organic as often as possible, tons of veggies, meat, nuts and seeds, complex carbs like buckwheat soba noodles, berries, tons of fat — I even eat butter.” What does 100 percent organic mean? "This description is used on certified organic fruits, vegetables, eggs, meat or other single-ingredient foods. It may also be used on multi-ingredient foods if all of the ingredients are certified organic, excluding salt and water. These may have a USDA seal," says the Mayo Clinic.

4. She Loves To Cook

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“I make dinner 90 percent of the time. I think that’s important because that’s the only way to truly know what’s in your food,” she said. Cavallari also says that she likes to make healthier versions of food for her family. “My kids love pasta. We use brown rice noodles or lentil noodles.”

5. She’s Motivated By Results

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One of the most important things you need to be able to workout consistently is motivation. For Cavallari, her motivation comes from results. She says to Us Weekly, “Seeing results makes me want to push harder and gets me excited in the gym. I can honestly say my butt has gotten a lot bigger from being consistent in the gym, working on it for the past year. These results don’t happen overnight. It’s important to be patient and stay the course.”

6. She Packs Healthy Food When She Travels

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It can be difficult to eat healthy while traveling and on the road, especially if you’re on a plane. However, Cavallari has a trick to eat healthy when she’s flying, and it doesn’t involve eating gross airplane food. She tells Forbes that she packs healthy snacks whenever she’s on the roat. “No matter where I'm going, if it's a plane ride that's an hour and a half, or if it's 14 hours, I am bringing food with me. So that means I'm packing a meal like a salad. Or, I've brought leftovers on airplanes, made sandwiches, and then I bring a ton of snacks like Lorissa's Kitchen beef strips. I was just in Colorado this past weekend, and I brought sandwiches for my kids and a salad for me.”

7. She Looks Up Healthy Local Restaurants

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Cavallari tells Forbes that she makes sure that she still eats healthy and organic when she travels. She says that she likes to search for healthy local restaurants when she goes to a new place. “Wherever your destination, it's really about looking online and finding healthy spots. I'll sit on Google for hours trying to find great restaurants and cool coffee shops and juice bars.”