Olympian Lindsey Vonn Maintains Her Physique With This Diet

Vonn revealed in the interview that she has high standards when it comes to food. “I make sure everything I eat is fresh and that I prepare it myself so I know what I’m eating,” she said. During ski season back when she was still competing, she had a go-to diet that helped her meet her energy needs.

“I eat a lot of protein and carbs to stay a healthy weight while I’m training and to get enough energy, but I opt for healthier versions, like almond butter instead of peanut butter and pumpernickel bread instead of white bread,” she said.

The athlete-turned-businesswoman detailed what she would eat in a day during training season. For breakfast, she’d have a cappuccino with skim milk, three scrambled eggs, and a fruit salad consisting of cantaloupe, strawberries, and blueberries.

Lunch would be salad containing walnuts, dried cranberries, and balsamic vinaigrette, along with grilled chicken breast and a side of green beans and steamed carrots.

Snack, meanwhile, was a handful of almonds and half of a milk chocolate bar.

For dinner, Vonn would typically order a full portion of spaghetti Bolognese at a restaurant.

Throughout the day, the Olympic skier would keep herself hydrated by consuming three liters or 13 glasses of water.

In a video interview with Delish, she also revealed that she would replenish with a banana and protein shake after every race and that she “won the [2010 Vancouver] Olympics on banana bread and salmon.”

And what about foods she avoided? “No steaks, no burgers. Your body is spending a lot of energy trying to digest it instead of using your energy to recover and rest and get ready for a race,” she said.

Now that Vonn is retired from her sport, has her diet changed? “I still try to eat really healthy, but I definitely let myself indulge a bit more,” she said. As for her favorite indulgence, she said it’s ice cream, which she “could eat forever and ever.”