what I EAT in a week in nyc | balanced meals, easy recipes & realistic

so this is what I eat in a week! every week differs but since this is my first time making a "what I eat in a week" I made some cool food at home LOL so impress yall. but this was fun to make lmk if you guys wanna see more!! ok bye bye
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[@moths.for.valentine]

just gonna sneak in here and clear a common online trend misconception: most food is processed! especially tofu is a good example of highly processed food. it's literally just food going through a process. boiled pasta is processed, baked vegetables are processed. It's not an inherently bad thing for you, and it's a pretty toxic part of online diet culture (but i know you don't mean badly!!)

[@RiyaPunn]

What foods do you recommend that aren’t as processed?? Or bad for your health??

[@moths.for.valentine]

@RiyaPunn like i said, processed does not equal bad for health. It's what online diet culture wants you to think. obviously packaged snacks and ultra processed (emphasis on the word ultra) sugars like candy are bad for you in high amounts

[@domodachiiiiiiii]

​@RiyaPunn Well just eat what you normally eat but healthier, if you are worried about what's processed and what's not you'll make yourself deficient of the nutrients that you need, just eat healthy and as the original comment said, processed doesn't equal unhealthy

[@RiyaPunn]

@@domodachiiiiiiiiOohk thank you!

[@sirivnx]

i feel like most plant based protein foods are highly processed. imo it’s healthier to be pescatarian than vegan/vegetarian, but of course, everyone is free to eat what they want!

[@clarinha4396]

Via, matcha caffeine is very different from coffee caffeine. Matcha caffeine is healthy and not linked to anxiety. Additionally, matcha is packed with antioxidants, including L-theanine, which is excellent for focus and attention (especially for those with ADHD). You can have your morning matcha, girl! I’ve realized that most plant-based proteins are just regular processed foods, and eating “in natura” ethical protein is much healthier. So since I started eating fish again, my health has improved SO MUCH. It’s a clean protein source, packed with the necessary fats. There’s no other way to get the fats attached to the proteins, especially during winter. And not depend solemly on milk and eggs. (P.S. I’m a medical doctor and currently doing a master’s at the University of California, San Francisco.)

[@elcuervo745]

This is such nonsense. Caffeine is caffeine, lol.

[@LindaThao]

I don’t know why but food vlogs are my favorite 💞😭🫶🏼 I think it’s so comforting to see other people enjoy their meal

[@graciousmarwisa9496]

Claiming 4minutes from upload because I have never been so early, I was legit just binge watching to catch up from your profile

[@Changbinisntshort]

Omgggg UR SO PRETTYYY AND I LOVE THE HAIRR

[@jood28]

seeing u mention the fact the what we eat is different from each other and if we even eat the same food our bodies will look different, sometimes its hard to understand that so thank you for mentioning it, ily via

[@111_oceanix]

VIA UPLOADED?? MY DAY JUST GOT 100 TIMES BETTER 💗 I've had a bad week, but you're my comfort

[@ayoy9]

Cooking food at home is better for a person in so many ways :)) I’m glad to see u cooking a lot more at home in this vlog!

[@eunchaespotato3887]

this whole video was so comforting! ily via

[@celina4166]

Your videos are so comforting via 💕

[@sennnosc]

cuz its the end of the year i wanna say thank you for being here, your vids helped me so much, love you

[@maivce]

OMG A NEW VLOG FROM VIAA?? super excited

[@withlovclau]

via your videos are always so comfy and really cheer me up somehow, you’re seriously my fav channel here right now! 🥹🫶🏻 one question though, as a girl that want to start doing more exercise and going to the gym at least 4x a week in 2025… what’s your routine? or like, how did find the best routine that fit you?

[@Kv0.far1y]

WAKE UP VIA POSTED (Finally got here early)

[@aryy7]

you mentioned if take out was like appropriate for this kind of video and absolutely gurl like I just wanna see what you eat it doesn’t matter if you make or you eat out or even if it’s takeout cuz that’s life sometimes I won’t have the energy to cook or go out so take out is the best option and that’s real…anyways I loved this video and hope to see more what I eat in a week videos 💗💗 happy new year💗💗 it was great to have you Via✨✨🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

[@aleisa27405]

omg Via ily my day it’s so much better now

[@angelcrossings]

I love that citrus yuza tea mix in the jar so much, tastes good hot and cold :)

[@magic_girlll]

hey via i love all the food it looks literally gorgeous and i didnt know that that you and lindsiann were besties i love both of you guyses content so much ahhh and now we have a miny coop. it is so important with the little talk about food and that everybody is diffrent and just cause sth works for you doesnt mean it works for everyone. thats for the food inspo and im obsessed with you ahh. all the best and love you all

[@nayyabahmed8740]

You should make a cafe/restaurant gide+ show all your fav nyc places😭💗💗

[@celestelovesu]

This video was so cozy and lovely omg, such a perfect break from studying :') you seem so kind

[@domodachiiiiiiii]

Via, processed food is almost everything we eat, unless you want to solely eat fruits and some vegetables. In laymans term processed food is not raw meaning it has to go through a process so as not to eat in it's raw form. The yogurt you take is processed, down to the tofu, to the bread and even the oats you take everyday they are all processed cause they aren't in their raw form!! Just find out what food your body doesn't agree with cause almost everything we consume is processed as long as it has to go through a series of processes or just a single one which might just be preservation process. Hope you catch my drift cause i feel that this is all over the place

[@nicolelovett8467]

when you said you didn't want to trigger anyone with eating stuff, I smiled. I clicked on this video to eat my breakfast to, I'm healing from an eating disorder. what a nice and considerate thing for you to say

[@mariumkhan8966]

i LOVE LOVE THIS A SOO MUCH OMGG, literally via cooking is therapy for me ;((

[@funkytweekkkk]

OMG The food always looks so yummy!! love the hair btw!!

[@steph_timo]

When oiling the pan you can use butter and to spread it use the butter wrapper to hold the butter, they lightly flour the surface

[@carolina.003]

YAY I WAS WAITING FOR THIS, LOVE YOU 🫶🫶🫶

[@natashas.y.v7398]

I really loved this video!! the whole cooking part was so cozy and fun to watch! thank you 🥹❤️

[@ceylin8581]

queen posted

[@tanishanaik7053]

I've been wanting to start learning how to cook and this was absolutely perfect timing!! 😭❤

[@josiegutierrez6877]

Hi Via, idk if you’ve looked into blood sugar but I learned that oatmeal with plenty of fruit tends to spike your blood sugar. When your blood sugar spikes and later drops back down you feel super hungry and can make you crave sugars. When your blood sugar drops it also makes you feel fatigued. One way to combat this is by balancing your oatmeal with protein. Love your videos you’ve been my comfort KZbinr for the entirety of 2024🥰🫶🏼

[@ryad8420]

These videos keep me going ISTGGGGGGGG

[@Emma_inlovewithHina]

So excited for this vlogggg

[@konasuyuu]

early!! i love via, shes my comfort ytber

[@hueyos]

LOVEE food videos and learning simple recipes :> thank u via

[@gowsidhana9788]

You are soo pretty and I love your energy so much ❤️ loved the vid

[@angelicdoll9467]

I really love food vlogs because it's just very enjoyable to watch people eat or make there food

[@iammarccolomayt82094]

This is so fun, yummy and cozy to watch!

[@bibs_faias]

Hi Via!🤍 Just wanted to thank you for what you said at 13:11, when I was a bit younger that's exactly how I felt after watching these type of videos (not the creators fault! Just how my teenager brain interpreted things) and you saying this really means the world, such a small thing but it can make a big difference for anyone in a more susceptible phase

[@sr5ya]

I think you can be a mukbanger...I really love watching food that you make!!❤

[@HunxRepair]

Hi Via! I'm happy that your anxiety lessened with a reduced caffeine intake. If it was my comment and others like it that made you decide to reduce it, then I have some more tips. You can have a sweet spot with caffeine where your anxiety doesn't increase or increases minimally. For me this is about 100mg but it varies person to person. Here's something your doctor won't tell you: Vitamin D deficiency can cause anxiety (and depression), it's commonly referred to as seasonal affective disorder. About 40% of american adults are vitamin d deficient. But when you go to your doctor they won't mention anything about this, and they indeed won't suggest a blood test or taking vit d3 supplements which are super cheap. Here's something else that your doctor won't tell you: People often think about anxiety and other psychological conditions like depression as something that originates from within, like childhood trauma. This can be true, but it's actually often false. Your diet, the foods which you eat, can influence these conditions. Sugar, sadly, is the number one culprit. Here on KZbin you can listen to thousands of anecdotes of people healing severe anxiety or depression just by changing the foods they consume. What is also important to understand is that anxiety, and other conditions, can be caused due to one or multiple triggers. You could have anxiety due to psychological trauma, and also due to caffeine intake and also due your diet at the same time. Therefore, it may be the case that you need to fix multiple root causes as opposed to just one. If you do some research you will read or hear about conflicting nutritional facts all the time. For example a study concludes eggs are healthy, and then the next week another study is released stating they are not. It was only a week ago that the FDA added eggs to their list of healthy foods. So what's critical to understand is that our experts who create these guidelines are often wrong. They should not be trusted, instead you can trust your body. Fats used to be demonised only a few decades ago. It used to be thought that dietary cholesterol increases blood cholesterol, but now we know that's also wrong. Red meat, eggs, full fat dairy products, etc. The list of foods and nutrients are long. You tried out reduced caffeine and your anxiety lowered and that's great! I encourage you to do more testing with zero caffeine and then adding it back incrementally to see how you feel. You can find your sweet spot this way. The same goes for sugar, seed oils, grains and other foods. Another commentator stated that most food is processed. That is indeed true, the majority of food you can get from your supermarket are Ultra Processed Foods. As Max Lugavere recently said to the US senate: "If your grocery store has a health food section, what does that make the rest of the store?" There's just too much to say so I'll end it here. I wish you well and good luck!

[@phoenix4268]

im vegetarian, so this helped sm because ive been tryna find more recipes to cook for myself,, tysm queen

[@mariangelmontilla]

I loved the recipes! How do you normally find them?

[@anjalisingh3830]

Hiii viaa!!!!! Our comfort girl is back ❤❤ Me too I'm also a practical person I like quick easy food And I can eat same for 1week straight😅😅😅

[@noodlle0]

You're so pretty 🤧💗

[@debbiemoore2747]

Thank you for the inspiration ❤

[@thewendyzoo]

Thank you for the lovely vlog! Just a side note, I think it might be beneficial to use a wooden or silicone spatula vs metal if you're using a nonstick pan!! And wooden chopsticks 🥢

[@xxxxxx-vd6yf]

Love u Via 💖💖💖

[@Gofittwice]

Omg I am so early ❤❤❤ via I love you You don’t often see my comments but I hope you see this one. Via you are my comfort person I love you ❤

[@Sarah_Miffy]

WAKE UP VIA LI POSTED!!

[@camellia_yeh]

EARLY LOVE YOU SM VIAAAAAA ❤❤❤❤

[@eseeiios]

pls make a new years motivational video 💕🤭 i love you sm btw

[@Ash-jp9xd]

Omg comfort KZbinr posted

[@Aliceunchained7]

LOVE THIS ❤

[@geeba04]

i recommend trying the purely elizabeth granola its so gooood especially their chocolate cookie granola

[@mimicha3459]

First ❤, OMG i luuuuuuv ur vlogs & ur vid 💮

[@christinetran916]

Yuhhhhh take attendance because I’m here 🙋🏻‍♀️ Loving a little chef Via moment lol

[@user-kn7yj4il4h]

More vids like this please, I loved this

[@heckleyeah399]

Thanks for the video! I'm def gonna try out the tofu pancake recipe. Would you be interested in doing a video of budget friendly restaurants in NYC? I find that a lot of the good restaurants are so expensive (I understand that inflation is driving up prices, but there are tons of other socio-economic reasons behind food insecurity that I will not get into).

[@moonlovingchild]

love the video! it's always so cozy watching them

[@Sophia_1004]

CHAPAI IS A GODSEND

[@KrystalOh]

this made me hungry :3

[@pixle_dream2962]

Can you make the overnight oats without the chia seeds

[@MackenzePiperFoster]

instead of match, try ssuk or mugwort latte! its similar but no caffeine

[@aesira]

Via vlog day?? YAYYY

[@maddiereed520]

i saw your review of the candies on xiaohongshu and then i saw your livestream on the same day while i was watching your vlog lol😄😄

[@SiddharthGargYT]

love your videos ♥♥

[@Tokki_sews]

You should go to the Amish market and get their bagels. There so freaking good!!!

[@cutycloud2731]

Helloooo via i love you!

[@aesira]

Via you are so pretty

[@aesira]

Day is better now

[@moodmanicuremagazine]

is great via! i dreamy food japan i gummy so good everyday!💛🎀🔮

[@TanichkaPin-r7c]

Hey girl what kind of vegan kimchi do you get, im trying to find one that I like so I want to try different brands

[@sbear9]

First time I’ve ever been this early ❤

[@zmoraboza]

9:31 omg where did you get these pants???!!! THEYRE ADORABLE!!!

[@zio_199]

RAHHH MISSED U SM

[@blue_2326]

I loveddd this video. Could u include your ingredients on the video in words. I kinda wanna try these foods at home.

[@blue_2326]

Text words I mean

[@Ulikay]

I love that plate You are eating brocolli eggs tofu on ❤❤😂 !

[@sqquu]

hi via! just wanted to let you know watching your content is so comforting, its like talking to a big sister 🥹im also chinese living in America,, also vegetarian!! streak of 7 years! 🌱🥹🫶 thank you for posting thiss, love u lots ! (๑>ᴗ

[@tuehanhhan5271]

I like to watch your food videos .

[@pollytse7067]

via ur SO CUTE love how u say 大家好 on ur xhs I'm losing it

[@User.mario.lawrence.]

Nice video guys🙂

[@Prioiya]

Where are the plain unseasoned food girlies at , I thought I was the only one 😅😊❤

[@haifa.03]

She is so cute ❤❤❤

[@rajnidevi6283]

Spent enough days in disguise, dreaming of what could've been me, Every moment hazily spent in daydreaming, thinking what I'm becoming, The one day I dream of, is a eternal lie My optimism is a blessing in disguise, But I'm growing tired of these dreams Done with playing as people I'd never be I'd never be not broken, The A glass once shattered have last pieces Cracks and crevices no glue or time can heal My chest is growing heavy, I don't wanna feel. So I started living passively, a passerby in thy own life, The passerby happy for everyone, but has no one, Scared and afraid, so I choose a pen everytime,A brush instead of a knife. But I'm afraid, time will pass me by like a speck of dust Unsignificant, unloved, broken and hushed, There are few things I wish I to do, no, some thing I must, Impulsive, treacherous, everytime it was myself own self, My own hands that crumpled my dreams, I still have enough time, I know, but none to trust, afterall it was my own hand muffling my screams, Half a decade spent in a haze Thrown in random rooms with keys and no doors No map no signal and an endless maze, The more I resist the waves, further I'm swept away from the shore. 'My dreams are just dreams' I'm a quiet kid with a parent like abusive mind that Uncontrollably screams, I chose to walk the hard path, but my feet are anchored to the ground Looking around for a push, people pass by, I stay silent enduring, for my mouth doesn't make a single sound.

[@Christiangirly1]

I wanna know where she got the shirt she was wearing while cooking!!😩😩

[@anch7203]

看到instagram限時動態後馬上衝來看🙋🏻

[@Natureworld17-m9f]

2024 ending vlog ? 😊 plz

[@Cherry_stan]

hi via! I don’t really like the mic, I miss videos where you didn’t have it. Anyway I love you so much and you have helped me probably the most out of anyone.

[@virgo7575]

whereeeee are your jackets from in 2:48 omg

[@Angie.Angelie]

heyy ilyy

[@britneyfrancis5757]

I'm finally early!!!! Yayyy

[@angieli2641]

please do a video about where u get ur clothes 🙂‍↕️

[@Samanthaxvi]

Wait did you move to NYC?

[@chimichangas4127]

1 MINUTEE

[@LucianaSantanaOficial]

Via, please, do a sequence to your other video "why you need to chase your dreams (a very honest 2023 reflection)" about 2024 for 2025. It really helped me chase my dreams in 2024 and I bet helped other people too. By the way you are awesome!

[@ue6pd]

if you ever make this a series, maybe you should rebrand it as "what i ate in a week" instead of using the words "eat?" i say this because the three disclaimers you had were: 1) what is showed isnt what you eat EVERY single week; meals depend on your mood which will inevitably vary them. 2) wanting to make the video special, you ended up eating/making meals out of your norm means youre showing something out of your general routine of meals. 3) you dont want people to think that eating this way will get them the same body as you, because all bodies react differently to food. the title "what i EAT in a week" is where most these concerns come from: that the range of meals you have is more complex than what can be fit into a video diary of 7 days; that what you show us may honestly not be the 100% authentic genuine weekly meals you have; and that eating a certain way every day of every week isnt how to achieve a certain body type or lifestyle but if you change the language to "what i ATE in a week," it provides less stress on lifestyle and more to the tone of your vlogs, just a glimpse into what you MAY eat or what you MAY do. of course, what you eat, even if its out of your typical standard, does reflect to your lifestyle and your typical meals, but it won't make it seem like what youre showing us is the end all be all ways of eating to live a life like yours (which i feel is inherent in the honestly consumerist title/genre of what i EAT in a week videos)

[@frutilla_xx]

omg i'm early💋💋

[@myglvrsnc17]

firsttttt ❤

[@cecic-36]

Wow❤🎉

[@katzpaw]

the way I was binge watching your vids today and you posted another??? ilysm via 🫶🫶🫶🫶