Svelte fitness fanatic’s BIZARRE raw vegan diet that sees her eating 10LBS of food a day – including 4LBS of watermelon and five apples – leaves the internet baffled… as she claims it’s the key for achieving a ‘flat stomach’

An influencer has revealed the foods she eats to stay fit – and that includes consuming half a watermelon for breakfast.

Paige Shay, who bills herself as a fitness and beauty influencer, shared what she ate in a day to maintain her toned abs.

In the YouTube clip titled: What I eat in a day for a flat stomachwhich has now been viewed more than 7.2 million times, Paige starts the day with half a watermelon, which she takes from her ‘stash’.

“I always like to start the day with fruit that has a high water content, which is so refreshing and hydrating,” explains the 27-year-old.

“I’ll take about four pounds of watermelon. For lunch I eat (apples),” the raw vegan added, showing off the latter chopped and piled high in a bowl.

‘Apples are my absolute favorite.

‘They are so crunchy and sweet, so tasty and I didn’t eat all the apples; I still had a few slices left.”

Paige then ate a bowl of green grapes as a snack and ate the leftovers from the five apples she cut up for lunch in the morning.

It appears the content creator doesn’t eat more than just fruit until dinner, where she eats a huge bowl of noodles and a green salad.

“For dinner I had brown rice ramen noodles with a Thai peanut sauce,” she explained.

“Along with some broccoli and mushrooms, some red peppers and some green onion salad.”

The health-conscious woman says she doesn’t forget dessert: two slices of millet bread with a tablespoon of maple syrup.

“I usually eat a big bowl of potatoes for dinner,” she said.

‘I normally eat whole grains about once or twice a week and when I do eat whole grains I like to eat a lot of vegetables with them just to help with satiety and fullness.’

Paige also posts her meals and workouts on TikTok and Instagram, where some users are questioning fitness fanatics’ meals – with many pointing out that she doesn’t seem to eat much protein or fat.

Paige, who doesn’t eat meat, gluten, dairy or eggs, insists she gets enough nutrients from her plant- and fruit-based diet.

In a viral video she posted to TikTok in April, the vlogger detailed what she ate in a day, stunning viewers with her extreme fruit intake.

“I eat papaya for a snack and nine mangoes for lunch,” she continues.

Then she eats a large bowl of blackberries, and for dinner a large baby spring mix salad and 50 pieces of vegetable sushi, which she makes herself.

“Clean carbs don’t make you fat,” she joked. ‘They make you fit.’

Shocked and curious TikTok users commented on the post, some concerned about the lack of variety in her diet.

‘But where are the other nutrients you need to survive??’ one user asked.

“That’s way too much sugar,” another pointed out. “Although it’s natural, it’s still way too much for one day.”

“You eat more than most men because you’re not taking in calories, but you’re consuming volume,” someone else argued.

Paige first went raw vegan in 2018 and said she was stuck in a vicious cycle of fad diets and over-exercising, eating just 1,300 calories a day and going to the gym six times a day for an hour and a half. a week.

She said she started consuming between 2,500 and 3,000 calories from 4.5kg of raw fruits and vegetables every day, and saw her weight rise from 135kg to 115kg. She claimed it also relieved her acne and aided her digestion.

Some online observers have drawn parallels between Paige and controversial Australian raw vegan Freelee, whose real name is Leanne Ratcliffe.

Freelee made headlines in 2020 after sharing what she consumes in a day.

In her video of her meals on TikTok, she encouraged her more than one million fans to eat less meat.