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There’s less than a week to go until the Rio Olympics, and to find out what it’s like for the stars of the Games?the athletes?we’re chatting with female sports stars to find out how they train, live, and eat. Today we’re speaking with Marlen Esparza, an American boxer who took the bronze at the 2012 Olympics in London in the women’s flyweight division. Esparza’s been sponsored by Nike, Chobani, CoverGirl, and even landed a Vogue spread ahead of the 2012 Games. Here, she spilled exactly what it takes to be a world-class athlete, so keep scrolling.
For breakfast I had:

I usually make a smoothie for breakfast around 8 a.m. that includes Nutty for ?Nana Chobani Greek yogurt with chopped-up bananas, organic honey, powdered peanut butter, chia seeds, almond milk, and steel-cut oats all blended together. For lunch I had:

Protein! I had grilled chicken, sweet potato, and asparagus for lunch around 1 p.m.
For dinner I had:

I will usually have chicken, steak, some kind of protein and more veggies for dinner around 7 p.m.
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Today I snacked on:

I love Mango Chobani Greek yogurt, it?s one of my favorite snacks. Another snack that I pre-make is a special oatmeal, which is whole-grain steel-cut oats with cashew milk, powdered peanut butter, organic honey, and chia seeds, and I let it sit in the refrigerator overnight and eat it cold.
The one thing I would never eat is:

Egg...