Serena Williams says she ‘eats to live’ and doesn’t usually have breakfast because she’s too busy

• Tennis legend Serena Williams has revealed what her diet consists of, saying she "eats to live."
• The 23-time major winner says she tends not to eat breakfast and mostly sticks to a plant-based diet.
• Williams also says she takes inspiration from Instagram when deciding what to cook.
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Serena Williams has revealed what she eats to stay in top condition and says that she treats food as a complement not as her life.

Speaking to Women's Health, the tennis GOAT said she "eats to live" and she will often skip breakfast

"I often don't make breakfast because I just forget or I'm running around getting Olympia [her daughter] ready and then I go work out."

"When I roll out of bed [in the morning], I'm just not hungry," she said.

The seven-time Wimbledon champion said she treats food as something needed to survive rather than a treat.

"My philosophy is eat to live. Don't live to eat.

"I want to have a healthy lifestyle and, so you know, a lot of greens and mostly plant-based lately, just super healthy stuff.

"You need it to survive. And [that's] very hard to live by, cause I definitely love to snack, but this is what I want. These are my goals."

While she tends to skip breakfast, her lunches usually consist of greens and protein, but she will never have beef or avocados due to her not liking them.

When speaking of dinner plans, Williams said she uses social media for sources of inspiration.

"I get inspired by what I see on Instagram and I love making it."

Previously she has posted the things she's made including this rainbow cake:

A post shared by Serena Williams (@serenawilliams)

One food that has been ruined from decades of playing is pasta. She said that she is looking forward to never seeing the Italian delicacy again.

"The only time I eat pasta is when I'm playing/training. Usually, you'll never see me eating pasta otherwise. 'Cause I feel like I've had to eat it so much in my career. It's just like, I never want to see pasta again.

"I can have a smoothie for six months and then I'll be like, I never want to see a smoothie again for the next six months. Then I'll be like, okay, I'm back on the smoothie. My eating is very moody."

"I usually like to have lots of greens before my match and then fruit actually, and a little carbs and some sort of a protein. So I try to knock them [her food groups] all out in one."