JJ Watt Eats 9,000 Calories A Day And Even His Cheat Meals Are Healthy
HOUSTON — His speed was right, his form was right, and J.J. Watt being J.J. Watt, he wouldn’t let himself mentally quit on a workout he knew he could do. Watt’s body lagged behind his mind, though. Having trained the Houston Texans defensive end since high school, Brad Arnett noticed something was wrong during that workout back in February. Watt also noticed, he knew his body well enough to know it just didn’t feel right.
“My body was grabbing for something that wasn’t there,” Watt said. “It was trying to fuel itself with no fuel.” What was missing? Fat. Cheat days. Tasty things.
If he ate eight chicken breasts in one meal, Arnett suggested he wrap three of them in bacon. Daily that meant adding mashed sweet potatoes, more pasta, fish, olive oil and coconut oil in his cooking and avocados.
“I started crushing avocados,” Watt said. His calorie count rose to somewhere between 6,000 and 9,000 calories per day, depending on how active he was each day. Watt opted to keep his own meal plan a secret, ?but it would take about 50 slices of bacon, 20 chicken breasts and 13 whole avocados to reach 9,000 calories.
Weekly that meant the glorious return of one cheat meal, something Watt thought he had to cut out, too. The cheat meal’s triumphant return came in the form of brunch.
“I love brunch,” Watt said. “Brunch is my favorite meal. I went there, had brunch, had a massive potato pancake omelet, which is an omelet inside a potato pancake. Then I had stuffed French toast with berries and stuff. My cheat meals aren’t even that exciting. That was my cheat meal. The omelet is still pretty darn healthy. The stuffed French toast was the cheat meal, but that was delicious.”
He loves barbecue, too. Watt has struck up a friendship with local chef Ronnie Killen, owner of Killen’s Barbecue, named one of America’s top five barbecue joints by Food Network. When Watt eats lean, Killen sends him smoked turkey and lean cuts of brisket. Going into Killen’s Barbecue isn’t an option during non-cheat times because Watt has trouble resisting carrot cake, banana pudding and bread pudding.
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“It’s funny because you can tell when he’s in serious mode and when he’s kind of relaxed, which, he’s hardly ever relaxed,” Killen said.
Killen notes Watt doesn’t like sauces much. He likes simplicity. It’s part of the reason Watt says he doesn’t have a chef. He tried one for a couple weeks, but preferred to cook his own meals. When Killen opens a burger place soon, he will have a No. 99 burger on the menu. A turkey burger with ground up mushroom inside it. Moist, lean and simple, just the way Watt likes it. He’s never named a menu item after an athlete before.
I said the other day that I’m going to try and cool down my JJ Watt hate just a bit. You don’t want to hate too much otherwise your hate loses it’s worth and you can’t hate the real things, like him singing Fort Minor to no one #PeopleDontForget
So with that said I’m going to take a rational approach here. Let’s just take out a couple things and comment real quick
1. Watt opted to keep his own meal plan a secret
Code for, I chug HGH by the gallon.
2. 50 slices of bacon, 20 chicken breasts and 13 whole avocados to reach 9,000 calories.
I’m not a dietician but I’m pretty sure you can reach 9,000 calories in easier ways. French Fries, hot pockets, string cheese, hot dogs. Work smart not hard, JJ.
3. My cheat meals aren’t even that exciting. That was my cheat meal.
Sickbrag, bro. “Even when I take a day off I’m not really taking a day off”
4. Killen notes Watt doesn’t like sauces much.
What kind of asshole doesn’t like sauce? Get the fuck out of here man. Sauce is the best. I don’t even care what type of sauce, I want all the sauce. Even if I’m not going to use the sauce I want the sauce as an option. Like when a waitress says ranch or bleu cheese, I always say both and never use the ranch but at least know it’s there in case of an emergency. Can never have enough sauce, ever.
Oh and my point stands from the rundown earlier this week. I’m going to wait until the JJ Watt gets out of control then I’m getting back on the JJ Watt train. Gotta try to stay one step ahead of these totally meaningless and frivolous imaginary internet feuds.