All-Pro defensive end J.J. Watt may not be superhuman after all – the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year admitted that even he has cheat days.
According to ESPN’s Tania Ganguli, Watt has drastically changed his diet since he entered the NFL and now eats between 6,000 to 9,000 calories per day including one cheat day per week where he downs bacon, mashed potatoes, and avocados.
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.
Watt’s cheat meal of choice? 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.”
When Watt isn’t on the field or working out, the three time Pro-Bowler said all he does is eat in order to maintain the fuel needed to support his body.
“It’s literally, if I’m not working out, I eat the whole time I’m not working out,” Watt said. “It’s exhausting. You have to force feed. You have to force yourself to eat food.”
And apparently, Watt’s new diet has paid dividends for him, which is an even scarier thought for opposing teams.
(Thanks ESPN for sharing)
