How to Eat for Mass | Jay Cutler, 4x Mr. Olympia Bodybuilder

Hello, M'iqus. We have salads, right? Well. I think I'll have salad with my next meal. The hardest part about training for a competition and trying to be like the Jay Cutler that people know as a

bodybuilder

, not just a fitness guy, but a competitive

bodybuilder

, is how many calories I need to eat. Food consumption, because it is consistent. And I still can't get enough. Now I have a deficit daily and try to eat enough food. Last night I went to bed at 280 and woke up at 271. But that's what I lose. I mean, on the stairs I'll lose 7 pounds.

Seven pounds every morning on the stairs, seven pounds of water. The way I balance everything is what I wake up with and what I go to bed with and what... when I get to a point where I wake up at the same weight that I go to bed with, that's when I know my body is in a good holding pattern. Right now it's out of control. In fact, have a pretty hearty breakfast. But today and for the past few weeks, he's been drinking egg whites, meaning two cups of egg whites with one scoop of protein. Then take three whole eggs, three packages of grits, two Ezekiel toasts, and coffee.

Although that will probably end soon. Nobody understands how strict it is to have a meal schedule where you can only eat 2 and a half hours, 3 hours. An average person should eat at least five meals. I think if you eat every 3 hours, you should be able to eat consistently. I can't fall asleep until he eats his food because then he'll forget and wake up, you know, at 4 or 5 in the morning and then he'll eat it, but it's too late, so I have to stay up and make sure he eats it. I eat it. And it is not easy to wake him up if he falls asleep.

Like when, what, 6, 7 times before I got up to eat at... I got up and ate around 3 because I ate at 12 and then I ate 3... every 3 hours. Do you want... Two pieces of toast? I got it. Do you want the cottage cheese? Yes, I do. I want the protein there. Well. Are you jumping in the pool? Yes. There's a towel out there, right? Oh man. When I worked in construction in the family business, I was forced to eat very quickly, so now I take my time and enjoy my food much more because I am not in a hurry.

But I only ate like three main meals a day. I was in the traps of what everyone else was doing. But that's... you know, and not eating enough calories on a consistent basis, so for me, the amount of calories I can eat is out of the textbooks. It's hard because you're like, okay, I have to go on a diet and you can't eat, you know, everyone cuts out processed foods and they don't eat, you know, any fruit and they can't eat certain things, but with me, if I cut those things, I cringe. I can't eat oatmeal, egg whites, fish and, you know, plain potatoes and that kind of stuff...

I can't do it. I need to have a lot of simple things like semolina and six sugars after training and some fruits and something quick. If I eat high carbs that are fibrous, like fiber, it burns. It doesn't do anything to me. It doesn't hit my body hard enough. Ron, what's wrong? Yeah, and then on both the east side and the west side, you have, you know, obviously, Teriyaki Boy, which has the Jay Cutler Bowl. He is famous for that. I'm always a big fan of N9NE Steakhouse at the Palms. STK is also great at the Cosmopolitan, I go there quite often.

What's the name of that pizzeria next to Kyzen? Joe? Joe's pizza? Yes. Joe's Pizza. Of course. It's the best In-N-Out burger. I just gave up In-N-Out burgers last week. No more In-N-Outs for 12 weeks. Most bodybuilders love to eat. They long, "Oh, I have to eat this, I have to eat that." I have no cravings, I have no anticipation for any food I eat. I don't feel like eating anything. If you ask me what my favorite food is, I don't have a favorite food. I don't like to eat anything. There is nothing specific that I like. I don't like to eat anything.

I don't feel like eating anything. I've been eating. Today I eat a lot. We have to go. That's it, eat now. Well, buddy, it's hard to eat again anyway, you know? Good. I mean, I didn't want to go back to this shit, you know? That was the worst part of my job, man, eating, you know? I mean, trying to run without gas when you're not eating, you know? How are you going to have productive workouts? I try to tell people that you have to put as much effort into your diet as you do into your weight training.

Everyone goes to the gym, you know, 4 or 5 days a week, that's all. But they don't eat enough, enough to feed him. I wish you could take a pill and be able to avoid cooking or something. Cooking and eating are 5 or 6 hours of my day, without a doubt. You know, and you'll see that, living my life, if you follow me for a day, two or three, you'll see that a big part of my day is food. Are you on your 16 times a day eating plan? Thirty-seven, eighteen and a quarter, fifty-four. We work harder to make your clothes.

I have to charge you a little more. Number one, you need to focus on your food. That is no doubt. So, you know, you have to make sure you're getting protein and carbs, fats, good fats, whatever, but, just for the products, I mean, most people I'm going to buy a protein powder, you know, a multivitamin. They might, you know, then launch into pre-workouts and, you know, branched-chain amino acids. And then, of course, the number one fat burner, if you're trying to lose weight. But you know, I don't suggest using a fat burner all year round. Pre-workout and protein, yes, of course, you know, you can use them all year round.

You know, you're talking about three or four products, I mean, it's a necessity. It's something that, I mean, I think it's an advantage, you know? If you want to do things right, you have to have the advantage, right? So you have to try to find ways to budget and be able to include those extra things in there. There is nothing better than grilled chicken. Ten ounces of chicken. You know, I grew up on a farm, so I was introduced to food values ​​early. They never allowed us to eat very badly. And I was in Massachusetts, so the meat I was getting was very good quality.

I mean, I attribute a lot of that to my success because I was buying, you know, cows and chicken breasts from a real farm. Like, you know, $100,000 worth of food, probably between eating out and going on a diet. I mean, I'm in Vegas, I go out, I also go out to eat a lot, you know, when I'm not training. I mean, that may not be just for me, but in general, for food, it's probably my biggest expense. You know, I do my thing. I like to stay at home and prepare my food. I like to weigh everything, I weigh: 10 ounces of meat, 12 ounces of potatoes, I mean, obviously now is a crucial time because I'm training, so I take it a lot more seriously.

When I train, I don't like to go out to eat much unless it fits into what I do, whatever my diet is. This is steak, right? I can tell the difference in how it is cooked. I wonder if those other things are steaks or not. Looks more like a skirt steak, huh? I think only water is good. Thank you. I hope it hasn't grown up now. My God. Bad? You know, I never had hair on my back until I started shaving, you know that? Ever. Actually? That was a pimple. I went over the grain. Do you have a pimple back there?

Yes, huge. Everyone has pimples. I've never had a pimple, friend, ever. What are you talking about? I had bad pimples too, you know? When I eat French fries I get pimples, you know? Did you tell them about... I tried some fries because they were local to where I lived and I remember... Did you tell them about what you used to eat at your mom's house when you visited? Yeah, I used to get pimples, man, when I was like 12. What did you eat? I tried some fries. They were very greasy. Tell him what you would eat. Tell her what you would ask your mother to do for you every time you went to her house.

Chips and salsa. French fries and what kind of sauce? A whole bag. Sour cream and onion. I used to eat them for breakfast, sour cream... Sour cream? Well, there you go. Yeah. Ask Mo' about the pizza she had the other night. Did you eat pizza? Yes. Good for you. See? Someone has to have it. Listen, it's hard, man, because... it's like, at some point, you want to go eat junk food and you're like, like, what would Jay say, sort of. It'd be like... He'd be like, "Do you really need to eat that?" Honestly, if I'm on a diet, I'm grateful that someone can go eat some junk food, you know?

No, of course, I'm not saying... Listen, man, I'm not, you know, I'm not a saint. I've eaten a lot... a lot of junk food. I mean, there's no question, you know, I've been into cheesecakes and desserts and all that. I like hamburgers, you know, that's something I eat, but having a turkey sandwich and some fries is great for me. That's like, phhh. A turkey sandwich with a little cheese. You know, I like cheese, so, I mean, for me, it's like, I don't really sit there and crave, okay, well, I'd like to have sugar this and sugar that.

I mean, I don't crave... I eat Snickers bars every once in a while. You know, there was a time when my macros and nutrition were normal, where I was eating a specific diet, day after day. And now, you know, I'm just an uncontrolled eater and I eat everything different every day. So consistency has to be as important as training. I think I had the best advisors from the day I started. You know, at 6 months, I started working with Chris Aceto, who is a big player in fitness, he trains a lot of top guys, in short, he turned a lot of guys into professionals, you know, he brought me to Olympia.

I won my first Olympia with him. That's why I think it's good to hire someone who has some knowledge about nutrition. You can also do it right because nutrition is almost more important than weight training. Stacking them is the show. Come on. Come on, Jay, come on. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Mentally you have to be, I think, a little crazy. People come up to me and say, "Jay, what's the secret? What's the secret? What's the secret?" I don't like to eat anything. If you ask me what my favorite food is, I don't have a favorite food.

I don't feel like eating anything. You're a living legend, that's the amazing thing about what I do. Jay Cutler! And I tell you, Jay Cutler is the greatest of all time.