- What my dad has taught me is stay away from the schnitzel,
stay away from the schnapps,
and stay away from the kaiserschmarrn.
Keep the waist thin, keep the lats wide,
and the shoulders even wider,
and you'll be fine.
Hey, "Men's Health,"
I'm Joseph Baena,
and I'm gonna be walking you through my diet
and what I eat in a day.
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For this recent film that I just finished, "Lava,"
it was really difficult for me
to be in a different environment away from my usual routine.
I'm relying on other people to supply my food.
It's still on me to be disciplined
and say "No" to the sweets, say "No" to the pastries,
say "No" to the fatty foods that I'm obsessed with.
With all my meals, it's very simple, it's healthy,
you have your protein, your rice,
and then you have your vegetables on the side.
Getting a big mix of everything,
really make it well rounded.
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Breakfast.
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My breakfast usually consists of the same thing,
basically, every day.
Four eggs, scrambled, mixed in with spinach, mushrooms.
I like to make it as an omelet.
If you're feeling a little risky like me,
I put a little extra salsa or Sriracha on.
And on the side, I'll have two slices of avocado toast,
whole grain, I'm obsessed with avocado toast.
I keep it very simple, just pepper
and maybe some red pepper flakes to give it a little spice.
I'm obsessed with spice.
After breakfast, I usually head to work
and by then, I'll have lunch.
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Lunch is usually something lighter,
like a salad with a lot of protein.
My go-to protein is usually chicken or turkey.
It's really light, easy to digest,
something that I won't really crash on.
If I'm not training in the morning,
I'm training late in the evening.
On the way at home, I have a protein shake.
So when I'm making my protein shakes,
I actually learned this from my dad,
I don't really like to drink that much milk,
so instead I'll put orange juice,
and that's actually good for inflammation and soreness.
Put some orange juice, bananas, put spinach in there,
berries, do my scoop or two scoops of protein powder.
If I'm trying to gain weight, I'll put a little creatine
and blend it all up, and that's my protein shake.
When it comes to supplements,
I take my proteins, my creatine.
I like to take fish oil and turmeric
because it's good for the joints,
it's good for inflammation.
The omega-3s are helpful for the skin
and have a lot of good benefits
that I can't really list off right now. (laughs)
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When I go home to cook, I love to cook chicken breast,
ground turkey, I love Mediterranean food.
I've been really on a kick
with this plant-based meat substitutes lately.
They're light, I can digest 'em really easy
before going to bed so I don't have nightmares
when I fall asleep,
which is something that it tends to happen
when I eat too much steak, actually.
It's strange.
Now, talking about the cheat days, pastries.
I love pastries.
Pie is a huge one that my mom makes pie all the time.
It's really frustrating for me
because I always wanna eat it.
Unfortunately, I can't.
I sneak a piece in every once in a while.
But a huge cheat day of mine is shawarma,
specifically Avi Cue shawarma.
He makes the best Wagyu beef shawarma I've ever had
in my life.
And when I eat this, I just feel amazing.
The dopamines' going off like (laughs) the whole time.
But unfortunately for me, I eat really fast,
so it doesn't last that long.
Hope this helps out in your diet endeavors
and you keep it simple, keep it healthy, and keep it fresh.
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