Justin Theroux | Eat Like | Men's Health

Men'sHealth

06/09/2024

Transcript

00:00If I'm having to have my shirt off or do something like that,

00:03then I'll definitely change my eating habits.

00:05No sugar, no alcohol, no nothing.

00:07That was one of the joys of Beetlejuice.

00:09The part didn't require it.

00:11Hi, I'm Justin Theroux, and today I'm going to show you

00:13what my diet looks like.

00:19I try and eat healthy, eating mostly plant-based,

00:21although I'm not great at it.

00:23But I think I allow myself one sort of big cheat day,

00:25sort of pancakes, waffles, that kind of thing a week.

00:28I'm not a big supplement person.

00:30I try and maybe fish oils or something like that.

00:32But I've been trying that sort of mushroom craze,

00:34that sort of like lion's mane and things like that.

00:37And I actually have noticed a difference in my energy.

00:39I don't know if it's going to last,

00:41but they seem to be working, actually.

00:46Definitely start with a bottle of water,

00:48usually in the shower.

00:50I try and drink a bottle of water before I have anything else.

00:53Then I have a green juice,

00:56which sounds like I'm being too good for whatever,

00:58but I do usually have a green juice and a cup of coffee.

01:01Then I try and work out.

01:03And then quickly after working out,

01:05I try and get some kind of a smoothie, protein shake, taco.

01:08Then I snack in the afternoon, usually an apple,

01:11a piece of dark chocolate or something like that.

01:13Dinner's usually sort of a jump ball,

01:15and I try and do it before 8 o'clock

01:17and try not to snack after that.

01:20My workout is one of two things.

01:22I either go boxing for about a half an hour

01:25to get sort of a cardio workout,

01:27and then I hit weights as hard as I possibly can

01:29for the next 20, 25 minutes.

01:31And that's it. That's my workout.

01:33And then obviously living in New York City,

01:35I try and walk and bike as much as possible everywhere,

01:38not take cabs or Ubers.

01:40Yes. I mean, it depends.

01:43If I'm having to have my shirt off or do something like that,

01:46then I'll definitely change my eating habits.

01:48I think anyone does.

01:50Probably the strictest I ever was, and this is going way back,

01:53was to Charlie's Angels when I was just eating

01:56sort of very, very low carbs.

01:58I was sort of trying to be, like, extremely thin

02:01and sort of wiry.

02:03The inspo was like Iggy Pop,

02:05and that was probably the strictest I've ever been in my life,

02:07where, like, I just absolutely no sugar,

02:09no alcohol, no nothing,

02:11and just tried to get as minimal body fat as possible.

02:15That was one of the joys of Beetlejuice.

02:17We were all in sort of, like, heavy black clothes,

02:19and the bar didn't require it.

02:23You know, I'm one of those people that's sort of weird

02:25and forgets to eat, so I can have those sort of

02:28mid-afternoon, like, low-blood sugar moments.

02:31It's not that I'm trying not to eat,

02:33but I don't eat usually in the morning.

02:35I usually just have coffee and a juice,

02:37and then once I get to work, I'll try and have

02:39some sort of a protein or legume or bean

02:41or something like that.

02:43One of my favorite go-tos is just sort of a poached egg

02:45with some beans and some hot sauce.

02:47And then it's usually whatever catering has,

02:49some salad or a piece of fish.

02:51But on sets, it's weird.

02:53You can go for these, like, long seven-hour stretches

02:55where you just sort of forget to eat,

02:57and that's usually a problem,

02:59because the first thing that obviously presents itself

03:01is, like, a craft service table

03:03where there's things like, you know,

03:05sour cream and onion Pringles

03:07and things that are delicious.

03:09So I try and eat little meals all throughout the day.

03:15No, I don't think so.

03:17I'm always, like, you know, you work with some

03:19fancy people in this business,

03:21and I'm not that fancy, so a lot of times

03:23they'll have, like, a chef or something.

03:25So usually they'll have, like, something really bespoke

03:27made for them at lunch.

03:29And so I have, like, sort of, like,

03:31creeped up on people that have those chefs,

03:33and I'm like, what is that weird nori wrap you're eating?

03:35And they're like, oh, my chef makes them,

03:37and then they give them to you.

03:39And then you're like, I'd love to have that tomorrow.

03:41So then you try and basically get in on

03:43whatever their chef is making for the day.

03:45I don't find my diet that hard, to be honest.

03:47I sometimes will, like, lapse into eating,

03:49like, ice cream or something,

03:51but that's usually short-lived.

03:53I try and not eat a lot of sugar.

03:55And then once you cut the sugar out of your diet,

03:57the diet sort of falls into place,

03:59meaning, like, I don't, I'm not having, like,

04:01massive cravings throughout the day or anything like that.

04:03It's really just about

04:05not getting the frickin' dessert menu

04:07or putting something in your refrigerator

04:09that you know you're gonna want to eat later on.

04:11And then workouts, I don't know.

04:13Like everybody, I think I dread a workout sometimes,

04:15a lot of times.

04:17But then you've hit these, like, little jags

04:19where you're stoked to go workout.

04:21You realize that it's such a gift to yourself

04:23to be able to move your body like that.

04:25It's like therapy, you know?

04:27Like, you never leave a workout bummed

04:29that you did it, usually.

04:31I'm always excited after I've done it.

04:33Smooth, raw.

04:35My favorite carb, like everybody, is bread.

04:37And usually if that bread has

04:39tomato sauce, cheese,

04:41and pepperoni on it,

04:43that carb is excellent.

04:45But I think bread would have to be my favorite carb.

04:47My go-to comfort, there's these,

04:49I forget what they're called.

04:51It's like a beef bowl with white rice

04:53and simmered white onion.

04:55I forget what it's called.

04:57What is it called?

04:59Someone's gonna be smart and figure it out and put it up.

05:01It's like Yoshinoya bowl or something.

05:03Obviously mac and cheese is a go-to.

05:05Oh, and grilled cheese sandwiches

05:07with tomato soup.

05:09I don't know what my last meal on Earth would be.

05:11My answer is like pizza with everything on it

05:13because then I could have everything on it and it could be anything.

05:15It would probably be something in the Italian,

05:17you know, that region.

05:19Nothing beats a Joe's Pizza in New York City.

05:21Usually when I'm out of town for a long time,

05:23the first stop I make is Joe's Pizza.

05:25Or John's. Or Prince Street.

05:29Burgers are one of those things that I'm trying to work out in my diet.

05:31But if I was gonna order a burger,

05:33this is gonna sound like I'm being, again,

05:35like a goody two-shoes, but I really do

05:37like those sort of fake meat

05:39burgers, those impossible burgers.

05:41But if it's a red meat burger,

05:43it's just a straight-up smash burger

05:45with cheese and

05:47just fried onions on it.

05:49Tomato sauce.

05:51Like, without question.

05:53Coming into any house that has

05:55a nice, big, thick, it's been cooking for an hour or two,

05:57with garlic and onion

05:59and basil is a fantastic smell.

06:01Also just straight-up onion.

06:03Like if you're just making onions,

06:05you know, reducing them,

06:07that's a fantastic smell.

06:09Oh my god, I don't know.

06:11Some of my characters are insufferable.

06:15Um...

06:17I can't...

06:19I can't think of one that's likable enough

06:21that I'd want to hang out

06:23with them.

06:25I'm Justin Theroux, and that's what my

06:27diet looks like.

Justin Theroux | Eat Like | Men's Health

Category

Transcript

Recommended