Jim Thome Quotes

My diet is always extremely important to me. I've taken a new approach to eating in terms of my blood type. I really don't eat much chicken, sugar, salts, or beef. Just eating clean and feeling so much better.

There are certain things that I do - I don't eat chicken or pork. I stay away from red meat a lot; I eat fish most of the time. I think it makes me feel cleaner, not just body wise. I feel good.

I eat healthy and don't go by a diet chart. The breakfast is usually heavy, complemented with short frequent meals. My dinner is high on proteins and low on carbohydrates.

Once in a while, I'll slip and get off my vegan diet and have egg whites in the morning, that's a good source of protein while I'm out on the road. If I can feel my body starting to tire, those are good to keep you healthy.

I have a pretty fast metabolism, so I don't really have to worry about getting pudgy. What I try to do when I'm working out is taking in a lot of heavy protein - clean chicken, clean meats.

I am very picky about my food, and I'm very health oriented, so I always try to cook.

I'm going to the gym six days a week. I'm eating right. Well-balanced diet. I drink a juice smoothie every morning.

I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete.

I'm not a greasy food guy. I don't eat like that.

Anything out of a packet is off-limits. Copyright that: the No Packet Diet. I just prefer fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, and fresh protein.

I really love fish, so I'll mix between that and meat, but I have to have protein. I can't survive without it.

The weightlifting was easy. The diet - no sugar, no salt, no carbs, way too much breast of chicken with no seasoning - that was the hardest.

I believe that what I am putting into my body is just as important as what I am putting on my body.

The only specialized diet that I follow is home-cooked food.

I don't take supplements - I get nutrition from food.

I like to do heavy lifting, so it's a great thing to have meals that have a lot of protein to maintain that.

Most people are like, 'Oh, you shouldn't eat steak. It's so heavy.' But I love steak the day before a meet. Or the day of. I try to get that red meat in, some extra energy.

My diet is very kale-heavy. It's so nutrient-dense. I stay away from fake processed stuff.

My body needs a lot of protein because I exercise so much. I eat dairy, meat, and gluten, but I stay away from white flour, sugar, and processed foods.

I try to eat healthy for the most part. When I cut weight, I cut pretty much everything out. I don't have protein when I cut weight other than what I might get from something like chicken breast. So I don't eat any extra protein, just because I'm trying to get the weight off. That's the only real diet I have.

I load on proteins, veggies, fruits and nuts and never took support of supplements.

Pre-workout meal, I eat eggs over toast with cheese because I need that protein before I work out.

Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.

I've never eaten eggs or taken muscle building supplements. I eat less and work out more.

There are a lot of things that can be learned from the darker corners of athletics. You have doctors who view bodybuilders as cavalier amateurs of science. And then you have the bodybuilders who view the doctors as too conservative to do anything interesting. So I've tried to become the middleman for putting some of those pieces together.