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Dec 26

Tobi Lou Eats Every Meal Like It’s Thanksgiving – GQ

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Where in your schedule do your meals typically fall?

I'm usually a two-meal-per-day person, because I don't really get to breakfast early enough to get three meals in. Sometimes I dont eat til 5 p.m., but Im always starting with breakfast. My breakfast is oatmeal and scrambled eggs. I like to chop up peppers and mushrooms and spice up the eggs a little bit. Every six months I give up eggs for a little bit but then I'm, like, Okay, I need 'em back. The oatmeal, I used to do the microwave stuff, but I've grown up and now I use a pot and cook it with almond milk. I have it with fresh strawberries and blueberries. It feels like a very healthy breakfast slash dessert. The rest of the day, I don't really eat much. I drink a lot of water. After my workouts I have a protein shake with bananas and strawberries and a whole bunch of stuff. For dinner, I try to keep it healthy. Fish is where I live at. I don't really like to do chicken and beef, but I will have a good burger every once in a while. I tried to go vegan once and I felt like it was gonna change my life, but I felt kinda weak. Maybe I wasn't doing it right.

I love rice. I'm African, so rice is like home to me. I dont know what youve heard, but Nigerians make the best jollof rice. Theres some rumors going around...but just know Nigerians make the best jollof rice.

Do you have a go-to snack?

I dont really snack a lot because I eat like its Thanksgiving every time. I can really pack a whole meal for five down. If I am, its usually a healthy thing. Theres carrots, bananas, and apples in the fridge. The only thing that gets me in trouble are saltine crackers. Sometimes after dinner Ill go to the crackers and say Im only having five. Before I know it a whole roll is gone.

How does your sleep schedule factor into all this?

I have the most chaotic sleep schedule. Its actually based off naps. I don't suggest this for anybody. It's partly because of the way I record. I like recording right when I wake up 'cause my voice is just really deep and weird and I like the tones it does, so sometimes I'm just sleeping three hours, waking up, and being, like, "Oh, I'm about to record." Sometimes I'll fall asleep at, like, 11 pm and wake up at 3 or 4.

I take a couple naps a day, maybe two or three. I won't choose to do the nap, I'll just kind of fall asleep for 45 minutes. It recharges me just enough to be, like, Oh, I'm good. Food gets me into a nap zone and then I nap for maybe an hour and a half, and then all of a sudden I wake up and it's like a new day.

Last year when I was making an album I didn't sleep, I didn't work out. I didn't have the energy. But this year I decided I would not let my lifestyle take a backseat to the music, so I was, like, Okay, you're gonna make this album, but you're still gonna get up, you're still gonna work out, and that's kept me sane. A lot of ideas come when I'm working out. I feel like I can do anything when I hit a certain zone. Stuff that felt like it was a problem or I couldn't figure out, I reach this high and I'm, like, Yeah, I can do this.

This interview has been edited and condensed.

The Fox Sports host claims he's let up a little since his playing days, but it's not easy to see how.

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