Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:54a.m.
Taylor Lautner found it difficult to put on weight.
The 17-year-old actor had to pile on the pounds for his role as warewolf Jacob Black in upcoming movie Twilight: New Moon and says eating lots of food was not as easy as he thought it would be.
He said: “It was just eating a lot. I found out that I had to consume at least 3,200 calories a day, just to maintain, and I was trying to gain, so I had to eat more than that. And, I had to put something in my mouth, every two hours. I'm busy. I'd be in downtown L.A., going from meeting to meeting, and there was not time for me to be eating. So, I literally would have to carry a little baggie of beef patties, raw almonds and sweet potatoes. It was difficult.”
As well as gaining weight, Taylor had to bulk up so spent a lot of time in the gym but was careful not to do too many calorie-burning exercises.
He told website reelempire.com: “I was in the gym about five days a week because it's important to get your recovery time and not overwork yourself. I was trying to put on weight and, if I was in the gym too much, I'd be burning the calories I'm trying to take in. The most important thing was the eating side. Everybody thinks it was the actual getting in the gym, but that was easy.”
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