Jim Jefferies: ‘I wish I took better care of my body’

As you might expect from the iconically acerbic comedian, his life advice is just a little more complicated than that.

“You won’t grow old if you take drugs – you’ve got to quit them at a fairly early age,” jokes the Los Angeles-based Aussie ex-pat.

“If you’re getting into your 40s and you’re still doing that garbage, you’re not going to be in good shape. Everything in moderation – good food, bad food, alcohol – small portions.”

So yes, he’s culled plenty of bad habits from his lifestyle but that doesn’t mean the 44-year-old has done a complete 360-degree turn.

You still won’t find him knocking out 100 sit-ups before breakfast, for example, and you’re more likely to find him lying in bed than out for an early morning jog.

“The first 30 minutes of every day is spent in bed thinking, ‘Can I get up today?’,” Jefferies says.

“I hit the snooze button four times, then a glass of water. I don’t eat breakfast – I don’t believe in breakfast. I like the food, I just don’t want to have it in the early morning.”

With a few Netflix specials under his belt, a podcast called I Don’t Know About That with Jim Jefferies and further live stand-up shows on the cards, Jefferies is busier than ever – a factor that he admits has made him reassess how he looks after himself.

“Taking care of my body is important because it’s the only one I’ve got,” he says.

“I don’t take great care of it, to be honest. I wish I’d taken better care of it. But I will say this – since marrying my wife I think I’ll live another 10 years because she’s vegan and I eat whatever food she cooks for herself.”

JIM JEFFERIES ON…

Fitness

“Getting older, I’ve started to realise you just can’t not exercise – if you don’t move, you won’t move. You have to keep moving,” he says.

“Also I don’t drink any longer. I actually had the early onset of psoriatic arthritis – I was waking up and my hands were clawed. Then I gave up the booze. It’s not fixed, but it’s 90 per cent better after I did that.”

Mindfulness

“I’ve started to do meditation lately. My wife’s into meditation and I’m just getting into it. I find it very hard to let my mind go, to let it go blank and meditate properly. I would like to get more into it.”

Foods he can’t live without

“Baked beans – I loved baked beans. Avocado – I probably eat an avocado a day. I love avocado. Pasta – they say it’s not good because it’s not refined and it’s white flour and that sort of stuff, but I’ll be happy to take a few years off my life if I keep getting to eat pasta.”

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