--- title: Game of Thrones: What The Mountain Eats description: There's a reason Thor Björnsson was chosen to play a character who is nicknamed "The Mountain" on Game of Thrones. canonical: https://time.com/4307937/the-mountain-game-of-thrones-worlds-strongest-man-diet/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-26T16:36:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:52.192Z og:title: This Is What The Mountain From Game of Thrones Eats To Keep Terrorizing Westeros og:description: Including a late-night snack of raw eggs og:url: https://time.com/4307937/the-mountain-game-of-thrones-worlds-strongest-man-diet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is What The Mountain From Game of Thrones Eats To Keep Terrorizing Westeros twitter:description: Including a late-night snack of raw eggs twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is What The Mountain From _Game of Thrones_ Eats To Keep Terrorizing Westeros  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 26, 2016 4:36 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 26, 2016 4:36 PM UTC There’s a reason [Thor Björnsson](http://time.com/4037112/the-mountain-arm-wrestling/) was chosen to play a character who is nicknamed “The Mountain” on [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4306654/melisandre-old-age-game-of-thrones/). The 27-year-old actor — who is 6-foot-9 and weighs nearly 400 pounds — is a force to be reckoned with. In fact, when he’s not busy portraying Ser Gregor Clegane on the HBO drama, he [spends his days training](http://time.com/4194118/the-mountain-game-of-thrones-insane-diet/) for World’s Strongest Man competitions, a regime that apparently requires eating an insane amount of calories every day. **Read More:** [Watch The Mountain from _Game of Thrones_ Break Another Strongman World Record](http://time.com/4182995/game-of-thrones-mountain-strongman-record/) Björnsson posted a photo of himself on Instagram on Tuesday that is captioned with a list of all the foods he consumes on a daily basis. The diet — which involves him eating at least every two hours — consists mostly of protein-packed foods such as meat and nuts, and fruits and vegetables. He even gets up in the middle of the night for a delicious snack of protein powder or raw eggs. Check out the full list above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4307937/the-mountain-game-of-thrones-worlds-strongest-man-diet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4307937/the-mountain-game-of-thrones-worlds-strongest-man-diet/"},"headline":"This Is What The Mountain From Game of Thrones Eats To Keep Terrorizing Westeros","datePublished":"2016-04-26T16:36:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:52.192Z","description":"Including a late-night snack of raw eggs","url":"https://time.com/4307937/the-mountain-game-of-thrones-worlds-strongest-man-diet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4307937/the-mountain-game-of-thrones-worlds-strongest-man-diet/","name":"This Is What The Mountain From Game of Thrones Eats To Keep Terrorizing Westeros"}}]}] ```