Steak with a side of butter and a glass of bone broth for ‘dessert’: Penrith Panthers player Nathan Cleary reveals his day on a plate as he goes on carnivore diet

Nathan Cleary is getting in touch with his inner caveman. 

The Penrith Panthers superstar shared his day on a plate in an Instagram post this week and showed off his all meat diet. 

The 27-year-old starts his day with a breakfast that consists of water with Celtic sea salt and sea moss. 

For lunch, he has two steaks served with pats of grass fed butter, and there’s more steak for dinner. 

Three eggs cooked in beef tallow and two steaks make up his final main meal which was followed by ‘dessert’.

There were no sweets on offer, with Nathan adding bone broth to a glass and mixing in some sea moss. 

‘Day on a plate. Carnivore/Shedding fat before pre season edition’ he explained in his caption. 

‘Side note – this isn’t my diet all the time but it’s what I’m doing for a short period at the moment… Might do another “day on a plate” once I get back into regular training’.

His fans were generally supportive, but some took issue with his ‘dessert’, 

‘Jesus that should not be referred to as dessert!!!! lol’ joked one person while another wrote, ‘But like where’s the snacky snack after dessert?’

‘What about your vegetables?’ asked another while someone else said, ‘Four steaks a day far out lad’. 

It comes after Nathan revealed that he’s interested in settling down and starting a family with Mary Fowler, but also explained the struggles of maintaining a long-distance relationship.

Fresh from spearheading Penrith to their fourth consecutive premiership title, Cleary and Fowler spent a few weeks together after this year’s NRL grand final as he jetted over to be with her in England – and followed her to Switzerland to see her play for the Matildas.

Their relationship appeared to step up a notch when Cleary was photographed holding Matildas star Katrina Gorry’s daughter Harper as he watched the Aussies take on Germany – the first time he’s been pictured spending time with his partner’s closest mates.

Cleary had to return home in November in order to have shoulder surgery in time to be fully healthy for the start of the NRL season on March 1 next year – but he and Fowler have both been busy posting shots of each other on social media as they keep their long-distance relationship alive.

However, Cleary has admitted that the distance between them is taking a toll. 

‘It’s been tough, it’s definitely not something that I ever thought I’d do,’ he told the Keegan and Company podcast.

‘I think it sort of helped for us that as soon as we met each other, and we sort of got talking, we knew it was going to lead down to that path and if we wanted to do it, it was going to be long distance.

‘Sometimes you just get home and you want a little cuddle, but I think it’s helped us in a way to connect on more than just (on) a physical level and actually have genuine conversations.

‘We just navigate around it and when we do see each other, it’s the best thing ever. You are really grateful for those moments we get to spend together. 

‘We’re constantly talking on FaceTime or whatever and we sort of find our way through that.’

The Panthers playmaker said that both he and Fowler have spoken about having children, but arrangements currently aren’t ideal for a family.

‘It’s obviously tough that we are both pretty stuck into our sport,’ he said. 

‘Definitely want to (have kids) in the future. I’d love for it to be with Mary, I just think she’ll be the best mother. 

‘But yeah, we’ll see. It’s not a rush at the moment but definitely in the future. 

‘Post footy, I would love to have a little family of my own.’

Cleary said a key to their relationship is that they both have an understanding of each other’s worlds.

‘It is and she definitely understands’ he explained. 

‘People look at us and think that we are talking about our sport all the time.’

‘But sometimes it’s just nice to just sit there as two human beings and enjoy each other’s company and talk about something other than sport,’ he said.

‘I think probably for both of us, a lot of people want to talk about sport all the time and I think when we’re together, we just enjoy each other’s company but it’s always that support and trust that if something is going wrong we can talk to each other about it and sort of bounce ideas off each other, it’s been really nice.’ 

Meanwhile, Fowler recently decided to pull out of the national squad for the recent internationals against Brazil and Taiwan.

She said she needed ‘to take this time to prioritise recovery in order to refresh both mentally and physically, so that I can continue to put my best self forward for both club and country’.

This week, Fowler returned to action for Manchester City with a superb goal in their 4-0 trouncing over Leicester.