Phelps: 12,000 calories a day!

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Swimming sensation Michael Phelps has an Olympic recipe for success - and it involves eating a staggering 12,000 calories a day.

"Eat, sleep and swim. That's all I can do," Phelps, who won two more gold medals today, told NBC when asked what he needs to win medals.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08132008/news/...orge_124248.htm

[Marilyn. 340]

i am sure he burns a tonne of calories while swimming...

[Jenn! 918]

That doesn't seem like a very healthy diet to me! No fruits or veggies at all.

Calories are not the issue.

[Sassy1natl 0]

I guess because the carbs are pure energy. His body probably burns it before it even hits hits stomach. Must be nice...

[almaty 19]

hw will be a world class fat f##k at age 40

[Staashi 371]

He's carbo-loading. He seems to be getting some veggies from the lettuce, tomatoes, and onion on the sandwiches...also getting lots of tomatoes from the pasta sauce. But yes, his diet is somewhat lacking in fiber.

At one time, I used to do water aerobics for 4 hours a day when I was unemployed. I was burning like 4000 calories a day and I was only consuming about 1,800 calories - if that. I was dropping the LBs like they were nobody's business!

<sigh> How I long for those days.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I think tour de france riders also eat about 12,000 calories a day

I wish I could eat that much food and still have a great body!

[Mononoke28 135]

He's been doing this for years and has a clean bill of health. The amount of calories professional athletes burn is unbelievable. Well, except for baseball players.

I bet he poops like a mothafu...

Diana

[Jenn! 918]

I bet he poops like a mothafu...

[Saddle Bronc 124]

He's carbo-loading. He seems to be getting some veggies from the lettuce, tomatoes, and onion on the sandwiches...also getting lots of tomatoes from the pasta sauce. But yes, his diet is somewhat lacking in fiber.

doesn't pasta (made from wheat flour) contain fibre?

[HannahP 119]

I used to eat that many calories a day.

But then I barfed them back up.

/must look into becoming a professional athlete, ahhhh.

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

I just received an email on flickr:

Hi,

NowPublic is running a news story on Michael Phelps and what eats for breakfast and we’re trying to put together a collection of photos of what he eats. If you're interested in sharing your photo, please follow the links below and feel free to add your own comment as well. Looking forward to seeing your work on the site!

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That's the pic - it was Pedro's breakfast when we went on vacation

[pedroh 21]

crab omelette with capers, hollandaise sauce and avocado, grits and toast!!

[Peikko 1,575]

I doubt he will get fat when he retires. Mark Spitz still looks pretty fit. I assume this is his training/competition diet which is going to be carbohydrate loaded. He has to get the calories without too much bulk. Imagine trying to eat that many calories from say lettuce? He'd be eating forever!

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I doubt he will get fat when he retires. Mark Spitz still looks pretty fit. I assume this is his training/competition diet which is going to be carbohydrate loaded. He has to get the calories without too much bulk. Imagine trying to eat that many calories from say lettuce? He'd be eating forever!

From lettuce?

Farting forever too... Perhaps that's the secret