Breakfast of Champions
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Want to eat like an Olympian?
Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase "Breakfast of Champions" by starting off his day by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise.That's 12,000 calories a day--six times what the average man should have.He follows that up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes.
At lunch, Phelps gobbles up a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread - capping off the meal by chugging about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.
For dinner, Phelps really loads up on the carbs - what he needs to give him plenty of energy for his five-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week regimen - with a pound of pasta and an entire pizza.
He washes all that down with another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.
posted by JT at Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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On that diet, I would gain 3 lbs a day and weigh 300 lbs at the end of one month. I'd have to swim about 50 miles a week to keep from adding any weight.
Excuse me - 4 lbs a day, and I'd weight 325 at the end of the first month.
He's gotta cut out that mayonnaise -- it could be fattening.
Phelps is one amazing swimmer!
You would think he would drink 5 raw eggs like Rocky did, wouldn't you?
Of course, if the average man were as active as Phelps, the whole 12K-calories-a-day thing might turn out OK.
I'm thinking of taking up swimming.
Jack Bauer laughs at Phelps' food consumption. He did, after all, rip out a man's throat with his teeth.
As one who is coming close to reaching middle age, I remember those days in high school and college where I ate endlessly because I exercised endlessly. Now as that type of exercising has come to a screeching halt my metabolism has gone way done and I merely look at food and it attaches itself greedily to my waist. :(
You know, I'm looking forward to my future resurrection body where calories, exercise, and metabolism will be a distant memory! Isn't it cool to think I could take Phelps on in a race in heaven and possibly keep up with him. :)
Thanks, Stephen. I've been jones-ing for a Jack Bauer sighting.
lk : cut out the mayo. LOL best comment! It must be a chore to down all that scran on a daily basis. I hope he leaves at least two hours before swimming...
All realtive to genetics: when I was bodybuilding I took in 7,500 calories a day while doing absolutely no cardio at all and still maintained 4% bodyfat...
And I ate 12 eggs and two bowls of oatmeal for every breakfast ;-)
Eat, sleep , swim (and spend lots of time in the bathroom).
Uhg, that makes my stomach hurt just thinking about it. :D
wow.
Let's just hope he never stops swimming!
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