WHAT DOES MICHAEL PHELPS DIET CONSIST OF AND HOW MANY CALORIES DOES HE CONSUME IN A DAY?”
Michael Phelps’ diet is reported to consist of 12,000 calories per day. His diet, as reported by the New York Post, is as follows: Breakfast: three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise, 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. Lunch: a pound of enriched pasta, two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread, and about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks. Dinner: a pound of pasta, an entire pizza, and another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.
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. “Get some calories into my system and try to recover the best I can.” By comparison, the average man of the same age needs to ingest about 2,000 calories a day. Phelps, 23, will swim 17 times over nine days of competition at the Beijing Games – meaning that he will need all the calories he can shovel in his mouth in order to keep his energy levels high. Phelps’ diet – which involves ingesting 4,000 calories every time he sits down for a meal – resembles that of a reckless overeater rather than an Olympian.
