The Phelps diet

**alaskaguy** · 08-13-2008, 08:27 PM

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.

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.

Link:
OLYMPIC GOLDEN BOY PHELPS EATS 12,000 CALORIES A DAY - New York Post

**ripvdub** · 08-13-2008, 08:33 PM

Why not the PB and J diet like J. Hamilton?

Phelps diet sounds more like a Hawkeyes 1st trip to a buffet.

**ISUCyclones** · 08-13-2008, 08:48 PM

Aka as Mangino's diet...

**ISUFan22** · 08-13-2008, 08:49 PM

I thought his diet consisted of pure gold.

**CyCloned** · 08-13-2008, 08:51 PM

I don't think I could eat that much, but I know I couldn't handle his workouts.

**CyGuy1** · 08-13-2008, 08:52 PM

Gee, who has the time to make all that

...and to think that Spitz won his seven on chili dogs

**DJK15** · 08-13-2008, 09:10 PM

Reading that made me very hungry...

**4429 mcc** · 08-13-2008, 09:25 PM

Cant wait 'til the fat kids across america read this. Oh wait they are too busy eating doritos, drinking dew and playing halo. Same caloric intake different sport

**83Clone** · 08-13-2008, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by alaskaguy

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.

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.

Link:
OLYMPIC GOLDEN BOY PHELPS EATS 12,000 CALORIES A DAY - New York Post

Of course his exercise regimine consumes 12,000 calories a day

**IsuRedandGold** · 08-13-2008, 10:13 PM

well thats what swimming does it burns the most calories

**cybsball20** · 08-13-2008, 10:15 PM

My sophmore year of college I dated a distance swimmer at UF. Their workouts were insane, like three times a day if you count their dry work. Oh, and there was no getting rid of the chlorine, no matter how long the shower...

**IsuRedandGold** · 08-13-2008, 10:16 PM

yeah swimming is sweet

**garn91** · 08-14-2008, 09:50 AM

I remember reading an article in the Omaha paper when the U.S. Swim Trials were in town and all of the food that swimmers consume, the restaurants were loving it.