The Michael Phelps Olympic Diet

Michael Phelps is sweeping the Olympics this month as he has now won more gold medals than any other Olympic swimmer in history. At 6 foot 4 inches tall and about 200 pounds he is a tower of muscle and mass.

In a recent interview he said that all you have to do to follow his athletic diet is to order the entire left side of the menu at Olive Garden and then go to sleep. funny, I tried that diet once and ended up looking more like the Goodyear Blimp. I suppose the real "diet" secret is to power swim 7 hours a day.

This morning I was listening to the radio and heard the host list what Michael Phelps eats in a day; I was completely floored. He eats an average of 12,000 calories a day. The average man eats about 2000 calories a day. Unbelievable! I have only one question though, where's the veggies?! Men.

Breakfast:
Phelps starts off his morning by eating 3 fried-egg sandwiches piled high with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise.

He then eats a 5-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes.

Lunch:
At lunch he downs up a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread - he also drinks about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks with his meal.

Dinner:
For dinner, the athlete loads up on carbs by eating another pound of pasta and an entire pizza.

He washes all that all down with another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.

I'm hoping his pasta dishes come with veggies, I mean, he wouldn't want to be a bad example right?