It was reported in yesterday's paper that Michael Phelps, who swam his way to 8 gold medals at the current Beijing Olympics, consumes an astonishing 12,000 calories a day!!! (the average man's daily calorie intake is 2,000)
Here's what the golden boy have for breakfast daily (that's more than what I have for breakfast in an entire week!)
Three fried egg sandwiches; cheese; tomatoes; lettuce; fried onions; mayonnaise;
three chocolate-chip pancakes; five-egg omelette; three sugar-coated slices of
French toast; bowl of grits; two cups of coffee
The man sure eats like a pig but yet his intensive training helps him burn at least 1,000 calories per hour during swiming training - and experts say he burns more calories sitting at a desk than a lot of people burn walking. whoa!
I probably burn about 1% of what he burns during training - maybe it's not such a good idea to binge this Saturday at Jogoya :P
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