MICHAEL PHELPS DIET

Michael Phelps, who won 8 gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics eats roughly 12,000 calories a day. Phelps eats about 4,000 calories every time he sits down to for a meal. This comes from all the carbohydrate, protein and fat that a person eats. Phelps consume this many calories in a day, because he needs all the calories in order to keep his energy levels high for the 17 times he will swim over the next 9 days of the Olympic Games.
Phelps wakes up at 5 a.m. and starts his day off with a huge breakfast. Phelps breakfast menu consists of three fried egg sandwiches with cheese, lettuce, tomato, fried onions, and mayonnaise on white bread, a 5-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast with powdered sugar, three chocolate-chip pancakes and two cups of coffee.
When lunch time comes around, Phelps loads up on a pound of pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread. He also takes this opportunity to washing his lunch down with about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.
Before the competition begins, Phelps sits down for dinner of another pound of pasta and an entire pizza. He once again takes this opportunity to wash his dinner down with another 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks.
Even when Phelps is not competing, he still needs all the energy he can get with his rigorous five-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week workout regimen.