The “Carbon Footprint” Of American Champion Michael Phelps
In the last few Olympics I have dropped away from paying attention … Mostly from the spectacle it has become in the media, the poor-down-trodden background stories the media highlight for the non-American athletes … and NBC’s coverage (Lauer and Costas grate on my last raw half-nerve …)However, I hand it big time to this young man, Michael Phelps, and all his hard work to become the greatest Olympian ever. Just a view of his daily schedule would make the average American drop dead.However, all I could think of when I saw his daily diet was, “Man! I bet the Global Warming / Carbon Footprint crowd hates this guy …”
I wonder if Obama might not have a few choice words for Phelps to “CHANGE” his glutinous ways …
PHELPS’ PIG SECRET: HE’S BOY GORGE
By CLEMENTE LISI - (NYPost)
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.
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.
Phelps remains on course to at least equal Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals won at the 1972 Munich Games.
At these Summer Games, a typical day for Phelps starts with a 5 a.m. wake-up call. Most of his races have taken place between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET when in China - 12 hours ahead of East Coast time.
THAT’S what I’m talkin’ about!
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Ahh-h-h, youth. Old guys, remember when we could eat like that?
August 13th, 2008 at 9:16 amThis goes against the Prophet’s (Obama’s) demands for us to cut back on consumption, to appease the world.
12,000 calories, good God, the man’s a hoss! He wouldn’t like the reduced diet of Ranger School, I can say that.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:17 am
August 13th, 2008 at 9:21 am“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.”
LOL and he looks like he is carved out of stone.
Mr. Phelps you are my hero
August 13th, 2008 at 9:43 amHe’s like the Tour De France bikers or elite endurance athletes - he burns so many calories (maybe more than 12,000) a day that he literally doesn’t have enough time to eat enough to replace them.
That diet only applies to professional athletes! I also read that every day his training totals almost 50 miles of swimming a day.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:06 amI wonder if his mom makes him wait 30 minutes before he gets in the water after he eats so he doesn’t get a cramp?
August 13th, 2008 at 10:13 am
August 13th, 2008 at 10:41 amIf you could watch the olyimpics on Canada’s CBC you would understand how bad the American broadcast is. Non stop jabbering and ignorant political commentary.
Having moved to NC, you have to watch it on NBC and it’s fellow leftist channels, so you get to watch commercials for satan’s fluffers olbermann and matthews. Absofucking disgusting.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:51 amFEED THE MACHINE!!!!!!!!!
August 13th, 2008 at 11:41 amPhelps is a phenom. I envy his eating ability! He is a 23 year old who was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid and took up swimming to direct his energy. What a story. Oh, and notice, no “whole grain bread, with tofu, and purified herbal essence drink, organic seaweed puree with mung bean sprouts and alfalfa sprinkles.” He eats white bread. Too funny.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:23 pmGrits are the South’s secret weapon and now the secret is out!! Damn!
August 14th, 2008 at 12:57 amMakes me wonder if he’s having to eat the equivalent of 12,000 calories a day in Chinese food. Dim sum, here we come!
August 14th, 2008 at 1:21 am