Micheal Phelps has a 12,000 calorie a day diet?

Question

I read that he has a 12,000 calorie diet and i saw his "menu" that he eats everyday. OMG! he eats alot

This is his "menu":

Breakfast: 3 fried egg sandwiches, 2 cups coffee, 5-egg omlette, bowl of grits, 3 pieces of french toast, 3 chocolate chip pancakes

Lunch: 1 pound pasta, 2 ham and cheese sandwiches, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

Dinner: 1 pound pasta, 1 large pizza, energy drink (1,000 calorie)

He says that he burns so many calories a day that he can eat what ever he wants to.

What do you think?

Answer 1

I read and saw the thing on TV about it I think it is amazing. and with all the training he goes through his body demands that is incredible considering the average human consumes 2,000-2,500 (somewhere around that not an actual stat.) each day

Answer 2

haha ya i read this tooo - he's a beast!! =]

Answer 3

yeah I would be super fat by now! hehe

That's good I wish I could eat all that without gaining weight

Answer 4

WOAH. 12,000 calories?!?!?!?!? wow. O_O. haha. i bet he has to though. lol thats a lot of food. XD  

Answer 5

Micheal Phelps eats a lot of food because he can't get to 200 pounds & he burns a lot of calories from swimming

Plus calories give you energy and you have energy to swim really fast.

Answer 6

Well clearly he's not overweight; if he can eat that much and not BE overweight, then he must indeed be using up all those calories.

Answer 7

yup i saw his documentary and he is trying to get over 200 pounds but still cant lol

Answer 8

He's the freakin' man so he can do whatever he wants to.  

Answer 9

I know! Michael phelps is AMAZING!

i mean, i know he's a guy (and they can eat a lot) but that...

whoa!

but it's like, have you ever been swimming for a long time and then  when you get out of the pool you start to think "hey, i'm REALLY hungry".

it's kinda like that.

he swims for like 8 hours a day, so yeah.

and i am really skinny and eat  A TON and not gain a pound. he is that way too.

he is awesome!

GO MICHAEL PHELPS!

USA!

:)

Answer 10

Yep when you swim 5 hours you can do it and a growing man needs lots of food anyway and believe when you swim really hard you need a LOT more calories then normal.