<p>cbs2chicago.com</a> - Eating Machine: Michael Phelps' 12,000-Calorie Diet</p>
<p>I need to take up swimming ASAP, apparently.</p>
<p>I’ve seen that on the news this past week. One of the courses in one of his meals would be enough to last me the entire day.</p>
<p>I’d like to see a video of Phelps actually eating one of those meals.</p>
<p>So crazy. More than I eat in a week…</p>
<p>I can barely get in 1500 a day.</p>
<p>What, are you jealous?</p>
<p>Holy cow. I don’t think I have the stomach capacity or the time for even 1/5 of what he eats.</p>
<p>That’s disgusting. On average I eat about 8% of the amount he eats (yes, I eat around 900 calories a day).</p>
<p>900…? Are you on an extreme diet or something?</p>
<p>What’s disgusting about his eating habits is that there’s nothing healthy in that list of foods. He eats no fruits or vegetables.</p>
<p>He just loads up on carbs. Personally, I don’t think I could live with myself if I didn’t get some good old broccoli in there somewhere.</p>
<p>Well, he needs those carbs to last him through his grueling training that he does every day. He burns off everything he eats. If he ate between 1 and 2000 calories per day, he’d be in danger of passing out.</p>
<p>The more you work out, the more fuel you need.</p>
<p>Joshbk, no, I just eat when I’m hungry and my mom is an uber health freak so junk food to me is 99% fat free all natural popcorn or something like that. which is like, 60 calories per serving, if even that.</p>
<p>this is such a made up story…</p>
<p>I understand he needs carbs. I probably eat too many carbs myself, because they give me energy. But he seems to have a real lack for any fruits and vegetables.</p>
<p>he’s doing something right…</p>
<p>Does he stick to this exact same diet everyday? I’d imagine he has to eat something different sometime.</p>
<p>wow. anybody else would be way obese if they ate all that, but michael phelps just looks toned and beautiful<33</p>
<p>^^ They said they’re recreating his “typical” day or something, so I imagine he mixes it up a lot - that’s just the norm.</p>
<p>But man, that guy is a dinosaur.</p>
<p>Nah, this is possible, but crazy nevertheless…</p>
<p>6x of what I eat daily (2000~2500, I thought I was normal but people here are like 1000 cal daily lol…but workout/exercising works)</p>