The Michael Phelps 12,000 Calories Diet
Imagine being able to eat 12,000-calories a day and win 8 Olympic Gold medals and still have a six-pack?
Breakfast: Three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. Two cups of coffee. One five-egg omelet. One bowl of grits. Three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar. Three chocolate-chip pancakes.
Lunch: One pound of enriched pasta. Two large ham and cheese sandwiches with mayo on white bread. Energy drinks packing 1,000 calories.
Dinner: One pound of pasta. An entire pizza. More energy drinks.
Yes, that’s insane!
NFL lineman don’t even consume that many calories yet Phelps’s is able to maintain not a single ounce of fat on him.
Some interesting thoughts…
1. Phelp’s plan is the equivalent of eating of 25 Big Mac’s each day, yet he is still able to maintain single digit body fat despite the massive amount of unhealthy fats and lack of veggies and fruits in this diet.
Take home lesson:
Perhaps the saying, “Your abs are made in the kitchen,” is not completely true if you can train 5 hours a day and 6 days a week. Unless you can increase your overall training volume then you’ll have to take your diet much more seriously. I am not saying you need to train 30-hours a week but perhaps you could consider more often for starters?
2. Many would argue that Phelp’s diet is full of “garbage” yet he has proven to be one of the most decorated Olympic athletes of all time.
It’s all about about energy in versus energy out. If his weight is staying constant, which it is, then he’s obviously burning the same amount that he is taking in.
You’re probably wondering, what’s going to happen now that the Olympics are over… I don’t think he’ll have a problem of maintaining his weight because his metabolism is so high and he still needs to be in the water several hours a day.
Don’t worry, I’m like you and if I tried to eat like Mike than I would end up in the hospital too. I don’t mean to sound like Dr. Phil but as you can see it all comes down to what comes in and what goes out. If you want to lose fat then you need to move more and eat less.
If you want to gain weight then you need to move less and eat more. It’s that simple.
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