Michael Phelps' diet of 12,000 calories ...

EastCoastFamily

holy crap.  He eats a ton because he can!!  He works it all off during his training.  His menu is enormous!!!!!!!!

lldags

I saw that and they were talking about it on the local news this monring since he is from Baltimore. Did you see what he wats? HOLY COW!!!  A 5 egg omelette, chocolate chip pancakes, french toast and 3 fried egg sandwiches for breakfast!!!  Pound of pasta and entire pizza for dinner!!!!

EastCoastFamily

I would be as big as a house if I consumed that much food!!  I don't even know if it would all fit in my belly!!

lldags

Seriously!  They did say that he swims 5 hours a day, 6 days a week though so I guess he does need all that energy.

MilesOfSmiles

How can he even SWIM with that much food in his stomach??? (And didn't his mother ever tell him not to swim on a full belly? You could drown, y'know!)

Inlove05

When you're training THAT much you need all those calories.  He's just an amazing swimmer, I can't believe it!! 

I have a secret crush on him.  He's so adorable and cute!  = )   His mom is so proud of him!

Mindy-lou

Just thinking about his breakfast makes me sick, let alone the rest of the day!

He is amazing though!!

EastCoastFamily

He is definitely an amazing swimmer!!!!!!! 

WideSmileMama

I saw a thing about him during the coverage of the olympics last night that talked about how he was "built" differently than most people and it makes him more suited to swim..... he's an amazing guy!

His armspan, for instance, is 6'7" and that's 4" longer than he is tall.

Also, he's able to bend his feet at the ankle 15 degrees more in rotation than the average person can.