Breakfast of Champions!!!

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps eats approx 12,000 cal./day!

Here is a typical day of meals.(All of it, not parts!)

“	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.	”

from: The WSJ
Health Blog : The Michael Phelps Diet: Don't Try It at Home








It's all about the metabolism folks!

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lucky

It's more than luck, it's planning -- like the 2nd half of the article points out. I mean, he does have a heck of a metabolism to burn that many calories but he also has to work extremely hard to keep that metabolism cranked. But then, think about how many heats the guy has swum per day at the Olympics -- I think it's 2-3 at least? That's just insane, an average weekend athlete would be shredded after 1 day.

A couple of years ago I figured out my maximum-minimum calorie counts per day based on my weight and the type/frequency of exercise I do. I have 2 max-mins: 1 for weight maintenance and the other for weight loss (not fast cutting like fighters, but long-term slow loss). My absolute minimum daily calories is 1750 by that calculation.

Recently a friend of mine said I should go on a diet website that would make all my meal plans for me, etc. It attempts to calculate everything for you based on some generic questions, like what are your life/fitness goals etc. I put it all in. Then I filled out the daily workout plan based on how I normally work out daily -- I don't consider it an exceptionally taxing workout. The next screen that comes up basically says "you can't work out that much because you'll burn too many calories." When I pulled up the meal plan it had made for me, I saw why -- it wanted me to eat 1260 calories a day. If I ate that little I wouldn't be able to do more than a couple pushups. And the site wouldn't let me put in my own calculations. Plus the meals were just unreal, I'm not gonna buy one tiny piece of fish for that Wednesday night meal, I cook in bulk dammit.

So I just went back to my own Excel chart. Diets really aren't that complicated. Knock 500 calories off your average daily intake and you'll see steady weight loss. You just have to stick to it.

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Currently Im only taking in 1500 to 1800. Supposedly I should be taking in 3000 for maintaince and 2800 for slow and steady weight lose. Now I didnt count calories while I was on vacation. Now I have to work harder, plus its hard to eat that much.

It is tough to hit that mark especially if you're avoiding junk & fast food. Takes a long time to prepare fresh food.

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"Pain can be a great teacher of compassion and humility."~ Unkotare-san

"Whatever the case, it proves that countless disasters can be prevented by simply assuming everyone you're working with is a moron." ~ Adam Brown, 5 Tiny Mistakes...

And its like 50% more expensive. Which also makes it so hard. I just hate that IM always seeming to struggle with this.

Sorry if it seems like I'm whinnying just frustrated

“	Originally Posted By: Sammygirl Takes a long time to prepare fresh food.	”

Yep, wish i had a live-in chef. lol

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"It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought the fool, than to open it and prove it so." KungFuTze
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." T. Geisel

dont we all. First thing im gonna do when I hit the lotto

“	Originally Posted By: bobblehead Yep, wish i had a live-in chef. lol	”

I do



He just typed this message

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Oh THAT'S how that works!

Okay, sous chef would help...

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"It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought the fool, than to open it and prove it so." KungFuTze
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." T. Geisel

My idea of breakafast of champions is cheerios and beer.

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Mark

I really should eat more than mini-candybars for breakfast...

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It's all relative

On a serious note, for me a good breakfast would be 3 scrambled eggs, 2 strips of bacon, and orange juice & milk (2%). If really hungry then I'd eat 4 eggs and 4 strips of bacon.

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Mark

2-8 cups of coffee, that's the breakfast of real champions