Their headline "Boy Gorge" was too good to beat.. The story fascinated me more than the POST headline though.. Apparently Olympic star Michael Phelps eats about 12,000 calories a day. While not shocking since he exerts himself for hours a day more than the typical American could ever last, what was shocking was some of the menu:

"Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase "Breakfast of Champions" by starting off his day by eating three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise. He follows that up with two cups of coffee, a five-egg omelet, a bowl of grits, three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar and three chocolate-chip pancakes. At lunch, Phelps gobbles up a pound of enriched pasta and two large ham and cheese sandwiches slathered with mayo on white bread - capping off the meal by chugging about 1,000 calories worth of energy drinks. And some just think he's an alien. For dinner, Phelps really loads up on the carbs - what he needs to give him plenty of energy for his five-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week regimen - with a pound of pasta and an entire pizza. "

He eats like we all did in high school.. But the difference is he has won 11 more gold medals than all of us..

AFP/Martin Bureau

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