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posted: 8/14/2008 at 7:30 PM |
Yeah, they showed that on the news here this morning. Ewwww.
In a weekend where I run 2 marathons, I have to get 6000ish calories on the Saturday. It's f'in HARD to eat that much. I can't imagine double that... and the stuff he was eating mostly made my stomach do flipflops. |
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posted: 8/14/2008 at 7:37 PM |
Quote from Ed4 on 8/14/2008 at 6:50 PM:
Interesting...not a lot of protein or fruits and veggies in there. I wonder how good a representation that is of his diet on a typical day?
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Kirsten
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Guy running in pink |
posted: 8/14/2008 at 7:51 PM |
| Quote from zoom-zoom on 8/14/2008 at 7:37 PM: Interesting...not a lot of protein or fruits and veggies in there. I wonder how good a representation that is of his diet on a typical day?
I don't know the answer to that question. I *do* know that when one is trying to pack in calories, veggies get in the way, for one of the reasons they are GOOD when you are trying the opposite. Veggies are not calorie-dense.
Broccoli might be the wonder food of the universe, and I do believe that... but just try to eat megacalories based on broc and the like. You can't eat that much of it.
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posted: 8/14/2008 at 8:12 PM |
Good grief that's lots of food. Looks like simply a calorie load but that is lots of time at the table. Seems he gets to eat-swim-sleep. All this for those million dollar contracts.
I recall some swimmers I knew in college and they would put away pizzas two at a time. Of course we can all agree that pizza is the perfect food - all the good groups and you can even throw some brocs on there to get more veggies. There is no such thing as a bad pizza, just varying shades of good.  |
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2008 goals:
1) run a fall marathon (Indy)
2) stay injury free
3) PR 5K, 10K, HM & M
4) get my kids to start running with me
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posted: 8/14/2008 at 8:20 PM |
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posted: 8/14/2008 at 8:26 PM |
| Quote from srlopez on 8/14/2008 at 7:51 PM: I don't know the answer to that question. I *do* know that when one is trying to pack in calories, veggies get in the way, for one of the reasons they are GOOD when you are trying the opposite. Veggies are not calorie-dense.
Broccoli might be the wonder food of the universe, and I do believe that... but just try to eat megacalories based on broc and the like. You can't eat that much of it.
True (and broccoli makes ya' toot!)...but how does he survive on so little protein? Though maybe those ham & cheese sammiches had a lot of ham on them...and that was quite a few eggs. |
Kirsten
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posted: 8/14/2008 at 9:29 PM |
| Quote from srlopez on 8/14/2008 at 8:20 PM: Clearly you've never been stuck with Sbarro at the airport.
Amen to that. |
Goal: drop from 186lb to 165lbs
Goal: drop from 168lb to 160lbs
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2008 Running goals:
runing pain free
59:59 in trhe Charles Rivah Run (7.5 miles) Actual: 58:21
1:59:59 1:50:00 in the Oct. 12th BAA Half Marathon - actual: 1:49:39
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posted: 8/15/2008 at 12:00 PM |
| Quote from srlopez on 8/14/2008 at 8:20 PM: Clearly you've never been stuck with Sbarro at the airport.
Or to hole in the wall Pizza Hut rip off joint in Valencia when nothing else is open at 9PM.  Ahhh, another reason to never leave NY.
To the OP, my step father is a swimmer. He still competes at the ripe old age of 66. I have never seen him down anything remotely close to 12,000 calories. Another reason why Michael Phelps is not human! 
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posted: 8/15/2008 at 12:51 PM |
| On the other hand 12,000 calories from broccoli could just give him yet another form of propulsion. He’d have to pull those Speedo pants down another 12-inches or just cut some kind of flap. |
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posted: 8/15/2008 at 1:03 PM |
| How many hours a day does Michael Phelps spend on the toilet? What do you suppose his reading material is? |
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posted: 8/15/2008 at 1:19 PM |
| Quote from Peke98 on 8/15/2008 at 1:03 PM: How many hours a day does Michael Phelps spend on the toilet? What do you suppose his reading material is?
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Kirsten
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• October 5 - 1st marathon - Milwaukee Lakefront - in my home state of WI
• PRs: 5k ~ 15k ~ 25k
• 1st trail race |
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