Eating with Michael Phelps
Our eleven gold medals swimmer, Michael Phelps, eats. A lot. Like 8,000-10,000 calories a day. But he also swims about five hours a day, and doesn't seem to do much except watch TV and play with his dog, if the show I saw on NBC is accurate. I guess that puts a lie to you can't exercise it off.The current recommendation for overweight and obese women is 30 minutes of moderate physical activity several days a week, or 150 minutes per week. Unfortunately, new research says that if you want to lose weight, that won't do it. "Overweight and obese women need to exercise at least 275 minutes per week and reduce energy intake to sustain a weight loss of more than 10% over two years, according to a new report in Archives of Internal Medicine. Story here.
To celebrate with Michael, for lunch I had corn on the cob, chips dipped in home made zucchini relish (My Mother's Market, 7610 Ransom Rd., Sandusky, Ohio 44870) and a brownie with cream cheese frosting.
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The brownie with cream cheese frosting sounds yummy!
10,000 calories a day seems like an aweful lot of food. He sure is one skinny guy so that swimming must be working something off.
No, he doesn't prove you can exercise yourself into a thin person. Phelps is not genetically an obese person. Note that there are quite a few other Olympic athletes (depicted on the New York Times) who work out as hard as he does and even eat notably less - who are obese. And they are just as fit, they just don't look the part.
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