Michael Phelps made big news when he won an unprecedented 8 gold medals in the Summer 2008 Olympics in Beijing, but has recently made bigger news when a photograph that featured Phelps using a bong taken in November was made public.
Suddenly, it became even clearer how Phelps could eat his diet:
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.
A stoner, known simply as “Siberian Tiger Bluntmaster” exclaims, “Dude! I once ate four fried egg sandwiches, 2 omelets, 3 bowls of grits and 4 pancakes and pieces of French toast for breakfast after one particularly gnarly dube!”
Although Phelps has expressed regret over his activity out of the pool on his Facebook page:
I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment. I’m 23-years-old, and despite the successes I have had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner that people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public - it will not happen again.
Phelps has profited enormously from sponsorships from Subway, Kellogg’s, Mazda and Speedo. His sponsors have not made any decisions to drop him. Subway has even gone so far as to target new consumers in the “pothead” demographic. Subway Senior VP and CMO Tony Pace admits, “Our market research has shown that ‘potheads’ consume three times more food in one sitting than regular consumers. It’s a no-brainer in this economy, just look at the numbers.” Kellogg's has not yet commented, and perhaps, pardon the pun, are taking the high road.
