Last week, I wrote a post called “The Michael Phelps Diet” which is a carb-centric, 12,000-calorie-a-day affair.
Today, from The Globe and Mail, we have Dave McGinn who, decided to give the diet a shot.
Feeling like Mr. Creosote from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, I’m one bite away from asking my girlfriend for a bucket. I call it quits after an hour of eating in earnest, leaving one fried-egg sandwich, two chocolate-chip pancakes, most of a bowl of Cream of Wheat, and a five-egg omelette on the table, laughing at me from the heights of Phelpsian wonder.
Mr. Creosote
Nice try try there Dave. To his credit, McGinn did attempt to do the same amount of swimming that Phelps does in a day as well.
Then, from the NY Daily News, comes this piece about how some are bent that Phelps will be endorsing Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes.
Olympic legend Michael Phelps will appear on boxes of the Kellogg’s brand sugar cereal, drawing sharp criticism from health experts worried about the message he’ll be sending to children across America.
Health experts……..first off, health experts, the message Phelps will be sending is this;
They’re Grrrreat!
C’mon, health experts, just look at Tony the Tiger. He’s been eating Frosted Flakes since I was a kid and he’s buff.
“I would not consider Frosted Flakes the food of an Olympian,” said nutritionist Rebecca Solomon of Mount Sinai Medical Center.
You know you’re right Rebecca, here’s what Phelps usually has for breakfast….
three fried-egg sandwiches loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise
two cups of coffee
five-egg omelet
a bowl of grits
three slices of French toast topped with powdered sugar
three chocolate-chip pancakes
That’s the real deal breakfast of champions right there. He isn’t telling the little shavers to go eat all that now, is he Ms. Solomon?
“I would rather see him promoting Fiber One. I would rather see him promoting oatmeal. I would even rather see him promoting Cheerios.”
Fiber One!!?? Are you kidding me? Fiber One?…Now, that’s not the food of an Olympian, that’s the food of a septuagenarian.
Listen, Michael Phelps is the greatest Olympian ever. The greatest swimmer ever. Hell, he may be the greatest athlete ever. He has inspired more National pride than anyone has in a long time. That right there, is all good for the little shavers to see. He can eat and endorse anything he wants.
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Tags: Dave McGinn, michael phelps, mr creosote, olympic legend, Rebecca Solomon
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
If I could interview Mike Phelps, I have one important question for him: “Mike, while in China did you eat some Cat?”
Our readership will certainly want to know. You know — [the PETA guy, the naked Canadian on bike protesters, those Danes who published those cartoons,, the Brand guy..] and who knows maybe it would boost sales!!
Link | August 21st, 2008 at 2:25 am
J wrote,
Fiber One? Isn’t that made from cats?
Link | August 21st, 2008 at 7:27 am
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Fiber one is the Japanese FiberOptics Newtwork,,, no? I cannot resist the Cat thing,,, even if you are all tired, as in mighty mouse tired, I still find too much Tom Cat stories enticing me to some far away point of despair… no? It usually gets to me early in the AM after work, and I am listening to “Trouble Ain’t Over,” the dog is barking madly and killing rats in the yard, and the kids are looking like sleepwalkers surrounded in mist.
See this story,,, of Jerry Justice: [Clik HERE] Cop a Laugh
The fate of domestic Cats is the fate of us all.
Link | August 21st, 2008 at 10:52 am
Pribek wrote,
You know, I was thinking about this earlier today and what this nutritionist is proposing here is just reprehensible. She is advocating that Michael Phelps forfeit a living. What’s an endorsement deal for Frosted Flakes worth? About 16 Bazillion or so? Yeah, sounds about right because you can conceive of people actually going out and buying the product and, once they’ve tried it buying it again. Now, on the other hand, what’s a deal with Fiber One worth? You could have Jesus, Elvis and Joe DiMaggio dancing the hula on TV and telling you to buy Fiber One and you aren’t going to do it.
Link | August 21st, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Pat Darnell and Friends wrote,
Personally I think Mike should shop a new agency: $40 million… wtf? eh? Shouldn’t that be $400 ?? miloloion?
“If he’s handled properly over the next four years, he should generate in excess of $40 million,” said Marc Ganis, president of Sportscorp Ltd., a Chicago-based sports business consulting firm.
(Source: clik HERE
Michael Phelps’ eight gold medals could be worth eight figures in endorsements and earnings, experts say.
The 23-year-old swimming champ from Baltimore had already made a splash before the Beijing Olympics, with $5 million in endorsements from advertising sponsors.
But after collecting his historic eighth gold on Saturday night, marketing execs say Phelps has raced into the ranks of other sports stars with huge marketing contracts, like Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan.
Oh, shyte, maybe he is less sponsor-able because he got this bushwhacking phone call:
The feat drew a congratulatory phone call from President Bush yesterday. “Laura and I are proud of you, our family is proud of you, but most importantly, America is proud of you,” Bush said.
That my friends is the “Sponsor-kill !!”
Link | August 21st, 2008 at 3:49 pm