Famous Athletes Have Crazier Diets Than You Could Ever Even Imagine

Being an athlete takes discipline. And hard work. And perseverance. Also, apparently, a crazy appetite. Because, you see, these athletes’ insane diets are par for the course when it comes to making pars on a course. So I hope you came hungry.

  Here’s a rundown of what your fave athletes are eating, believe it or not.

Michael Phelps

Known as “the swimmer who won all of the medals”, Michael Phelps ate 12,000 calories while training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Breakfast included, besides tons of eggs, slices of French toast and chocolate chip pancakes.

Lunch entailed a pound of pasta and heavy mayo sandwiches. Dinner was often an entire pizza. And all of this was supplemented by lots of energy drinks.

Serena Williams

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One of the most celebrated to play the game, Serena Williams eats a highly controlled, regimented diet. She’s vegan, doesn’t eat processed sugar, and enjoys rice with hemp seeds for dinner.

And yet, in 2016, she experimented, filming herself eating gourmet dog food at a hotel. It didn’t end well.

Vince Young

Do you like the Cheesecake Factory? Not as much as NFL quarterback Vince Young. He spent around $5,000 per week at the Cheesecake Factory to maintain his diet.

He also got his calories at similar casual dining chains, once spending $6,000 on a single bill at a TGI Fridays.

Usain Bolt

During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which runner Usain Bolt won medals and broke world records, he once ate 100 McDonald’s chicken nuggets in one day.

While Bolt has since matured in his diet, hiring a personal cook and eating pasta and corned beef for his nutrients, the nugget sauces remain a mystery.