I doubt many Olympic athletes actually eat McDonald's....

[Playinghardball]

[Bluzmann57]

1. I bet some of them do.

They are young and strong so I'll bet they do. At least some of them.

[joeybee12]

2. Actually, Michael Phelps has made his love for egg mcmuffins well known...

I see your point, but these are kids...they can eat anything and get away with it at that age...I could...

[Wait Wut]

5. Sausage McMuffin w/egg...

...is my only McDs weakness (with hash browns).

I probably only get one about every 4-6 months, but I freakin' love them. Everything else there makes me sick...literally.

[joeybee12]

9. For me it's egg mcmuffin also...

When I give in, I do breakfast there rather than lunch!

[Pretzel_Warrior]

10. I hear ya. BUt mine is always with folded egg

yum!

[JI7]

7. Phelps high calorie diet was posted during his olympics once

some atheletes probably work out at levels far above what most people do so they can eat some of the bad stuff and burn it off more easily.

[joeybee12]

11. Yeah, it's kind of amazing how much they can consume...

WQhen I was his age, and I'm about half his size, I could eat tons and burn it off, and I wasn't an athlete, so what he could do was mind-boggling

[loli phabay]

13. in the military, in real cold climates i could eat a whole pad of butter

thousands of calories a day, but traipsing through snow up and down mountains burns calories like no ones business.

[joeybee12]

15. You and Homer Simpson!

I remember the time he made a waffle and wrapped it around a stick of butter!

[loli phabay]

17. lol, i more sat licking it like a popsicle

[joeybee12]

19. I put too much butter on my food...

But you win...don't think I could it it on its own!

[malaise]

3. Usain Bolt loves

McNuggets

[pinboy3niner]

8. Okay that does it! He's under the bus for me forever now!1!!

[malaise]

14. LOL - It was a huge story back in 2008

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/athletics/usain-bolt-reveals-he-devoured-1000-chicken-mcnuggets-during-the-2008-beijing-olympics-8920870.html
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Diets can be of paramount importance to a sportsman – Novak Djokovic’s grand slam success is based on a strict gluten free one, WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley defeated Manny Pacquiao on a trusted vegan one, and Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics…he powered to three gold medals fuelled by Chicken McNuggets, a total he now estimates to have reached 1,000 during his 10 days in the Chinese capital.

The Jamaican revealed in his soon-to-be released autobiography, Faster than Lightning, his passion started with a box of 20, yes 20, of the golden chicken treats, but with his training going into overdrive, he soon needed far more, up to 100 a day, and even turned to an apple pie to take the edge off.

“At first I ate a box of 20 for lunch, then another for dinner,” he wrote. “The next day I had two boxes for breakfast, one for lunch and then another couple in the evening. I even grabbed some fries and an apple pie to go with it.”

The sprinter, who lit up the games, breaking three world records, claimed he only began eating the nuggets because he simply found Chinese food “odd”.

[loli phabay]

4. i know of a bona fide Olympian and world record holder who would hit burger king for a chicken

sandwich with cheese. also at my peak i would and still do once in a while hit up mcdees.

[former9thward]

6. Freestyle skier Torin Wallace seems to disagree with you.

[Lizzie Poppet]

12. Wow, that's a very 420 facial expression!

[linuxman]

16. I don't know about all that.

When you are burning 10K+ calories a day, you can pretty much eat whatever the fuck you want.

[davidn3600]

18. Some do... but most are so active the calories fly through their systems

The high calorie food is only part of the reason McDonalds can make you fat. A bigger component is your activity level.

Part of the obesity problem in America has a lot to do with our foods, no question. However, we have also become a sedentary society. A lot of people sit behind desks all day. We have drive up banks and food and pharmacies so now we dont even have to get out of the car. Pizza even gets delivered.

High calorie food wasnt ever this accessible. In our evolutionary history, we had to hunt and expend a lot of energy to get our food. And that's what our bodies are used to.

[Earth_First]

20. Of course not!

They are all eating the Subway Fritos Chicken Enchilada Sub...

...the commercial said so!

So are they cheating on McDonald's?

Or are we lead to believe that they lead horribly unhealthy lifestyles and eat BOTH?!

I feel like I've been hoodwinked.