Eat like an Olympian Jon Henley attempts to eat US swimmer Michael Phelps' Olympic diet Tweet Jon surveys the feast before him Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian This is what Michael Phelps consumes in a single day Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian And he's off Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian Breakfast: three fried-egg sandwiches, with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, fried onions and mayonnaise, two cups of coffee, an omelette, a bowl of porridge, three slices of French toast and three chocolate chip pancakes Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian Lunch: a pound of pasta, two ham and cheese sandwiches, with mayonnaise and several bottles of energy drink Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian Dinner: a pound of pasta, a pizza and several bottles of energy drink Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian He starts to struggle... Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian ...and feel sick Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian And it's all over with only a fifth of the food gone. Off for a swim Jon? Photograph: Linda Nylind/Guardian