How Michael Phelps Changed His Eating Habits After 10,000-Calorie Diet

Michael Phelps has figured out his gold standard for staying healthy. 

The Olympian shared how his eating habits have changed since retiring from competitive swimming, which required he keep a diet that consisted of 10,000 calories per day. 

“I probably eat cleaner now than I used to,” Michael exclusively told E! News at the June 26 premiere of his docuseries Fueled By, “and that’s just because I’m not eating as much as I used to.”

In order to hit his calorie goal when he trained for the Olympics, the 38-year-old confessed that he often resorted to consuming junk food in the past. 

“There’s no way you can just eat clean and get all those calories,” Michael explained. “So, I was trying to cram ice cream and whatever I could into my system.”

Now, the gold medalist has the freedom to be “more picky” about his diet. As he put it, “Eating was a full-time job for so long, so now I kind of just eat what I need and what I want to—not just pretty much devouring everything in my sight.”