Post Olympic Gold Metal Meal

Yes, seriously! I saw these two swimmers interviewed on the Today Show broadcasted in London and I wasn't really surprised but it is a little heartbreaking. I always joke at my job in the hospital that the most popular place that patients tell me they will go after they discharge is to McDonald's. (After they are re-admitted back into the hospital) I guess it isn't any different for Olympic athletes.

Here is the article taken off the internet on Yahoo!News. Note: They do say in the article that they do eat "healthily" (which I'm sure is true for what they accomplish) and McDonald's is in their Olympic dining hall, the world's biggest, by the way, since they are an official Olympic sponsor. America will always be America.

Ricky Berens was part of the gold-medal-winning relay Tuesday night that put Michael Phelps in the record books. It was the second gold medal of his career and his second overall medal in 2012. The race also completed Berens' program in London. So, he and his 4x200 freestyle relay teammate Conor Dwyer went to celebrate. "We had a dinner date at McDonald's," Berens joked Wednesday morning on "Today." "We put so much pressure on this meet. We sacrifice so much for the Olympic Games. We eat so healthily and we try to do everything right. It's our time to relax. That McDonald's in the dining hall was just calling our names."

It must have been shouting their names on the loudspeaker. When Berens got to the world's biggest McDonald's in the Olympic Village, he didn't mess around. He tweeted a photo of his post-Olympic conquest.

By our count, that's two Quarter Pounders with cheese, one Big Mac, one six-piece nuggets, two medium french fries, and a medium McFlurry with Rolo (? -- or maybe we're just projecting). Total calorie count: 3,330. Total fat: 160. Overall deliciousness after months of intense training followed by a taper? Off the charts.

Berens admits he couldn't finish it all. Like a good teammate, Dwyer pitched in to help.

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