The Japanese are some of the slimmest and healthiest people in the world. However, the national sport of Japan requires huge, overweight men. Sumo wrestling two men trying to push or throw each other out of a ring involves or onto the mat. They use their bodyweight, so the heavier A sumo wrestler's day starts at 5:00 a.m. with they are, the better. The ideal weight for a sumo wrestler morning training, but they don't have breakfast. is anything from 300 to 500 pounds. But sumo wrestlers also need to be strong and flexible, so they must eat the When we don't eat, the body saves energy by using fewer calories, so not eating in the right diet. For sumo wrestlers, eating is an important part of morning helps the sumo wrestler to put on training. A typical sumo wrestler is given an astonishing diet weight. At 11:00 a the sumo wrestler's first of up to 10,000 calories a day-around four times more than meal of the day is served. It is called chanko or the average adult male! Chankonabe is a big pot of soup chankonabe. with chunks of beef and tofu, slices of chicken, pieces of fish and lots of vegetables anything can go into it. The sumo wrestler must eat as much of it as possible, along with lots of bowls of rice. When they are left with just the soup in their bowl, they add a plate of noodles to the soup and keep eating. Then the sumo wrestlers immediately go for a long sleep, so that all of their meal is turned directly into body fat. At 6:00 or 7:00 p.m., everyone comes back to the dinner table for more of the same. And again, as much of it as they can eat. Its not a diet for everyone. It's hard work!