Anything we could learn from competitive eaters?

[Beltshumeltz]

Do people who participate in competitive eating actually keep the food down or do they stuff themselves to win and then puke?

I've been thinking of finding competitive eating forums, or even communities of "feeders" or the type of websites where people interested in fat people go to, to ask them for advice hehehe

Frankly, anything I could learn to stuff myself FASTER especially would be good. I thought of just dumping chicken, rice, peanut butter in a blender with 3 glasses of milk and see if that makes it easier/faster/heroic. Maybe make a nice chocolate/vanilla/cheeseburger milkshake some time. Or nevermind, I would never waste a cheseseburger's taste like that.

Ok, anyone here have any tricks to eat faster, bigger in terms of SOLID FOOD with less pain? Is this something you can gradually build up to easily or will it always hurt if it hurts now?

No need to mention GOMAD or calorie dense food - I'm thinking about ultra-long-term here, and want to get better even at stuff like eating tons of veggies, pasta, or getting kicked out of buffets.

[ColoWayno]

I'd just like to know how to choke down two dried out over cooked pieces of chicken and a large salad in the 15 minutes I have for lunch .
It's like chewing string. Try chewing up a ball of kite string in 15 minutes.
Lately I've been using olive oil, that seems to help a little.

[Kincain]

look at this video might give you some ideas :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQW95d-sEw

[broseph]

I hear you, OP. Its easy to eat calorie dense foods and all, but when I eat at friends' parties, fancy restaurants, etc, I find it hard to really pack in foods that aren't lubricated with bacon fat, olive oil, or ranch dressing.

As a side note, I used to out-eat everyone at the table. Then I cut way back to trim some fat off the midsection, and its like my stomach permanently shrunk... I think its gradually re-stretching though.

[Dastardly]

I'd just like to know how to choke down two dried out over cooked pieces of chicken and a large salad in the 15 minutes I have for lunch .
It's like chewing string. Try chewing up a ball of kite string in 15 minutes.
Lately I've been using olive oil, that seems to help a little.

Ditch the Salad, make sure to leave the skin on the chicken or apply plenty of Olive Oil/Mayo for lubrication.

[Ian Kovtunovich]

I think the competetive eaters soak their hot dog buns in water before devouring them, so they're softer. Although, maybe the takeaway there is more cautionary, i.e. don't eat anything that can be significantly dissolved in water! Bleah.

[T.J.]

I was listening to an interview with a top competitive eater (I think it was Joey Chestnut talking to Adam Carolla ). He said that many competitors use oats, and milk or water to progressively stretch out their stomachs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_eating#Training_and_preparation


I've personally experienced some super fullness when the ground oats in a shake expand in my stomach. I'm not sure if it had any lasting benefit but damn I felt like I was going to pop.

[Pistol Pete]

look at this video might give you some ideas :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQW95d-sEw

Furious Pete!!! I went to highschool with that guy. He used to be anorexic and almost died as a result. Now he is a strong MOFO and eats a shit ton of food.

OP
Pick juicier meats, chicken thighs or drumsticks, not breasts. As dastardly says skin on. If you dont want to eat the skin fine but it will keep the meat from drying out. As far as the advice to ditch the salad, who really needs vitamins and minerals :rolleyes: A lot of people underestimate how glorious vegetables are with aiding recovery.
As far as lessening the pain, its just mental toughness. I try to use healthy foods non processed no fast food and I find just stomaching the required calories harder than lifting. Just gotta power through it.

[Dastardly]

As far as the advice to ditch the salad, who really needs vitamins and minerals :rolleyes: A lot of people underestimate how glorious vegetables are with aiding recovery.


I was being "gung-ho" by saying that, in honesty, the salad would help get it all down with a bit of moisture/variety, it might even help it digest. Leaves are mostly water too, so take up little space in the stomach.

A lot of the salads people eat are a lot less nutritious than they think though. Popular lettuce types like Iceberg have very little good in them. Stuff like Romaine lettuce & Spinach is much better, but the quantity you can eat uncooked is very small. So the nutritional aspect is negligible.