Unless you live under a rock, you’re probably aware that a company called “Nathan’s Famous” holds a hotdog eating contest every Fourth of July in Coney Island. This year first place went to six-time (now seven-time) winner Joey Chestnut, nicknamed “Jaws.” He consumed 69 hotdogs in 10 minutes to break his old record of 68 hotdogs. Or as people in the sport (yes, it’s a sport) would say, he ate 69 HTBs – hotdogs with buns. According to the official stats, that’s 20,010 calories, 1173 grams of fat, and 48,990 mg of sodium.
Which makes me wonder, how do you train for eating 69 hotdogs? You must have to practice nearly every day. To eat 69 dogs today, do you eat 68 yesterday, 67 the day before, 66 the day before that, and so on back to when you were a regular person? And how do you handle all the calories you’re consuming so that you don’t weigh a half ton on the day of the contest? Does one vomit it all up, à la bulimia? Because vomiting up sixty-some half-chewed hotdogs even once would cure me of any desire to compete in an eating contest.
There is also a women’s competition. This year Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas won by downing 39-3/4 HTBs, beating runner-up Juliet Lee by 3/4 HTB. Sonya’s effort was down from last year’s competition in which she consumed 45 HTBs. Still, for a 98 pound woman, eating over 39 hotdogs in 10 minutes hardly makes her a slacker.
I’m reasonably satisfied with my food intake today. For breakfast, I scrambled an egg with a serving of egg white. For lunch, I ate a chile relleno. For protein, I drank a glass of unsweetened almond milk blended with a scoop of whey powder. For dinner I stir-fried Asian veggies and served them over brown and wild rice. Total calories: 1115. In an eating contest, I wouldn’t be in the same city, much less in the game.
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