We get a lot of food challenge requests and while sometimes we run with the popular demands like last weeks Krispy Kreme donuts challenge, other times we prefer to keep people on their toes like bringing in 15 pounds (6.8kg) worth of Philadelphia cream cheese and bagels as our Takedown Tuesday opponent!
These 22 containers of soft, spreadable cheese paired with 22 of its carbohydrate laden vessel came in at a whopping 18,000 calories with the real antagonists here being the lactose level and creamy texture from the cheese.
Now, bagels are a distance runners best friend so we’ve eaten our fair share of those but cream cheese was never a staple of ours which made for both a fun yet intimidating food challenge scenario.
We hope you enjoy this weeks battle between twins & food and we’ll catch ya again next Tuesday!
-Pete & Nate
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*We do not recommend or encourage anyone try eating the amount of food consumed in this video.
**We approach these as team challenges. All weight, macros and calories are totals unless otherwise stated in the video.
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THE BAGELS & CREAM CHEESE:
- Chive & Onion Philadelphia Cream Cheese (4)
- Garlic & Herb Philadelphia Cream Cheese (4)
- Cinnamon Brown Sugar Philadelphia Cream Cheese (6)
- Garden Vegetable Philadelphia Cream Cheese (4)
- Honey Pecan Philadelphia Cream Cheese (4)
- Onion Bagel | Thomas’ (4)
- Cheese Bagel | Sams Choice (4)
- Cinnamon Raisin Bagel | Thomas’ (6)
- Everything Bagel | Thomas’ (4)
- Blueberry Bagel | Thomas’ (4)
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Music Credits:
*All music licensed through Soundstripe.com
Track 1 Title: Carry The World
Artist Name(s): Kristian Leo
Track 2 Title: Neon Skylines
Artist Name(s): AEROPLANES
Track 3 Title: Talk To Me
Artist Name(s): Mikey Geiger
Track 4 Title: RIP Pizza Orders
Artist Name(s): Mikey Geiger
Track 5 Title: Mini Mall House
Artist Name(s): Mikey Geiger
Track 6 Title: Dynamo Roadshow
Artist Name(s): Kristian Leo
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FAQ’s:
Q: How do you not gain weight?
A: Endurance sports (primarily running, cycling and some resistance training tosses in) and extreme discipline & sacrifice with our daily diets is how we manage not to gain weight. We eat mostly vegetables, fruits, some whole grains and low fat dairy on the days outside these challenges. The calories consumed in a food challenge are the only calories consumed that day and sometimes the day following as well seeing our appetites are typically shot from so much food and the thought of eating is very off putting. Two days out we are back to large amounts of vegetables and increase to maintenance from there. We also often eat most of our days calories in a smaller eating window (we frequently bounce between intermittent fasting & OMAD diet as it just seems to work with our lifestyles and eating preferences). Anyone with a larger than normal stomach capacity like us, the drive to push through the discomfort of a challenge like this, and a basic understanding of energy balance (calories in vs calories out) can do it with enough disciple and intention (not that we recommend it).
Also worth mentioning is that we do not exercise to burn the calories consumed in a challenge but rather we are able to consume higher calorie diets due to our love for endurance sports and said discipline with our daily diets.
Q: Can you make a “What I eat in a day” / fitness focused video?
A: While we’re sure that type of video will eventually make its way out there, we are only able to produce one piece of quality content with our current schedules. We’re still in the very early stages of establishing ourselves within the food challenge genre and we’re constantly experimenting & trying to improve upon our style to make our channel/challenges a unique experience. This channel in particular will most likely always primarily revolve around food challenges but, if this ever became a legitimate source of income and we were able to focus our full attention towards creating content, our goal would be to start a second channel to offer more of a look into that side of our lives. So, for now, food challenges are the name of the game.