Furious Eats

In the Winter of 2002 I was hospitalized with Anorexia at the Toronto Sick Kids Hospital. Many factors come to play as to why I ended up in the hospital.

In short, a year prior to my hospitalization everyone in my family had health issues, including me. I ended up using food as a form of control to forget about the negativity that was happening and the stress/pressure of getting into university. I landed up in the hospital at a weight of 120lbs and my heart not being able to keep up with me. Had I gone to the hospital a day later, I may not have been here today.

After leaving the hospital on my own account, clearly not ready yet, I struggled with gaining and liking life, but slowly but surely through the help of friends and internet forums like bodybuilding.com I was able to start gaining and getting a more positive outlook on life. As I began to eat normally and started seeing body composition changes, I began to have more confidence. I actually stared to help others after a year or two with their problems, and people were referring to me as an inspiration

Years of training made me smarter, stronger and I took my body to a state that I can finally say I am pleased with. I learned many lessons and made many mistakes along the way, but it has made me better inside and out today. Recently I picked up on CrossFit training and as a result I have never been stronger with everything I do.

Now for the ironic part of my story…the part that has made me one of the world greatest eaters today.

In the early part of 2007 a few of my buddies and me went out to a breakfast pub. A few of us, including me ordered a dish called the linebacker (which consisted of two pieces of every breakfast item you can think of). To everyone’s surprise I finished my plate before anyone else got through a quarter of theirs. So we asked what the record was in the restaurant for linebackers consumed and it was two in an hour….so I did four plates.

After that I attempted and smashed restaurant records, competed in online eating contests and did challenges that were posted as impossible online. I posted all my videos online. Click here for all my Youtube videos

In February of 2008 I smashed the 72oz steak world record (which is the Mount Everest of competitive eating) and quickly the eating world noticed. I was contacted by the Association of Competitive Eaters, and was told I would be the best in the world one day. I was invited down to California to compete in the North American Collegiate Eating Championships. I went down with high expectations, but didn’t expect to outeat the competition by the amount that I did. I won 18 competitions to date and just recently lost my first competition. However my name will be in the record books as having the longest undefeated streak in history.
The future for me is quite simple. I want to be the best at what I do. I want to be the best competitive eater in the world, but I want to inspire those who have struggled with eating disorders as well. I will continue to focus my life on fitness and on my Engineering skills as I am currently doing my Masters in Manufacturing Engineering.