Site of the Week: Major League Eating

Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas with her Big Daddy Burger record (9 pound cheeseburger consumed in 27 minutes)

Most people don't consider eating to be a sport, but this week we take a look at the International Federation of Competitive Eating's new branding as "Major League Eating." See more than you can stomach at: http://www.ifoce.com/ The records are as astonishing as they are disgusting, with some very strange foods being consumed en masse.

Here are a few current records with links to the eater's own websites. Its a bit disgusting, so use this to help you get through the last rough week of calorie cutting! Enjoy..

Maine Lobster
44 Maine Lobsters (11.3 Pounds of meat) from the shell
12 minutes/ Aug. 13, 2005
Sonya Thomas (http://www.sonyatheblackwidow.com/)

Butter
7 quarter-pound sticks, salted butter
5 minutes
Don Lerman (http://donmoseslerman.com/)

Cow Brains
57 (17.7 pounds)
15 minutes
Takeru Kobayashi (http://takeru-kobayashi.com/)

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
47 grilled cheese sandwiches
10 Minutes/ June 10, 2006
Joey Chestnut (http://joeyjawschestnut.com/)

Aaaaand we're back!

Its been a few weeks since we last updated the website and the blog, but I assure you, Fatty FatOff is in full swing! At least for some people..

Many of the contestants, particularly on the women's team, have all but completely thrown in the towel. But some still have the will to continue, eating nothing more than a few slices of deli meat per day or existing solely on caffeine and ambition. This is crunch time and we shall see who can keep up this pace until the end.

Website of the Week

The Week 1 Weigh-In is in the books and it looks like the ladies are starting off in the lead! Only time will tell if these competitors are ready for the marathon ahead of them. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, we want to share our new favorite website of the week! Its called "This Is Why You're Fat" and it features the most ridiculously fattening combinations of foods known to man. And you guessed it, most of them are made right here in the good old US of A. We Americans love our high-fat, heart-stopping foods! Our favorite is the "Deep-fried Reeses Cups Wrapped in Bacon" -- while it might actually cause an instant heart attack, it does sound pretty delicious. Just take a look!

Visit: thisiswhyyourefat.com

First Weekend

Going into the first weekend before a Monday weigh-in, only time will tell which competitors are able to resist home-cooked food, dinners out, and the gateway to all greasy food, alcohol. We wish you all a healthy and happy weekend!

New Year, New Rules

It may have taken days of debate and some fancy calculations, but the new rules are up and everyone seems to be excited about the changes. With the competition ready to kick off tomorrow, the competitors are all deep in thought, planning their strategy of attack and their menus for the next 2 months. The new rules pit men vs. women and offer a few levels of prizes. On the first level, its a straight battle of the sexes for the first half of the pot. Most of the remaining loot gets split up between winners on each team. But of course there is a twist! The overall winner will get an additional 10% only if they are on the winning team. If not, its a family feud style style forfeit where the money goes directly to the other team.

This year its all about keeping yourself and your team motivated to maximize your own chances at the prizes! Its anyone's game at this point and we are all feeling optimistic.

So have that last burger and slice of cake, and get ready for the long haul! Here we go!

New Year's Resoultions

Every year many of us make the same New Year's Resolutions, to get in shape and lose all that weight we gained between Thanksgiving and New Year's. That mysterious 10+ pounds that creeps up over such a short period of time and surprises us all. Well, its that time again for our public service of helping motivate you to get off your fat ass and get back in the game! Its time for FATTY FATOFF 2011!!

This year marks the 9th year of Fatty FatOff! So lets mix things up a bit with some revamped rules and restored energy and work together to conquer that fat and make it our bitch.

Watch out beer belly, I am talking to you! It's ON!

Before We Forget about 2010..

We seem to have skipped right over the entire contest of 2010 on this blog. And though a year later its all a blur, it must be documented in stone that the 2010 champion was none other than crowd-favorite Christy S! I believe this was her 4th victory with a loss of 25.5 pounds. It may not seem like a lot compared to Travis's 42 pound 3rd place upset, but for her small frame, that's an incredible 18.21% loss! 2009's one and only King Fatty John S. clinched first place with a mere 15.8%, so this is no small victory.

Congratulations to Christy, Justin and Travis for taking home First, Second and Third medals and to everyone who showed The Fat who is boss.