We eat only one thing for two days.

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00:00:40 follow-up

00:04:41 [Mm]iles

The YouTube Algorithm first suggested this video to David in which Beau Miles runs 26 miles over the course of 24 hours:

A Mile an Hour

A Mile an Hour - Running a different kind of marathon

00:13:16 beans

We then watched a video about beans:

The Human Bean

The Human Bean: 40 days on a tin-bean diet

  • video was inspired by John Steinbeck’s novel Tortilla Flat
  • Beau eats 191 cans of beans in 40 days, and then runs a 50 km (31 mi) race
  • Beau’s forthcoming book The Backyard Adventurer is expected March 2021

00:20:32 hazelnuts

Inspired, we choose to eat Nutella for 48 hours!

  • chocolate hazelnut spread
  • 190 kcal per 37 g serving

David’s Nutella Consumption

day start end g calories
Thursday 821 g 642 g 179 g 919 kcal
Friday 649 g 489 g 153 g 785 kcal

gross mass of a 26.5 oz (750 g) plastic jar

Pierce’s Nutella Consumption

equations g/day calories/day
3-4 servings/day * 6-8 spoonfuls/serving ≈ 25 spoonfuls/day    
( 3/4 of his jar * 950 g ) / 2 356 g 1,829 kcal

net mass in a 33.5 oz (950 g) plastic jar

  • Pierce continued his daily bicycle training

00:34:02 hotwash

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