What surprised you about becoming a competitive eater?

What surprised you about becoming a competitive eater?

Ian "The Invader" Hickman (Competitive Eater) gives expert video advice on: What did you learn during the beginning stages of competitive eating?; What surprised you about becoming a competitive eater?; What does everybody need to know to survive competitive eating? and more...

The thing that surprised me most about being a competitive eater is that I'm not sick and tired of one single food that I've set a record in or ate competitively or lost or whatever. I mean, I've eaten pounds of frog legs. I've eaten pounds of pancakes. I've eaten pounds of hot dogs. I like frog legs, but I still love pancakes and hamburgers and hot dogs and all this other stuff that I've eaten tons of. I think that has been the most surprising thing to me.