Hungry Harrison

Hunger is almost always present with me.

I eat more or could eat more than everyone I know.

There was a time I ate less than usual. It was leading up to Easter this year, in early 2019. I wanted to increase my reliance on God and build a closer relationship so I underwent a partial fast. I had only drinks during the day leading up to a smaller-than-normal dinner.

It was TOUGH. But it was so so good and I developed a closer connection with God.

Back in high school, and even middle school and younger, my mom called me a bottomless pit and later joked that after I went to college she now had leftovers for the whole week since I wasn’t there.

I remember when in Madison, WI with my dad that we went to a restaurant called Milio’s. They had 16-inch subs and I wanted one. So, I did what any 15 year old would do and ordered one. Of course, I ate the whole thing. The man who worked there was surprised and said that many players from UW Madison didn’t even eat that much.

More recently, I traveled to Georgia during a hurricane evacuation a few years back and we went to Hooters for unlimited wings. A friend of a friend probably had about 60 or 70 pounds on me and was convinced he could outeat me. 35 wings later he said he was about done. I ate 15 more and finished with 50 for the night, I win.

Back when I used to count calories and see how many grams of protein and carbohydrates I could eat in a day, I was close to 4500 or 5000 each day. That was back in high school when I was 6’2” and 150 pounds.

Today, I’m about 20–25 pounds heavier and ideally could eat 5 large meals per day.

With all I eat though… I get tired.

I get tired of feeding myself and often days am just hungry all day. There’s no way I want to cook… not 5 meals a day.

I tried a meal-prep service called Kettlebell Kitchen last fall and loved it. This food was all paleo, delivered to my door in cooler bags, pre-cooked, and totally delicious. Beyond that, it actually filled me. Like I could eat one of their meals (the larger portion of course) and actually feel full. It was awesome.

But… it was also over $12 a meal and that’s unsustainable for right now.

I’m just hungry, I love food.

I go to Chick-fil-A and my ideal order is 3 sandwiches, fries, and a lemonade.

People like spending money on all different sorts of things, we are all different.

I like food so by default, I spend money on it.

Any time I go out to eat with people I aim to eat dinner beforehand. If I don’t… it looks like this:

2 steak and shrimp orders from Texas Roadhouse (luckily they were on special). One order included a 6-ounce steak, 3 shrimp, and 2 sides… I had 2 of those.

A bruschetta chicken sandwich, a double burger, bottomless fries, and a salad from Red Robin.

Chicken tenders, fries, chili, a chicken sandwich, and a salad from Chili’s.

This is just in the last month. I try to stay away from restaurants for the most part for that reason right now. I’m just eating for what feels like forever and I end up spending more money than I would like to.

My meals lately are the prepared dinner meals from Costco designed for 6–8 people. They last me 2 or 3 meals depending on the day.