Today's post is about another frequent visitor to my Tik Tok FYP, Katina DeJarnett AKA Katina Eats Kilos.
Katina has a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology & Physical Education. She appears on a variety of social media platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram (as @KatinaEatsKilos).
Katina is a "professional eater" who posts food and travel vlogs highlighting exceptional foods in restaurants around the world.
Where she engages in eating challenges to consume large amounts of food in a short amount of time.
Katina is jacked but she is also has a slim, petite 5' 2' frame.
She plants herself before massive plates of food and eats all of it in a short span of time.
Below is a video where she consumes 72 pounds of steak plus sides including a humongous baked potato the size of a toddler.
After finishing the portions required to beat the challenge, Katina has the temerity to order dessert.
Bread pudding no less.
Where the hell does all this food go?
Apparently the key to Katina's success as a professional eater
involves managing her calorie intake on a weekly basis rather than daily. She allows for higher calorie intakes on the days when filming challenges and lower calorie days in between.
Still, I am incredulous at the sheer mass of food that enters her relatively tiny frame.
Even before I started taking my weekly Tirzepatide injection curbing my appetite, I could not imagine even beginning to eat anything like the mass quantities consumed by Katina.
Katina approaches her eating challenges with a sense of humor and humility. Despite her successful record of beating these considerable challenges, she never assumes victory is assured.
While Katina is a fun and friendly presence online, I do have some misgivings about these eating challenges.
In a country, indeed a world, where so many struggle with food insecurity, I can't say I am completely comfortable with the concept of one person eating for fun enough food that could easily feed a large family.
On one hand, I find Katina to be a charming presence online and find myself captivated watching her decimate the oversized meal in front of her.
But not without some small measure of guilt.
Because on the other hand, I can't help but feel there should be a better use of all that food.
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