Tomorrow is day zero to get a baseline. The day after tomorrow is day 1.

You only get one shot, so no stops and starts.

No weight gain powder or performance enhancing supplements.

If you throw up, you're counted as not successful for that day and the previous day. You still get your money for the earlier days.

A day is midnight to midnight local time.

You'll instinctively know how many calories you've had each day. No need to track or calculate it on your own.

How many days will you make it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298172)

obviously start at day 1 = 0 calories, so by day 11 = 10,000 calories, I think I can do that

then spend a couple of months exercising hours every day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298202)

Would you keep going if you bade it to day 11? The daily money is getting really big at that point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298236)

I think you would have to make a judgment each day about how close you were to losing it, I don't know if I have ever eaten that many calories in a day

I would try to exercise as much as possible during this, maybe spend hours a day on a stationary bike and lifting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298251)

An hour on a statiionary bike probably burns only a few hundred calories. You can't "outrun" a bad diet, as the saying goes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298352)

9/26 - 1000 calories consumed, $2000 earned

9/27 - 2000 calories consumed, $4000 earned

9/28 - 3000 calories consumed, $8000 earned

9/29 - 4000 calories consumed, $16,000 earned

9/30 - 5000 calories consumed, $32,000 earned

10/1 - 6000 calories consumed, $64,000 earned

10/2 - 7000 calories consumed, $128,000 earned

10/3 - 8000 calories consumed, $256,000 earned

10/4 - 9000 calories consumed, $512,000 earned

10/5 - 10000 calories consumed, $1,024,000 earned

10/6 - 11000 calories consumed, $2,048,000 earned

10/7 - 12000 calories consumed, $4,096,000 earned

10/8 - 13000 calories consumed, $8,192,000 earned

10/9 - 14000 calories consumed, $16,384,000 earned

I'd emerge after 14 days with about $32,766,000, which I think would be enough to set myself and my family up, pay off the mortgage, pay for kids school, take care of some deferred maintenance around the house, buy a pair of hiking shoes, and maybe go for a nature walk.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298265)

Breakfast (~1,500)

• 5 pancakes with butter & syrup → 900

• 4 strips bacon → 200

• 3 eggs scrambled with cheese → 400

Lunch (~2,000)

• Five Guys double cheeseburger w/ bacon → 1,000

• Large fries → 950

• Soda → 250

Afternoon Snack (~800)

• Slice of cheesecake → 450

• Large latte → 350

Dinner (~1,500)

• Large pepperoni pizza (½ pie = ~1,400)

• Beer (1 pint) → 200

Late Night (~500)

• Ice cream pint (Ben & Jerry’s) → ~1,000 (but if you just do half, ~500)

Total: ~6,300

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298291)

10k Day

Breakfast (~2,100)

• 4 pancakes with butter & syrup → 800

• 4 scrambled eggs with cheese + 2 strips bacon → 600

• 2 donuts → 400

• 2 cups whole milk → 300

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🍗 Lunch (~2,300)

• 12 buffalo wings with ranch → 1,200

• Loaded baked potato (butter, sour cream, cheese) → 600

• Soda (20 oz) → 250

• 1 slice pecan pie → 450

⸻

🍦 Afternoon (~2,000)

• 1 pint Ben & Jerry’s → 1,000

• Large chocolate milkshake → 600

• 2 candy bars → 400

⸻

🍕 Dinner (~2,300)

• Half a large pepperoni pizza (or ~4 slices) → 1,200

• 1 slice pecan pie → 450

• Mashed potatoes w/ gravy (~1 cup) → 250

• Soda (20 oz) → 250

• Ice cream scoop on pie → 150

⸻

🍪 Late Night (~1,300)

• 1 pint Häagen-Dazs → 1,000

• 2 cookies → 200

• Glass of chocolate milk → 100

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298439)

I think a 48hr fast prior to Day 1 would be very helpful, add in some intense weightlifting and high step count.

Your 1k, 2k, 3k days will still have you feeling hungry as fuck trying to deal with the fast and exercise.

Liquid calories will be your friend. Olive oil on everything. Flat 2Ls of soda like Sam Sulek.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49298949)

The world record is around 50,000 calories in a single day and Joey Chestnut eats 23,000 in 10 minutes in a single contest, so assuming I’m not getting anywhere near those, I believe 20 days is possible.

I would eat primarily peanut butter bananas chocolate and drink Ensure in the later days.

Edit: LOL, I asked grok to describe the physical pain and the effects on my organs day by day and I would like to change my answer to 12 Days. It says sleep becomes impossible by day 17. I also learned the term “organ crowding”.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49299039)

Day 1 = 2000^0 = $1

Day 2 = 2000^1 = $2000

Day 3 = 2000^2 = $4,000,000

Day 4 = 2000^3 = $8,000,000,000

At least according to OP's formula of ($2k^X).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5779485&forum_id=2most#49299090)