Sheesh – #Socialites, get into this! An Alabama man, who has almost eaten Chipotle for 500 days, vows to do another 500 days after being challenged by the restaurant chain. At the time of publishing this article, he is on day 480.
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The Alabama man has been identified as 29-year-old aspiring social media influencer Dillon Wareham — who lives in Mobile, AL by way of California and Colorado — and he is determined to eat Chipotle for 1,000 days straight.
While taking to his TikTok and YouTube, Wareham has been documenting his whole journey, which initially began as him trying to eat from the restaurant for a whole year.
Wareham’s own challenge began as he and his partner welcomed a new baby, coupled with a minor surgery. This meant that he would have to be strategic with meal prepping. However, he would face a little obstacle when his family went on vacation.
Speaking with Alabama.com, Wareham said, “The biggest challenge was going on a cruise. That was a very stressful time for me. … I had to sneak it on. I had to get my bowls, wrap some clothes around them, shove them in the middle of my suitcase, and they made it on, thank God.” Wareham affirmed, “I’m a very determined person.”
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After Chipotle found out about his own challenge, they dared Wareham to go for 1,000 days straight! The restaurant chain even uploaded his favorite order as a featured meal for a limited time on their app.
It is noted that after Wareham ordered the same meal for more than a year every day, he was entered into a contest and won the chain’s Chipotle Taste Test competition. The contest was held in part to promote their new meat option, Chicken al Pastor.
After winning the contents, Wareham said, “I did get a year free for most people, when I won the Taste Challenge, because most people are going to eat it once a week. So it was 52 entrees. For most people that’s a year, for me it’s right at, almost, two months.”
His go-to order consists of a burrito bowl with white rice, chicken (chicken al pastor in this case), mild sauce, “a lot of cheese, a little bit of lettuce.”
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As mentioned, Wareham is an aspiring social media star, and while he found it harder to go viral on YouTube, he shifted his focus to his TikTok and after gaining 25,000 followers, he had to keep up the moment.
So, he decided that after eating Chipotle for free several times a week, why not make it a challenge and document his journey to gain success.
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He explained, “I was already eating Chipotle three or four times a week. I was sitting in my car one night thinking, ‘I’ve got to start something that I can do daily.’ I was just doing little prank videos, whatever I could think of to just make content. So I was like, ‘I literally eat here three-four times a week. So I just need to step up and I’m going to start eating here every day, and we’ll just see where this goes.’ It seems like a lifetime ago, now.”
He added, “Chipotle actually reached out to me on Day 369. It was the first time we made contact. They sent me a gift card and a note that said, ‘Bet you can’t make it 1,000. Here’s a gift to keep you going.’ I’m not a gambler but I do accept challenges.”
“I do eat the same bowl every day. I get the chicken bowl with white rice, extra rice, mild sauce and cheese and lettuce. That is my bowl that I eat every day. It’s a healthy bowl so I can eat it every day and not gain weight. I’m a very active person. I go to the gym five-six days a week. I actually ran 10 miles yesterday, which I’m very much still paying for today. If I’ve got the funds for the week. Usually I don’t get out of there under $20. Sometimes it’s all the way up to close to $20, if I get double protein, guac and an Izze, which is a glass-bottle drink, we’re right at $20.”
Speaking on his fast-growing career, Wareham said, “One of my big goals is to be a full-time creator. So I will not quit. That’s one thing that’s going to happen for sure, it’s just a matter of time.”
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