The Lifetime of Big Macs

14. The Lifetime of Big Macs

Don Gorske · Fond du Lac, Wisconsin · 2024

Don's lifetime total34,128 Big Macsa year of daily burgers365 Big Macs≈ 94× a year of daily burgers
If you ate one burger every single day, it would take you over 93 years to match Don!

Former prison guard Don Gorske tasted his first McDonald's Big Mac back in 1972 and immediately knew it was true love. Since that fateful bite, he has saved every single receipt and empty cardboard box to prove his daily diet.

He usually eats two Big Macs every day, skipping the french fries to focus entirely on his favorite main course. Over five decades, this dedicated routine resulted in an officially certified, towering mountain of 34,128 burgers.

To stay healthy, Don walks six miles every single day. His local restaurant loves his amazing loyalty so much that they even hung his portrait on the wall to celebrate his ultimate eating streak!

How Is That Even Possible?

Don paces himself, eating just two burgers a day over five decades rather than speed-eating. By strictly skipping the french fries and walking six miles every single day, medical professionals confirm he remains in excellent physical health despite his highly unusual, single-minded menu.

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A triumphant, smiling man stands proudly inside a festive fast-food restaurant, holding up a gleaming, golden burger like a trophy. He is wearing a neat uniform shirt, surrounded by cheering restaurant workers and amazed customers tossing colorful confetti into the air. Huge, carefully stacked pyramids of empty burger boxes form a castle wall behind him.

The Lifetime of Big Macs — Don Gorske