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No trip to Costco is truly complete without stopping at the food court for a hot dog (and soda) that will only set you back $1.50, and one very dedicated man actually managed to shed a few pounds by solely subsisting on that particular offering for a full week.
I personally accepted I was Officially Washed after reaching a point in life where I realized I genuinely looked forward to hitting up Costco more than most of the social events on my calendar. However, if getting a rush from filling an oversized grocery cart with bulk goods, heavily discounted clothing, and a $5 rotisserie chicken is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
There’s no greater Costco reward than getting past the checkout line and making a beeline for the trusty outpost peddling pizza, chicken bakes, the massive cookie that recently replaced the churro, and, of course, the hot dogs.
As you may or may not know, Costco has been offloading its iconic hot dog combo for $1.50 since the 1980s and seems hellbent on keeping the price unchanged (presumably to avoid the risk of thrusting the world in chaos by upsetting the relatively stable equilibrium it’s presumably responsible for maintaining).
It’s hard to find a better bargain in this day and age, and Joey Kinsley (who goes by SirYacht on Instagram) recently decided to take advantage of it by eating nothing but Costco hot dogs for seven days while chronicling his journey for the masses.
Kinsley said he ultimately spent a grand total of $43.50 (which he claimed was around a quarter of what the typical millennial drops on food in an average week), and while it apparently took a bit of a toll on his digestive system based on his assessment of the aftermath, he also managed to lose more than four pounds when everything was said and done.
He didn’t provide any insight into the impact the diet had on his cholesterol levels, but I’ll still count that as a win.