--- description: Find out what he ordered every day and why he never got sick of it title: Meet the Brave Man Who Has Eaten Chipotle Every Single Day for Months image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet the Brave Man Who Has Eaten Chipotle Every Single Day for Months by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2015 8:24 PM CUT  A Chipotle Mexican Grill steak burrito is arranged for a photograph at the Sunset and Vine store in Hollywood, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013\. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg A Chipotle Mexican Grill steak burrito is arranged for a photograph at the Sunset and Vine store in Hollywood, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2013\. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/BloombergBloomberg/Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 20, 2015 8:24 PM CUT Many of us claim to really like—or even really _love—_Chipotle. “I am obsessed with Chipotle!” we say, our cheeks flushed with tomatillo and satisfaction. “I _know_ guac is extra,” we purr, giddy with excitement about the divine flavors soon to come. Here’s the thing, though: none of us love Chipotle like Mark Rantal loves Chipotle. For the past few months, the Colorado Springs resident has eaten lunch at his local Chipotle every day. Every. Single. Day. “The whole thing was totally an accident. On Monday I decided to get Chipotle and on Tuesday I made the same decision, then got lunch with my friend there on Wednesday,” Rantal [told ](http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/meet-guy-eaten-chipotle-103-days-counting/story?id=32522982 "undefined")ABC News. “We laughed about it at lunch and he asked how long I thought I could go. And that began the thought.” Last week, Rantal hosted [an Ask Me Anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3dezm7/ive%5Featen%5Fchipotle%5F101%5Fdays%5Fin%5Fa%5Frow%5Fask%5Fme/ "undefined") on Reddit. At that point, he’d been eating Chipotle for 101 days. He said he gets the same thing every time: --- > “” --- “My brain found the consistency of the experiment to be 95% delicious,” Rantal said in the AMA, adding that he has only felt tired of the food a handful of times. For the most part, the routine has been comforting. Check out [the full AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3dezm7/ive%5Featen%5Fchipotle%5F101%5Fdays%5Fin%5Fa%5Frow%5Fask%5Fme/ "undefined") to find the answers to further questions like what else he eats throughout the day, how much water he drinks and how Chipotle employees have reacted. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3964734/man-eats-chipotle-every-day/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3964734/man-eats-chipotle-every-day/"},"headline":"Meet the Brave Man Who Has Eaten Chipotle Every Single Day for Months","datePublished":"2015-07-20T20:24:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:20.314Z","description":"\"My brain found the consistency of the experiment to be 95% delicious\"","url":"https://time.com/3964734/man-eats-chipotle-every-day/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fbc4460b6a3504/69868cdb1eebf7703e370a3b/173671225-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A Chipotle Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Data","caption":"A Chipotle Restaurant Ahead Of Earnings Data","creditText":"Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3964734/man-eats-chipotle-every-day/","name":"Meet the Brave Man Who Has Eaten Chipotle Every Single Day for Months"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Explains: Trans-Fats","description":"The FDA announced it is moving towards a ban of trans fat. 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