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It caught the eye of Walmart, which agreed to exclusively sell Pizza In A Bag in all of its 4, stores nationwide.

Later in , he added more food products, like flavored biscuit mixes and microwavable macaroni and cheese. Merchandising still produces a large chunk of Epic Meal Time's revenue, though advertising revenue from the videos themselves on YouTube and Facebook still results in "five figures" from the videos each month, Morenstein says. Another big change? Eating meals with six- or seven-figure calorie counts every week is an exercise in gluttony, so unsurprisingly, Morenstein found himself gaining weight, getting up to around pounds at one point.

But in recent years, he's adopted a ketogenic diet that's low in carbs, and he's working out more, which allowed him to drop more than 40 pounds. As to why Epic Meal Time is so popular, Morenstein says when the series launched in , food culture was becoming more intimidating: "We were hearing about new stuff like kale at the time and then we just had some regular goofballs come through all like, 'We put burgers on a pizza!

In fact, Morenstein's advice to anyone looking to find their own online success is to be genuine: "You gotta love what you're doing.

If you don't love it, it's not going to work out. Like this story? Skip Navigation. Jennifer Liu. Harley Morenstein is the creator of popular online cooking series Epic Meal Time. In , Harley Morenstein and the Epic Meal Time crew made a million-calorie lasagna that featured over pounds of pork. VIDEO While his whole-box-of-cereal days of yore are now but a fond memory, he stills look forward to the weekly cheat days that he's learned to embrace. We caught up with Morenstein to learn about what he eats at midnight when carbs are off the table; how he'd go about choosing a hypothetical last meal; and why knowing what you put in your body is the most epic feat of them all.

I was always sitting at the computer editing for extended periods of time, too, and then realized my diet, exercise, and sleep were all at a minimum. I was pounds at one point. At my most fit, I was at , but back then I was working out a lot, on top of being low-carb. I like cheese pizza. But I miss eating entire boxes of cereal. I make it work so I can have a bowl of cereal. Beyond that, I love tuna, eggs, steak, chicken, bacon.

I keep plenty of low-carb snacks around, like pork rinds and Pizza in a Bag, my own pepperoni pizza jerky. Once you get a taste for carbs, the cravings can come crashing back immediately.

Even my ketchup is sugar-free. I put mustard on everything. How much of Harley Morenstein's work have you seen? That's Not Weird At All.. See more polls ». See more awards ». Known For. Epic Meal Time Writer. Tusk Border Agent. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Writer 2 credits. Show all episodes. Hide Show Producer 4 credits. Show all 19 episodes. Show all 10 episodes. Hide Show Actor 27 credits. Harley Morenstein voice. The Boss. Big Vicious.

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