Is Pete C Too Much Awesome?
I Say Yes
“No one can eat 50 eggs.” Everyone understands he really meant no one who hates eating can eat 50 eggs, whereas anyone who likes eating can eat 50 eggs. But if they explained it like that it wouldn’t have been so poetic
Pete C ate 50 eggs for no reason other than a radio station in the snowy part of the country doesn’t hate people who might like to eat. That’s 400 grams of protein, one of the reasons he isn’t skinny and weak. The sort of meals I should have more of
This morning the bathroom scale said bodyweight was 185-pounds — and that’s after a trip to the buffet yesterday. More trim than a few months earlier, maybe even a little closer to dunking a basketball again. Yet zero muscle, so why not go heavier on protein? (and really, I’ll probably never dunk again, no matter what I do. . . )
By afternoon lunch time it had been over 24 hours since last eating. Started with one pound of beef. The restaurant gave me the meal for free, which means I was willing to tip way more than 20% of the menu price, which means it cost way more than a one-pound snack should. The problem with small snacks like this is after it’s finished the main thought is “that was OK, need three or four more of those to make it good.”
So: Walked to McDonald’s for two double hamburgers from the dollar menu. These things are the eating equivalent of finding a quarter on the sidewalk. It may make you feel good on the inside for a moment, but it isn’t going to register when you calculate your net worth. Likewise, at under four ounces each, these do not register when it comes to hunger
Back at home: 14.75 ounce can of salmon, 84g protein; 32 ounce container of cottage cheese, 112g protein; and a dozen eggs, 96g protein. Another OK meal, $8 total (tuna instead of salmon would have been cheaper, but I was eating this with Pete C in spirit, so went with the expensive stuff). Probably around three times the amount of protein as the $5 hamburger, so not a bad deal
Finished in the early evening, so can still add another snack later tonight; 454 grams of protein would be a good daily total. For at least a little while I’m going to eat at least that much. Only every other day, though, the other days will be lighter
There is a bar a few miles north with a sign advertising some sort of three pound challenge. I’ve always just ignored it because after eating three pounds, the only challenge is thinking of something else to eat to actually make it a decent sized meal. Changing my perspective somewhat today, it would be worth it, not in spite of the Calories, rather because of them. Stop being so damn skinny and weak
one-pound hamburger, $5
two McDonald's double hamburgers, $2 and 38g protein
dozen eggs, two-pounds cottage cheese, 14.75 ounces salmon; $8 and 292g protein (white eggs on a white plate on a white counter top. Brilliant photography)
