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Food (all at home); 8:00: 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices melted f/f cheese; 3 mint meringue cookies 11:00: 1 apple 12:15: sandwich w/ 2 slices whole wheat bread, 104g grilled chicken breast, and 1 tsp mustard 3:30: protein shake 7:15: 104g porterhouse steak; 146g baked potato; 90g snow peas {This was takeout from our country club. Our food minimum was running out, and we didn’t feel like going out to eat, so DH went over (it’s just a mile away) and got 3 take-out steak dinners to use up the minimum. It’s enough steak for about 6 meals, I think. I ate less than half of one serving.} sometime later this evening: creatine Totals: 1450 calories, 22g fat (14%), 177g carbs (49%), 131g protein (36%) Averages for the week: 1403 calories, 22% fat, 45% carbs, 32% protein Exercise: Just a little housework — not much. {For the record, I will be cutting back on exercise to conserve energy for the meet on Friday.} Chris 262/157/ (145-150)
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7:15: 104g porterhouse steak; 146g baked potato; 90g snow peas {This was takeout from our country club. Our food minimum was running out, and we didn’t feel like going out to eat, so DH went over (it’s just a mile away) and got 3 take-out steak dinners to use up the minimum. It’s enough steak for about 6 meals, I think. I ate less than half of one serving.} I totally didn’t get the ‘food minimum’ thing. Can you enlighten me? Dally
Don’t know whether it’s the same at all clubs but at many of the local country clubs members are required to purchase a minimum amount of food and beverages to support these services.
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7:15: 104g porterhouse steak; 146g baked potato; 90g snow peas {This was takeout from our country club. Our food minimum was running out, and we didn’t feel like going out to eat, so DH went over (it’s just a mile away) and got 3 take-out steak dinners to use up the minimum. It’s enough steak for about 6 meals, I think. I ate less than half of one serving.}
I totally didn’t get the ‘food minimum’ thing. Can you enlighten me? Dally
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7:15: 104g porterhouse steak; 146g baked potato; 90g snow peas {This was takeout from our country club. Our food minimum was running out, and we didn’t feel like going out to eat, so DH went over (it’s just a mile away) and got 3 take-out steak dinners to use up the minimum. It’s enough steak for about 6 meals, I think. I ate less than half of one serving.} I totally didn’t get the ‘food minimum’ thing. Can you enlighten me? Dally
Sorry — I shouldn’t have assumed it made sense. It’s typical for country clubs to require that members spend a certain amount in the dining room per month or per quarter. If you don’t, they bill you for it anyway. This quarter we had around $60 of our minimum left that we’d have been billed for at the end of the month whether or not we spent it. So in effect what we got last night was free food. Chris
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – 7:15: 104g porterhouse steak; 146g baked potato; 90g snow peas {This was takeout from our country club. Our food minimum was running out, and we didn’t feel like going out to eat, so DH went over (it’s just a mile away) and got 3 take-out steak dinners to use up the minimum. It’s enough steak for about 6 meals, I think. I ate less than half of one serving.} I totally didn’t get the ‘food minimum’ thing. Can you enlighten me? Dally Sorry — I shouldn’t have assumed it made sense. It’s typical for country clubs to require that members spend a certain amount in the dining room per month or per quarter. If you don’t, they bill you for it anyway. This quarter we had around $60 of our minimum left that we’d have been billed for at the end of the month whether or not we spent it. So in effect what we got last night was free food. Chris
Ah, thanks. I have no experience with them. I don’t even think there’s a Country Club near me. What benefit does it give you? Dally
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Ah, thanks. I have no experience with them. I don’t even think there’s a Country Club near me. What benefit does it give you?
I know country clubs aren’t that big a deal in the Boston area; I used to live there. I expect it’s because golf isn’t that popular, and most people join country clubs primarily for the golf. We don’t really do golf. For us, the benefits of the club are: * It’s a sort of social center for the neighborhood. There’s a community of homes surrounding the club and most people belong. * They have a good restaurant, and it’s within walking distance of our house. The nearest other restaurants above burger quality are around 10 miles away. * There’s a swimming pool that we use in the summer. There are also tennis courts, but I’ve only used them a couple of times — don’t really play tennis. * It’s a nice place to take guests, where we can just sign a check for a meal and never deal with cash or credit cards or anything that might make them feel like they should offer to pay. * The club also has a small gym, which I want to check out for occasional workouts when I don’t feel like going to our real gym. I haven’t ever used it, though. Chris