Quote (Ghot @ Nov 29 2022 09:46am)
Well let's see. In the winter we had two practices a day (14 miles total), and in the summer we had three practices a day (21 miles total).
This was a 365 day a year thing, from the time we were 6 years old till we were 18 years old... 4 of us.
For example, at breakfast, we didn't eat a bowl of cereal, we ate a family size box of cereal... each one of us.
On french toast day... maybe 8-10 pieces each slathered with butter, cinnamon and sugar.
On cold winter days, we'd have a few boxes of jello, each. Dry, or in hot water if we had the time. Yellow jello gives the most energy, btw.
Six total in our family. On pizza night we'd get 5 xtra large pizzas, and if our parents had allowed it, we probably would have eaten the greasy paper too, and maybe the box as well.
Our parents never had to tell us to "finish our plate". We ate everything that wasn't faster than us.
If you want to experience what we went through, swim 7 miles in 1.5 hours, twice or three times a day, and see how much YOU eat. :)
Even when I got older, I remember getting a huge roast beef sandwich and a quart of milk, for lunch... every day.
I would have had more, but we only got a half hour for lunch.
