On Sun, 24 May 2015 22:30:52 -0700, The Other Guy
> wrote:

>On Sun, 24 May 2015 19:30:42 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>>Then quit bitching if you can't spring to a bread machine and 5 minutes
>>of your time once a week.
>
>WHO the hell was 'bitching'?? I just replied.
>
>YOU are being unrealistic, and making it all sound MUCH simpler
>than it really is for most people.
>
>>Cut the portion to reasonable levels then. You don't need 1lb a night
>>for just yourself.
>
>Again, WHO SAID I eat a pound of anything, THAT was you, NOT me.
>
>I might cook up a 3-4 pound package of chicken thighs, and eat
>2 a day for the next week to 10 days.
>
>A pound of ground beef will get added to 3 or 4 servings of rice
>or pasta.

For dinner last night I had two 12 ounce burgers, fried rare (freshly
ground at home, top round, no mystery meat), shared with two of my
cats, I ate most of it, mine buried under a pile of caramelized onions
and slathered with Heinz red. I was hungry, I sawed up a large fallen
tree, with a bow saw, and stacked it all in the woods... I'm positive
within those four hours of hard labor I burned up more calories than I
consumed. I have a nice Jonsered chainsaw but I was home alone, I
don't do chainsaw alone, so a 24" bow saw worked, and I didn't have to
mess with gas and oil. Chainsaws are dangerous, no one should ever
use one when alone:
http://i59.tinypic.com/24dl9oh.jpg
After the tree work was done I mowed that 4 acre field, and then
washed the tractor and put everything back where it belongs. I may
eat larger portions than many of yoose think are normal but then I
burn up more calories, probably twice as many as any of yoose. Weather
permitting I don't think a week passes I don't saw up a fallen tree or
three. I hate gyms, makes me feel like I'm in a squirrel cage, doing
outdoor work is at least interesting, and I accomplish something
useful.