Remember the days when we could eat whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted?
For most of us, those days are long gone (even though some of us like to deny it on a regular basis). For others, like, say, Chandler Valley Christian quarterback Jordan Morgan, it’s a regulated free-for-all.
Morgan grew up a quarterback but played flanker as a freshman at V.C. last season. He switched back to quarterback following graduation losses and a player shuffling.
He weighed between 160 and 165 pounds last year. He entered this fall’s camp at 190 (and it ain’t fat).
Combined with 1-2 daily workouts, here’s how he does it (with a whole lot of help from mom):
6 a.m. - 4-5 brown eggs OR troph-sized bowl of oatmeal and fruit, plus sausage (4 links) or bacon (4 pieces), potatoes, two pieces whole wheat toast, milk, multi-vitamins.
10 a.m. - 2 sandwiches, usually turkey, ham or roast beef, yogurt
noon - School lunch, Rubio’s, Jason’s Deli, or whatever Valley Christian brings in from the outside.
2 p.m. - 2 peanut butter and honey sandwiches (often kept in mom’s mini fridge at the school), banana or raisins, more yogurt
4 p.m. - (before practice) energy drink w/ whey protein
7 p.m. - (after practice) more water
8 p.m. - dinner (varies)
10 p.m. - peanut butter sandwich, multivitamin.
Sundays are free days, where he can pretty much eats what he wants (breakfast hardly changes).
In addition to a bag of food he often has to carry around each day (that part he loathes), there’s also the gallon of water he drinks everyday.
Total: $225 per week to feed a family of four (not including dining out).
Great anecdote–most all of us with high school football sons are in the same boat! Thank goodness for Costco.