Startup power higher than while program running - why?

[flotulopex]

Hello,

I'm finishing my timer project and I have started to measure power consumption to correctly dimention the power supply on the final PCB.

When I power-up my circuit, the Amp-meter says 50mA. The timer is in some kind of idle mode since it waits for a player to start the timer or to choose the numbers of players.

When a button has been pressed, the current drops down to 19mA (!?) and stays around this value for all the time the game is ongoing.

In the START loop, pressing the RED button will ask the user to choose how many players will play. When it comes back to the initial display (still in the START loop), the current has dropped to 19mA (!?).

I can software reset the game (no power OFF) so the timer can come back to the very starting point of the program = same point as when the circuit is powered-on. The current goes then back to 50mA.

I assume something is wrong in my "START" loop.

Yes but what???

I had to attach the code in a .TXT file since it was to big to be fit in the post.

PS: it's my first "real" program so critics & comments are really welcome