PENN-sieve

On the weekends, I pick up a large cooler full of food intended to get me through the weekend. It's kind of weird to imagine that I eat a cooler full of food every three days.

So far, the study is going well. Most days I have too much food to eat. I have to eat it all so it isn't uncommon for me to be eating a salad at 9pm. Since the goal of the first six weeks of the study is weight maintenance with the benefits of high grains, I get a lot of food. It would be easier to get my calories by giving me cheese, potatoes, and a slice of prime rib but I guess that doesn't fit in the study. ;) When my menu includes a side salad with my meal, the lettuce for the salad is in a quart size ziploc bag. This really is more lettuce than one person should be made to eat! I like lettuce but take a look at these picture of my dinner plate full of lettuce. Too much!

I thought when I joined the study, I would get a better understanding of portion control but that doesn't seem to be the case right now. The other day, I had a veggie patty sandwich for lunch. I guess there wasn't enough calories or fiber in the bun so I had some random pieces of bun that I also had to eat.