Sept 28

FUEL:
830: Mixed Veggies (carrots, tomato, broccoli) & Tofu; Soy Milk; Protein Bread w/ Almond Butter & Sour Cherry Fruit Spread (g)
1230: Red & Brown Rice w/ Tofu, Crushed Tomatoes, Onions, and Oregano (my own creation); Banana; Peanut Butter
330: Orange
545: Mixed Greens w/ Black Beans, Radish, Baslamic Vinigrette, Broccoli; Wasabi Peas; Multigrain Toast w/ Honey; Skim Milk
1130: 2 x Protein Bread & Almond Butter (vc)

My diet varies depending on where I am, not only the foods themselves but more importantly (because vitamins and other good things you can get from a wide variety of sources), the ratio of carbs, fats, and protein. I eat healthily always, but two factors influenced by location are 1) quanity, and 2) ratio.

First, I had a problem last year of downing an entire box/package of foods within 24 hrs, if not during one sitting, often. At home, that happened only every now and then. Stress and a poor choice of a coping mechanism was the difference. Another aspect of quanitity control is related- just portion control. In the dining hall, I like the ends of multigrain breads b/c it's crustier and contains more of the whole grains that give it its great nutty taste. So I'd go for as many as were available, usually 2 to go with the rest of the meal (usually a giant salad with tons of stuff in it, skim milk, and a veggie pattie or turkey, and a cup of soup or beans). And the variety of the dining hall would also cause me to want to try everything, so that would up overall quantity a lot. Variety can be bad sometimes. At home, I eat nuts- lots of them.

Right now, I have no real excuse to go out and buy snack foods, since I have plenty of whole foods available and already paid for at 2D. That cuts out the downing boxes problem. Also, with the dining hall, you're restricted to certain hours in the day, and your meals/week are limited on top of that. So you go in famished and end up overeating. With 2D, I can go every 3 hrs. I can decide how to time my calcium, vitamin-heavy plant meals, protein, fat intake to maximize the absorption of these nutrients. It's great.

FUN:
4-hr ride w/ JH, WC, & SK to Penn State