Day 40: open face sandwich for lunch

WOW, CONGRATS fellow PCP-ers for making it to day 40 (already)!!!  hopefully it's been as positive and beneficial an experience to you guys so far as it's been for me.

i liked Patrick's mail today, on the psychological effects on hunger that food visuals can have. totally hear you about "tricking" your mind into thinking you're eating more than you actually are (or into not wanting to eat as much if it doesn't look as appetizing.).

since last week, i had considered blending our dinner ingredients (yogurt, egg white, and a fruit) into a sweet-ish lassie shake, but in the end, decided not to b/c i would've finished that in 1 min and then prob felt "jipped" for dinner. so that's what led to me dicing it all up and putting it into a bowl and savoring each bite over 10 mins :)

similarly, today's lunch was a marinated, grilled pork loin sandwich with balsamic caramelized onions and ratatouille veggies. would normally be one nice big, thick sandwich, but in this case, i just split into 2 and made it open faced, to savor the added time and additional bites...  YUMM~