<p>MomCares - D definitely used the campus meal plan. She typically kept breakfast (cereal, yogurt, granola type items) in her room and ate that in the morning before classes. I think her class did typically go to lunch together at one of the campus cafeterias during their late afternoon break. Then she’d go to dinner with her floor mates/dorm mates around 6. She usually had time to eat dinner between the afternoon classes ending and the evening rehearsals/tech assignments starting. Same thing on the weekends. But she did have to use snacks in her bag to get her through to the late lunch.</p>
<p>D stuck with the healthy options offered at the cafeterias. She did not typically eat any of the desserts offered (which are many and very high caloried!). She did partake of the wonderful PSU Creamery once in a while as a treat with friends. But with being vigilant with the healthy options in the cafeteria, the amount of dance she did and the huge amount of walking she did around campus to get to classes and dorm (she rarely took the buses), she came home lighter than she went. She did not gain the freshman 15. </p>
<p>What we did find is that we ended up lowering the amount of the campus meal plan because she didn’t use it as much as we had originally estimated. We were able to get everything she didn’t use back before the end of the semester.</p>