News While many Olympians eat sparingly to monitor their weight and maintain condition, the plus sign preceding the +105kg category of Brazilian weightlifter Fernando Saraiva Reis ensures he is already a star performer at the Rio 2016 Olympic Village canteen Fernando Saraiva Reis won gold in the men's +105 weightlifting final at the 2015 Pan Am Games (Photo: Getty Images/Ezra Shaw) "So much food, so much food," says the 26 year-old, who moved into the Olympic Village on Monday But for an athlete who weighs in at a hefty 146kg, eating huge amounts of delicious local fare can be a real chore "Food for me is not a matter of enjoyment," Saraiva Reis says "I don't enjoy it at all because I have to eat so much to put weight on and maintain it " "For me food is a bit like gasoline I have an engine that I have to keep filling and filling "   Saraiva Reis eats up to seven meals a day, starting with eight to 10 eggs for breakfast, which merely serve as an entrée to an all-day smorgasbord of sandwiches, fruit, potatoes, pasta and protein supplements And in true Brazilian style, he also finds room for rice, beans and meat "I have a good amount of red meat each day for the protein Steak is my favourite food I eat as much as I can," Saraiva Reis says "When I was moving up in weight I had to wake up at 3am every morning and eat a big bowl of pasta " "That wasn't fun at all, (I was) not sleeping because I was so full " A gold medallist at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Saraiva Reis has hopes for "a medal of any colour" in the men's +105kg event at the Rio 2016 Games on Tuesday 16 August Fernando Saraiva Reis competing in the Men's +105kg Weightlifting final at London 2012 (Photo: Getty Images/Lars Baron) "An Olympic medal is my target in life," Saraiva Reis says "In London (2012) I had a dream to compete at the Olympic Games and I've already fulfilled that dream Now I have a target in my life to win an Olympic medal " "I don't know if it will be here (at Rio 2016), but if it doesn't happen here, it will be the next one, or the next one, or the next one " "I won't stop until I have a medal " Weightlifting and powerlifting: from Ancient Egypt to the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games Meet the Zen weightlifter whose road to Rio is enlightened by nature and meditation ‘Strongest man in the world’ tips four nations for weightlifting glory at Rio 2016 Games