Today I was just hungry!  I have not been really hungry throughout this voyage until last night.  My husband popped some popcorn at about 8:00 pm for him and the kids, while I had accidently forgotten to have my smoothie for dinner.  On 700 some calories for the second day in a row, I started to feel neglected (which is why it is important not to go hungry while trying to lose weight in a healthful manor).  So that is how I ended Sunday night…with a rumbling belly.

 Then to my unpleasant surprise, I woke up at about 2:30 am and could not get back to sleep until well after four.  During those crucial hours laid awake in my hungry state, I started to think about having a mid-night snack.  Conveniently, my baby started to cry at about 3:30 and gave me an excuse to get out of bed.  Do you think I went right back to bed after caring for my little one?  Oh no…I stopped by the fridge and poured myself a small cup of apple juice and cut a half banana to go with it.  It seemed like a healthy way curb the hunger pangs distracting me from sleep. 

Much to my dismay, as I was analyzing calories today I learned apple juice has about 100/cup!  Next time I would opt for a glass of water and a fruit.  No wonder we are told to have our children eat fruit, not drink it.  Lessoned learned!  I’m not even sure how that juice even got there.  It must have been left over from a “snack mom” moment.  But next time I may be the snack mom coming in with miniature bottled waters for the kids.  Good thing I’m not worried about being the “cool mom” when it comes to nourishment.

Sadly, the juice at four in the morning was not today’s biggest error.  I made the best egg rolls I have ever made before, so I had no other choice but to eat four of them, right?  Wrong, but that is just what I did.  Today was more of a reflection of how I ended up obese this year versus where I am going.  However, I am not down in the dumps by any means.  Tomorrow is another day, and I believe in change! 

Here is how all 1,240 of my calories broke down:

Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snacks
¾ cup apple juice 1 banana (1/2 at a time) 1 toast w/ almond butter	¼ cup raspberries 5 florets cauliflower 2 T hummus ¼ cup acorn squash w/ brown sugar- yum	4 homemade meatless egg rolls (Note: next time three will do) w/ soy sauce & sriracha	1 ½ cuties