Day...?

I'm hungry.

Today is an interesting one...for the past week and a half now I haven't had too much trouble with the cravings. But today, for some reason, I'm having a harder time.

I had a delicious breakfast: hashbrowns with green pepper and onion and turkey sausage. Even during my outing this morning when I was surrounded by sweet, baked treats I didn't budge. I reached for my allotted portion of fruit (carried over from breakfast) and some carrot sticks. Good job, Vicky! Lunch was yummy, too. I think it was a enchilada entree from Smart Ones and a side salad. I was supposed to have some fruit, but I decided to wait to eat the fruit later. But instead I had a cucumber salad.

As I was eating that vinegar-y mess, I just got really frustrated. I really want to eat some macaroni and cheese! Or, I just really want a thick slice of bread with a smear of butter. I could probably eat any one of those things, but I don't want to measure the calories and fit it in somewhere, plus it's loaded with fat, and of course I'm trying to control all that right now. So, I reached for a graham cracker. I hoped that would satisfy my "bread/carb" craving without tipping the scales too much.

So, I'm sitting here 30 minutes later still feeling a bit hungry. It's probably because I don't have too much to do right now. My son woke up early from his nap, I don't feel like taking him out anywhere since I'm a bit tired, and dinner needs to be on the stove in a little bit over an hour. Which is the other hurdle: two dinners. One for me, one for the rest of the family. I suppose I can make enough of my meal to feed all three of us, but I have a feeling they're not going to like eggplant parmesan . Especially with fat free parmesan and plain, low-sodium tomato sauce! Not to mention eggplant...