Insomnia nearly gave me the excuse for 3 am eating session. And I almost threw in the towel, as I've done several times before..I have insomnia, I have to eat in the middle of the night or I'll never sleep, I tell myself. I'm stuck being fat because of this damn insomnia. But I stopped my thoughts. I don't really think that's true. I don't think that I'm destined to a compulsive over eater because of my lack of sleep. It makes it harder, sure, but I don't really believe I need to overeat in order to get back to sleep in the middle of the night.

I did lose a few hours sleep, but I think I just believed I was hungry when really I've just conditioned myself to eat in the middle of the night because I've done it so often. It's become an automatic response to sleeplessness. I did eventually get back to sleep despite not raiding the kitchen.

If I was really all that hungry, I would have torn apart the kitchen the moment I woke up. But I calmly did my pre-breakfast routine as usual.