Day three

Today was hard. Yesterday I couldn't face my porridge with water so chose not to have it, but today I was so hungry I didn't have any choice but to eat it.

Tuesdays are always difficult days at this house anyway, they're busy and ever so slightly crazy. So facing Tuesday on Day three with two days of not much food behind me, and no prospect of a strong cup of tea to fortify me, was testing. And then, to top it off, we had some work done on the house in the afternoon.

I cheered myself up in the afternoon by looking in my egg box (that is quite sad I know). I bought six eggs at the beginning of the week, and I've had one a day so I have three left. The eggs are my own countdown.

Today I had porridge for breakfast with water.

At lunchtime, I was definitely ready for food and I was glad I'd bought those olives at the beginning and, more importantly, saved them for when I needed a boost. I made myself a tapenade of sorts and spread it on my flatbread topped off with a fried egg. I'm very glad I made the decision to fry my eggs and not poach them, I need the extra calories.

Tea was a bowl of chilli with flatbread. There's not much chilli left now and the edges were a little bit overdone in the slow cooker on low, so I don't think I can use the slow cooker for the rest of the week. I've got two nights left, I hope I have enough chilli to last me. The good news is that because the chilli has been slowly stewing for three days it tasted absolutely gorgeous, the best it has tasted all week. The kidney beans were edible too!

This is the first day I've not had any bread left over to start the next day, tapenade too good, or hunger biting?