I stepped on the scale this morning and found a surprise. I’ve lost 3.5 lbs. There was another surprise in store for me today. Wheat pancakes actually taste good. I went to Denny’s and had them for the first time. I had them with fruit, turkey bacon, and chicken sausage. I skipped the hash browns, which can be like crack to me. I used to have Waffle House on speed dial during medical school. Just call me Ms. Scattered, Smothered, and Covered. LOL. I chewed slow and ended up not even eating an entire pancake before I was full. I even went really light on the syrup. I’ve found this chewing more times to be a Godsend. I truly believe I was eating so fast that my body didn’t have a chance to signal it was full before I had plowed past the point of satiety. I’ll have to see what surprises are in store for tomorrow.
5 days down, 16 to go until it’s a habit. Wish me luck.
Much nub and fitness,
EG
Healthy, Fit, and Fabulous 
January 19, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Oh yeah! That's all we eat when we do pancakes. WW is so much more flavorful, and definitely more filling. We've made these before and they're really good. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/NU00568 Whole Foods also has a really good straight-buckwheat pancake mix that my save you a little time. And, of course, you have to get the *natural* maple syrup to go along with it–it's really good. It's kind of like the steel-cut oats–once you've had them, it's hard to go back to the regular stuff. Regular non-WW pancakes just don't taste right anymore.
January 20, 2010 at 9:03 am
Thanks! I'll have to try those out:)