Recipe #239: The Healthier Pancake...

So pancakes have become a regular Saturday morning breakfast in the Plunkett Household! Alex of course always helps me out! In light of my new goal, I decided to try and make our normal pancake recipe a little healthier!
Of course I am sure some people could find more substitutions for stuff, but this was a good start. I am also kind of new to the world of Flax Seed. I know if it a good source of fiber, but I need to keep playing around and learning more about it!

You need:
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp milled Flax seed
2 cups milk
2 eggs
3 Tbsp apple sauce (instead of oil)

• Mix dry ingredients together, then add wet ingredients and mix well.
• heat fry pan to about 325 and make your pancakes.

I ate two medium sized pancakes and had an egg for some protein. Of course coffee too! :)

A new goal...

As I was walking/running yesterday afternoon, I decided that I needed a goal to actually start getting rid of this extra weight that was hanging around. January hadn't really been a very consistent month for me. I wanted to start something, but then there were some stresses that never really helped me to keep on track, but that will not get me down!
 Then I realized it.
                   I am really wanting to to lose 30 pounds. Why not do it by the time I turn 30?


So before the big 30 I will get rid of the extra pounds and celebrate my 30th birthday feeling FIT!

Here are the plans:

• eat less--portion control is a HUGE issue for me! 
• I am using My Fitness Pal to help track my calories
• eat more greens...starting the meal with a salad would help me to eat less carbs and meat.
• water and coffee. only. The only other thing I really drink is diet coke, but that is not great. I will never give up coffee!
• exercise 3 times a week (at least). Right now the best thing I can do is walk/run because it is something I can do with Alex. I am doing a program called couch to 5K to help me get started running. I like the abs/core portion of P90X too. I can't commit to that whole program, but the abs part will be great!

Challenges I foresee:

• tight food budget 
• cold/bad weather
• stress snacking
• boredom snacking

But, they don't really seem so bad when you list them out! I will overcome.

Hopefully I will have some good news to report before too long! :)