Julia's Oatmeal Apple Pancakes

This is what we have for breakfast some mornings. John requests them every morning, but I'm not THAT good. And believe it or not, this is VERY Weight Watcher friendly.

1 C Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 C All purpose flour
1/2 C Oatmeal
1/2 C Dry Non-fat milk
2 t Baking Powder
1 t Baking Soda

Combine the dry ingredients well

1 1/2 C Water (or if omitting the dry milk, 1 1/2 C skim milk)
1/2 C Egg Beaters (or 2 eggs - increases the caloric content)
2 T Applesauce
1 t Oil

Combine the wet ingredients separately. Then pour wet ingredients into dry and mix just until the dry ingredients are incorporated. Makes 20 pancakes (Little less than 1/4 C per pancake)

Here's the glory of it all. for 4 pancakes it's 3 pts. (that's 203 calories, 2 g fat, 4 g fiber)

So my breakfast this morning was 4 pancakes for 3 pts. 2T applesauce for 0 pts, 1T ICBINB for 1 pt, and 2T of syrup for 1 pt. A 5 pt breakfast, perfect.

Monday Night Weigh in #5

So it was a pretty discouraging week this week. I don't exactly know what I did wrong, I tracked my food, I stayed within my points range. It sure didn't show up on the scale though. I actually had a gain. Eeek, what that won't do to bring you down. And with that came the realization that my new leader is very different from my old leader. My old leader would've said, "So what do you think went wrong this week?" And give you the good ole' pep talk one needs after such a blow. But this leader, nice as she is, said nothing. It was even this uncomfortable silence once my weight came up. I want my Karen back!!! Ugh! Anyway, I know this drill. After an internal pep-talk I am re-grouping and feeling good about it all. I took some definable steps of planning out exactly what I will be eating this week and ridding the house of any temptations, even Weight Watcher approved temptations. There are no thoughts of giving up, I am in it for the long hall!

So wk #5:
Weight Loss this week: +.4 lbs (It's O.k. It's O.k. I won't lose heart!)
Total Weight Loss: -11.8 lbs
Pounds to reach goal: 45.2

Monday Night Weigh In #3 & #4

Wow, have I really missed two weigh ins? I haven't skipped any weigh-in's at Weight Watchers. But the fact of 4 kids and homeschooling has really started to put a cramp in my blogging style!

So week #3 went REALLY well. Partly because I got the stomach virus that week and didn't eat for two days. I focused on that week to not go overboard when I did start to eat. I made sure that I started counting again right away. I was afraid I would get completely de-railed and start eating what ever I wanted.

So wk #3:
Weight Loss this week: -5.2 lbs (Stomach bug will do that to ya!!)
Total Weight Loss: -11.4 lbs
Pounds to reach goal: 45.6

This week was a struggle. I'm not sure why. I think it was a combination of being hungry after the stomach bug, and emotional eating from feeling overwhelmed at times. I was nervous that I was actually going to show a gain this week because, lets face it, most of the weight loss last week was due to dehydration. I didn't even want to go tonight, but I'm so glad that I did. The meetings truly are therapy for me. I walked in feeling discouraged and left with renewed focus and resolution. I remembered how far I've come in this one short month and also that I am not hungry with this way of eating. I can fill up and be satisfied. As far as the emotional eating goes, I read a excerpt from one of the Weight Watchers pamphlets that said, "I always remember that when I eat that donut, it leaves me with nothing but wanting to eat another one." That's so true.

So wk #4:
Weight Loss this week: -.8 lbs (phew! Actually had a loss.)
Total Weight Loss: -12.2 lbs
Pounds to reach goal: 44.8