I joined the protein pancake party that Gina and Janetha and a lot of others have been having lately! I am just starting my efforts of getting back into shape after Anna was born three weeks ago today! It’s hard to remember a time when she wasn’t here, I can’t believe it has only been three weeks.

I am not supposed to run for 6 weeks (only 3 more to go!) which seems like forever! I am allowed to walk and do other less intense workouts, but I feel like I haven’t run in forever! I started walking a lot last week but the rain yesterday put a damper on that. After doing a P90X weight workout with my mom this weekend and talking to Katie about her starting the program – I decided to start it (on a modified program) until I can get back to running and going to the gym.

So along with that – I am trying to eat more often and get back to basics of clean food. It’s hard to follow an eating plan of every three hours because there is a person more important than me who needs to eat every three hours and we can’t spend the entire day eating- Anna then me, Anna then me. That just won’t work. 🙂

Since our lives are getting a little more normal (at least more normal than the past two weeks) I am going to start making dinner again. I am excited! We have had so much wonderful help with meals and food, that I can’t thank our family and friends enough!

Adapted from Gina’s recipe:

Protein Pancakes

1 scoops vanilla protein powder (I used EAS vanilla whey)

1 egg white

1/4 C almond milk

2 T whole wheat flour

1 T ground flax

1/2 t baking powder

1/2 t vanilla

Heat a skillet to medium heat.

Mix all ingredients together and pour in the hot

Cook the pancake(s) for 2-3 minutes on each side, until golden brown.

For the banana topping:

Mix a mashed banana with 1 T real maple syrup and 1 T almond butter.

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