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kgarcia1990_
kgarcia1990_ Posts: 28 Member
edited December 4 in Health and Weight Loss
I usually eat pancakes for breakfast. I am measuring the calories. Is it ok for me to eat it.

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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Why wouldn't it be? What do you think it is about the pancakes that would make them not okay to eat?

    Do you like the pancakes? Do they fit your calories? Do they fit your other goals? If yes, eat the pancakes if you'd like. If not, then eat something else.
  • Spook_Skywalker
    Spook_Skywalker Posts: 180 Member
    Define "ok". Are you trying to lose weight? Then, yes, whatever you eat is fine as long as you eat under your calorie allowance. Nutritional, maybe not so much.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    sure...why wound't it be?
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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    The pancakes I eat fit my calories.

    Then what are you worried about when you ask if it is okay?
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    The pancakes I eat fit my calories.
    There are no "right" or "wrong" foods to eat to lose weight unless you have a medical condition affected by specific foods. Remember: what you eat matters less than how much you eat and calories in must be less than calories out. Everything else is small stuff.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    I usually eat pancakes for breakfast. I am measuring the calories. Is it ok for me to eat it.

    Yes.
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  • JenniferNoll
    JenniferNoll Posts: 367 Member
    I had pancakes this morning.

    Sometimes, I add a little apple sauce to the batter, or mashed banana, sweet potato, grated zucchini, or nuts for protein.

    This morning, I added a scoop of PB2 to the batter, and they were so good that they didn't even need syrup.

    Once in a while, I'll replace the flour in the recipe with Bob's Red Mill almond flour. I'll add a dash of almond extract and a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar. It's higher calorically, but also higher in fiber and nutrition. I find them to be much more satisfying and they keep me full longer. They also don't need syrup or butter to be delicious either.

    I'm not really a "health nut" per se. I just really, really like good food.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    Then go ahead and eat the pancakes!!!
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  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    SueInAz wrote: »
    The pancakes I eat fit my calories.
    There are no "right" or "wrong" foods to eat to lose weight unless you have a medical condition affected by specific foods. Remember: what you eat matters less than how much you eat and calories in must be less than calories out. Everything else is small stuff.

    My doctor told me not to eat pizza & drink soda anymore because I had an injury on my foot which caused pain & swelling & small case of gout. Since then I have not eaten them for about 2 months & am fully healthy to workout again

    You need to specify things like this in your OP.

    Has your doctor cleared you for adding back in the foods that you needed to avoid with your gout? If not, perhaps you should discuss this with him/her.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I had pancakes this morning.

    Sometimes, I add a little apple sauce to the batter, or mashed banana, sweet potato, grated zucchini, or nuts for protein.

    This morning, I added a scoop of PB2 to the batter, and they were so good that they didn't even need syrup.

    Once in a while, I'll replace the flour in the recipe with Bob's Red Mill almond flour. I'll add a dash of almond extract and a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar. It's higher calorically, but also higher in fiber and nutrition. I find them to be much more satisfying and they keep me full longer. They also don't need syrup or butter to be delicious either.

    I'm not really a "health nut" per se. I just really, really like good food.

    Adding PB2 to the batter is genius, must try!
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  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    SueInAz wrote: »
    The pancakes I eat fit my calories.
    There are no "right" or "wrong" foods to eat to lose weight unless you have a medical condition affected by specific foods. Remember: what you eat matters less than how much you eat and calories in must be less than calories out. Everything else is small stuff.

    My doctor told me not to eat pizza & drink soda anymore because I had an injury on my foot which caused pain & swelling & small case of gout. Since then I have not eaten them for about 2 months & am fully healthy to workout again

    You need to specify things like this in your OP.

    Has your doctor cleared you for adding back in the foods that you needed to avoid with your gout? If not, perhaps you should discuss this with him/her.

    He told me to avoid eating pizza & drinking soda so that the gout will not come back.

    Those are very specific and things contained in those two food items will be in lots of other things. Was that the only specifics he gave you?
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    If you are worried about it, why not find a different pancake recipe? My wife loves pancakes and gets tired of eggs so I started occasionally making pancakes from whey, coconut flour, egg whites, pb2, and baking powder. They are actually very good and really filling. Other people make them from bananas. There are lots of options besides making them from plane old flour.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    SueInAz wrote: »
    The pancakes I eat fit my calories.
    There are no "right" or "wrong" foods to eat to lose weight unless you have a medical condition affected by specific foods. Remember: what you eat matters less than how much you eat and calories in must be less than calories out. Everything else is small stuff.

    My doctor told me not to eat pizza & drink soda anymore because I had an injury on my foot which caused pain & swelling & small case of gout. Since then I have not eaten them for about 2 months & am fully healthy to workout again

    You need to specify things like this in your OP.

    Has your doctor cleared you for adding back in the foods that you needed to avoid with your gout? If not, perhaps you should discuss this with him/her.

    He told me to avoid eating pizza & drinking soda so that the gout will not come back.

    Here is what Mayo Clinic has to say about a gout diet: http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/gout-diet/art-20048524

    So I agree with @VintageFeline - it's more than just pizza and soda...
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    SueInAz wrote: »
    The pancakes I eat fit my calories.
    There are no "right" or "wrong" foods to eat to lose weight unless you have a medical condition affected by specific foods. Remember: what you eat matters less than how much you eat and calories in must be less than calories out. Everything else is small stuff.

    My doctor told me not to eat pizza & drink soda anymore because I had an injury on my foot which caused pain & swelling & small case of gout. Since then I have not eaten them for about 2 months & am fully healthy to workout again

    You need to specify things like this in your OP.

    Has your doctor cleared you for adding back in the foods that you needed to avoid with your gout? If not, perhaps you should discuss this with him/her.

    He told me to avoid eating pizza & drinking soda so that the gout will not come back.

    That doesn't make sense. A pizza is made up of a lot of different ingredients any of which might be your gout trigger. Perhaps it's wheat, in which case you'd need to give up a lot more than pizza. Perhaps it's cured meats like pepperoni (much more likely given it's a trigger for a lot of people) in which case you could still eat pizza with anything else on it. I've never heard of soda to cause gout, either, but I guess you never know.

    My husband and his father suffer from gout. My father-in-law's is controlled by medication but mostly triggered by red wine. He likes wine so takes the medication rather than give it up. My husband narrowed his gout trigger down to shellfish. As long as he doesn't eat crab or lobster and only very small amounts of shrimp, his gout stays dormant.
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