Preparation: The Key to Success

This morning highlighted just how important it is to be well prepared.  The day started well, up early in spite of wanting to stay in bed a bit longer, lunches had been prepared the night before.  Breakfast was on the go nice and early, and all seemed to be running smoothly.

The breakfast was a bit of an experiment, Banana and Almond pancakes (made with home made almond butter) with bacon and a hard boiled egg.  The pancake mix was nice and easy to prepare, and while I heated the water for the egg I started to cook the bacon.  That's where things fell off the rails.

In hindsight, I should have got out the big electric fry pan, rather than trying to cook the bacon in a small fry pan in batches.  Half an hour later I'd finished cooking the bacon, and it was now around the time that we'd be leaving for work.  The pancakes cooked a lot quicker, and while I was cooking them, I threw in the hard boiled egg.

That was when things went screwy fro the second time.  Somewhere along the way the egg had cracked, and was quite happily making a mess in the cooking water.  Oh well, there looked to be plenty of pancake mix, so maybe I could go without the egg.

We eventually sat down to eat a good 15 minutes after we would normally have left for work.  My goodness, it was definitely worth being late for.  The pancakes were delicious, and nice crispy bacon is a perfect accompaniment to just about any meal.  Next time, though, we'll save the bacon for the weekend, and cook something quick and easy with the pancakes so we're not running late.

I also took the opportunity this morning to see how kind the weekend had been to my weight.  I was pleasantly surprised to find that I've lost about 1.5kg since last Wednesday.  Given that Saturday night involved lots of alcohol and chocolate, to have lost that much weight is encouraging.  The hard part from now on is going to be resisting the urge to eat carbohydrate laden food.

Edit:
It's now 10:50, and I'm starting to feel the first food craving for the day.  I'm going to try following the advice on the Primal Blueprint website, and have 10 or so nuts to stave off the cravings until lunch time.  I'll be interested to see how it goes.