Oatmeal for breakfast makes me feel hungry?

Not me but i usually have the instant and have 2 packages don't feel hungary for hours. Love it

It's not in your head. When I ate cereal for breakfast, I was always hungry about an hour later. Now I eat eggs or quiche for brunch (I'm a late riser), and I'm good until my next scheduled meal.

it's likely the insulin spike from the carbs in the oatmeal. what do you put on it? does it come pre-sweetened? is it instant? all of these things come into play and can have a pretty dramatic effect on your insulin levels.

Mine comes with a 3 egg and 3 whites omelette, and is an hour after my waking up protein shake and fruit. I'm fine until my first snack?

I too cannot eat oatmeal for breakfat. I actually get shaky and feel yucky if I do, or any carbs for breakfast

Classic hypoglycemic reaction or insulin spike -- this is exactly why i have to eat low-carb/high protein.

Have you tried drinking a glass of skim milk with your oatmeal? That milk will give you protein and more energy! But I have hunger problems too and go over my calorie limit. I have to be careful of my food choices but I have lost weight even tho I don't meet my calorie goals too often.

I used to eat cereal, toast with peanut butter every morning. But after pregnancy, I craved eggs and heavy breakfast food. Now that I reach the 40 age, I still crave eggs but only like egg whites and cheese, no heavy breakfast. Can't stand hash brown potatoes, biscuits and gravy or eating at a "greasy spoon" any more.

I eat the steel cut oats (the round cannister stuff that takes a whole six minutes to cook) and have a piece of cheese or an egg with it. Ihave to have carbs because I'm diabetic, but I become so hungry in two hours its not funny. Protein solves that.

Oatmeal does the same for me... UNLESS it is the steel cut oatmeal which takes much longer to cook. This kind has a lower glycemic index. Have you tried that?
I don't have time in the am to cook the steel cut oatmeal so I have a greek yogurt with a lot of water and I am good for hours.

Same here! I need protein to stay satisfied generally - try eggs/egg whites? Carbohydrates in general aren't very filling to me - even super fibrous ones.

When I ate cereal for breakfast, I was always hungry about an hour later. Now I eat eggs or quiche for brunch (I'm a late riser), and I'm good until my next scheduled meal.

Same here. I love oatmeal (the thick rolled oats or steel cut) and I could eat it all the time for every meal! BUT I would get hungry just a couple hours later (400 calories worth of oats, apple and milk). But I too found that when I switched to eating a breakfast of eggs (whole eggs!) with some bacon or some veggies (or both), I can last until lunch without a problem. I now aim to just keep my blood sugar as steady as possible all the time and I find that I can last for a long time without even thinking about food.

Oatmeal might not be as insulin spiking as some foods, but I still think that it does a number on blood sugar in a way that eggs just don't.

Technically, oatmeal does have protein in it. What type of oatmeal re we talking about - instant, sugared?

I'm not the OP, but when I ate oatmeal I would eat steel cut oats from a big ol' tub, unsweetened, cooked with water. I'd be hungry an hour and half later. Frown.

That is what happens with low fat/high carb dieting. You are hungry quickly and not satisfied for long. One of the reasons I do the very opposite, even though I used to like eating oatmeal.

Try adding a small snack like nuts when you get hungry or just go ahead and add the nuts to your oatmeal. Balancing your meals and keeping them within your daily range is tough, but keep playing around with it until you get it right. Also, oatmeal may not be a good choice for you at breakfast, try some eggs instead.

I don't like or eat oatmeal, but I usually feel hungry sooner when I eat anything for breakfast, which is why I rarely do.