How healthy is cereal?

I would suggest Lucky Charms instead.

plain special k cereal and gluten free rice chex--low in calories. you can put a pack or 2 of no calorie sweetener in it if you need too.

If you want to save money you can cut come cardboard into bite sized pieces and pour sweetener on that, it is about as yummy.

If you want to save money you can cut come cardboard into bite sized pieces and pour sweetener on that

Good fiber that way too.

In all seriousness - Chocolate Chex & Cinnamon Chex are both gluten free and awesome to quiet a sweets craving

Carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, plus the nutrition of the milk. It's only part of a complete breakfast. You need to add some protein at least. But it's great for snacks!

I like Mom's Best Organic cereals! They have sugar in them so it depends how many calories you're doing but they're delicious and quick. Held me up til lunch and feels like a cheat. :P
I bought them on sale at Kroger for $1.29 a box.

I have to avoid cereal. In college I lived off boxes of cereal cause it was cheap and easy to cook.

But, I usually pour about 3 or 4 servings in a bowl. Who knew that one serving of Reese's puffs wasnt half a box?!?! :grumble:

That being said, what do you consider healthy? I love Kashi Go Lean Crunch and eat it with my Greek Yogurt. However I have a friend who will not eat it because of the GMO issue and kashi I guess uses GMO grains.

plain special k cereal and gluten free rice chex--low in calories. you can put a pack or 2 of no calorie sweetener in it if you need too.

Special K had sugar listed as its third ingredient. It's highly processed and will do nothing for you. My diabetic friend's blood sugar levels go higher after Special K than they do after she eats chocolate.

Don't touch the stuff

I know! You can't even eat Special K unless you dump extra sugar in it! Third ingredient indeed.

I LOVE cereal. Count Chocula is my favorite. Captain Crunch is pretty high on the list. Then Frosted Mini Wheats, and honey bunches of oats.

There is a huge difference between a serving of cereal and a huge bowl of cereal though. That's about the only change in cereal eating habits. I eat healthy amounts now as opposed to a giant bowl.

It might not be the healthiest food on the shelf, and I don't even come close to pretending that it is, but it does taste good, and sometimes I just need to eat because I enjoy a flavor instead of purely for the nutrients going in to my body. However, I still feel healthier, and I am still loosing weight, so lecture away, I promise I'll read your posts, while eating my lucky charms.

Grape Nuts is one that hasn't been mentioned. Its about like eating shotgun shells, real heavy on the stomach. Pretty high in protein for a cereal. I like to use a coffee mug instead of a bowl, the stuff is so dense that a bowl is way too much.

I personally like to munch on plain 'ol Cheerios when a snack attack hits. Its pretty low cal and fairly conducive to straight from the box snacking.

I can do about a handful of Grape Nuts. My dad used to eat it when I was a kid. I love Cheerios though, especially Honey Nut Cheerios!