Clean eating questions...

Special K is no different to other cereals. There is still plenty of sugar in them and calories are no different. It has 11g of sugar per 30g of cereal (with milk) which is 3 teaspoons. Froot Loops has 17g (4 teaspoons).

For cereal try Bran flakes, Shredded Wheat or Weetabix. I like bite size so I can snack on them if I want.

Just plain oats is best. I use superfast oats that cooks quickly in a few minutes with either milk or water.

I try to mostly eat clean, if time and budget permits, however breakfast is one meal I always eat clean. From my understanding of clean eating, I would not eat packaged oatmeal unless you made it yourself using oats out of the cylinder. I know they sound boring but you can actually get them to taste better than the packets by adding your own flavorings. I keep home made, stored, individual packets in ziplocs in my pantry so they are as easy to make as packaged ones, just throw in some water/milk and microwave. In the bags you can add brown sugar, nuts, dried fruit, anything that you like in oatmeal. It will actually save you time and money in the long run considering you won't be purchasing overpriced individuals.

Also, I try to avoid cereal at all costs because of the added ingredients. And technically most cereals aren't considered clean because they are either processed or refined or both. They might look clean and "healthy" but once you look at the long ingredient list, put it down. If anything, I have Kind granola on hand in my pantry. It's high sugar so I tend to only eat that before a morning workout.

I only use Bob's Mills Gluten-Free Oats or the 365 Organic Rolled Oats. I gave up my Kashi cereal awhile ago because it always made me so bloated. Much happier sticking to my bowl of oatmeal in the mornings.

Get ready for all the hippies being trendy to respond with smart *kitten* comments about "eating clean". Anyway, I started eating kashi cereal only because i'm looking to add weight, i find it to be pretty good. When i was in a calorie deficit, i'd cut out cereal. Only because i considered it empty calories. It's all perspective. Eat what you want to eat, play around with it, and see what works for you.

Any oatmeal... you can clean it in milk!!

In for all the "clean" priests exorcising food demons.

^^This - Good luck OP!

How about watching your calories in versus calories out, getting adequate protein and good fats and watching your micronutrient and fiber intake? Those matter according to many studies. Or you can engage in debates of which foods are "good" and which are "bad" based on nothing more than someone else's unscientific opinion.

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Get ready for all the hippies being trendy to respond with smart *kitten* comments about "eating clean". Anyway, I started eating kashi cereal only because i'm looking to add weight, i find it to be pretty good. When i was in a calorie deficit, i'd cut out cereal. Only because i considered it empty calories. It's all perspective. Eat what you want to eat, play around with it, and see what works for you.

That doesn't make sense. Wouldn't hippies be the first to advocate completely eating clean?

Clearly they mean the other kind of hippies.

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In for the train wreck....... :smokin:

Me too

OP - look on Pinterest, there are loads of cleaning eating recipes

Yes raw honey is allowed.

How many calories you need to consume to lose weight is whatever calories you need even when you aren't eating clean.

The benefit of clean eating is because the majority of foods you are eating are nutrient rich and low in calories you can eat quite a bit of them throughout the day and not feel like you are starved or are depriving yourself.

In for the inevitable argument between mostly heavy set clean eaters and at goal or beyond "dirty" eaters.