Kashi Cereal..

You might want to try oatmeal. You have the option to choose steel cut oats (probably the best for you) they cook in 45 mins, or rolled oats that cook in 5mins or quick oats that take 1 min. This gives you the option of adding fruit, cinnamon, raisins or whatever you like. My personal favorite is the 5 minute variety with 2 tbsp of raisins, 1 tsp of smart balance, and a dash of unsweetened almond milk.

Enjoy experimenting!!!

I eat oatmeal with 1/4 tsp of vanilla, a sprinkling of cinnamon and 1/2 tsp of brown sugar. I find it pretty tasty. It's even better made with a little milk. Some people find they like oatmeal with Peanut Butter or even onions and soy sauce and a fried egg.

But back to the OP- I don't think it's too awful. If you like it and it keeps you full, have at it. If your other sugars are coming from fruit, natural dairy or other "natural" sources, going over won't be the end of the world. How much sugar is in it?

I Kashi!! I don't eat the go lean crunch as a bowl of cereal, I use it as a granola for my yogurt. I got hooked on the honey sunshine which to me takes like a less sugary honeycomb. I believe it's 6 grams of sugar per serving. Also think the Berry blossom is delicious!!! Fruity pebbles with....you guessed it less sugar lol!. Also try multi grain cheerios they make my tummy smile. Hope this helps!

I wish I liked oatmeal....well I haven't tried it for years. Maybe I should give it a try and add my own fruit.

I've never liked oatmeal. I just can't stand the texture of it. But I've found that I really love oats mixed with peanut butter and just a touch of pure maple syrup. Uncooked. It's very chewy and thick, but absolutely delicious.

I will give that a try. I'm a fiend for peanut butter.

I REALLY like the toasted berry crunch by Kashi...The calories are pretty dense, but if I eat a whole cup of it with a whole cup of milk, I'm full for a while...I usually save this for my breakfast on the weekends since I often have a harder time getting calories in on the weekend ..

I love the Kashi cereal, but I was concerned about the sugar content too. After some research and experimentation, I've stopped tracking my sugar intake. I very rarely eat processed sugar, and all the unprocessed sugar (raw honey, things sweetened with beet/cane juice) and fruit I eat was sending my tracker through the roof, which made me feel guilty, although I was energetic and losing weight. Instead, if I eat a "sweet" food regularly, I test my body's reaction to it. After a bowl of cereal, how do you feel? Alert and active, or sluggish? Full or bloated? Do you crash in an hour? Are you ravenously hungry 20 minutes later (this is my body's reation to chemical seeteners--it took me a week to figure out that my sugar-free yogurt was making me eat like an adolescent boy)? If you're concerned, then you can mix it, but I prefer to focus on my body's reaction to particular foods instead of on a generic number.

Another tip: cinnamon can help regulate your blood sugar. If you track your blood sugar, try adding it to sweet things (like cereal) before you test.

If you're highly active/an athlete, this NY Times article might interest you:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/how-sugar-affects-the-body-in-motion/?ref=health