please help which breakfast ceral should I be eating???
PhilippaJoh
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Please can someone sort out all the figures: I need to have my cereal for breakfast, but which is the one I SHOULD be eating for weight loss, I'm so confused ie looking at all fat/sugar/salt etc content and calories.
Kelloggs Bran Flakes, Kelloggs All Bran, Kelloggs Rice Krispies or Kelloggs Weetabix. PLEASE HELP it's driving me crazy. Just tell me which one of these and I'll go for it!!! Thanks
Kelloggs Bran Flakes, Kelloggs All Bran, Kelloggs Rice Krispies or Kelloggs Weetabix. PLEASE HELP it's driving me crazy. Just tell me which one of these and I'll go for it!!! Thanks
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Eat whichever one you love and fits into your daily calories.0
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Lasmartchika wrote: »Eat whichever one you love and fits into your daily calories.
^This.0 -
I prefer Cinnamon Toast Crunch, or lucky charms, or fruit loops, or all 30
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I love frosted shreddies with alpro coconut milk helps with increasing my iron intake.0
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Lasmartchika wrote: »Eat whichever one you love and fits into your daily calories.
Exactly. You could have Cookie Crisp with chocolate milk for breakfast and it wouldn't matter, as long as you tracked the calories accurately (weight and measure!) and kept yourself in a deficit for the day/week.0 -
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Yep.Lasmartchika wrote: »Eat whichever one you love and fits into your daily calories.
As a cereal junkie myself, particularly sugary cereal, I finally stopped eating it for breakfast because it wasn't giving me what I wanted - namely some good protein, and enough staying power to hold me through the morning until lunch. So I switched to either eggs, toast & fruit, or oatmeal with yogurt, nuts, cinnamon, honey & fruit. And coffee, of course.
Now I save the cereal for bedtime snacks when I have enough cals at the end of the day. Which is often.
But yeah, pick whichever cereal you like that fits into your cals.0 -
Big steamy bowl of oatmeal/porridge with fruit/nut toppings and a drizzle of honey or stevia 0
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I like Shreddies and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.0
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Puffed wheat is low in calories. I like Kashi Go lean Crunch. It has lots of calories but keeps me full for a long time and its tasty!
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if it tastes like cardboard you got it right0
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I love oatmeal too but in cereals a Special K or a cheaper version of the Special K.0
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Try adding some (unsalted) nuts instead of cereal.0
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I like Bran Flakes (no, seriously!). A bowl (30g dry cereal, with semi-skimmed milk) at about 7am sees me through till about 11am when I usually have a cereal bar at work.
Years back, when I first lost weight, I tried Special K. Eurgh. Full of artificial sweeteners and for the same cals left me starving 20 minutes later. Beware "diet" foods!
ps If you're in the UK, I recently switched from Kelloggs Bran Flakes to Tesco own-make. Half the price and they taste the same, and have almost identical cals. Some own-brand stuff is bad but these are good. 0 -
It's not a matter of which one you SHOULD have. Which ones do you like? Personally I alternate between porridge and honey, eggs on toast and all bran with fruit and yoghurt. On a weekend I might go crazy and have a bit of bacon with my eggs:)
I also save the good sugary cereal for a bedtime snack
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Fruity Pebbles.
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My favorite to eat is Honey Nut Cheerios with the vanilla honey flavored almond milk. I also usually cut up a banana to put in there also or some blueberries.0
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Fiber One Chocolate Cereal....really high in fiber, very low on sugar and fat..... I would never trade it for any other cereal out there...0
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CountessKitteh wrote: »Lasmartchika wrote: »Eat whichever one you love and fits into your daily calories.
Exactly. You could have Cookie Crisp with chocolate milk for breakfast and it wouldn't matter, as long as you tracked the calories accurately (weight and measure!) and kept yourself in a deficit for the day/week.
Oh man, now I want this. Maybe for lunch.0 -
I like boring cereal. Weetabix, Bran flakes or porridge. Ha so don't ask me! Bran flakes keep my insides working hahahaha!0
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@PhilippaJoh - Eat Oatmeal and blueberries: Mostly all cereal is bad for you. If you are on this website I am sure your looking to lose weight or eat healthier. I do not suggest eating ANY of these cereals. Did you know Cinnamon toast Crunch (as an example) one serving 3/4 cup- Have you ever eaten 3/4 cup of cereal? Not me, I use to eat like 3 servings or 2 1/4 cups. did you know in that bowl of cereal @ 2 1/4 cups there are 292 calories : 67.5 are from fat. Total Fat = 6.75 Total Carbohydrates = 56.25 sugar=20.25 and finally OTHER carbohydrates = 31.5 (what the hell is other carbohydrates).
Your best bet is don't eat cereal. Eat eggs, oatmeal, Greek Fat Free Yogurt with some blueberries. You'll feel and thank yourself later. If you want check out some of my blogs from bodypumpbybob @ www.outrunyourfork.com
Happy Eating.
This won't go down well here...
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@PhilippaJoh - Eat Oatmeal and blueberries: Mostly all cereal is bad for you. If you are on this website I am sure your looking to lose weight or eat healthier. I do not suggest eating ANY of these cereals. Did you know Cinnamon toast Crunch (as an example) one serving 3/4 cup- Have you ever eaten 3/4 cup of cereal? Not me, I use to eat like 3 servings or 2 1/4 cups. did you know in that bowl of cereal @ 2 1/4 cups there are 292 calories : 67.5 are from fat. Total Fat = 6.75 Total Carbohydrates = 56.25 sugar=20.25 and finally OTHER carbohydrates = 31.5 (what the hell is other carbohydrates).
Happy Eating.
Broscience derp and spamming your blog...strong first post.
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Personally I'm a fan of shredded mini wheats -- it's got fiber and iron which I desperately need, and it tastes good too!0
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I was a big fan of the Kashi Go Lean Crunch when I was doing cereal. But last week I bought a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and it was amazing.
It really does come down to your personal needs and preferences. I ate the Kashi because I wanted more protein with breakfast. But I found other ways to include protein when I changed cereals. There really is no right or wrong cereal.0 -
giannigreco83 wrote: »Fiber One Chocolate Cereal....really high in fiber, very low on sugar and fat..... I would never trade it for any other cereal out there...
Fiber One Chocolate is so good!0 -
Frosted flakes with Almomd milk or corn pops dry. Delicious!0
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@PhilippaJoh - Eat Oatmeal and blueberries: Mostly all cereal is bad for you. If you are on this website I am sure your looking to lose weight or eat healthier. I do not suggest eating ANY of these cereals. Did you know Cinnamon toast Crunch (as an example) one serving 3/4 cup- Have you ever eaten 3/4 cup of cereal? Not me, I use to eat like 3 servings or 2 1/4 cups. did you know in that bowl of cereal @ 2 1/4 cups there are 292 calories : 67.5 are from fat. Total Fat = 6.75 Total Carbohydrates = 56.25 sugar=20.25 and finally OTHER carbohydrates = 31.5 (what the hell is other carbohydrates).
Your best bet is don't eat cereal. Eat eggs, oatmeal, Greek Fat Free Yogurt with some blueberries. You'll feel and thank yourself later. If you want check out some of my blogs from bodypumpbybob @ www.outrunyourfork.com
Happy Eating.
What's the problem with a 292 calorie breakfast that includes fat and carbohydrates? Or if you don't want all 292 calories, you could always just eat less of it.
Is your blog full of weird advice like this?0 -
Actually, yes I have eaten 3/4 of a cup of cereal, or more accurately, weighed out the 29g or whatever the serving size was because it was the amount that fit into my available calories that particular day.@PhilippaJoh - Eat Oatmeal and blueberries: Mostly all cereal is bad for you. If you are on this website I am sure your looking to lose weight or eat healthier. I do not suggest eating ANY of these cereals. Did you know Cinnamon toast Crunch (as an example) one serving 3/4 cup- Have you ever eaten 3/4 cup of cereal? Not me, I use to eat like 3 servings or 2 1/4 cups. did you know in that bowl of cereal @ 2 1/4 cups there are 292 calories : 67.5 are from fat. Total Fat = 6.75 Total Carbohydrates = 56.25 sugar=20.25 and finally OTHER carbohydrates = 31.5 (what the hell is other carbohydrates).
Your best bet is don't eat cereal. Eat eggs, oatmeal, Greek Fat Free Yogurt with some blueberries. You'll feel and thank yourself later. If you want check out some of my blogs from bodypumpbybob @ www.outrunyourfork.com
Happy Eating. Like any food I eat, I weigh and measure the portions out to fit into my goals. Thankfully, some days I can eat a double serving of Cinnamon Toast Crunch before bed, and I enjoy the heck out of it. And I have still reached my weight/fat loss goals doing so.
And fat free Greek yogurt? Gag - fat is good! Don't be afraid of fat, OP - our bodies need fat an it helps keep us feeling full longer. Fat in our diets doesn't make us fat, too many calories do. The only reason I eat 2% Greek yogurt is it has more protein than the full fat version, which makes no sense to me, but yay protein!
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kmorgan221 wrote: »CountessKitteh wrote: »Lasmartchika wrote: »Eat whichever one you love and fits into your daily calories.
Exactly. You could have Cookie Crisp with chocolate milk for breakfast and it wouldn't matter, as long as you tracked the calories accurately (weight and measure!) and kept yourself in a deficit for the day/week.
Oh man, now I want this. Maybe for lunch.
Ha! I was just trying to come up with something kind of ridiculous to make my point. 0
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