Is Oatmeal a Good Breakfast for Weight Loss?

It's fine for weight loss although the flavoured packets are fairly high in sugar (but I'm not judging, I keep some in my desk at work for emergencies).

Gallowmere1984 wrote: »

My breakfast this morning:

120g rolled oats
100g whole eggs
184g kail
Cinnamon, tumeric, cumin, black pepper.

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That is all.

What app is that?

I have two of the Great Value or Quaker sugar-free maple and brown sugar flavored packages on occasion. That's two hundred calories and keeps me reasonably full enough until lunch. As long as it fits your macros, most foods will be good for weight loss. Except, of course, cabbage, cabbage is evil!

I have oats most days with a piece of fruit added (and cinnamon and nutmeg for flavour) for breakfast and it never impacted on my weight loss and keeps me full for hours. I just make it from scratch as it is cheaper and has no added sugar.

There are benefits from the soluble fibre in the oats. Many other cereals do not score so well because they lack fibre and many are loaded with sugar.

Do what is right for you.

Beats me why people think oats are or are not bad for weight loss. (I'd say it depends on how filling they are for you.) But:

bikerjoe83 wrote: »

I've read some about complex carbs and my understanding is that carbs with naturally occurring sugars (not added) are complex carbs and are basically 'energy foods', but carbs with added sugars are 'bad for you' because the extra sugar may just get stored in your body and unless you exercise a lot is empty calories, hence why it may be seen as bad for weightloss?

No.

Complex carbs are starches. (Yes, oatmeal is a complete carb, but so is cereal, not the added sugar if any, however, bread, pasta, potatoes, so on.)

Simple carbs are sugars. This includes fruit. (Fruit also has some fiber, although it depends on the fruit, of course.)

Complex carbs tend to be broken down more slowly than sugars (from any source), BUT that's overstated since fiber slows down the break down and so does protein and fat, which is why many think the distinction is worthless.

Fueling for a slow burn, oatmeal is a good source. Need quick energy (right before a run, during, replenishing after) you want a quicker source, like a banana. I often have oatmeal in the morning, but would digest some before exercising.

If you are at a deficit you aren't going to store fat, no matter how much is from sugar. (And your body easily turns complex carbs into sugar.)

Logically, plain oats with milk/water are much better for you than flavoured/processed oats with added sugar, unless you exercise a lot to burn off the extra sugar.

No, it depends on the overall diet. Oats with a bit of sugar (or, as I prefer berries) aren't "bad for you." Milk has sugar, also, btw. Sugary breakfasts without much fiber or protein (like a sugary cereal or some more processed and flavored oats) MIGHT have less fiber, less protein, and otherwise be less filling for the calories. (I don't like them as well also, but that's personal preference.) They are not inherently bad for you and they certainly don't make you gain weight or not lose weight, if the calories are equal.

Overall micros for the day are also important, of course, but adding some sugar to oats won't remove micros.

Neither are bad for calorie-controlled weightloss though.

Yes, agree.

I eat one packet of steel cut oats with sliced banana several times a week for breakfast and find it very filling, which prevents me from snacking until lunch!