Measured 1 serving Cinnamon Toast Crunch

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Kimblesnbits13
Kimblesnbits13 Posts: 369 Member
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This is the saddest portion of cereal. Literally 5 spoonfuls! Thinking back when I was a teenager, I must've eaten 7-800 cals worth of cereal each morning. Not sure how I stayed so thin! Lol who on here really eats just 1 serving of cereal at a time?!
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  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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    Kimblesnbits13 wrote: »
    This is the saddest portion of cereal. Literally 5 spoonfuls! Thinking back when I was a teenager, I must've eaten 7-800 cals worth of cereal each morning. Not sure how I stayed so thin! Lol who on here really eats just 1 serving of cereal at a time?!

    How did you measure it? By cups or grams. My food scale wake up was Quaker Harvest crunch. The serving size per cup looked small and then when I got the scale, it was 2/3rds the size.
  • Kimblesnbits13
    Kimblesnbits13 Posts: 369 Member
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    Tacklewasher wrote: »
    Kimblesnbits13 wrote: »
    This is the saddest portion of cereal. Literally 5 spoonfuls! Thinking back when I was a teenager, I must've eaten 7-800 cals worth of cereal each morning. Not sure how I stayed so thin! Lol who on here really eats just 1 serving of cereal at a time?!

    How did you measure it? By cups or grams. My food scale wake up was Quaker Harvest crunch. The serving size per cup looked small and then when I got the scale, it was 2/3rds the size.

    I used a food scale and measured 31 grams which is supposedly one serving lol
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,876 Member
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    Kimblesnbits13 wrote: »
    This is the saddest portion of cereal. Literally 5 spoonfuls! Thinking back when I was a teenager, I must've eaten 7-800 cals worth of cereal each morning. Not sure how I stayed so thin! Lol who on here really eats just 1 serving of cereal at a time?!

    When we're teenagers, we're growing which requires a crap ton of energy (calories)...not to mention, I was pretty active most of the time outside of class. I ate like a horse when I was a teenager.
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,592 Member
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    I do but I also eat it along with a bunch of other stuff.
  • Queenofthezoo
    Queenofthezoo Posts: 69 Member
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    I do one serving of shredded wheat. It looks like so little at first it was so sad looking but I bulk it up with 6 oz of fresh or frozen fruit. It fills up the bowl nicely. And now that is my gonto breakfast with milk and an egg on the side.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,598 Member
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    I gave up and stopped buying cereal. Why bother for so little.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
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    I did 1.5 servings of vanilla/almond special k at night - it's not a huge bowl but it hits the spot for a late night snack
  • MsChucktowski
    MsChucktowski Posts: 121 Member
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    The only cereal I am willing to spend calories on is weet-bix. One serve, which is two pieces, is just over 100 calories. I can easily eat four, which is around 250 cal and very filling.
  • WendyLeigh1119
    WendyLeigh1119 Posts: 495 Member
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    I do. Some mornings when I have an easier workout planned, at least. Since I only eat the Kashi Berry Shredded Wheat, they make it easy because 25 squares is a serving. Harder days I eat 43.5 squares. Then I load it with at least a 1/2 cup of fresh berries. But the 25 squares is usually filling with the fresh fruit and milk included it's under 350 calories.
  • leanitup123
    leanitup123 Posts: 489 Member
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    Exactly why I hate cereal. HA.
  • WendyLeigh1119
    WendyLeigh1119 Posts: 495 Member
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    deannalfisher wrote: »
    I did 1.5 servings of vanilla/almond special k at night - it's not a huge bowl but it hits the spot for a late night snack

    Did you ever try that Special K Dark Chocolate one? It's a good idea in theory... but I tried it once and it's regular flakes and then dark chocolate chips. The chips just sink straight to the bottom and you can't find them until you're done.
  • wizzybeth
    wizzybeth Posts: 3,573 Member
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    The only cereal I usually eat for breakfast is Whole Grain Total. I take 1 serving and crumble it on top of my yogurt in the morning as a more nutritious alternative to granola. Sweetened cereals like cinnamon toast crunch, froot loops, golden grahams etc I eat dry as a snack, sometimes I have 2 servings if I have enough calories for 2.
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
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    I eat Fiber One original cereal every day because I love cereal and it's the only one with calories that are worth it.
  • Colt1835
    Colt1835 Posts: 447 Member
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    I gave up cold cereals and switched to oatmeal. It's way more filling.
  • EmbeeKay
    EmbeeKay Posts: 249 Member
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    Speaking of cereal, the only one I buy for myself is Special K Protein (original). One serving has 10 g protein for 120 cal. I use it for filler and crunch in my yogurt. If anyone knows of a higher protein cereal with roughly the same amount of calories, please tell me. Other than that I just buy plain Cheerios for my kids. Those just don't tempt me like Cap'n Crunch. ;)
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,572 Member
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    Yeah. I don't eat cereal. The only one I'll get is Fiber One. 60 calories per serving and I put it in Greek yogurt. I usually have to get it out of the house though. I'm so not used to cereal that I get bingey with it.

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