This is why I don't buy cereal

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  • marisap2010
    marisap2010 Posts: 909 Member
    I rarely buy cereal anymore, but sometimes I will eat one serving dry as a snack.
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  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I don't find cereal particularly filling so I don't eat it often. When I do have it I eat 1 serving. I have smaller bowls for cereal so it doesn't look like a sad amount.
    I think cereal would work better for me as a snack or a yogurt topping. Granola is better though.
  • CaliMomTeach
    CaliMomTeach Posts: 745 Member
    I felt the same way the first time I measure one serving of pasta! It was shocking.
  • CaliMomTeach
    CaliMomTeach Posts: 745 Member
    Moxie42 wrote: »
    I don't like cereal with milk (I'm weird, I know) so it's pretty easy for me to measure out the serving size and put it in a baggie for snacking at work (Puffins, Quaker Oat Squares, and Honey Ohs are my faves). But I do get bummed when the serving size is 3/4 cup and not a full cup (for the same amount of cals that another cereal would have at 1 cup).

    My kids don't like cereal with milk either! I have never heard of anyone else who didn't. I'm always pressuring them to put milk in their cereal, lol, but they just don't like it. Especially my son, who loves to drink milk. Once in a while, my daughter will have it, but my son never will.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Cbean08 wrote: »
    I used to eat cereal all the time. My favorite breakfast was 1 serving corn flakes or shredded wheat or bran buds. I shake that up with cinnamon and splenda. Portion 1/2c cottage cheese, 2 tbsp nuts, and a chopped apple into a bowl and pour the cereal on top.

    The mix of carbs, protein and fat kept me full and calorie wise it's not bad at all- around 400 cals or so.

    My current breakfast is a serving of cereal (gluten free cocoa krispies) on top of yogurt, raspberries, chia seeds, and flax meal. Same idea with the mix of macros being just right to keep me full.
  • lorriemb
    lorriemb Posts: 39 Member
    edited August 2017
    That's a gigantic bowl for cereal. Buy small bowls. A serving of cereal will fill it nicely. Also, it depends of the cereal you are choosing. We eat Fiber One, Grape Nuts, oatmeal (the kind you measure into water and cook for a few minutes). Also add protein powder to our cereal. We can't control the overeating of junk cereal so we just don't buy it.

    Hang in there! Buy the small bowls.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    ActiveMinutiae wrote: »
    Sounds like youre in too much of a calorie deficit. I can always tell if I am not eating enough because I will have hardcore cravings, or I will just say fk it and eat a crazy amount of something terrible/amazing..however you want to look at it.

    Definitely not in much of a calorie deficit at all. This is how I've always been with cereal. For some reason, it's just one of those things I can't seem to help myself around.
  • champagnemoni
    champagnemoni Posts: 4 Member
    I'm not a big cereal person. The serving size is crazy and too much sugar. Oatmeal is better and will fill you up if you go based on the serving size.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    champagnemoni wrote: »
    I'm not a big cereal person. The serving size is crazy and too much sugar. Oatmeal is better and will fill you up if you go based on the serving size.

    There are a lot of cereals, some mentioned in this thread, which don't have very much sugar at all. Cheerios, corn flakes, and Rice Krispies come to mind. None of them have much sugar. All of them have decent serving sizes when paired with protein like yogurt.

    For the record, I like oatmeal just fine as well. But I also need to pair it with protein in order to find it filling.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    champagnemoni wrote: »
    I'm not a big cereal person. The serving size is crazy and too much sugar. Oatmeal is better and will fill you up if you go based on the serving size.

    There are a lot of cereals, some mentioned in this thread, which don't have very much sugar at all. Cheerios, corn flakes, and Rice Krispies come to mind. None of them have much sugar. All of them have decent serving sizes when paired with protein like yogurt.

    For the record, I like oatmeal just fine as well. But I also need to pair it with protein in order to find it filling.

    My go-to is a serving of Fiber One cereal (30g, 60 calories) mixed into my Greek yogurt. I agree about pairing it with protein - I don't find cereal by itself to be satiating at all.
  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
    edited August 2017
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    champagnemoni wrote: »
    I'm not a big cereal person. The serving size is crazy and too much sugar. Oatmeal is better and will fill you up if you go based on the serving size.

    There are a lot of cereals, some mentioned in this thread, which don't have very much sugar at all. Cheerios, corn flakes, and Rice Krispies come to mind. None of them have much sugar. All of them have decent serving sizes when paired with protein like yogurt.

    For the record, I like oatmeal just fine as well. But I also need to pair it with protein in order to find it filling.

    I mix oatmeal and cream of wheat with yogurt or fat free cottage cheese. Comes out very filling, almost like a pudding.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I have really small bowls, and i can easily fit 90g of cheerios or sultana bran in them. I did downsize from my previous bowls where 130g was my go to.

    I might have to switch to eating it out of coffee cups! :weary:
  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I have really small bowls, and i can easily fit 90g of cheerios or sultana bran in them. I did downsize from my previous bowls where 130g was my go to.

    I might have to switch to eating it out of coffee cups! :weary:

    Yup. I eat my cereal out of coffee mugs at home or paper coffee cups at work. Sad as heck but it helps.
  • CTcutie
    CTcutie Posts: 649 Member
    Yup... I also put cereal in a mug bc my small bowls make me too sad :-(
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    OMG i was half way joking when i mentioned putting cereal in a cup lol
  • amysteri
    amysteri Posts: 197 Member
    edited August 2017
    I eat 2-3 servings of cereal... Kinda makes me feel that this is the portion that's been rationed out for the economic depression. And 1 serving of almonds is even sadder but i still like to eat them... Oh well...
  • lalepepper
    lalepepper Posts: 447 Member
    The only cereal I find satisfying for the serving is bran flakes/nuts, and I usually have them with yogurt instead of alone anyway.
  • Duchy82
    Duchy82 Posts: 560 Member
    I can't have many cereals anymore as they are mainly fortified with iron and unfortunately that means the interfere with the uptake of one of my medications, it would mean I couldn't have breakfast until 10am at the earliest and I would be pretty hangry by then.

    It leaves me with porridge oats and muesli pretty much and I find a serving of those filling. Oats with milk and muesli with greek yogurt for me.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited August 2017
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    champagnemoni wrote: »
    I'm not a big cereal person. The serving size is crazy and too much sugar. Oatmeal is better and will fill you up if you go based on the serving size.

    There are a lot of cereals, some mentioned in this thread, which don't have very much sugar at all. Cheerios, corn flakes, and Rice Krispies come to mind. None of them have much sugar. All of them have decent serving sizes when paired with protein like yogurt.

    For the record, I like oatmeal just fine as well. But I also need to pair it with protein in order to find it filling.

    My go-to is a serving of Fiber One cereal (30g, 60 calories) mixed into my Greek yogurt. I agree about pairing it with protein - I don't find cereal by itself to be satiating at all.

    No, but cereal and yogurt is a great combo. That crunchy and creamy texture thingy is sublime. Also, protein and carbs are a pretty sweet macro mix. To be fair, every cereal commercial I ever saw showed cereal as PART of a good breakfast. It was never meant to be a meal by itself.
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    I have cereal most mornings, either one or one and a half servings, and it's fine. I prefer a small breakfast and I'm not a big fan of protein-heavy breakfasts. However, it has to be something wholegrain and fairly substantial - those puffed wheat things are like tinder, I'd be starving by 10am.
  • Meganthedogmom
    Meganthedogmom Posts: 1,639 Member
    champagnemoni wrote: »
    I'm not a big cereal person. The serving size is crazy and too much sugar. Oatmeal is better and will fill you up if you go based on the serving size.

    Oh I do love oatmeal mixed with Greek yogurt and fresh fruit. Keeps me satisfied for a few hours.
  • ChelzFit
    ChelzFit Posts: 292 Member
    I love cereal...I literally have like 8 different kinds in my pantry as of now. I only eat it for a snack mixed in with yogurt and pb2. A serving does just fine because I mix it in with yogurt. For breakfast I am a big oatmeal fan, it keeps me fuller longer.
    When I was younger I remember eating two to three full bowls of cereal for breakfast every morning!
  • SafioraLinnea
    SafioraLinnea Posts: 628 Member
    I started using a smaller bowl to trick my brain into thinking there was more in there when I eat an appropriate serving size. I also agree with the others who said that the bowl of cereal needs supplementation with a fruit or protein (like a hard boiled egg) because a serving of cereal isn't meant to be your full meal.

    But with all that said, we don't really eat cereal in my house either. I prefer other things.
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    i love sugar puffs but i like to have quite a few bowls, so not bothering. porridge instead
  • mamadon
    mamadon Posts: 1,422 Member
    I love pretty much all cereals, but unless I'm going to have 3 giant bowls it just not worth it. Lately I've really been craving granola cereal, but every time I read the calorie count I change my mind.
  • Rabbitsocksgardener
    Rabbitsocksgardener Posts: 74 Member
    Honestly cereal is so fortified the ratio of calories to nutritive qualities makes it worth having 2+ servings in one sitting. Even having 2 servings at once isn't that many calories IMO. Totally worth it. Cereal forever!
  • Aerona85
    Aerona85 Posts: 159 Member
    edited August 2017
    I use a normal sized cereal bowl with 1 cup almond milk and usually 100g strawberries and find it satisfying enough. Sometimes I will have two servings. I have never enjoyed sugary cereals, even as a kid, so my gotos are corn chex and plain cheerios (real stuff not store brand...one of the few things that I find completely different between the two).
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I have really small bowls, and i can easily fit 90g of cheerios or sultana bran in them. I did downsize from my previous bowls where 130g was my go to.

    I might have to switch to eating it out of coffee cups! :weary:

    That wouldn't work for me, my coffee cup is a soup mug.... Probably bigger than a cereal bowl. I stick to sprinkling cereal and granola on yogurt and fruit.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Like most Americans, I was practically raised on breakfast cereal. My wife, poor thing, seems to have had breakfast and dinner cereal growing up. Such was the lot of children in a 2-income family. For each of us, that seems to have been enough. Since marrying young we've just not been that into cereal so much anymore. With sales of the category steadily declining, I'd expect to see the shelf-space devoted to it contract a bit.
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