Breakfast porridge oats and losing weight

repoxos
repoxos Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Are porridge oats ok to eat for breakfast if I'm trying to lose weight? Or are there way too many carbs in them?

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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    If I'm trying to lose weight, I wouldn't eat oats because they don't satisfy me, I can think of thousands of things I'd prefer to eat, and Id need about my daily allowance of calories worth to keep me feeling full for more than 30minutes. Not worth it for me.

    It's got nothing to do with the carbs though. If you like them, and they fill you up and don't cause you to get the hangries (which could lead to overconsumption of calories) keep eating them!
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  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    moosmum1972 wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    If I'm trying to lose weight, I wouldn't eat oats because they don't satisfy me, I can think of thousands of things I'd prefer to eat, and Id need about my daily allowance of calories worth to keep me feeling full for more than 30minutes. Not worth it for me.

    It's got nothing to do with the carbs though. If you like them, and they fill you up and don't cause you to get the hangries (which could lead to overconsumption of calories) keep eating them!

    I thought I was the only one to be hungry an hour after porridge. ...

    Nope... I think it's quite common! Id need to eat a lot of oats, plus a lot of add ins to make porridge (or any oat based meal) satisfying!
  • Decani
    Decani Posts: 5 Member
    edited February 2018
    I eat porridge oats with skimmed milk for breakfast and they usually fight off my hunger until lunch time. Try eating a banana mid-morning to fill the gap. Sometimes, I add the banana to the oats with raisins. Try experimenting until you find a healthy satisfying breakfast and don't eat the same food everyday.
  • ISweat4This
    ISweat4This Posts: 653 Member
    I'm losing weight and eat oatmeal for breakfast. I add peanut butter and raisins. It's about 600 calories, 66g carbs but it fits within my calorie limit.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    For me, yes there are too many carbs. Because they don't fill me up and do nothing for my goals. Others claim oats are filling. Do what works for you.
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    A good bowl of oatmeal satisfies me for hours. But I tend to have some later in the day often as dessert. It really depends on whether it keeps you satisfied for the length of time you need it to.

    It sounds like you think wrongly that carbs cause weight gain. It's such a popular misconception right now, but it is incorrect.
  • OldHobo
    OldHobo Posts: 647 Member
    repoxos wrote: »
    Are porridge oats ok to eat for breakfast if I'm trying to lose weight? Or are there way too many carbs in them?

    Lately, my porridge is made with equal parts steel cut oats and whole buckwheat groats and I'm losing eating that three or four times a week. If not porridge then I'll usually have grits with something; yesterday was a pork chop and egg. But grits are just corn porridge and no porridge is going to satisfy me by itself.

    Too many carbs? A single serving of any good porridge is going to be made with about 1/4 cup or about 40g of whole grain of some kind and they're all gonna be about 30g carbs before you add stuff. By comparison, two slices of Sara Lee 100% whole wheat bread is about 38g carbs.

    Welcome to MFP forums, repoxos. No rules here. You pays your money and makes your choice.
  • Mandy1972M
    Mandy1972M Posts: 3 Member
    I eat overnight oats with low fat greek yogurt and fruit, certainly fills me up!
  • DaddieCat
    DaddieCat Posts: 3,643 Member
    I never had an issue.. I used to eat Coach's Oats daily.
  • harley79
    harley79 Posts: 79 Member
    Livingleanlivinglean what are your go to for breakfast because as much as I love oatmeal it does the same to me
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    harley79 wrote: »
    Livingleanlivinglean what are your go to for breakfast because as much as I love oatmeal it does the same to me

    Generally I don't eat until midday.... I prefer saving my calories for bigger meals later in the day. I have coffee in the morning
  • mjbnj0001
    mjbnj0001 Posts: 1,252 Member
    I'm down 60lbs from my max, with more to go, and I use a substantial breakfast bowl of oatmeal (porridge) six out of seven days a week, as a foundation for my other meals. Sounds boring, and maybe it is, but I don't think about it. Picture below is the usual: old-fashioned rolled oats, a tblsp or two of toasted wheat germ, an apple or banana [fresh] and either almond milk [original, unsweetened] or skim milk; microwaved. No sugar, honey or other sweetener [the apple does fine in this regard]. This holds me for hours, and I'm moderately active during the day. I usually have a light lunch, and save my culinary variety/creativity for dinner.

    The trick for me to lose is to eat less calories over time than I need, and control intake of high-glycemic index foods. I balance my macros (carbs, fat, protein) around this foundation. I won't prescribe for anyone else.

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