What’s everyone’s say on bagels?
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I love my bagels HEAPED with cream cheese, which makes it nearly impossible to fit them into my daily calories. Therefore, I don't eat them. But it's not because bagels are "bad."
Finally! Someone else like me. I get so much flak for the amount of cream cheese I put on my bagels. Bagels are just a tasty cream cheese holder and using only a small amount is a waste of time. Sadly, like you and others, I have trouble making them fit my calories especially since they don't actually keep me full for very long.
My go to bagel when I am in New York is heaps of cream cheese, lox, chicken salad, and sliced cheese 🙈. So however weird you guys are, I'm weirder. If it was a regular part of my diet, I probably couldn't do all that very often. But as a vacation treat, it is one of my favorite things in the world.7 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I love my bagels HEAPED with cream cheese, which makes it nearly impossible to fit them into my daily calories. Therefore, I don't eat them. But it's not because bagels are "bad."
Finally! Someone else like me. I get so much flak for the amount of cream cheese I put on my bagels. Bagels are just a tasty cream cheese holder and using only a small amount is a waste of time. Sadly, like you and others, I have trouble making them fit my calories especially since they don't actually keep me full for very long.
My go to bagel when I am in New York is heaps of cream cheese, lox, chicken salad, and sliced cheese 🙈. So however weird you guys are, I'm weirder. If it was a regular part of my diet, I probably couldn't go all that on the regular. But as a vacation treat, it is one of my favorite things in the world.
I can see that bagel-to-cream-cheese ratio could be a contentious thing among MFP'ers, lol.1 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I love my bagels HEAPED with cream cheese, which makes it nearly impossible to fit them into my daily calories. Therefore, I don't eat them. But it's not because bagels are "bad."
Finally! Someone else like me. I get so much flak for the amount of cream cheese I put on my bagels. Bagels are just a tasty cream cheese holder and using only a small amount is a waste of time. Sadly, like you and others, I have trouble making them fit my calories especially since they don't actually keep me full for very long.
As a long time (former) New Yorker getting a bagel or a hard roll automatically comes with approx one brick of cream cheese or one brick of butter just smushed between the two halves and wrapped in paper, even when I asked them to go light. I always found it way too much, but obviously lots of folks were happy to eat them that way!
OP, if a bagel fits your calories, it's fine. You'll have to see by trial and error if dedicating a big bunch of cals to a bagel will work for you, or leave you hungry. This will also depend on the bagel - If you are getting a fresh baked bagel from a bagel place, it's going to be like twice the size of a Lenders bagel from the grocery store. I can fit in a packaged bagel or english muffin with my own measured spread pretty easily. A big honking fresh baked bagel cheesed or buttered by the clerk, I have to strategically plan for.8 -
RelCanonical wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I love my bagels HEAPED with cream cheese, which makes it nearly impossible to fit them into my daily calories. Therefore, I don't eat them. But it's not because bagels are "bad."
Finally! Someone else like me. I get so much flak for the amount of cream cheese I put on my bagels. Bagels are just a tasty cream cheese holder and using only a small amount is a waste of time. Sadly, like you and others, I have trouble making them fit my calories especially since they don't actually keep me full for very long.
My go to bagel when I am in New York is heaps of cream cheese, lox, chicken salad, and sliced cheese 🙈. So however weird you guys are, I'm weirder. If it was a regular part of my diet, I probably couldn't go all that on the regular. But as a vacation treat, it is one of my favorite things in the world.
I can see that bagel-to-cream-cheese ratio could be a contentious thing among MFP'ers, lol.
Not really. I'm in full agreement to you that the cream cheese needs to be on the side. They never know what the approriate amount is.
I do disagree where toasting is concerned. A bagel needs to be toasted before the cream cheese is applied. Ratios apply just as with the untoasted version (which simply isn't as yummy)
I learned to make bagels since the ones you buy here are so disappointing. I also make them smaller than average so that they're easy to fit into my day. One, with the appropriate amount of cream cheese and a fruit will keep me full until lunch time.4 -
ladyreva78 wrote: »
I do disagree where toasting is concerned. A bagel needs to be toasted before the cream cheese is applied. Ratios apply just as with the untoasted version (which simply isn't as yummy)
Bagel toasters unite in crispy agreement!7 -
I love bagels. We have a place here that makes wonderful onion bagels that are really good with peanut butter. Pretty high calorie but I still eat them once or twice a month.1
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I'm guessing I'm the only weirdo who just eats bagels like a donut, untoasted and with nothing on them. XD
When I was a little kid we used to bike down to the farmers market where there was a place with lots of different flavored bagels and just eat those for lunch. I liked the sun dried tomato ones.6 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I love my bagels HEAPED with cream cheese, which makes it nearly impossible to fit them into my daily calories. Therefore, I don't eat them. But it's not because bagels are "bad."
Finally! Someone else like me. I get so much flak for the amount of cream cheese I put on my bagels. Bagels are just a tasty cream cheese holder and using only a small amount is a waste of time. Sadly, like you and others, I have trouble making them fit my calories especially since they don't actually keep me full for very long.
Yep! French toast bagels, toasted, with obscene amounts of cream cheese. There's a thing I cannot moderate. Forgot about them, actually, because I haven't had them in so long.0 -
love bagels although I don't eat them often.0
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quiksylver296 wrote: »I love my bagels HEAPED with cream cheese, which makes it nearly impossible to fit them into my daily calories. Therefore, I don't eat them. But it's not because bagels are "bad."
Finally! Someone else like me. I get so much flak for the amount of cream cheese I put on my bagels. Bagels are just a tasty cream cheese holder and using only a small amount is a waste of time. Sadly, like you and others, I have trouble making them fit my calories especially since they don't actually keep me full for very long. As a long time (former) New Yorker getting a bagel or a hard roll automatically comes with approx one brick of cream cheese or one brick of butter just smushed between the two halves and wrapped in paper, even when I asked them to go light. I always found it way too much, but obviously lots of folks were happy to eat them that way!
OP, if a bagel fits your calories, it's fine. You'll have to see by trial and error if dedicating a big bunch of cals to a bagel will work for you, or leave you hungry. This will also depend on the bagel - If you are getting a fresh baked bagel from a bagel place, it's going to be like twice the size of a Lenders bagel from the grocery store. I can fit in a packaged bagel or english muffin with my own measured spread pretty easily. A big honking fresh baked bagel cheesed or buttered by the clerk, I have to strategically plan for.
Sounds perfect.
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I'm guessing I'm the only weirdo who just eats bagels like a donut, untoasted and with nothing on them. XD
When I was a little kid we used to bike down to the farmers market where there was a place with lots of different flavored bagels and just eat those for lunch. I liked the sun dried tomato ones.
I still hot freshly baked bagel is awesome just eaten as is, so I'll be a weirdo with you
Once it cools down though, toast that sucker and slap on some cream cheese!3 -
I'm guessing I'm the only weirdo who just eats bagels like a donut, untoasted and with nothing on them. XD
When I was a little kid we used to bike down to the farmers market where there was a place with lots of different flavored bagels and just eat those for lunch. I liked the sun dried tomato ones.
I love them with cream cheese but, as a carboholic, I've been known to eat them whole, ripping them apart and eating them piece by piece. Especially Noah's Bagels which are just...so...soft.
I'm also down with bagel thins because....calories.0 -
Do you have diabetes or prediabetes, which would limit your carb intake per meal? If not, there's no reason to skip bagels, especially whole grain ones like you eat. As long as you can fit them into your calorie count, there's no reason to avoid them. I find them filling and enjoyable at breakfast.1
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WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »I miss bagels! I love bagels, but they don't love me. I have a Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerance, so can't eat bagels any more and the gf versions were always just disappointing.
If they fit within your calorie goals, then go for it.
Did you try Udi or Canyon Bakehouse? I really like both of their GF bagels.1 -
Bagels rule and they provide at least a little bit of protein. I think what tops them is key. Personally, just a bit of cream cheese with tomato and avocado is pretty rockin'. Ditto a bit of CC and a bit of bacon. Poppyseed and Everything bagels win! The rest are to suck!1
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Bagels are A OK....0
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My skinny and super slim and trim children eat lox and bagels ALL the time. I love that I can/do eat anything I want to, whenever I want to as long as it fits my cals, including bagels. I don't eat bagels often, because I tend to eat raisin toast w/butter more often--but I love raisin bagels. Here's a raisin bagel I found online that I definitely want to try...the website didn't show how many cals this is
INGREDIENTS
2 Canyon Bakehouse Cinnamon Raisin Gluten-free Bagels, toasted
4 oz. Whipped Cream Cheese
½ Avocado, sliced
2-3 Strawberries, sliced
2 Tbsp. Blueberries
DIRECTIONS
Spread each toasted bagel half with cream cheese.
Top the cream cheese with avocado and fresh fruit.
https://canyonglutenfree.com/recipes/breakfast/371/Cinnamon-Raisin-Cream-Cheese-Bagel-with-Avocado-and-Fresh-Fruit
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Safeway has these delicious mini-bagels (blueberry are my favs) that they sell in a bag. Put them in a toaster and then some whipped cream cheese on them..super yummy and small enough where I can work them into my eating plan on a regular basis. My only complaint about bagles in general is the same with food in general. Too many of my favorite foods are getting bigger and bigger, to include bagels, which makes it difficult to work in and still maintain a calorie deficit.1
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I think they’re fine. Just don’t eat a ton and fit them into your calories/macros. If you can find a smaller one, maybe go for that - like a Montreal bagel. You could add some avocado or something too. Yum0
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I'm guessing I'm the only weirdo who just eats bagels like a donut, untoasted and with nothing on them. XD
When I was a little kid we used to bike down to the farmers market where there was a place with lots of different flavored bagels and just eat those for lunch. I liked the sun dried tomato ones.
Also a a "weirdo" - prefer the doughy texture (#bread wheels)
IIFYM, seldom eat nowadays mainly just because the shear caloric density (opportunity costs - I value my carbs from other foods I simply prefer more...yogurt & cottage cheese mainly). Even when throwing in a high carb day once in a blue moon, other foods simply out edge bagels in terms of satisfaction and adequate volume per kcal (potatoes, rice, oats, cereal, pierogies - kcal dense but a comfort food, berries, etc.)1
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