Introducing oatmeal

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  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    Plain oatmeal has no sugar in it but whether, it's plain or sugared, its all composed of carbs in 1 form or another and any excess carbs not used by the body eventually will be converted to fat.

  • AshHeartsJesus
    AshHeartsJesus Posts: 460 Member
    I love oatmeal 💟
  • claireychn074
    claireychn074 Posts: 1,596 Member
    I love oats and eat tonnes. I’m not a diabetic but can suffer from blood sugar issues, but bizarrely oats never give me a noticeable spike. They’re delicious, whether in porridge with milk, flapjack laden with sugar and butter as a treat, ground up and used in pancakes instead of flour... as part of a varied diet there is nothing wrong with them.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,928 Member
    Just had a look at what my typical breakfast looks like.
    It's basically non-liquid-y joghurt with raisins, oats for fill and even more to chew on, and the fruit of the day. Today it was green grapes. Lots of sugar, lots of carbs. Lots of chew on. Keeps me full for a while.

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  • Dogmom1978
    Dogmom1978 Posts: 1,580 Member
    moonangel12 wrote: »
    Another twist is not sweetening it at all! I discovered savory oats thanks to MFP - cooked in chicken stock with sausage, mushrooms, garlic, onion, cheese, and an egg on top. The first bite played tricks on my brain, but oh so tasty!

    Oooh I haven’t tried this! I too am a savory oatmeal fan. I eat mine with 1/2 serving of cheddar cheese (weighed in grams of course) and a sunny side up egg on top. I add pepper, garlic powder, and paprika.

    OP as I mentioned in your introductory thread, you don’t have to go low carb to lose weight, nor is it absolutely necessary for pre diabetes (which you said you had). I come from a family of diabetics and so does my husband and several family members inn both sides (including myself) were able to get back to normal blood sugars and out of the prediabetic category via weight loss and diet (in the sense of no longer eating every sweet in sight). None of those who were successful on either side of the family specifically limited carbs. This is of course, not scientific and you can do some research or speak to your doctor or dietician to decide if you can try that to get back to normal blood sugars, but trying to vastly restrict yourself if you don’t ABSOLUTELY need to will most likely backfire.
  • lisaap77
    lisaap77 Posts: 123 Member
    Oats are a healthy, whole grain, whole food. I use a food processor and make oat flour out of oats. I also love over night oats, various mix ins. A very cheap and versatile food staple in my kitchen.
  • lisa1225anne
    lisa1225anne Posts: 36 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    There is not a way to "remove" carbs from a grain. A serving (40g) of whole rolled oats is 27g of carbs. Now, if they added sugar to your store brand that would account for some of the carbs, but if your new type of oats is just oats? Then maybe the portion is a lot smaller than 40g.

    Some weight loss products just cut the portion in half and that would cause lowered numbers. By those stats it looks like they lowered the oats and added protein powder?

  • lisa1225anne
    lisa1225anne Posts: 36 Member
    Thank you i thought of that too.... eating less oatmeal so the carbs dont add up.
  • lisa1225anne
    lisa1225anne Posts: 36 Member
    I go to pounds transformation regularly. Ive been slowly increasing carbs...

    eating small amouts of fruit, ive eaten a little bit of beans. If i eat anything high in carbs i make sure that day i exercise.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    carbs arent bad, and only if you have certain medical issues (such as diabetes), do they need to be monitored.

    i don't eat oatmeal because, well... i don't really care for oatmeal. well, put enough brown sugar in it and its alright LOLOLOL

    i eat between 14-1500 calories per day, generally. if I can make it fit, its fair game. the M&M's I just had were really good LOL

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