Suitable replacement for oats?!?!

[rauntu]

I've tried repeatedly to eat oats for breakfast. They are disgusting, I can't do it. What would be a suitable replacement. Actually I can eat the instant sugary ones lol but from what i've read so far I might as well be eating cocoa krispies.

On a side note I'm new to the diet forum and I find it extremely overwhelming but the transformations I've seen really drove the importance of diet home for me. Im finding all the calculations and accronyms to be the most difficult to grasp. Any tips that would help me understand all of this info? The videos by Milos(sp) where great though. Ok I'm done rambling.

[6ft5]

Well I eatem plain all the time. Or ill put low fat milk in it. But I also eat chickn and blue berry oatmeal mixed its good. And also if I don't eat shit ill die! Lol

[gbrice75]

You find them disgusting, really? Are you trying to eat them plain, or are you mixing anything in there? I eat them with splenda (actually I use Stevia now) and cinnamon, I LOVE them! You can mix a bit of berries in there if you have to for flavor, some people even mix in natural fruit spread (jelly).

What about grits? I doubt you'll like them better, but it's an option. Hard to eat without butter though! =)

[rauntu]

It's more the texture than the taste. I've tried with cinnamon raspberry jam brown sugar... I actually do like grits although I've never had them without butter. Hanks for the quick replys guy. What about my second question, any input for me there?

[gbrice75]

One more thing that MIGHT help with the texture - I sometimes add fat free half and half - it makes them alot more creamy.

Regarding your second question - i'd suggest making a new post and write down specifically what you're having a problem with. Then I and/or others can address each one for you.

[rauntu]

Ok thanks gbrice75. I will give it a few more days if i'm still confused I'll make another thread. Hopefully it's just overwhelming to me because it's new.

[terraj]

Blend them in your shake.

Eggs whites(beaters), oats, peanut butter, whey for taste

[6ft5]

Blend them in your shake.

Eggs whites(beaters), oats, peanut butter, whey for taste

^^this. and pepper on your grits YUMMY!
And
Eod every other day
Ed every day
Ew every week
PWO post work out
PreWO pre work out
Is that what your typing about? It takes I bit then it real easy. Sum use diffrent ones and sum don't spell check.
Also hiit- high intensity intaval training.

[rauntu]

^^this. and pepper on your grits YUMMY!
And
Eod every other day
Ed every day
Ew every week
PWO post work out
PreWO pre work out
Is that what your typing about? It takes I bit then it real easy. Sum use diffrent ones and sum don't spell check.
Also hiit- high intensity intaval training.

Thanks bro, ans for the accronyms and such I was talking about macros tdee's and all of those calculations.

[6ft5]

Thanks bro, ans for the accronyms and such I was talking about macros tdee's and all of those calculations.

K, I know what it means but the actual phrase my excape me.
Macros- is like a brakedown of nutrients like pro-protein/carbs/fat and that is how you list them.
Tdee- is what amount of calories you need at the rate of exertion you put out to stay the same size. Increase to gain size, and decrease to loose. And all that is broken down even further depending on your body type and what your goals are. Short( total daily calorie expenditure? Or sumthin? Like that if you search button this fireguy and a few other have it all wrote down for peeps to copy and figure out. Then post in diet section with macroes and you will be tweeked its awsome theise guys are good! Its BASICLY a starting point to work with. To get to ware you want to be.

[nickolaskus]

Something that I tried the other day that was great was mixing a tablespoon of natty peanut butter into the cooked oats. Of course, you would have to account for the additional cals and fat, but it sure is delicious. I also put blueberries and cinnamon in mine.

[Andro9]

try brown rice/ whole grain rice

[endus]

Hah, I'm not the only one. I also don't like the way its prepared, with sugar and cinnamon or in shake. To me its a grain and its just weird to eat it that way.

If you want to still eat Oats - search the web for whole oatmeal (not steel cut or cut in any way) and cook it like a rice. Its actually quite good and when cooked, it has a consistency of a cooked rice - with bit of crunch. You could cook it plain or in chicken/beef stock to make it more interesting. With whole oats, you could also mix 50/50 with brown rice.

I think I bought mine at nutsonline.

[rauntu]

Thanks for the recomendations! I think I'll either thry them in a shake or just eat grits in the am. BTW im hooked on this place. Checking here constanly from my iPhone!

[gbrice75]

TDEE = Total Daily Energy Expenditure - this is your maintenance calories. As 6ft said above, you should neither gain nor lose weight if you eat at this level. Eat above TDEE and you will gain weight. Eat below and you will lose weight. The QUALITY of the weight gain/loss (i.e. fat, muscle, etc) will depend on your diet, meal timing, macro breakdown, and training.

[awesome1]

This is what I do every day:

1 add 1 cup oats to blender
2 add 2 cups of water to blender
3 blend
4 chug quickly
5 keep being badass

[gbrice75]

I like mixing them (not blending) right into my protein shake - I actually enjoy chewing them up. Stir, chew, stir chew, etc.

[rauntu]

This is what I do every day:

1 add 1 cup oats to blender
2 add 2 cups of water to blender
3 blend
4 chug quickly
5 keep being badass

I like mixing them (not blending) right into my protein shake - I actually enjoy chewing them up. Stir, chew, stir chew, etc.

I don't mind them raw, it is definitely a texture thing for me. From now on i will just be adding them to my shakes. THanks a bunch.

[cherrydrpepper]

This is what I do every day:

1 add 1 cup oats to blender
2 add 2 cups of water to blender
3 blend
4 chug quickly
5 keep being badass

6 hands go up.. AND THEY STAY THERE AND THEY STAY THERE

lol

My morning shake:

1/2 cup oats
2 cups skim milk
2 scoops whey
1 cup liquid egg whites
1 banana

My shake is a little unconventional (dairy/whey)

[frsttmer]

I mix my eggs with the oatmeal and make an omlet, with blueberries on the side, I find eggs and oatmeal very plain by themselves and I dont like blueberries but mixed all together I do like

[wolffish]

i eat rice porridge with skim milk on occassion, it's a pretty good substitute, made from brown rice flakes, not quite as nutricious as oats but worth a try??

[6ft5]

^sounds good, my breakfast 2 cups egg whites, 1cup oats, 2 cups coffie, and whatever else is in reaching distance or between me and the kitchen. Usualy have sum penut butter or mixed nutts and milk whyle I'm dazed and confused. Or my other am carb is 1 bottle of baby food sweet potato, and a pc of oat bread. or any thing w 60 carbs in it.

[cpye2]

I'm cutting right now, this is how my breakfast looks:
1/2 cup of All-Bran cereal
1/2 Cup Skim Milk
4 Jumbo Egg Whites
All that mixed up together with a fork, then spread out over a skillet/ pan coated with spray on olive oil. Comes out kind of like a pancake.

All-Bran cereal is lower glaucemic then oatmeal. It sounds rough, but I actually like it better and cant go back to oats now.

[ArmyMan04]

6 hands go up.. AND THEY STAY THERE AND THEY STAY THERE

lol

My morning shake:

1/2 cup oats
2 cups skim milk
2 scoops whey
1 cup liquid egg whites
1 banana

My shake is a little unconventional (dairy/whey)

You mix raw egg whites into a shake and consume it that way? Is this safe? Or should I call you Rocky?

AM

[bjpennnn]

its not totally unsafe but i have read some place that your body does not digest them as well raw or something to like that.

[rauntu]

Does breakfast have to be a "breakfast"? I mean can I just eat chicken borwn rice and broc? Also how do u guys feel about fiber supplements?

[_CrossroadS_]

has anyone blended a cooked sweet potato into a shake? was thinking this would taste pretty good just havent tried it yet....casein/sweet tater/pb would prob make a good bedtime shake