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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004Can anyone recommand a good tasting cereal?
I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't need to be cereal. Thanks Have you tried soft-boiling an egg (or hard boil) and eating directly from the egg with a little spoon? (You will also need an egg decapitator tool and egg stand.) You can try to find specialty eggs and do this. Especially the larger ones. Ostrich eggs come to mind, haha. As far as cereal goes, I saw low-carb HOT cereal at WalMart (next to LC baking and pancake mixes). > Have you tried soft-boiling an egg (or hard boil) and eating directly from > the egg with a little spoon? (You will also need an egg decapitator tool and > egg stand.) you don't need a decapitator tool:) a spoon will work find, just break the top part of the shell. Otherwise, yes, soft boiled eggs are delicious. i > You can try to find specialty eggs and do this. Especially the larger ones. > Ostrich eggs come to mind, haha. > As far as cereal goes, I saw low-carb HOT cereal at WalMart (next to LC > baking and pancake mixes). Think outside of the traditional breakfast ideas. As I sit here and read your post I am having turkey and cheese with a side of mayo - and I plan on having a couple of celery sticks. Certainly not "traditional" breakfast foods! Leftovers are wonderful in the AM. If you have time - cook a hamburger. Just some ideas - hope this helps. -- Peggy 306/231.5/180 6' - 38 yrs January 13, 2003 http://photos.yahoo.com/spear1888 > I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't > need to be cereal. Thanks > Think outside of the traditional breakfast ideas. As I sit here and read > your post I am having turkey and cheese with a side of mayo - and I plan on > having a couple of celery sticks. Certainly not "traditional" breakfast > foods! Leftovers are wonderful in the AM. If you have time - cook a > hamburger. Just some ideas - hope this helps. I'm gonna make some bread pudding with LC bread, Carb Countdown milk, etc. Maybe pumpkin, maybe plain like Nancy H. posted about. That will be breakfast for quite a few days.  SignatureJean B. Bran, flaxseed meal (you can grind 'em in your blender), and a little protein powder mixed together makes a pretty good hot cereal. You can find recipes via google. If you're on maintenance, the best tasting hot cereal is "old fashioned" style OATMEAL. It has 11 grams of carbs per half a cooked cup, is high in protein and fiber, is dirt cheap and tastes great. (I put peanut butter or Smart Balance in it to prevent cravings... and make it taste better.) Not quick cooking or instant.. too glycemic. > Think outside of the traditional breakfast ideas. As I sit here and read > your post I am having turkey and cheese with a side of mayo - and I plan on [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't > > need to be cereal. Thanks > Bran, flaxseed meal (you can grind 'em in your blender), and a little > protein powder mixed together makes a pretty good hot cereal. You can > find recipes via google. Many people use an inexpensive coffee grinder to grind their flaxseeds. I know that my mini-food-processor didn't do anything but spin them around, and I suspect it would be the same in a blender. SignatureSaffire 205/178/125 Atkins since 6/14/03 Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333 > Can anyone recommand a good tasting cereal? Try Quaker Puffed Wheat, it's fairly low in carbs and taste like food not like cardboard like most low carb stuff. HTH BarbZ > I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't > need to be cereal. Thanks For breakfast I have been rotating between (1) eggs or eggs & chicken sausages, (2) baked, marinated tofu with cheese melted over it, and (3) a flax meal and almond breakfast mix of my own devising. On weekends, I make low-carb pancakes according to a recipe on Jenny's website (follow the link in her signature). Option (2) is not induction food, I think, but should be fine afterwards - 2 oz of the stuff I use is plenty and has 2 g net carbs. You should be able to find it at a large supermarket; there may be several flavors so read labels for carb content and try one that sounds good to you. I use Trader Joe's brand, "Asian" flavor. For oprion (3), I posted my mixture a week or two ago, and other people have mixtures of their own that are frequently posted. Many people just take a few tablespoons of ground flax seeds, some splenda and some cinnamon, and add hot water. That's the simplest version. carla 237/220/165? If you have access to a Trader Joe's their More & Less cereal has 7 grams of carbs, no artificial ingredients, a nice crunch and a cinnemon taste. Eaten with half a cup of Hood Carb Countdown milk it keeps me fed and not thinking about food for hours. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't > need to be cereal. Thanks > If you have access to a Trader Joe's their More & Less cereal has 7 grams of > carbs, no artificial ingredients, a nice crunch and a cinnemon taste. Eaten > with half a cup of Hood Carb Countdown milk it keeps me fed and not > thinking about food for hours. Is that soy-y? I forget whether you eschew soy. SignatureJean B. Jean, I eat soy, and yes it is soy. BTW, today I was away from home and I finally found the Z-carb bars you'd been asking me about. I tested the Dark Chocolate Macadamia nut. The flavor had that cooling taste that is typical of sugar alcohols. I thought the chocolate taste was pretty weak compared to Lindt 70%. The calories are very high-181 for a small bar. I ate a segment 1/3 the size of the whole bar--about the size of the portion I eat of the Lindt bars, and did not get the same feeling of satisfaction I get from the Lindt, instead, I found myself quickly craving more. I haven't had time to check my blood sugar, but since a piece of dark chocolate the same size with real sugar doesn't raise my blood sugar perceptibly either, I don't expect to see anything. For me, I think I'll just stick with one Lindt. The carbs may be lower with the Zbar, but the calories are very high and the deep chocolate flavor seemed weak to me. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > > If you have access to a Trader Joe's their More & Less cereal has 7 grams of > > carbs, no artificial ingredients, a nice crunch and a cinnemon taste. Eaten [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > -- > Jean B. > Jean, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > the Zbar, but the calories are very high and the deep chocolate flavor > seemed weak to me. Uh-oh! Here I was just gonna check 7-11 again. BTW, that cooling effect might be okay in some chocolate-mint preparation. SignatureJean B. Oddly enough I just tried one of those myself tonight for the first time. I thought it was fabulous! I did not experience any of the creepy taste sensation I get with those candies sweetened with malitol, and I thought the chocolate taste was very intense and satisfying. Best commercial SF bar I have ever tried. Not an every day event, but it was a great experience. And no cravings at all afterwards. Debbie > BTW, today I was away from home and I finally found the Z-carb bars you'd > been asking me about. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > satisfaction I get from the Lindt, instead, I found myself quickly craving > more. > Oddly enough I just tried one of those myself tonight for the first time. I > thought it was fabulous! I did not experience any of the creepy taste [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Debbie Did you get it at a 7-eleven? I went to four looking for them, thinking that was where they were. No success. Where are they? SignatureJean B. Yes, I got it at the local 7-11 (in NJ). I walked in the door and immediately to the left as you walked in the door they had an entire display rack of all sorts of LC bars and choices, including 4 different types of the Zcarb bars. They also carry a whole bunch of the Atkins products, but I didn't really look and see what they had. The poster on the window showed the Atkins bread for one, but I'm not especially interested in bread. I just saw the bars, grabbed a few to try out, and left. I've tried two so far - the choc-macadamia, and the choco-PB, and thought both were excellent. Debbie > Did you get it at a 7-eleven? I went to four looking for them, > thinking that was where they were. No success. Where are they? > Yes, I got it at the local 7-11 (in NJ). I walked in the door and > immediately to the left as you walked in the door they had an entire display [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Debbie If it ever warms up here, I'll go look again. I assume this LC poster is new, so maybe they are making more of an effort to get such things in. Happily, the 7-Eleven nearest to me is the only one that has the Iced Botanical drinks, which are pretty good. (I prefer the strawberry-kiwi one.) SignatureJean B. >If it ever warms up here, I'll go look again. I assume this LC >poster is new, so maybe they are making more of an effort to get >such things in. Happily, the 7-Eleven nearest to me is the only >one that has the Iced Botanical drinks, which are pretty good. (I >prefer the strawberry-kiwi one.) Jean -- if you like the strawberry-kiwi combination, you might like the Hansen's diet soda of that same flavor (sweetened with Splenda and ace-K). I saw it at Trader Joe's today. (They had a couple of other flavors too: black cherry and tangerine-lime. I picked up a six-pack of the tangerine-lime just to try something different.) Em > >If it ever warms up here, I'll go look again. I assume this LC > >poster is new, so maybe they are making more of an effort to get [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Em Thanks for the tip. I forgot to get my favorite pasta sauce when I was at TJ's this week, so I'll be back there within two days or so. SignatureJean B. Jean, There were two 7-11s in a town I drove through yesterday, Sunderland MA. One had them, the other didn't. I tried a second piece of the Zcarb bar last night and had pretty much the same experience. Something about that "cooling" taste that comes with sugar alcohols sparks off a hunger response in me and makes me want to eat more. I've noticed this before with the Ross chocolates. Since I really don't need 180 calories of extra stuff in my daily plan right now (I'm balancing out the excesses of Christmas week by eating very modestly) the carbs aren't as much as an issue for me as the calories so the Lindt 70% square is a better treat value for me. Needless to say if you wanted to eat three square of chocolate rather than one, and could handle the 180 calories, the Zcarb bar would be useful. As advertised it doesn't seem to cause a sugar spike. The carbs in the Lindt are higher--about 4 grams and only allow for eating one square. But for some reason I find the Lindt 70% extremely satisfying in a way no other chocolate is. And after eating it I don't feel like I need to eat any more chocolate which is rarely the case with other chocolates. (Don't ask me the details of the Christmas week excesses but the "Chocolate" played a major part in them. <g>) -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > > Oddly enough I just tried one of those myself tonight for the first time. I > > thought it was fabulous! I did not experience any of the creepy taste [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > -- > Jean B. > Jean, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > the Christmas week excesses but the "Chocolate" played a major part in them. > <g>) I guess I have to figure out the trade-offs, assuming I find the things. I looked for the Z-bars Sunday before last, so maybe they have come in since then. Maybe it is good that I can only have chocolate once a week at the very most (otherwise, I get headaches). I like a pretty dark chocolate, which can be good from a carb point of view--if I go with the real thing. I guess the things that have to be considered are: flavor and mouthfeel (which = satisfaction) carbs calories I wonder why that cooling effect causes you to want more? Do you sense that with ALL sugar alcohols? The only one I've seen people comment on in that regard is erythritol. SignatureJean B. Jean, I definitely sense a cooling mouthfeel with maltitol and, to a lesser extent, lacitol. My body could live on a diet of nothing but chocolate quite happily and has attempted it from time to time. <g> -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > > Jean, > > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > -- > Jean B. :: Jean, :: [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] :: comes with sugar alcohols sparks off a hunger response in me and :: makes me want to eat more. You don't suppose that might be because you....you.....you enjoyed it, huh? :) Roger, I don't think that the craving was set off because I enjoyed the bar, since I enjoy the rich, dark chocolate flavor of the Lindt much, much more than I do the faint chocolate flavor of the Zcarb bar, yet it doesn't set off cravings. There's something about that cool tingliness. I noticed the same effect with Velamints. They were only a gram or so, but they filled my mouth with that tingle and sure enough I'd end up eating more and more and then be hungry. -- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c 5.2. Cut the carbs to respond to my email address! Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes, strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/ Looking for help controlling your blood sugar? Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/Newly%20Diagnosed.htm > :: Jean, > :: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > :) Got some Z-bars from LowCarbOutlet.com. Just tried the Chocolate with peanut butter. I have to agree- it's the best low-carb candy I've tried (although I have not tried the Lindt.) Maltitol and lactitol put me through some terrible GI perturbations. > Oddly enough I just tried one of those myself tonight for the first time. I > thought it was fabulous! I did not experience any of the creepy taste [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > satisfaction I get from the Lindt, instead, I found myself quickly craving > > more. > I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't > need to be cereal. Thanks I really like the Atkins Crispy Almond cereal. High in fiber and protein, also! > I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't > need to be cereal. Thanks My favorite breakfast is a fruit (blueberries, strawberries) smoothie with sweetener, ice, nuts, whey protein powder and liquid (water, no calorie soda, or other low carb liquid such as low carb milk, soymilk). > I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't > need to be cereal. Thanks Well eggs and susage is about all I ever eat for breakfast. However I have tried this cereal, its a pretty good although a tad crunchy. Its high in protien and fiber, healthy as all hell. http://www.pricetool.com/well-Nutrition-Diet_Foods-All-Kashi_GoLEAN_Cereal/displ ay_~full_specs > I am getting sick of eggs and would like to try something else. It doesn't > need to be cereal. Thanks I think good tasting low carb cereal would have to be an oxymoron. |
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