Tue, Sep-23-03, 16:15
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Senior Member
Posts: 427
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: //
BF:27%/21%/15%
Progress: -27977%
Location: Redmond, WA
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Gotta have my cereal...
Well, since I'm within a few lbs of my goal weight I decided it's ok to add more carbs back.
One of the things that was the hardest to give up was my morning ritual of a bowl of cereal and milk. Mainly because I liked the taste, it filled me up till lunch and because it's easy to make.
So for breakfast I added cereal and milk back. I've been doing this for the last two weeks and no weight gain so it works for me.
Here's what I eat:
Cereal
Puffins Original (Trader Joes stores under the Barbara's Bakery brand)
I like the flavor and it's pretty low in carbs.
Nutrition per 3/4 cup
Calories 90
Fat 1g
Sodium 85 mg
Potassium 85 mg
Total Carbs 23 g
Dietary Fiber 5 g
(So net carbs is 18 g)
Protein 2g
Another similar cereal that is easier to find is:
Crunch Corn Bran (Made by Quaker)
It is almost exactly the same taste and nutritional wise (per 3/4 cup) as the Puffins except for that it has more sodium and less potassim. (You can find the details on fitday.com)
For milk I either drink an unsweetened Soy Milk or I take 2% milk and water it down so it's 1/2 milk and 1/2 water.
The soy milk is 100 cals, 5 g fat, 5 g carb and 9 g prot.
The 1/2 milk 1/2 water is: 60 cals, 2.5 g fat, 5.5 g carb and 4 g prot.
This doesn't fit the needs for somebody on induction but should be fine for those on maintainence who want to add back some form of cereal.
Hope this helps,
Mike
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