How to deal with breakfast cereal?
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How to deal with breakfast cereal?
Sorry if this has been covered before. I usually eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast. How does this work under the one-plate rule? Thanks in advance.
No problem. If it is a really sugary cereal, you should be saving it for an S day. Remember, no sweets, not no sugar. If a bowl of cereal staves off your hunger until lunch that is great, otherwise, add some fruit, nuts or anything else that works for you. It's funny that I am responding, because I am not a cereal-eater.
If you intend to eat more than cereal for breakfast, put the bowl on a plate or visualize the plate. If the extra fits on the plate, you're good to go. I could probably get a bowl of cereal, fruit and toast on my plates -- and they're not particularly large.
Having said that, I don't worry about it. I usually have toast and/or oatmeal and fruit. I just figure one serving of everything.
Having said that, I don't worry about it. I usually have toast and/or oatmeal and fruit. I just figure one serving of everything.
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
"You are what you eat -- so don't be Fast, Easy, Cheap or Fake."
If you're just eating cereal, I would count the one bowl the same as one plate...
And, save the super-sugary kinds for S days, like someone else already mentioned. ;o)
I'm a big cereal-for-breakfast gal -- it's what I have almost every day. I eat one bowl of it, and that's good enough for me. Occasionally, I'll switch things up and have one or two pieces of toast with peanut-butter, or I'll have oatmeal. But mostly, I eat cereal.
On the weekends, I eat Quaker oatmeal bars instead. They're "sweet" enough that I limit them to weekends/S days. ;o)
And, save the super-sugary kinds for S days, like someone else already mentioned. ;o)
I'm a big cereal-for-breakfast gal -- it's what I have almost every day. I eat one bowl of it, and that's good enough for me. Occasionally, I'll switch things up and have one or two pieces of toast with peanut-butter, or I'll have oatmeal. But mostly, I eat cereal.
On the weekends, I eat Quaker oatmeal bars instead. They're "sweet" enough that I limit them to weekends/S days. ;o)
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blueskighs
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if my meal is all in a bowl... it becomes a one bowl meal 
if I am eating something other than what's in the bowl, I put the bowl on my plate and put the other stuff around it ...
it is so pretty that way!
Blueskighs
if I am eating something other than what's in the bowl, I put the bowl on my plate and put the other stuff around it ...
it is so pretty that way!
Blueskighs
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BrightAngel
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When I have cereal for breakfast,
I have 1/2 cup of cereal (mostly I choose Fiber One, All Bran, or GoLean)
and 1/2 cup of milk (I use unsweetened almond milk -20 calories)
I put that small bowl of cereal on my 10 inch plate.
Then I also put on that 10 inch plate,
a small 1/2 cup bowl filled with 1/2 cup of 0% Fage greek yogurt,
and another small 1/2 cup bowl filled with 1/2 a sliced banana.
My bowl of cereal is about 100 calories
My yogurt & 1/2 banana is another 110 calories,
That fills the 10" plate, keeps the food from touching,
and is a healthy low-cal breakfast totalling about 210 calories.
I have 1/2 cup of cereal (mostly I choose Fiber One, All Bran, or GoLean)
and 1/2 cup of milk (I use unsweetened almond milk -20 calories)
I put that small bowl of cereal on my 10 inch plate.
Then I also put on that 10 inch plate,
a small 1/2 cup bowl filled with 1/2 cup of 0% Fage greek yogurt,
and another small 1/2 cup bowl filled with 1/2 a sliced banana.
My bowl of cereal is about 100 calories
My yogurt & 1/2 banana is another 110 calories,
That fills the 10" plate, keeps the food from touching,
and is a healthy low-cal breakfast totalling about 210 calories.
BrightAngel - (Dr. Collins)
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