Is Instant Oatmeal Really that bad?

[TheShit]

Hey guys,

I am currently on a bulking diet and I want to keep my foods clean but I can't find a good way to make oatmeal taste good. The way i like to eat it is with 1/2 cup quaker quick oats added to 1 pack of Quaker Instant Maple and Brown Sugar. Total grams of sugar come to 14 grams here, and there is just enough sweetness to make it enjoyable.

I have tried adding blackberries and apples with plain oats and it didn't taste good. I tried adding protien powder (chocolate) and that was bad. I tried adding brown sugar and that was OK but I don't see how that is any better than using 1 pack of instant flavored oatmeal. The grams of sugar come out the same. Somebody suggested adding raisens but those puppies are very high in sugar content, is there some difference in the GI's of these sugars or something?

My big problem with eating clean is every damn meal I eat tastes so bland. My other big beef is how to make brown rice taste good. Should I hire a personal chef?

 

[Will B.Huge]

Apples and cinnamon is the best, if you are bulking I won't kill, but if you are cutting that is a different story.

 

[Honeynut]

I make mine plain, I add cinnamon, apples, raisins and a packet of nutra sweet

 

[X-Plode]

I know I'd hire a personal chef in a flash, if I could afford it. LOL

X

 

[Honeynut]

As for brown rice... what don't you like about the taste? I love that stuff... What are you eating it with? Try allspice if you're eating it with pork. Otherwise I say sautee some minced onions and garlic and maybe some veggies in a frypan, mix them with your rice
I posted a link to a great recipe site, check out: http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=51665
Also try www.epicurious.com

 

[gymtime]

I think that's a lot of sugar, even on a bulking diet. You've got the sugar carbs there, plus the carbs from the oatmeal itself. I think you'd be much better off using the plain oatmeal with fruit and nutrasweet, like Honeynut said.

 

[=w=]

Try it w/ sugar free syrup mixed in that is what I do it is delicious.

No sugar and only 10 calories / quarter cup

 

[bigmag]

it probably sounds pretty gross but I use non-flavored oatmeal and I put equal (sugar substitute) sugarfree pancake syurp, and a little peanut butter in there....but then again...I'm on a cutting diet so there's really no need for you to use the sugar substitute of the sugarless syrup.....just go with the regular stuff.

 

[The mann]

if you are bulking i wouldn't worry about it too much,but it is full of sugar as they have said.

 

[TheShit]

OK,

So I am looking at a box of raisins right now. The box list 29 grams of sugars in 1/4 cup of raisins. So lets assume you go light on the raisins and add only 1/8 a cup to your oatmeal. You are still getting about 15 grams of sugar, as opposed to 13 grams with the maple and brown sugar instant pack of oatmeal. It looks about the same right, the only difference I could see is maybe if the GI of raisins is much lower that that of brown sugar and maple syrup. I don't have a GI table that includes this stuff so I guess I don't really know the answer.

That sugar free maple syrup sure sounds like a good idea though. I'll try that next week!

 

[Orndogg]

I don't know how healthy it is but I've been eating it 2 to 3 times a day and losing weight. I'm watching my calories (not carbs) and find instant oatmeal is a great for curbing my hunger for the calories.

 

[b fold the truth]

If you are bulking...why are you worried about eating clean?

B True

 

[TheShit]

I am worried about eating clean because i want to minimize the fat gain. I absolutely hate dieting. I don't ever cut for more than 4 weeks.

 

[b fold the truth]

If you are eating clean...you are NOT bulking in my opinion.

B True

 

[=w=]

Use cozy cottage or vermont sugar free it is made with splenda( which is derived from sugar) so it tastes like the real thing just not quite as thick but when it is mixed in the oatmeal with some cinnamon you cant tell about the thickness. This is a staple of my diet I love it. Also try making a protein pancake by mixing up 1 whole egg, 5 egg whites, 1 cup of oatmeal, a little milk, and some cinamon. Mix it up pour in a pan cook it up. It looks gfross and I get a lot of comments from my roommates about how weird it is but it is good covered w/ zero calorie butter spray and sugar free syrup.

 

[Ingram]

Apples and cinnamon is the best, if you are bulking I won't kill, but if you are cutting that is a different story.

Bump for APPLES AND CINNAMON!

 

[minion]

Just use sugar, if you check the label its only like 15 calories per tsp. I use four teaspoons of sugar in mine and I'm doppen weight like a Tijuana Crack Whore plus I eat the yolks of all four of my boiled eggs. On top of that I'm eating 6x's a days and still my caloric intake is less than 1,500 a day.
It ain't rocket science.

 

[Japanese machine]

i use instant oatmeal, but its the regular kind; all i do is put some low cal cottage cheese in it, one scoop of nitro tech, EFA, and teaspoon of cinnimon, IMO it taste awesome.
50pro30carb10fat 400cals.

 

[TheShit]

Hey =w=

I tried that sugar free maple syrup and that stuff is awesome. That is the best solution I have tried so far, it tastes alsmost as good as the instant maple and brown sugar. Thanks!

B-fold,

I am curious as why you say if your eating clean you are not bulking? I have been gaining 2 lbs a week so far at 3600 calories on my clean diet. From all that I have read, by staying away from sugars you minimize insulin spikes and therefore fat storage. Sure it would be easier to eat lots of sugars but I have tried that before and was very unhappy with the results. I gained 16 lbs but I also went up from 10 to 14% bf. By the time I dieted off the added fat I had lost all the added muscle. I thought I would try a different approach this time using a clean bulking diet (low GI carbs) 40/30/30 cpf, and then use a CKD diet during the cutting phase. My goal is to put on 20 lbs in 12 weeks during the bulking phase with 3/4 of the gain being muscle.

 

[guanu]

I use honey for taste. It has worked well for me. I also add a little bit of pine nuts.

 

[supersizeme]

am i the only one here that eats oatmeal completely plain? it's not like you're drinking castor oil...the shit doesn't taste *that* bad.