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gizem013

2 months ago

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Is My Oat Bowl Too High in Carbs?

Hey everyone! 👋
I often have a homemade oat bowl for lunch, as I am trying to loose weight — but I’m starting to wonder if it’s too high in carbs for my current fitness goals. I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Here’s what I usually add (1 serving):
🥄 3 tbsp rolled oats
🥄 1 tbsp chia seeds
🥄 2 tbsp ground flaxseeds
🥛 ~100 ml milk
🍯 2 tsp honey
This is the general base I use, l try to prepare them differently for each day ( sometimes l add strawberry and coconut, sometimes cacao and dried blueberries, sometimes lemon zest and juice topped with yoghurt or labneh).
I work out regularly (l am currently doing summer shred challenge but also additional pilates)
But I’m still stuck at a weight plateau and wondering if I should:
– Reduce how often I eat this bowl
– Adjust ingredients
– Add more protein?

Has anyone experienced something similar?
How do you balance carbs in meals like this while aiming to lose fat or break through a plateau?

Would love your advice or ingredient swaps! 🙏

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vonnie

2 months ago

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Carbs are our main fuel as humans if we want to lead an active life style. There's no need to worry about it unless there's something going on like diabetes. Your oatbowl comes with a lot of good nutrients ✨

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paenultima

2 months ago

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Hi! I think balancing carbs is not so much a question of just one dish, but of your overall diet. If your other meals during the day aren't particularly high in carbs, I don't think there's a reason to worry about your bowl, especially if you really enjoy it like that!
Since I'm married and usually cook for my husband and myself in the evening, and since I can't convince my husband to go for lower carb options for dinner, I try to balance this out for myself by doing a low carb and high protein variant of the oat bowl in the morning: 250g of low-fat quark (a dairy product very common here in Germany somewhere in between yoghurt and cottage cheese), 25g of protein powder for sweetness, flavour and, obviously, extra protein, and 20g of oat bran, which has slightly better macros than rolled oats (more protein, more fiber, less carbs, a bit more fat, but overall less calories). With this, I get about 50g of protein with only about 300 kcal, which takes a huge chunk out of my daily protein needs so I don't have to worry as much about meeting them with the other meals and have more wiggle room for the carbs my husband demands. :)

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mangoman

2 months ago

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I have overnights oats similar to this, but I mash banana and add it for natural sweetness and reduce the honey, also I add Greek yogurt for protein.

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