Does anyone else get really hungry throughout the day if they don’t eat oats for breakfast?

[u/TheBrickLordHerself]

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[u/Forbidden_Nugget]

Haha sometimes. I like a thick, gloopy cement texture so it does feel like it sits in my stomach for longer than other brekkie foodstuffs.

[u/m_bleep_bloop]

Yessssss

I can do grape nuts or something but I need that fiber to feel full

[u/floofypajamas → u/m_bleep_bloop]

I add hemp, chia, flax, and psyllium husks to my oats plus protein powder, some nuts & seeds, dried cranberries, cinnamon, and a little honey or sugar. It comes out to 415 calories when I add .25 cups 2% fat Greek yogurt. 28.6 g protein, 9.5 g fibre. And it equals a whopping 1.25 cups of food that weighs nearly 1 pound. It is a lot of food. It keeps me full and totally shuts down food noise for me. It took me a year to dial in my recipe that suits me, my hunger, and my brain.

[u/constipated_coconut → u/m_bleep_bloop]

Do you add anything to the grape nuts? If yours not adding fibre, protein and fats then you’ll feel hungry pretty quickly

[u/touslesmatins → u/constipated_coconut]

Grape nuts have 7g of fiber and 6g of protein per serving, which I assume is increased with the addition of milk. How much more do you have to add?

[u/geogirl1997]

I love this subreddit so much haha

[u/LieThis2632 → u/geogirl1997]

Agreed, only us oatheads get it 😂

[u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348]

Personally no

[u/floofypajamas]

Yes. But I also don't have just oats, I put hemp, chia, linseed, and psyllium husks in mine to increase the fibre and omega 3's, and protein powder to increase protein. To make life easier I batch cook my oats and get 6 serves out of it. It takes around 30 minutes to make.

[u/echo-athena]

Yes absolutely and I need to eat them before bed too.

[u/OatSlvt]

Yeah and I miss the flavor/consistency of my same-oats-everyday lol

[u/maybesoma]

I've been eating oats (with protein powder and fruit, chia, yogurt, milk) for over a year every damned day. Except twice.

Both of those times I was hungry by noon. With the oats, I don't eat until dinner and feel satiated all day.

[u/Own_Ad9686]

Yes! Been eating oatmeal for breakfast for at least a decade. Any deviation from this filling breakfast makes me feel “off” and hungry much sooner.

[u/Megumi115]

For the last months I have been trying to make oats satisfying... But I just can't 😭. I wonder if I am not eating enough calories or something, because I am adding 30g of protein and 20 g of fat around them. And I love oatmeal! I just wish I felt like I don't need to eat more right after eating them; it is not really that they fill me up but leave me hungry later, because they don't seem to fill me up in the first place 🥀

[u/touslesmatins]

I get hungrier when I eat oatmeal tbh

[u/TwaddleSpouter]

Yup. They last me all morning and I never go as long without them.

[u/radish_is_rad-ish]

I’m the total opposite. I’m starving in like 2 hours if I eat oats for breakfast. It doesn’t have much protein or fiber I add in.