I love cereal. I never eat it since it makes me spike. Today I thought might be different.
Nope!
I weighed it out, measured every drop of milk, gave myself a generous 4.7 U, and then I get the two up pointing arrows that I hate (and luckily hardly ever see). A brisk 45 minute walk later and I'm finally coming down.
ugh I hate this disease sometimes.
I know what you mean. I used to love granola, fruit and yogurt for breakfast. I tried to find a cereal that would work. I tried every so-called healthy, high fiber, whatever cereal in my market (which was a lot of different types!) and they all spiked me. I gave up. I also like cereal with fruit and of course milk, which adds to the problem. Last winter when the power went out, I realized that living in an all-electric house I could starve if all my found needed cooking, so I laid in a supply of foods including a box of cereal.(a new healthy bran) I've had the urge to try it, but I don't bother. I know what will happen - I'll spike horribly, try it one more time with the same result, then throw it away and have to replace it for my "winter stash". Sigh. Ditto on rice which I don't miss that much. Pasta and potatoes, even pizza I can get away with if I'm careful - but rice and cereal - not going to happen!
Don't know if you have tried it or not, as I love cereal too, and have found a LOT of them will spike me, but I can eat Kashi Berry Blossum cereal really well with minimal spike at all...I was 94 this AM..3 hours later 106...missed that 2 hour mark a little bit, but I never do seem to spike with it. It's 25 carb for 3/4 bowl, and I use unsweetened almond milk to cut back even more on the carb, so that is about 1 gram of carbs. Might be worth a try if you really do like cereals. Other Kashi flavors have spiked me somewhat, but this particular one I can eat with no problems. And it is pretty tastey too.
I have a REALLY hard time with Yogurt's...none of them seem to work very well for me, and I have a hard time with Rice as well, I can never seem to bolus right for it, and it will ALWAYS end up making me low, Im not sure if its the way my body processes it or what, but its not worht the headache of trying to figure it out.
I just looked it up, christy, because I couldn't believe it was that low carb and it's 25 grams for 3/4 of a cup not 3/4 of a bowl! Maybe that's what you meant to type? Wouldn't work for me because the 3rd ingredient is sugar and I don't eat sugar (for other reasons). But glad it works for you! I looked at my market for unsweetened almond milk last week and they didn't have it but I'm going to try the health food store. I have a lot more limited resources than when I shopped at Berkeley Bowl...probably the best super market in the country - think Whole Foods at twice the selection and 1/2 the price! I miss it.
oops yes thats what I MEANT to type. Im having a really hard time here finding unsweetend almond milk as well...I found it yesterday in vanilla..so we'll see. I hate that you find something that works well for you, then EVERYONE seems to stop carrying it, or they change the flavor around or SOMETHING strange.
I have had the same reaction...... miss cereal and milk (with fruit,) more than anything else!
I've also found a really good oatmeal that I can eat without a big spike too, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed they don't discontinue that too. I found the other day it was on the shelf with a price markdown and I'm like OH CRAP, let me get ALL that they have lol which was only 5 boxes. But still, lol. It's made by Oat Fit...and its Maple and Brown Sugar with no added sugar AND has flax seed in it, for 18 grams of carbs per serving.
Ok, maybe I'm being hyper critical today, but how does "Maple and Brown Sugar" have 'no added sugar'??
me too, elaine. all bran chocolate, cocoa pebbles, anything chocolatey was so good. chocolate and cereal should not be carby!
Its articifically falvored. Ingredients are whole grain rolled oats, flaxseed, salt, nautral and artifical flavor, guar gum, sucralose, acesulfame potassium. Im lucky sucralose doesn't effect my BG levels. It's pretty tasty but of course all of us vary what we can and can't eat, but for me it has worked well.
I just hope like so many other things I find that work well, it doesn't all of a sudden stop being produced. I can't find it at all the sotes around here, but both the Berry Blossom Kashi cereal and the Oat Fit oatmeal I can find at Target.
What I eat in place of cereal... I mix together chopped almonds, pecans, walnuts, unsweetened shredded coconut & chia seeds. Add vanilla extract, maple extract, virgin coconut oil & sweetener, if you like. Put on a baking sheet & toast in oven. Stir a couple of times. Let thoroughly cool & store in jars. Healthy, high fiber, low carb & delicious. I also eat it as a snack or with Greek yogurt. I actually like it better than cereal.
The lactose in milk sending me soaring. I use unsweetened almond milk. It's 2 carbs for 8 ounces.
This sounds awesome to me Gerri! Thanks for the great idea I can't wait to try it!!!
Gerri are you having a hard time finding unsweetened almond milk? I usually get the Silk brand unsweetened original almond milk and lately I cannot find it at any of the grocery stores around here. I did find the other day Silk unsweetened vanilla almond milk which I havent tried yet, but I can't find orignial anywhere. What brand do you get and where do you buy yours at?
Hi Christy,
I haven't had problems getting it & I've in the boonies. Blue Diamond Almond Breeze is available here everywhere in supermarkets (Krogers, if you have that chain) & health food stores. Comes in original unsweetened, unsweetened chocolate & vanilla. It's in the health food grocery section in 1 quart unrefigerated & also in 1/2 gallons in the refrigerated section.
It also has a lot of potassium in it! I loathe bananas and am always on the lookout for other sources and almond milk is yummy!
Oh! I only looked in the fridge section. I'll try elsewhere in the market as well as the health food store. I'm reducing my carbs now (it's easier than I thought!) and 2 carbs vs 13 will definitely help!
It's funny I googled it and I saw $25 ....huh?? It was for a case.
Not difficult to make almond milk, but I've not bothered. The quart size is an aseptic box that doesn't need refigeration until opened. Almond milk, when opened, lasts longer than cow's milk.
Almond milk substitutes well in recipes.
As long as it's not irradiated! In Guatemala the milk that comes in boxes outside the fridge is irradiated. Which has positive and negative aspects and is pretty controversial. But almond milk isn't actually milk so I guess it doesn't need to be in the fridge!
The half gallon size is in the refigerated section, so it needs to be. It's not in an aseptic carton like the quart size. I've only seen aseptic packaging in quart size & smaller. It's the same packaging Imagine Foods uses for their soups & other organic products are packaged that way.
Oh yes, I buy the vegie soups that way. I did see 1/2 gallon almond milk in the fridge section but they were sweetened. Hopefully I'll find the unsweetened. As you well know a few carbs matter a lot as you try and get carbs down.