This is OP - this conversation has been elucidating. This morning I had 3/4 cup of oatmeal (dry, with 1.5 cups of water, a ton of blueberries, a dash of salt, and a sprinkle of brown sugar) and it seemed like enough. But it probably won't feel that way for long. I'm sure by the end of the week I will be back to my one full cup.

I think I am just a volume eater - I need a quantity of food to feel satisfied. Luckily I have pretty healthy taste in food - but, like, I'd never be a "one square of good dark chocolate for dessert" person - if I am eating dessert, I am EATING DESSERT. (I rarely eat dessert.)

I guess at the end of the day, of all the things to gorge on, oatmeal is hardly one to worry about. (I didn't open this thread because I was worried; just curious! Also so surprised by my friend's two tablespoons, and how it compared to my GIANT BOWL!)

I measure out 60 grams, which is 2 servings of 1/3 cup each. Mix it with water. It’s a lot but I eat this daily after a hard workout along with a green smoothie. I am very slim, but have high cholesterol and am trying to lower it with oatmeal.

Try Cream of Rice. NOT Cream of Wheat. Two different products.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I you talking one cup cooked or one cup raw? That makes a huge difference.

I tend to measure 1/3 of a cup raw and cook that with double the amount of milk (or sometimes vanilla protein drink). Add half a cup of berries and just a few chopped walnuts/almonds.

I am NOT a small person, but that fills me up.

Raw! I measure out one cup, put in two cups of water, and cook it. 1/3 of a cup fills you up? Can I ask how much you eat for lunch or dinner? I usually have a sandwich or leftovers for lunch, and a normal dinner.

One cup raw! That's 2-3 servings.

Unclutch your pearls. One cup dry is maybe 350 calories. Even if you cook with some milk and add a bit of sugar or fruit it may be a 500 calorie breakfast which is perfectly appropriate.

oatmeal does not fill me up at all unless it is multiple bowls with bananas, apples, nuts, etc.

I am 5'1" and 120 pounds.

I prefer to put a teaspoon of raw into my smoothie. That fills me up and, er, keeps me moving.

1/2 cup raw + 1 cup water, because that's what it tells me on the Trader Joe's bag

I do mix in some fruit and chopped nuts and don't always finish it.

1/2 cup old fashioned oats, 1/2 cup almond milk, 1/2 cup water. Then I add 2tsp ground flaxseed, a few walnuts, raisins and cinnamon.

1/2-3/4c (uncooked) made with butter and salt. I like an egg on the side. I rarely eat breakfast so this is more of an occasional mid morning meal

I eat a half cup, and add chia for protein and brown sugar for taste. I also have yogurt with berries and that usually tides me over till lunch.

I make one cup of steel cut oats (dry) with 4 cups of water and divide that into 4 servings.

I make my porridge with 1/2 cup oats cooked in 1 cup milk. I usually drizzle maple syrup on. Yum!

1/2 cup quick oats raw. Mix in frozen blueberries, cinnamon and tiny bit of maple syrup.

I like to eat three flakes of steel-cut oats mixed with sparkling water and three drops of raspberry juice. This hearty meal fills me up for 3 days! Anything more is just piggery.

40g usually, 80g when I workout more than 75 min

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I you talking one cup cooked or one cup raw? That makes a huge difference.

I tend to measure 1/3 of a cup raw and cook that with double the amount of milk (or sometimes vanilla protein drink). Add half a cup of berries and just a few chopped walnuts/almonds.

I am NOT a small person, but that fills me up.

Raw! I measure out one cup, put in two cups of water, and cook it. 1/3 of a cup fills you up? Can I ask how much you eat for lunch or dinner? I usually have a sandwich or leftovers for lunch, and a normal dinner.

One cup raw! That's 2-3 servings.