Howdy, Stranger!
Categories
Options
How much porridge should I eat?
The materials in this website are in no way intended to replace the professional medical care, advice, diagnosis or treatment of a doctor, qualified personal trainer, therapist, dietitian or nutritionist Runners's World, Part of the Hearst UK well-being network © Copyright 2017
Comments
Not that I'm an@l about this or anything.......
but I have a specific porridge bowl. Every night before I go to bed, I throw in a handful of currants, some nuts and then fill it with jumbo organic oats to about 10mm from the top. Add enough milk or milk and water to just cover the oats. I don't know the weight but it's much more than a sachet.
Leave overnight in the fridge.
Add a drop more milk, then microwave for 3 mins 30 secs.
Pour on some honey.
Eat...mmmmmm....
I've also tried it with root ginger (nice), cinnamon, raspberry desert sauce (wicked), sugar, crushed ginger nuts (lovely), crushed chocolate digestives, Cointreau (mmmmmm, but not on a work day) and probably other stuff I can't remember.
I could happily eat it 3 times a day.
The only thing that would make the calorie content of difference types of 'porridge' significantly different is with the addition of sugar and stuff. All the more reason to use plain old oats and milk and add your sugary goodness of choice - maple syrup for me - and not worry too much about the calorie count.
The maple syrup doesn't half get sticky in my laboratory-grade calorifier though.
...i agree - jeez have a BIT of common sense.
I wonder if he wants us to come and eat it for him too?
I'm no nutrition 'expert' or anything, but I wonder why the switch to porridge?
yeah yeah, I know all that stuff about sustained energy release, etc etc
But, Josh - you say you ate cheerios? Are they not just made up of oats and wheat (maybe also barley?) anyway? Okay, they add sugar and salt, not necessarily an 'evil' if you exercise lots (and I would say an advantage in the right amount if you run
), and importantly they 'fortify' these branded cereals with vitamins, iron, zinc etc.
From a personal point of view, I found porridge doesnt give me enough energy (used to have it with milk and brown sugar, just cos that was what was in the house
), even in 'massive bowl' proportions - and believe me I can eat a lot 
. Used to be starving by 10am at work, and totally 'empty' if I tried a long cycle or run on it. I wouldnt even consider doing a marathon on porridge alone, I would die on my ass 
!!
I think porridge is very over-rated, and always stick with plenty of toast and peanut butter for my long run or race breakfast. That stuff is like rocket fuel
.
<scuttles away before pro-porridgers bombard with porridge missiles>
And PhilP -
(then honey and raisins and squashed banananana if I fancy it)
but never BEFORE a run!
Phil - I was more thinking the difference in calories between 'cheerio' brands, or packets of that dusty porridge stuff rather than plain oats.
Cheerios are just full of air - I just can't eat them because no matter how full a bowl, I'm still hungry a short while later! Same goes for any cereal that's similar, it needs to have some weight behind it.
Jj - yes I noticed the coffee granules........!
perhaps add some whey protein in too
BECOME A WINNER IN LIFE
Tried out 50g of porridge with a mix of milk and water and banana and honey on top. Also ate 2 small satsumas.
Felt great when I was out for a 12 miler earlier, but now I am feeling hungry before its lunch time. May try eating a bit more porridge next time or eating a crumpet/apple instead of the 2 small satsumas.
Guess experimenting is part of finding what is best.
Bargain price as well
I have 1/3 cup porridge:2/3 cup skimmed milk for a training run but 1/2 cup porridge:1cup skimmed milk for a race... with a sliced banana & some honey... mnom mnom mnom.
And it has to be Scotts porridge oats in our house.
If I'm racing away from home then I've found these to be seriously yum with a squirt of honey...
Hahaha Shantel... Probably the same oats anyhoo, its just I'm married to a scotsman hence the Scotts oats in our house. Mr CS came across the Flahavens in Tescos and thought they'd be a brill idea for those early morning races away from home when the hotel kitchen staff weren't awake... Porridge & bowl all in one handy little package.
Gosh! I never knew porridge could be made in so many different ways! I thought I was being exciting putting Honey on mine! I'll generally pour a random amount of tesco value oats (as oats are oats no matter what it says on the packet.... aren't they?) and cover with milk, microwave untill it nearly overflows, teaspoon of honey and voila!
Like the idea of coffee porridge, may be good for a pre-run breakfast..... Will try it on the morning but maybe just have 1 teaspoon!
Yay, another value oats person!
Yes I think oats are just oats, no matter what the packaging is. Perhaps they are the non pretty oats that don't make it into the expensive packs.... bit like the bent carrots and cucumbers that get chucked away lol
Yes but the 'mis-shapes' are always the best. Just think of the bags of misshape thorntons chocolates! Taste even better because they were are so cheap!
Scots oats are the best, they are better for you for some unknown reason. i think it is a different variety of oat. Certainly it is assumedto be gluten free whereas other oats are not. of course there is far less pollution in Scotland than say America, although the salmon farming is putting paid to that.
Chocolate porridge
just eating my coffee porridge as i type - yummmmmmmmmmmmmy! coffee and cinnamon with banana and bits of apple. dont knock it til you've tried it! but then i was always the one who liked the coffee cremes in the box of roses...
On another note (and to stop the coffee bashing) i have a friend who eats her porridge with marmite and parmesan...
Now I'm intrigued with the coffee porridge. So.... how do you mix the coffee in without having granules lumps in it? I'm going to have to give it a go tomorrow morning. Ditto with the coffee chocolates, I'm the ONLY one in our household that will eat them, but I'm not sure if it's because they're coffee.... more to do with them being chocolate.... and me being a pig
Now, cheese on porridge is just WRONG!
i use instant coffee, put that in the bowl or saucepan at the same time as the dry oats and add hot water and cook. no lumps at all! yummy caffeinated loveliness
marmite and parmesan I can understand.
Coffee NO.