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How so? Plain old fashion oats or steel cut are great breakfast options.
They are slow-digesting carbs. All carbs end up as sugar in the bloodstream after they are digested. If the OP is more carb-sensitive, they might end up with enough of a blood sugar spike to stimulate the hunger shakes, while someone else might find their glucose levels more stable.
They are slow-digesting carbs. All carbs end up as sugar in the bloodstream after they are digested. If the OP is more carb-sensitive, they might end up with enough of a blood sugar spike to stimulate the hunger shakes, while someone else might find their glucose levels more stable.
Or how about the OP just shouldn't eat breakfast as that seems to be the best option for her?
How so? Plain old fashion oats or steel cut are great breakfast options.
Not if you are trying to keep your blood sugar steady. Oatmeal raises blood sugar. When blood sugar rises insulin is called in to move the sugar out of your blood. After the release of insulin blood sugar gets lower again. Many people, like the OP experience hunger when their blood sugar is low. People really need to eat when their blood sugar gets low. Low blood sugar isn't any better than high blood sugar.
It is likely that the OP is hungrier on days she eats breakfast because of the blood sugar spike/decline described above. It makes sense for the OP to change her breakfast to one that includes more protein/fat and less carbs to see if that curbs her hunger.
I agree that it's the carbs in the oatmeal that are the likely culprit. I always have hard boiled eggs on hand and I make egg "muffins" that I keep in the freezer (chopped veggies, scrambled eggs, seasoning). I can grab either of them quickly in the morning (Muffins just need to be thrown in the microwave for a few minutes).
In retirement I have more time to prepare foods. I've changed so much, threw out breads years ago, never buy them...cereal too. Many cereals can have fungus. Last cereal I had my fatigue went to the roof....threw the rest out. I've done the oatmeal route but got bored with the oats.
I eat soups for breakfast and I make up some nice soups..
Eggs and sausage or burger.
Some mornings I have salads. I buy some nice prepared salads and add
cut up celery and avacodo and whatever I have...raisins or cut up prunes.
I sleep late 8Am or so and do exercises in bed and listen to radio and don't eat
until after 10AM most mornings.
In retirement I have more time to prepare foods. I've changed so much, threw out breads years ago, never buy them...cereal too. Many cereals can have fungus. Last cereal I had my fatigue went to the roof....threw the rest out. I've done the oatmeal route but got bored with the oats.
I eat soups for breakfast and I make up some nice soups..
Eggs and sausage or burger.
Some mornings I have salads. I buy some nice prepared salads and add
cut up celery and avacodo and whatever I have...raisins or cut up prunes.
I sleep late 8Am or so and do exercises in bed and listen to radio and don't eat
until after 10AM most mornings.
Bill, I was the exercise queen for many years, gym member, major walker, never a runner and then as my knee got worse into my 60's I had to back off and then I ended up with groin pain which showed a jagged mess of bone spurs...this was in ortho office in my late 71 age. I opted for a hip replacement at 72 and I have a lot of complications from this surgery. One is my leg is shorter which has caused knee to be worse and nerve damage and IT band damage and spinal stenosis...
So the best I can do is a lot of stretches in my bed before I get out of bed to walk around...very stiff in the mornings. I ride my recumbent bike in livingroom on a low tension. Gotta keep moving as best I can. I have done so much work since this hip job but the morning stretches are vital for me...I do them often in the afternoon too.
On the bone spurs in hindsight, could they have been cleaned up without a hip replacement...I don't know but I think of that now.
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