Weight Control Foods: One Big Oxymoron

I eat "whole" foods when I'm home. But during my frequent business travel, these little oatmeal packets have been a lifesaver. I keep a few stashed in my carryon, and on those days when the airline decides to park us on the runway for hours, or a client keeps me from having lunch, I have options. Sure, I'd rather be enjoying my organic arugula and berries and free range chicken, grinding my own flax seeds and whipping up an egg white frittata at home, but life doesn't always allow that. Buying these packages doesn't make me stupid or lazy, but thanks for saying so just the same.

saintloser said:
Buying these packages doesn't make me stupid or lazy, but thanks for saying so just the same

It makes you a little bit less... concerned with money than I am, though. Plastic baggies + oats in bulk = carry on oatmeal, with no funky additives and for much less money.

Hi, Guys. As a person fully experienced in the rice diet and somewhat of an alternative - the raw oatmeal diet, I have lost a lot of weight on both. I have the forum on yahoo - rice_diet@yahoogroups.com with 214 members currently - we are exploring that diet (which has resolved diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and kidney disease) and other very close alternatives.

That forum is lively / quiet / lively again - it's two years old.

The more radical weightloss methods are for those that need to lose a pound a day minimum - rather than the pound a week a lot of people mention. I've dropped 4 puonds a day for at least 5 days on either a strict rice diet or strict oatmeal diet - or a mix of the two.

The real success of these kind of diets is that you NEED to lose a lot in a short period of time and are no stymied by the so called yoyo syndrome. If I go off my diet - the diet didn't fail - I did. Judy Moscowitz wrote the original book "the rice diet" and dropped from 367 pounds to 115. She maintained that a number of years and from what I hear - is now obese again.

The success in weightloss is based on cutting salt almost out. That lowers body fluids quickly and blood pressure. The extremely low fat in the rice or oatmeal diet, starts the process of removing deposits in the arteries - and lowering cholesterol.]

I'm going to write an ebook that goes straight to the point (for those needing fast action) and that is that it doesn't matter if you substitute oatmeal, creme of wheat, grits, even potatoes - as long as they don't have a high calorie, high fat dressing and have almost no salt or no salt at all.

Everyone needs 200 MG of salt a day but you can get that in skim milk or even your tap water. Or even an 8th of a teaspoon of salt directly.

I have a new blog http://american-crossroads-mall.com/blog and I'm going to have some diet and health sections in it very shortly. The main site has many diet ebooks that are install download - although I don't know anything about them.

The factor that remains - those needing fast weight loss should be prepared to give up the things that made them fat in the first place.

If you have no major problems related to weight - you can take a slower approach - some rice or oatmeal and fruit and even a little lean meat.

The fastest way is to just stick with the rice or oatmeal diet. You can lose weight fast enough that the rise in blood sugar will normally be of concern as the quick weightloss will help. I'm going to write an ebook calling itself the Oatmeal Diet and it will be just the plain blue box great value oatmeal we buy at walmart which is all we use. My wife and I are starting again - we've been indulging lately and I'm going strictly with the rice diet with a small amount of raw oatmeal (to avoid getting constipated) and she is going raw oatmeal and veggies.

We've both ahd great success before and know it will work this time too.

Have a good one.
MajorHart majorhart@sbcglobal.net

I wonder if any of the posters have tried the "weight control" Quaker oatmeal product. First off it tastes great, much better than the comparison to plain oats by the writer of this article. Second it has additional protein that plain oats do NOT have, this makes you feel fuller for a longer period of time, so you will eat less and thus promoting the "weight control" they are advertising. Quaker has a great product and if people will do a bit of research before making their coments they might figure out that this product has grounds for its advertising as "weight control".

I eat weight control oatmeal every other day with fresh blueberries...Kashi Go Lean the day in between...I find it filling and am never hungry. I'm doing WW and have lost 33.8 pounds since June 4. However, I just realized how much sodium is in it...Now, I'm thinking I must change to the regular oats I ate as a child..especially after reading these postings...I thought I was being healthy in so many ways...but somehow missed this one!

dear one big oxymoron,
have you tried the product you are bashing? judge it by the flavor, not the name. the weight control maple & brown sugar is far superior to the regular maple & brown sugar. i too bought it to have something quick to take to work. it is very filling and satisfying and i am much more willing to eat this than the "plain rolled oats" that everyone is raving about. i even look forward to it. if you add a 1/4 cup of apple sauce it's a great low calorie dessert. every time i cook this at work, people want to know what it is that smells so good and is making them hungry. i for one would not like to see this disappear from the supermarket shelves just because, like you, some focus group thinks the name is too gimmicky.

This oatmeal is pricey, but it's the best tasting instant oatmeal with only a gram of sugar. I've lost almost 20 pounds eating it nearly every morning. Whoever says it tastes artificial must drink Karo for breakfast.

Weight loss is like baking: it isn't rocket science, but it is science. Calories in, calories out. You probably shouldn't be bedfast, but it's best not to kill yourself exercising because it doesn't help much with losing. Tones you, obviously, but does extra muscle burn 500 extra calories a day? Try 50 extra.
Why worry about sodium? Do you honestly know what it is and how it reacts in your body? Scientists are like lawyers and doctors- for every one of them who proves one thing, you can find (pay) another one to disprove it.
Weight control oatmeal is a racket, but so is weight watchers and the internet and probably your job. Get over it.