Question on Meal Replacement Bars. (Read 986 times)

I've found a Kashi and eating a healthy cereal in the morning is a better option than a prepackaged bar!

I also like what's in Mr. Powers hand...but not for breakfast......usually.

I make rolled oats during the week, because it's faster. Over the weekend I make the steel cut variety. I soak it overnight. That way it cooks in about 20 minutes. Steel cut oat is delicious.

I eat Kashi Bars, Kashi Cereal.....good stuff and PROTEIN SHAKES! Who Hah!

I agree with them that almost all bars are junk... But, shakes are not. Always Whey and Caesin shakes over any bars. They are designed for you to add fast or slow carbs, and/or Fish Oil, Flax or whatever, fiber to slow absorption. You have the option of making the shake junk, or make it so that it fits perfectly with your daily needs. For the most part, bars are already made with junk. There is one or two exceptions out there that are whole food bars with great macronutrient profiles on them such as Garden of Life bars made with whole foods and probiotics, Greens Plus bars which are whole food, and VPX Zero Impact which is an excellent bar, but too many calories for what most runners will be looking for... most would break that one in half.

3. Especially avoid food products containing ingredients that are a) unfamiliar, b) unpronounceable c) more than five in number

So you are saying that since my chem degree has taught me how to pronounce all kinds of chemical whoo-ha I should be allowed to eat it??? WOOOOHOOOO!!!!

If that works for ya, go for it. I take it you're saying shakes aren't food? Caesin is 80% of the protein in milk, Whey is 20. Is milk food? I don't agree with that line above though, however you slice it. I'm a counter down to the last gram. Always have been, as well as a meat eater. Sometimes that means using slow release protein powder(caesin/egg mix) @ night with 1/2 cup of oats. If I use Rolled oats, that means they have been slightly processed... is that still 'food' compared to Steel Cut? Not trying to argue... just presenting a different side. I wish it were as simple as 7 little words.

I'm wondering though, seeing as you check, count, weigh all your food....do you actually ENJOY eating or is it something that you do just coz your body requires it? I think if I weighed everything and checked protein levels etc etc, I'd lose most of the enjoyment I get from eating....

I would say kind of... You make it sound like its a bad thing. I would think that enjoying food a little less, and considering food more of a fuel source and repair mechanism(and hormone formation, etc...) is something most people could probably stand to do. I know I enjoyed eating a little too much growing up and was fat.

No, not necessarily a bad thing....it would probably just annoy the hell out of me having to weigh & measure everything I ate. I love to run...but I'm too lazy to get the scales out and measure my food. The best I'll do is check sugar levels in something. And occasionally, I'll even feel a bit guilty about the creamy pasta sauce I ordered if I eat out.....but i get over that when I order dessert . As someone quoted recently, we run so we can eat crap LOL.