Kashi Total Lean vs. Total vs. Oatmeal

[RVA Ironman]

Just curious, which of these three do you all prefer? Which is the best? I'm sticking with Kashi Total Lean at the moment, just to see if the added protein and fiber will be as beneficial as it sounds. Thoughts/comments?

[Graphite]

Im sticking with total till I find a box of kashi total lean

[bakers11]

Oatmeal with added whey.

[Strieder]

^^ what he said :O

[Superdude87]

oatmeal = rock on!

[MCconditioner]

Oatmeal, haven't gotten sick of it yet.

I started eating it uncooked.

And, its really inexpensive.

[RVA Ironman]

Nice! I had never thought to try that before. I went from Total Raisin Bran (last summer), to Brown Sugar Total (Last Fall), to Oatmeal, to Kashi Total Lean. I'm thinking brown sugar total with some chocolate whey protein would be great. Thanks for the tip!

[RVA Ironman]

Whoops, I meant brown sugar & cinnamon oatmeal. Total and whey probably wouldn't taste too good...

[-TC-]

kashi tastes great, a lot better than i expected, shredded wheat is also good

[Ravenous_T]

Oats. Kashi is way too full of sugar and has white flour in it. I don't eat Total because it's too processed. If I want to have some protein with my oats, I add in some whey powder, or yogurt.

[RVA Ironman]

Kashi way too full of sugar? The box of Kashi GOLEAN I have says 6g of sugar per serving. It also contains:

-13 g protein per serving
-10 g of fiber per serving
-1 g of fat, and 140 cals per serving

Here's the ingredients as well:

Soy Grits, Kashi Seven Whole Grains and Sesame (Hard Red Winter Wheat, Long Grain Brown Rice, Whole Grain Oats, Barley, Triticale, Rye, Buckwheat, Sesame Seeds), Evaporated Cane Juice Syrup, Corn Meal, Corn Flour, Soy Protein, Wheat Bran, Oat Fiber, Corn Bran, Honey, Evaporated Cane Juice, Natural Flavors, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Anenatto.

Oatmeal is great and all, and I appreciate the advice, however it looks like getting two servings of Kashi GO LEAN each morning with 1/2 cup of milk would yield both more protein & fiber.

ps-banana flavored weigh protein and plain oats is not a very tasty combo...what flavors do you all mix with?

[bakers11]

Kashi is good, do not get me wrong, but the beauty of oats is you can make it what you want. The protein in Kashi is Soy, not #1 on my list of proteins.

With Oatmeal, I can measure out a cup. Add a cup of water. Add 2 packets of splenda for sweetner. Then add a scoop or 2 of whey protein.

So my oatmeal = better carbs, better protein, as much protein as I want as I control the amount, less sugars. It does have less fiber, so you will need to factor that into your day.

Kashi is great and all, but you lose control when you eat this processed stuff. Your fooling yourself into thinking its better, but in the long run it is not. Good on occassion, bad as a staple.

[uhockey]

Kashi with skim milk is my breakfast of choice. Oats with protein powder is my 1 hour pre-workout meal.

[RVA Ironman]

Thanks for the tip Bakers. That definitely makes sense. I didn't read the part that said most of the protein in Kashi was soy (whoops). I'm thinking I'll just vary between Kashi GOLEAN and Oatmeal occassionally, so that I can keep the fiber intake up.

[RadStar]

Defentily Oatmeal.. I like my food real.. no processed stuff for me. I used to add a scoop of protein after cooking oatmeal but I missed my protein shakes.. so now i eat my oatmeal plain and have a protein shake right after

[Romac]

i normally eat 1/2 serving of kashi with 4oz of milk and 1 scoop of whey for:

cals 240
carbs 23
pro 34
fat 4

1/2 serving of oats with the same milk and whey =

cals 245
carbs 22
pro 30
fat 6

pretty god damned close! but with slightly less fiber

I tell you what makes the decicion for me...price! Oats are cheap as ****! kashi is not cheap as ****.

Oats wins the battle! Thanks bakers11 for presenting the argument that made me bother to do the comparison

ps. I saw that high protein total for almost $5!!!!!!!!!!!!! no thanks!

[elgenyo]

Kashi Cinnimon Harvest with a pack of Splenda = breakfast err day

[TheHeirApparent]

oatmeal. more filling than cereal. total - dat dere sugar

[Trillios]

I use both oatmeal and kashi golean crunch daily. I love kashi because of the fiber and oatmeal because of satiety.

[uprise240]

didn't even read responses. Choice: Oats all the way!

[TheHeirApparent]

I use both oatmeal and kashi golean crunch daily. I love kashi because of the fiber and oatmeal because of satiety.

kashi 7whole grain 70cal per cup 15gcarb .5 fat. i eat like 2cups of pure puffness..now thats satiety

[wrkoutfrq]

i eat both... first meal is 70g oatmeal with a serving of almond butter and some walden farms caramel dip... second meal is 100g FF cottage cheese mixed with a serving of kashi golean, with WF caramel dip, naturally more pb, and cinamon

[daYDreAmErX]

strong bump is strong

:eek

[PirateFace]

Oatmeal is the way to go for me - as noted above, Kashi has both added sugar and soy as the main source of protein, both things I try to avoid. Oatmeal is one of my favorite foods hands down, and you can do almost anything with it.

Including adding sugar, if you must. I know a lot of people can't stand oats straight up, I used to only eat the packet kind with all sorts of cinnamon sugar in it.

[EAgoodfish]

Oats are less processed and fill you up..but change it up to keep sanity

[big__chris]

couple packs of quaker weight control oatmeal with 2 cups skim already has you at 30 grams of protein.. tastes great

[waatsgood]

Oats are less processed and fill you up..but change it up to keep sanity

couple packs of quaker weight control oatmeal with 2 cups skim already has you at 30 grams of protein.. tastes great

really guys?
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