Kelin Cereal / Surf Seeds

Dark Phoenix · 03-03-2011 11:30AM #1

Hi Guys,

Have been lurking on here for ages and learning loads. I have never been very heavy but have had a pretty bad diet for a few years. I think over Christmas I just copped on and decided to be healthier. I used to eat on a Friday evening a pizza, packet of crisps, box of popcorn and can of coke for example and I realise now that its beyond unhealthy for me!

I have a calorie calculater and food analysis app which has been amazing as I never really had a concept befpre of what was in foods.

So I have drastically reduced the amount of crisps, chocolate and take aways I eat and have gradully been making healthier choices. I am a fussy eater which makes things difficult but I am trying to find healthy things I like. I don't want to fall into the trap of eating loads of high sugar low fat prosucts

I wanted to check - kelkin original meusli is this good or bad? I love it as there are so many different nuts in it and it fills a hole if I have a small bowl in the evening. I hate porridge and dont like eggs so that is not an option for me.

Also surf seeds I have fallen in love with these as they curb my chocolate craving and taste great - but are they?

Thanks

Gummy Panda · 03-03-2011 12:31PM

Don't surf seeds have chocolate mixed in with them?

Red Cortina · 03-03-2011 12:33PM

Fair play to you for cleaning up your diet!

I've never bought or eaten any Kelkin museli. But no more than any food item have you taken a look at the ingredients on the side of the box? Is sugar in one form or another listed in the first 4 ingredients on the box? Do you recognise all the ingredients listed on the box? If there is little sugar in it and you recognise all the ingredients then I reckon you could be eating far worse things.

With regard to the surf seeds, I reckon you could be eating far worse things...

Dark Phoenix · 03-03-2011 01:28PM

Thanks guys. Ok I found the imngredients list for the kelkin meusli online :

http://www.kelkin.ie/prod_originalmuesli.html

I didn't think it was too bad as it seemed to have a lot of whole ingredients but I could be wrong!

Gummy Panda yeah the surf seeds have like 10-20% of them coated in chocolate but the rest is all sunflower seeds. I know its still chocolate but I figured its a big improvement on eating a bar of chocolate

Are there any other snacks that are good? I don't like salad, love fruit and nuts. Im stuck at a desk all day so to be honest I often eat or graze out of boredom so I am trying to replace bad snacks with good!

Adelie · 03-03-2011 01:37PM

have you tried dark chocolate? I started at 70% and worked my way up to 90%. it's not as sugary as regular chocolate and it's hard to eat more than a couple of squares!

apart from that hard boiled eggs are very good or cheese, natural yoghurt, or fruit and nuts as you said.

Red Cortina · 03-03-2011 01:59PM

Dark Phoenix wrote: »

Thanks guys. Ok I found the imngredients list for the kelkin meusli online :

http://www.kelkin.ie/prod_originalmuesli.html

I didn't think it was too bad as it seemed to have a lot of whole ingredients but I could be wrong!

That's 25.2g of sugar per 100g of kelkin museli. So that translates to 25% of any serving of that museli is sugar - not so sure that I would eat that:( Would you just eat plain oats on their own? There is a recipe for oat pancakes knocking around here somewhere that you could try??

Dark Phoenix wrote: »

Are there any other snacks that are good? I don't like salad, love fruit and nuts. Im stuck at a desk all day so to be honest I often eat or graze out of boredom so I am trying to replace bad snacks with good!

How about carrot or celery sticks, maybe with humus? Or some canned fish? Or beef jerky/biltong?

whiskeyman · 03-03-2011 02:55PM

Well done on changing your diet for the better.
I found surf seeds very expensive - instead, just buy a bag of sunflower seeds and put them in a small plastic container. I mix mine with pumpkin seeds for extra flavour - they're lovely and perfect for snacking.

T-rev · 03-03-2011 04:40PM

I think that is sugars found in the fruit and not the sugar you put in coffee etc.

Red Cortina · 03-03-2011 04:47PM

T-rev wrote: »

I think that is sugars found in the fruit and not the sugar you put in coffee etc.

Doubt very much whether your body knows the difference TBH

Gummy Panda · 03-03-2011 06:19PM

There seed and nut bags in marks and Spencer that are bigger and very nice. Maybe try them out

Dark Phoenix · 04-03-2011 11:06AM

Thanks everyone I really appreciate the advice. I didnt realise there was so much sugar in the kelkin I will go easy on it!

I am not going to have a brilliant diet over night but I figure if I can make changes I will get somewhere. I used to eat a pack of king / hunky dory crisps once a day now its a 99 calorie bag of treble crunch every second day. I've stopped eating the standard bars of chocolate if I want some I will have one of the tiny kinder ones and im eating a lot more fruit. Its a gradual weaning myself off junk process

I will definately check out the M & S bags. I bought seeds 4 u the other day but hated the taste they were too savoury I prefer the plain stuff. Good idea on the dark chocolate its been ages since I ate any of that stuff I used to love a square of the almond or orange dark one I think it was lindt or that.

as for cheese I love cheese I have a bit of a baby bell and swiss cheese and emmental addiction!

I have to say its an eye opener to see what is in food - not just the calorie side of it (which for some foods has been a shock) but how much sugar can be in something supposedly healthy. I used to be a big emotional / stress eater to - a bad day in work and I'd find I'd eaten a twix and not realised! Now I am actually stopping myself and saying do you really want to eat that?

Ive always been a size 8- 10 but I know what I was eating was not good for me and while it didnt show on my weight much as I do a good bit of excercise it was more my health and things like cellulite that showed the effects! I am hoping that by eating healthy and continuing to excercise I will see an improvement in my body tone and shape.

Kelin Cereal / Surf Seeds

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