Cereal-ly annoying

Since it’s currently a million and four degrees in Los Angeles, our apartment is in the upper billions range (overhead fans don’t do too much).  Stove top oats were definitely not happening and I hadn’t prepped overnight oats, so my Friday morning started with this beaut. 

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Plain greek yogurt, golden delicious apple, 365 waffle square cereal, peanut butter and cinnamon.

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I have mentioned my main cereal “issue” before (the inability to finish fewer than four bowls in a single sitting), but I have another one.  I’m not sure if anyone else has this problem, but whenever I eat cereal I get really bad reflux.  Even when I wait for-eeeeeh-ver after breakfast to exercise, I still feel the slosh slosh slosh (and the subsequent GERD).  Even if I wait until the evening to exercise, I still suffer from my early morning bowl(s) of cereal.  And I hate it.  It really makes working out miserable. 

To remedy this situation, I have to either (A) avoid cereal altogether, (B) eat cereal post- work-out only, or (C) suck it up and deal with the consequences (namely discomfort and horrible exercise sessions).  Lose, lose, lose.  Lately, though, I have discovered a plan D, which involves enjoying cereal with yogurt instead of milk.  Less liquid means less slosh, which means no reflux over the next 24 hours. 

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As long as the ratio of cereal to extras is imbalanced in the favor of the “extras”, my esophagus doesn’t seem to suffer.  As much. 

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Anyone else have this cereal problem?  Kyle says he does, too.  So at least I’m not a total freak.  Or maybe we are just freaks together, with our cereal-ly annoying problem. 

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Comments (16)

  1. Sami

    i have a cereal problem. i can never stop at just one bowl.

  2. Jin

    That’s one of the reasons why I plainly avoid cereal. Seems like they don’t fill me up until I’m on my fifth bowl then BAM! I feel sick 🙁
    And I agree with you about the sloshing feeling when you work out after eating cereal. Cardio is the worst!
    My brother eats cereal everyday and has no problem with it- everybody is different I guess!

    By the way, congratulations on your first anniversary!

  3. Lenna

    That´s clever to add yogurt instead of milk, I should try it – because I have the same problem. But I usually go with plan A and avoid cereals. I don´t like them that much, so it´s not a real problem for me. I still cook my oatmeal even if it´s 35 degrees outside 🙂

  4. Irina

    You’re lucky that it’s just cereal that causes you to have reflux problems! (see the good in everything right?) I have to wait at least 2 hours after eating anything before I can go work out- I run so it’s super intense and painful if it happens 🙁

    Happy (belated) anniversary btw!

  5. Minnooo

    Yeah, this plagues me and my sister aswell. I will spread the word about this yogurt idea. Thanks!

  6. Katie

    Meeker has the same issues. I don’t ever eat before I workout…so, I might too, I just have yet to discover it.

    The extras are the best part anyway!

  7. Rebecca

    I agree! Can’t eat anything but an apple before I work out. Especially cereal. Cereal hurts. My day is always…wake, apple, wait ten minutes, run!

  8. Abby @ Abz 'n' Oats

    I have a really hard time eating much of anything before a workout. Usually I will eat half a banana but that is about all I can handle!

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  10. adrianna

    i figured out the yogurt thing awhile ago, and it changed my work-out slumps/slush, too! and it has way more staying power w/ me. 6 bowls arent as necessary, although still wanted…

  11. Elise (Post author)

    words of wisdom for sure. i just wish my body listened 😉

  12. Elise (Post author)

    but if i work out later in the day, i have already eaten a few meals. and even if i had cereal for breakfast and something else for lunch and then wait until six pm to run, i always ALWAYS have cereal regurg.

  13. Elise (Post author)

    thank you for the anniversary wishes!

    i generally have to wait 1-2 hrs after eating before i work out too…it depends on the food and my GI tract that day…cereal is a no go even 8 hrs afterwards though. so weird.

  14. Elise (Post author)

    thanks for the 1 yr wishes 🙂

  15. Elise (Post author)

    ditto.

  16. Alexis (hummusapien)

    I have a SERIOUS cereal problem. I’ll have a bowl and then keep pouring a little more milk with a little more cereal so I feel like I’m not eating a ton, but then it defeats the purpose when I do it fifty times. Love me some Trader Joe’s Bran Flakes with raisins 🙂

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