Hi Esnecca,
I’m sorry, I should have made it clear that I am working from the perspective of one who is very fortunate in having no know medical conditions directly linked to food (bar a general excess 🙂 I hope I have not misdirected anyone on that front.
For me, porage is a good, filling start to the day that keeps me going all morning and allows me to tolerate a very light lunch. I acknowledge that has a fair slug of carbs, but I take this into account in the rest of my food for the day. I’m pretty much on maintenance now; when I was losing at full tilt I used skimmed milk.
Just to set the record straight, I have worked it all out.
Porage (30 gms) 111 kCals and 19 Carbs
Milk, full fat (actually, just 50 ml now I’ve meaasured it) 33 kCals and 2.3 Carbs
Honey ( 3 ml) 7 kCals and 2.2 Carbs
Dried fruit (raisins) 4 gms 11kCals and 2.7 Carbs
(I also add a little grated nutmeg and cinnamon but guess that these only have trace elements of anything)
I make that a total of 162 kCals and 26 carbs (half the daily carbs “allowance”)
Hope that makes things clear, and allows folk to “extrapolate” according to their own personal circumstances.
Onwards and downwards,
John