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I'd say 1000 calories is a little much, but I think the original point here still stands. I don't have nutrition facts sitting right in front of me, but I do know often times cereal is given in very small quantities, like 130 calories per 3/4 cup. I'd say I used to eat around 3 cups of cereal each morning, so that's 520 calories not counting milk and OJ. The Milk is usually 1 cup, about 110 calories I believe. And 2 cups of OJ is probably around 220. That's 850 calories. It's not entirely inconceivable, and by the given math (which I haven't vetted) that's 8.5 miles still...

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You used to eat 3 cups of cereal every morning? That's a lot of cereal. If I were hungry enough to eat that much cereal, I'd probably want something that felt more substantial (e.g. eggs, breakfast sandwich).

I mean, yes, it's totally possible to eat 1000 calories for breakfast. I still don't think it's typical. Why would you even want that OJ after eating 3 whole cups of cereal? Also, how do you not just end up hyperobese eating like this, assuming you're not just cutting the calories from a later meal. A 300-Calorie/day excess will put on nearly 40 pounds every year, and I'd expect anyone eating 1000 Calories for breakfast every day to either be very active or else be eating at least 300 Calories too many per day.

A medium bowl takes 2.5 cups to be a full cereal bowl. You should measure out 2 cups of cereal and see how small it is.

"medium bowl" is not a standard measurement. My everyday bowls at home probably hold about 2.5 cups if filled to the top, which I don't do, because a bowl filled to the top inevitably spills. I use a 2-cup measuring cup every day, so I'm reasonably familiar with how much it holds. It's a decent bit.

Also, a cup of Cheerios is 100 Calories. So 3 cups is still only 300 calories. Add milk and you're at maybe 500 Calories. Even Honey Smacks is only 133 Calories per cup. If you eat 600 Calories of Honey Smacks and milk, I hope you'd consider that enough sugar for breakfast. Or else I hope you're training for a marathon.

Yea, that is a lot of cereal. I definitely didn't need that much food but for some reason I wanted that much food. Oh, and I wouldn't have had the OJ on top of that personally.

Today I still eat cereal but usually a cup at most, and either without milk or with almond milk. I started on a diet (the south beach diet) about 5 years ago and I lost over 100 pounds. I don't consider myself to be following any specific diet nowadays, I'm just more healthy and smart about what I eat, and I eat much smaller portions. I also exercise 3 times weekly, and need to find time to increase that even more.

I will say when I first started my diet I dropped cereal and just ate scrambled eggs almost every morning. My morning energy levels skyrocketed.

Yes but, don't you only need to run to burn off the extra calories? If you stick to your ideal calorie intake why the need to run? If it's 2500 calories I'd think you only need that 8.5 miles of running when consuming 3350 daily calories.

True, but like the original comment suggested, a calorie is not a calorie. If you eat 850 calories worth of fat and protein in the morning instead of sugary carbs I am pretty certain your intake the rest of the day will be very different.

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