Does the Special K diet work?

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Registered: 09-27-2005
Does the Special K diet work?
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Wed, 10-05-2005 - 11:32am
Has anyone tried it? Does it work like they advertise?
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Registered: 08-26-2005
Wed, 10-05-2005 - 11:35am
I’m sure it would work, since you are basically cutting your calories. The question is, can you stick with that forever? If not, once you start eating normally the weight will come back. What you decide to do has to be a lifestyle change. That’s why I am sticking with calorie counting. If you stick with a certain calorie range, you can have much more control of what goes in your mouth. If I want dessert on a certain night, I will make up for it with less snacking, a smaller meal, or extra exercise.
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Registered: 08-26-2005
Wed, 10-05-2005 - 12:42pm
Do you mean the diet that you only eat cereal for breakfast, cereal for lunch, and a sensible dinner? If that is the one, then yeah, i am sure it would work...until about 2 pm and by then i would be so hungry i would eat everything in the kitchen, ha ha. It really doesnt sound healthy or good for the long haul to only eat special K for two of your three meals. Special K has very little nutritional value...sure it is low in sugar and calories...but it is low on everything else as well. I would stick with something that is going to work in the long run...not just lose 5 pounds and gain 10, which is what i would do on that diet, ha ha.
I am doing calorie counting and lots of fiber and protien and exercise.
Stacy
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Registered: 09-19-2005
Wed, 10-05-2005 - 11:01pm
Hi my husband lost weight eating ceral he ate it for breakfast and lunch he ate frosted flakes and fruit loops He lost I 70 lbs with it and his supper he really did not decrease he ate whatever and alot . he keep it off for over a year now he has gained back about thirty pounds but he has not been eating the ceral just low fat dinners and stuff and he has not been trying as hard. I think is great if you want to lose weight quick I would do it with at least one meal he also ate ceral bars instead of ceral and those are good for you. I do not think it is bad for you. Good luck
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Registered: 05-02-2005
Thu, 10-06-2005 - 9:02pm
How fast did he lose the weight? That kind of sounds like what I am doing- cereal, yogurt, fruits, low-fat/cal. soups, and an occasional sandwich most of the day, then a light dinner around 500 calories... unless my boyfriend wants to go to Chipotle... their chicken burritos have like 1000 calories in them. Then fat-free popcorn or a 100 cal. pack thing for a snack if I need it.
-kristin!
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Registered: 09-19-2005
Thu, 10-06-2005 - 10:57pm
IT took him about 7 months I hate ceral so I am doing the like you say low fat soups made with broth those soup at hand are low fat and even the chowder in that kind is low fat I also found these rice noodle chinesse bowl that are really low fat like 2.0 grams of fat and they fill me up and taste good but i love noodles and chinesse i also been making my own apple grape salad with vanilla yougart hope that helps any more question feel free to ask
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Registered: 09-27-2005
Fri, 10-07-2005 - 11:53am
Thank you all. So I guess what I am hearing is just to lower my caloric intake and exercise. I guess I always hate counting and measuring food. It gets so old but I guess if I keep it up I can just look at something and know if it is enough or not. Anyway thank you all. Right now I was going to start changing my eating habits but a few days have gone by and I am really sick in bed. So as soon as I get well I will be sure to try some of your suggestions. Man, Do you think it is an excuse? "I'm sick" Maybe it is who knows. All I know is I don't feel like eating and when I do the last thing I want to do is worry about what I am putting in my mouth.
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Registered: 09-30-2005
Sun, 10-09-2005 - 3:11pm
I guess it's always handy to have an "emergency shelf" for the times when you're sick, tired, or out of time/energy.I keep my stash of canned/powdered diet drinks, cuppa soups,
granola bars,single serving packages of puddings, applesauce(they sell these for the kid's lunches)the 100 calorie cookie packages are now the rage, tuna fish& cracker lunch/snack packages are handy,fresh apples, bananas, oranges grapefruit on the counter, lofat yogurt in the fridge,single portion juice & water bottles unsweetened tea,fat free microwave popcorn,kiddie size cereal boxes (unsweetened) with low fat milk. Low fat fugicles, popsicles, and frozen grapes.That fills the empty spaces in the kitchen nicely.
Ha
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Registered: 03-02-2004
Sun, 10-09-2005 - 6:32pm

I think it works only because you're starving. They claim you have two bowls a day, and then a sensible dinner. If you follow their serving size, you're only eating 150 calories a bowl. So, by dinner, you've only eaten 300 calories. Then, with the sensible dinner, if you guess that it's going to be about 500 calories or so, you're only eating 800 calories a day.

I bet you'd drop weight like a mofo, but who knows how much muscle and water you'd be losing doing it. I think it's meant for skinny gals who need to drop a few to get into such and such an outfit in two weeks, or something like that. For gals like us, to do this for months on end would mean everything from brittle hair and nails to sheer boredom! ;-)

I'm not a doctor, BTW, and talk out of my a$$ most the time on what one could call "educated" guesses, so take all I say with a grain of salt. ^^;;