Special K Challenge
Are you up for this special challenge?
BACKGROUND
You've probably seen the commercials - excited women dancing around with bowls of Special K cereal. You probably don't get this enthused after your morning breakfast, but does yours help you lose weight?
The Special K Challenge says that if you'll follow their simple dietary guidelines, including two bowls of Special K cereal each day, you can lose up to six pounds in just two weeks.
The Special K Challenge promotes a community effort, by partnering with Yahoo Health. There you can join the Special K Challenge group, to participate in forums and chats with other challengers and access weight loss tips.
You're advised to visit with your doctor before beginning the Special K Challenge.
PRO
- A simple approach
- interactive online community at Yahoo Groups
- Fast approach to weight loss that is relatively healthy
- High fiber diet
CON
- Lacking in balanced nutrition
- A temporary solution
- Special K products contain trans fats
- Provides little guidance for planning dinner meals
DIET and NUTRITION
The Special K Challenge is much like a meal replacement diet. You'll begin the day with a bowl of Special K cereal for breakfast with skim milk and fruit. Then replace your typical lunch with a bowl of Special K cereal. You'll then enjoy the dinner of your choosing - the healthier the better. Throughout the day you should consume plenty of fruits and vegetables to replace unhealthy snacks.
Special K has a variety of cereals and snacks to help you stay committed to the program. There are six cereals including Red Berries, Vanilla Almond and Chocolatey Delight. There are also many flavors and varieties of snack bars, protein meals, shakes, cereal bites and bars. Plus, the recent addition of Special K2O Protein water in refreshing flavors like Strawberry Kiwi and Lemon Twist. It should be noted that some of these food items, like the protein bars, contain partially hydrogenated oils- which means they are a source of trans fats.
EXERCISE
There is not any guidance provided from Special K regarding exercise.
CONCLUSION
If you're looking for something to jump-start your weight loss, maybe you can try this for a week or two. Maybe it will be a physiological boost for you to continue. Otherwise, the idea of an obviously temporary eating plan seems like a losing proposition. Be sure to read the food labels of all of the Special K items as you'll want to avoid the ones that list partially hydrogentated oil in the ingredients, as this is a source of trans fats.
Common Misspellings
Special K Deit, Special K Diet, Special K Challenge Diet, special k diets
Related Diets: Dr. Siegal's Cookie Diet, High Fiber Diet, Slim-Fast
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Im on my second day of the diet ,not to bad so far but i forget to eat the snacks? Does anyone know if that makes a big difference?
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i on my own lost 150pounds but now i am looking for a structure diet one that help me keep the weight off i have no problem with limiting my food intake for 1 year i stay losing once again by just cutting back on my intake and making better choice on what i ate i much amit i include cake very small slice once every 2 month i also include my only weekness red vine when i eat them i eat the whole bag so i throw them away after i eat 5 so i want eat them all but that work i went from 331 pound to 200 in one year i started 1/2008 and reach 200 by 1/2009 then i when to a structure diet and it was harder because they told me what to eat my doctor disagree with me starting a structure diet for he was concern i could not strict but the first one i lost another 24 pound but my cholestol went up for what reason my doctor did not know so he ask me to stop that diet so i did and went back to doing it my self but i still wanted a structure diet i try a quick lost diet it was ok but my doctor want me to eat more so this week i started the special k diet and i love it so far i try not to check the scale tell the 2 weeks was over but that is inposible for me for over a year i check the scale every day or once a week so i check and i love it i told my sister who got the lapban to try the special k diet and it will help her i lost so far 9 pound i ate the cearl in the morning i measured to make sure i did not eat more i ate the meal bar for lunch and a health dinner whick was grill chicken and veggie and for snack i ate the bars i am a late riser so my meal go throught 6 pm and i save my snack both bars for bed time and my fruit i eat throught out the day leaving at lease2 fruit for bed time that may be why i only lost 9 but my plan is to stay on the specialk diet for the 30pound i want to lose or at lease to get me started on a better meal plan i would like to learn more about the special k diet please email me thank you
I started the challenge today. I had one bowl for breakfast, a chicken wrap for lunch, and Chinese for dinner. I played Wii Fit for less than an hour and I still lost one pound and half a centimeter off my waist in one day!!!!!
im 5ft 141 pounds i used to be a size 3 im now almost size 9 ill be ok with a size 5 the extra weight on my body has made my old knee injury act up my self esteem hit the floor none of my clothes fit my breathing is more challenging and i have serious food allergies so im very limited to what i can eat which is why i put on soo much weight i want to get back to 120pounds ill be ok with 125 and just to have more energy for my son who is 5.5 yrs old with endless energy im starting the diet tomorrow if anyone has any veggitarian receipes please post:)
i loved it. I lost a ton of weight. I did it for only two weeks and lost 8lbs.
People, believe me when I say, this diet works. however, like any other diet...you have to stay committed and be disciplined.
I eat one cup of the special k cereal (a choice from vanilla almond, red berry, or cinnamon pecan) with 2/3 of a cup of soy milk (since i dont drink cow's milk straight) for breakfast usually with a banana, or some tea and since I dont have accomodations to keep my milk chilled at work, i usually eat one of the protein bars. Also, throughout the day I drink LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of water.
I exercise about 3O mins a day and burn around 25O to 3OO calories. I dont eat after 6 and I have lost 6lbs by the end of the two weeks.
I did slack off a little during the time and i know i would have lost more but starting tomorrow, im going back on it for another two weeks.
wish me luck ... again .
I started today. I want to loose 15- 20 Pounds by the end of the March. I am going to exercise atleast 3 timesa week for one hour each. I sure will keep update. wish You good to you all loosers. I love eating cereal and this time i will reach my goal.
I love the Special K diet. I went on it for 1 week, lost 8lbs (I am exercizing every day too) went off it for 1 week, kept the weight off, and I'm back on it!
woooo
A friend went from a size 14 to a size 8 in a little over 2 months. I was impressed and she looks wonderful. I'm starting this diet Monday. I only need to loose about 10 lbs, but need to loose inches around my middle. I'm also going to start exercising. I'll see how this works.
I started the Special K Diet today. I love the new blueberry flavor. I don't really like cereal/milk but honestly it wasn't bad at all. I can do this.... better yet, I will do this.
I started this diet 2 weeks ago and have lost 10 pounds. I am also making sure to keep my caloric intake to 1200 a day. I do allow for extra calories if I have done at least 20 minutes of exercise! Good luck to all!
I'm starting this diet tomorrow and I hope it works! I would like to lose 20 pounds and start a daily exercise of 30 minute walking. Wish me luck!
I tried this Special K Diet and it worked. I lost my goal of 6lbs and I felt good. I could tell a big difference in the way I felt and could tell that my tummy wasnt so bloated. I will continue this diet with a few substitutions here and there for the lunch time.
im going to start this diet and see how its works for me,i love the taste and the added bonus is low in fat... best of luck to myself and everyone who is trying this.
Currntly 67.5 kg. I gained like 5 kgs in one month! Depression&stress:(..so yeah, i guess I should start a diet now.
It's one of my new year's resolutions. I followed strict diets, but I ended up gaining double the weight i lost, so i guess this is a cool one for me.
Tommorow I'll start the Special K challenge! I hope I'll reach 60 soon~ hahah.
Best of luck to all.
I am starting my diet today.I hope to lose weight, at least 20 pounds in all I want to lose, I really hope this works for me.
I just started it today! I am hungry as well...but I think my stomach will adjust. Those who question if it is a healthy plan...I believe it is for a short term to quick start your weight loss. If you read the contents on the packaging it includes many vitamins that are essential for our body as well as the appropriate amount of nutrition in other areas. ....anyway...if it works I will post again soon!
Weight: 105 lbs.
Height: 5'5"
Hoping to lose: 10-15 lbs.
I just started this diet yesterday, and all I can say is: I'M STARVING!
Although this is a great diet, and easy too, it's just really hard the first couple of days while your stomach is adjusting to this new eating habit.
However, I will not accept defeat (yet)!
I will admit that I have caved in a few times, but I'm getting better everyday.
Here's an example of what I'm eating:
Breakfast: Bowl of cereal or cereal bar or 2 special k waffles w/o syrup.
Lunch: a meal bar
Snack: cereal bar
Dinner: My choice.
(Throughout the day I'm also nibbling on some veggies and fruit)
And then for my other snack, I just drink protein water throughout the day.
And I have given up on soda which is REALLY hard for me!
And I shall weigh myself once a week.
I sure hope that I can keep this up. :)
I'll repost in a few weeks or so.
Good luck to everyone! :)
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I had my husband help take my measurements and I was so surprised at what I had gained over one year. I star ted the special K diet a week ago but I have a bad back what can I do for exercise that wouldn't my back any more than it is?
Im going to be starting this diet this monday depending on how good it goes i might make it a longer thing. It doesnt seem unhealthy to me at all you just need to add in fruit and veggies throughout the day i have the cereal and the cereal bars and now they have meal replacement bars..so insted of eating cereal twice a day you have cereal in the morning.protein snack bar,Meal Bar for Lunch,Another Snack Bar,And then for dinner your choice of Food.
Hopefully it works but of course with any diet you will get better results excercising also.
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