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Special K Diet
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Following the Special K diet is nothing if not easy. For breakfast, dieters eat a single serving of Special K (110 calories) with 2/3 cup skim milk and fruit. Lunch or dinner is also milk, cereal, and fruit.
The dieter consumes whatever they want for the third meal a day. Fresh fruit, veggies or a Special K Bar are the snacks which are recommended. There are no limitations regarding what can or can't be drank. There is an entire line of great-tasting snacks including Protein Snack Bars, Protein Water, Cereal Bars and Snack Bites to go along with the cereal.
The Special K Web site even offers customized weekly menus based on a person's preferences. By responding to a few questions about likes and dislikes, they create a complimentary meal plan based on their products. For example the menu for Sunday might look something like this:
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written by Donna,
June 30, 2006
Sounds simple enough and if it works with Special K, why can't we use a variety of cereals in the same class. Would keep from getting too boring. Also, fresh fruit WITh cereal? Gonna give it a try.
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written by Nikki,
June 30, 2006
I haven't tried this diet myself (YET)but my aunt has, and she lost a total of 80 pounds in 6 months.
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written by Helen,
July 01, 2006
The review seemed to be comprehensive, although I could not participate in this type of diet myself. I haven't looked at a box of Special K to see if this is one of the 100% cereals, i.e. one cup of Special K will provide you with all the nutrients you need and could find in the average vitamin pill, but my guess is that it is. When people's diets are improved to include all the nutrients the average person needs, these alone will cause good things to happen to the body. Too many people eat far too much junk food and food that is simply not nutritious, especially if it comes out of the freezer in a box or a mix that you stir up and then cook yourself.
People who indulge in the Special K bars as snacks should monitor their intake of them. Almost all nutrition bars contain soy products, and in time, these can cause allergens that appear as stomach aches, whenever you eat soy products.
I would much prefer to see people eat more vegetables, especially in the raw state, but eating a well-balanced cereal is certainly a step in the right direction nutritionally.
Several times I have been advised that my hematocrit count was a shade too low to allow me to donate blood, and I could raise it to an acceptable level within a week or two simply by eating a bowl of multigrain Total cereal every day. The iron content is 100%, and it's more easily absorbed into the body through food than it is through special pills.
My guess is that the Special K diet would work the same with any "100%" cereal. The other cereals may not have the same nutrition bars available, and if these were needed, one could always use a Special K bar along with the other cereal. I would also like to "experiment" with the lunch idea and use only raw vegetables instead of the second bowl of cereal. This might be done in time, after one gets established into the weight loss scheme, when the body's nutrition is nearly perfect. It may take some time for people to bring their nutrition level up to "perfect". In that case, it would be better to stick with the two bowls of cereal per day.
People who indulge in the Special K bars as snacks should monitor their intake of them. Almost all nutrition bars contain soy products, and in time, these can cause allergens that appear as stomach aches, whenever you eat soy products.
I would much prefer to see people eat more vegetables, especially in the raw state, but eating a well-balanced cereal is certainly a step in the right direction nutritionally.
Several times I have been advised that my hematocrit count was a shade too low to allow me to donate blood, and I could raise it to an acceptable level within a week or two simply by eating a bowl of multigrain Total cereal every day. The iron content is 100%, and it's more easily absorbed into the body through food than it is through special pills.
My guess is that the Special K diet would work the same with any "100%" cereal. The other cereals may not have the same nutrition bars available, and if these were needed, one could always use a Special K bar along with the other cereal. I would also like to "experiment" with the lunch idea and use only raw vegetables instead of the second bowl of cereal. This might be done in time, after one gets established into the weight loss scheme, when the body's nutrition is nearly perfect. It may take some time for people to bring their nutrition level up to "perfect". In that case, it would be better to stick with the two bowls of cereal per day.
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written by rayma,
July 01, 2006
I have tried this diet and it really works very well!
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written by Rosalia Keller,
July 01, 2006
I don't mind eating cold cereal for the summer months. I don't want hot cereals this time of the year. In cooler weather I can have a cup of hot tea with the bars.
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written by Jan,
July 02, 2006
I like comment #1. Why not eat a variety of cereals that are similar to Special K in vitamins?
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written by Betty,
July 02, 2006
I gave it an excelent review. You have it simple no frills, not expensive, it is one that rich, poor or in between can afford! I will be on my way to the Grocery store when I get off the computer! I have been to Weight Watchers and I am a life time member of Jenny Craig. Each I lost thirty pounds. They were fine when I was a working "girl" and could afford them, but now a senior citizen on fixed income and it sounds like the best of all! I know that I like Special K as when my children were small and each wanted a different cereal I bought the multipacks of the little boxes I was the one that got Special K as the children thought it was for MAMA's! That maybe what kept me slim and full of energy to keep picking up after those four! You will be hearing from me the last of July to see if I am on my way to Special K's 30 pounds!
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written by Lennny Kaplan,
July 02, 2006
I think it is an OK, DIET ,i HAVE PRETTY MUCH BEEN ON MY OWN DIET FOR MANY YEARS,excuse me, but the word we use these days is not DIET,we call it a change in are eating habits.The word diet is pretty much out of the out of the English language.I am 62 years of age,work out lifting weights as well as cardio 5-6 days weekly.I have been this way most of my adult life.I look and feel great,not bragging just the truth.
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