Special K Diet: Cereal for Weight Loss?

hey everybody! im new at all this. i been trying to lose weight for the longest. i did do my own little diet in 2006 and lost about 70 pounds in 3 months. sadly to say, i gained it all back. i been reading all of your comments and its really making me push through on the special k diet. im starting fresh n new on monday 4-31-08!!!! do wish me luck and ill keep you posted with any results. Good luck to you all, you guys are my inspiration!!!!!!

I love special K cereal but found it boring and I was hungry, I did it for a week and my goal is 7lbs. If your body is overly hungry, it is being deprived in a very bad way.

Instead what I did and am losing weight (1lb weekly) is the most common sense thing, cut portions back and eating healther meals. I found on this diet (SK) that it was not sustaining me and I actually felt weak.

Going forward, in the morning I have my cereal, Special K or Honey Bunches of Oats. Lunch, I will have a sandwich with wheat bread and deli cut chicken/turkey from the lunchmeat isle at the grocery store. Replacing mayo with mustard. I will also at times for lunch have 1 slice wheat bread, cut up a hard boiled egg. Also, Campbell's soup has good soups that are more sustaining than cereal. I have found that these have no more calories than cereal and are more sustaining and healthy, except for the egg if you have high cholesterol and you have to watch the sodium on the soup.

Dinner time, I bought myself the pack of portioned chicken breast from Perdu which is low in fat and calories. I also buy the Steam Fresh vegetables, using about a cup portion of the veggies and container the rest. When I really crave pizza, I get Lean Cuisine pizza's, they are good and filling and not over over 350 calories. Actual pizza, you can only have 1 piece on a diet but it is very greasy.

I do not limit myself to these but various things can be mix matched to create delicious meals that are lower in calories, if you want to take the time.

I think we all want a quick fix, if we just eat cereal, we will loose a quick 6lbs. Don't forget, in the beginning of most diets, that 4-5lbs is water weight and not fat. True weight loss takes time. It did not get there overnight and it won't go away overnight. It takes dedication, time and patience.
Once the weight is off, you don't go back to the same ways that put you in that position. If you ask most people that have had a substantial weight loss why they have gained that weight back, it is always the case, over eating again and again unless they have a medical condition.
People become comfortable with their new weight loss and take it for granted and think they can start eating again and control it when it gets out of control.
If your 20, one thing, over 30, watch, watch and more watch your eating habits. People that keep the weight off, exercise and do not eat for two at one sitting.

Also, the problem with cereal dieting is once you loose the weight, the chemical balance in your body has been changed and once you start eating "real" food in place of the ceral, it sends your body into shock and your body needs to learn how to process these foods again and it views it at too much and stores as fat.
Also, eating out, food at restaurants are loaded with extra calories and junk.

People wanting to loose more than 10 lbs. should change their eating habtis and avoid ceral diets. People that are extremely over weight should avoid cereal diets altogether because it is unrealistic in reaching significant weight loss because it is not healthy.

God Bless

oops....did i say i was going to start 4~31...its actually on 3~31......my badd....

Please give me more info on that cleanse thing because I can't find the website.

THE SPECIAL K DIET IS THE WAYYYY TOO GOO. NO JOKE I LITERALLY LOST 4 POUNDS IN 5 DAYS. I USUALLY JUST EAT A BOWL OF SPECIAL K FOR BREAKFAST, THEN 2 HOURS LATER I WOULD EAT A LIGHT SNACK MAYBE SOME FRUIT OF SORT. 2 HOURS PAST AND I EAT ANOTHER SMALL MEAL,NOT HEAVY. A SMOOTHIE OR SO. THE POINT WELL BEING IS THAT I EAT BASICALLY 6 MEALS A DAY WITHOUT GETTING HUNGRY AND THAT IS WHAT I CALL A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. I ALSO EXERCISE FROM 25 MIN TO AN HOUR A DAY, DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY I GET.

P.S. KEEP AWAY FROM JUNK FOODS SUCH AS CHIPS & CANDY, BUT HAVING A BAR OF CANDY WON'T KILL YA:) JUST MAKE SURE YOU WORK IT OFF LATER ON DURING THE DAY.

i have 1 question. i am starting this diet tomorrow and for dinner it says a frozen entree and a cup of peas. does that mean i can only eat black eyed peas and green peas. also a cup seems like the entire can. can someone help me that is following the same plan. thank you

Hello everybody! I have also been reading everybody's comments and I'm wondering. I have tried a few things to lose to 15 pounds. But so far nothing works. I weight 140 and i am 5'4. I am considering the Special K diet. But is it really going to work for me. I know everybody is different thats why I am wondering. Right now I eat 3 meals a day. I eat a cup of fruit or a cup of yogart. Then I don't eat small portions for lunch and dinner.

my problem is even after eating a whole bowl of cereal for lunch or dinner I'm still hungry and craving for carbs (breads more specifically). I have to have a sandwich of some sort in order to feel full. I'm exercising 4 times a week for half hour. I need to loose 5-8 pounds and my belly fat. Any tips?

i"m only 11 but i use to weigh 127 iuse this ceral for 2 weeks and i now wiegh 89
pounds

i have been on the special k diet for one week and i have lost 8 lbs and my daughter 4 lbs. its not a bad diet. i feel full as long as u eat cereal and fruit for breakfast and lunch. for supper i eat a frozen peas and fruit then 2 snacks by bedtime and i'm good to go. good luck everyone.

I did the special K diet and it worked for me. I lost 9 pounds in 3 weeks of the diet. I also cut out sodas while on the diet. The key to making this diet work is to utilize the snacks you are allowed to have. Special K bars are surprisingly filling... and by all means, eat one when you start to feel hungry but it's not meal time. Also, gradually you find it easier to go meal to meal with fewer snacks inbetween. I did and I lost 9 pounds. The weight stayed off for a while until I started eating very unhealthily again about 3 months later.

I didn't think I could do this diet because Special K keeps me full for maybe an hour and then my stomach's growling again. There's not enough protein and fiber in the original. I picked up a box of the Special K Protein Plus, and it's got tons of protein and fiber in it, and one bowl kept me full for about 3.5 hours. There's also less carbs, so that's a plus. The PP box is smaller and it may be a little more pricey, I'm not sure, but I def think it's better than the original. I just started 2 days ago, so we'll see how it goes!

I don't see how people are posting negative comments saying this diet is a joke. Everyones body reacts differently, so if the diet didn't work fro you, that dosn't prevent it from working for the next person. I am going to start this diet tonight. I don't anticipate on losing alot of weight. 5 - 10 pounds at the most. I am optimistic, and I'm sure with the reccommended 2 bowls a day, fruits, vegetables, and some excercise I can reach my goal. =)

I just started the Special K diet, and I like it a lot. They just came out with new waffels. I am finding it very easy to eat the waffles or cereal for breakfast, a meal bar for lunch, and a well balanced dinner. They say you can eat whatever you want for dinner, but I still try to eat healthy so I can lose more weight.
This diet can be stupid depending on how you look at it. If you do this for two weeks, and then expect to start eating your old junk again your going to gain weight AND lower your basal metabolic rate, which will make it harder for you to lose weight next time you try. If you are like me and you are using this diet to help you get started losing weight, then you will lose weight and learn to change your eating habits. IF I get sick of the bars for lunch or the cereal for breakfast, I will just switch to another healthy ceral and eat a very healthy small portion lunch.. Thats really all their is too it. I am using Special K to get me started and it's working great :-D I am also takin a multivitamin and fish oil every morning.

K so Im 15 5'5" and currently 128. Ive lost about 10 pounds doing my own little diet. So I was 126 and gained 2. I really really wanna lose 6-8ish pounds by may cuz I was gonna wear my cute ripped jeans(theyre a little tight) to a concert. So...Ive decided to try this. I also run 5 miles a day and was planning to do this on special k as well. I know Id only be eating about 1100 calories which is about 100 calories less than what I was eating.

I love this diet. The cereal portion is a little more than the average cereal at 3/4 cup instead of 1/2 cup. The cereal fills me up! I usually feel so full before I finish the bowl, especially if I pair it with fruit. I have one of their protein meal bars for lunch and two of the snack bars in between breakfast and lunch, then between lunch and dinner. I drink the protein water as well, and I stay full all day long. Dinner is whatever I choose, and that has been like a lean meat and vegetables. I haven't had fast food in weeks and I feel so healthy. I won't stay on this forever, but it is a great way to get some results to help me continue to do what I need to do to lose more weight.

I've read a lot of posts of people saying this won't work for various reasons...and I know it's a marketing ploy, but I'm going to go for it anyway. I am not necessarily starting this diet because I want to lose weight, I want to lead a healthier lifestyle, and if that means I eat two meals of cereal for a month or two, I'm cool with that. Everyone keeps saying they'll get sick of it...but as a college student, I could pretty much live off cereal; I love Special K! Having so little time between classes and everything, it is hard for me to make oatmeal (unless it's instant oatmeal, which isn't really healthy anyway) or cut up fruit to put in a whole-grain cereal, so this will have to do for now. I think, though, that working out on a regular basis (which i do) and eating two bowls of cereal and fruit for snacks and a healthy dinner won't bother me until the end of the semester when I can go home and have more access to healthy (and still easy) foods.

I exercise everyday so I was wondering if this would fill me up? Weight is not an issue but I really want to lose the excess stuff around my stomach and my love handles. Any suggestions on what I should do?

BE WARY!!! -
I have just finished 3 weeks on the special K diet with a bowl for brekkie, one for lunch, and a proper dinner. I am slightly overweight with a BMI of 26.7. Yet really feel yuk after doing this diet! The last few days I actually put weight on as I was really badly constipated! It is a man made food and my body has had a hell of a time trying to break down the rough flakes!
Plus I felt dizzy and light headed, and have come out in a really bad outbreak of spots on my chin - which must be the chemicals and additives from its ingredients!
In all I have not lost that much weight - going to the gym has toned me up - I lost the most amount of weight this morning when the laxatives I took before bed worked (sorry to be so graphic!)
Overall this diet has not worked for me - I was hoping it would be the cheaper way to diet - but it has made me realise that fresh fruit, veg, chicken , and fish, nuts, pulses, and seeds - combined with the gym - Are the only way forward when it comes to losing weight!
Many thanks
Sarx
Ps Kelloggs better not take this blog off!

I'm a female and I want to join the army. I need to lose 10 lbs, so I have been doing cardio and taking the Special K challenge. It seems to be working. I have been doing this for 1 week now and I have lost about 4 lbs. I also cut out all soda, diet or regular, all fruit drinks, and all alcohol. I only drink milk, water, and a cup or two of coffee (with only 1 tbsp sugar)each morning.

I have been sticking to the serving size, and using a half cup of whole milk in my cereal instead of the skim it says to. I seem to get hungry only when it is meal time, or after I work out. Then I eat a 100 calorie pack or something.

You NEED roughly at LEAST 1300 calories everyday just to keep your body out of starvation mode. If you eat only 700-1000 calories a day, Your metabolism will slow down as much as possible and save every precious calorie as fat.

I have actually have trouble eating enough calories throughout the day. I eat a serving of unsalted peanuts or something when I see that my calorie count is too low. I have not cut out indulgent items out of my diet completely. In fact, I had a Drumstick Ice Cream cone last night(190 calories).

But hey, everyone is different.

I have also been keeping a food diary. I write down everything I eat and the calorie count. Since I eat a normal dinner with my finance, I try to guess how many calories dinner was. I usually guess about 300-800 depending on what we eat. (Grilled chicken one night vs. pancakes and bacon the next)

I am also taking a Women's One a Day vitamin, which I recommend women take regardless of if they are dieting or not.

So whether or not I am losing weight because of the Special K diet or not, I think the most important thing is you have to have motivation.

I want to be in the army more than anything, and this is what I have to do to be there.

Good Luck! =D

i feel you! The first two weeks are really really hard but if you stay strict to the plan and excersise i guarantee you will lose weight!you can also make different healthy meals everyday as in vegetables,turkey,fruits and so on.it does get easier:]

Well so far I started the cereal diet not for the DIET purpose, I did it because like its claimed compared to the normal american diet its healthier. I came to the USA 5 years ago, and in those 5 years I gained about 20lbs and Im not HUGELY over weight Im still in my normal weight for my height. But when you are 120 and turn 140 in a period of 5 years you have to consider what has changed. I notice that all that really changed was the poor eating habits of the american diet! I remember back at home I used to eat in a fast food 1 a week and only occasionally. Fast food was like OMG I can't believe Im eating at Mickey Ds for a change and the meals used to be small nuggets and stuff like that. I always had a home cooked normal meal with the family and lunch wasn't a full meal like they do here. I found the problem from the 20lbs gain. I was relaying in fast foods everyday for lunch and dinner sometimes. Skipped breakfast and I even tried the frozen lean cuisine meals for lunch to stop spending money on lunching out.

The truth on the cereal, for me implies to drink MILK which I don't like and I will personally not purchase if it wasn't for the cereal. I like having breakfast and lunch as cereal keeps me light during the day and I don't feel sleepy at work over a heavy breakfast or a heavy lunch. I vary not always for lunch I take it as dinner sometimes due to the fact that lets face it who has dinner before 7pm all the time! Life is hectic and sometimes my dinner its at 9pm so cereal its great those days.

So far after a week of special K 2 times a day I can see my face looking less chunky! Yeap my face its what normally shows Im loosing weight. I'm not expecting to drop tons of pant sizes and to look awesomely good. But I feel great knowing that I'm drinking milk and eating fruit which I normally dont do on daily basis.

With the cost of food products these days going sky high Special K diet is the way to go in saving money at the grocery store. The way to do it is great when they have buy one get one free and you save so much. In the average week I will spend 30 on a week supply of food. Now with special K I go to the store buy milk, bananas and cereal and Im all set on my shopping list. I eat crackers wheat and fibers if I want a snack. Keeps me full! Nothing sugary because I don't crave the sweets anymore.

If you read this you may understand that if you want to do it because of other reasons then yeah it works. Now if you want to do it as a lifetime method to lose weight it wont if you like to eat! My sister joined Jenny Craig I think is supper Expensive but for her lifestyle and eating habits it works and she has lost a lot of weight. I personally dont like Jenny cause once you stop their food you gain weight!

With special K you teach your stomach to receive less food and get satisfy with small portions. For me it works!

I am trying this diet, and it's GREAT!
Whenever I get hungry in between meals, I eat an apple, an orange, or a banana.
The protein drinks are REALLY tasty, too.
I eat the cereal for breakfast, and lunch. I keep fruit with me at nearly all times.
Then I eat my normal dinner. I'm eating all the food groups, and I have a lot of energy.I feel AMAZING!!!!!!!

Well Good for all of you who accomplished your goal. I just started my diet today. I just had a baby 4 months ago and i wanna loose the baby fat. I weight 125 and im 5'0. I WANT TO LOOSE 10 POUNDS. its just my stomach that bothers me because im very small so thats the only that stands out. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE AS EASY FOR ME TO LOOSE IT SINCE I HAD A BABY????

Thank you Kaitlyn

If you are exercising with this diet which would be a good idea as you will obviously loose more weight and feel alot better in your self - also keeping busy will take your mind of food, even if its just a 15min walk everyday, also i find exercise videos are very good but a decent one, not one by some celebrity trying to make a bit of extra cash!

Do not measure your wieght loss by scales! as you all know muscle weighs more than fat therefore a better option would be to get some old jeans that dont quite fit anymore and set a goal to slim into them - replace the scales with the jeans and watch them become looser untill they eventualy fit ! :D

i thought this needed to be mentioned as some people sometimes forget this and when they jump on the scales at the end of the week and see no loss, then they are put off by the dieting, when in actual fact the diet is working =\

im starting the diet again on monday but with bran flake simply because i dont like the taste of special k =] also if you get sick of eating the same cereal, why not change to a different one?

i lost almost a stone last timne i dieted and this was all down to eating healty(NOT STARVING YOURSELF) and exercise.. its the only way if you want a permanent weight loss!

Laides, I have been water fasting for about 13 days now and am fine. I have not had a single bite to eat,all I have had is distilled, spring or purifired water, i have lose 15lbs and I am fine. They say that you can live with out food for up to 40 days with out doing harm to your body. Those of you who claim that it is not a healthy option well face it if you want to loos wieght quick then there is no health option.

really lizzi how did u lose that much? is speacil k the only think u ate for 2 weeks or did u eat other things to? did u work out at all? im trying to lose weight yes. i eat speacil k cereal and the bars sometimes i eat other food thats not speacil k but its not doing much.

Okay,
I have my wedding comming up in less than 10 weeks and i've been telling myself for the last few months todays the day i'm starting the Special K Diet.I'm really serious TODAY about TOMORROW.I feel i cook healthy meals for my family but it's the portion size that i consume is my problem.I do admit to we out pretty much on the weekends and reastrants really don't give you exact portion sizes.
Im a size curvashuos 14 and if i can stick to this ceral diet i know i'd be pleased w/myself on my wedding day.I'm not trying to be a 4, 5 just alittle trimmer around around the curves.Just maybe i'll keep up the portion control as a new habit.Sounds easy but WISH ME LUCK I'd LOVE to get this accomplished and FEEL and LOOK GOOD.
STARTING WEIGHT Honest as can be: 176
Weight i'd like to be in less 10 wks.: 150

HELLO I AM 50 POUNDS OVER WEIGHT AN I TRIED SO MANY THINGS AN STILL CANNOT KEEP A DIET I EITHER GAIN THE WEIGHT BACK OR I GET DEPRESSED CAUSE I DONT LOOSE WEIGHT. MY HUSBAND LEFT ME BECAUSE OF MY OVER WEIGHT ..I NEED HELP AN SOME ADVISE. I WAS TAKING DEPRESSION PILLS , MY FAMILY CONSTANTLY TELLS ME I AM FAT.

I have been dieting for about 2 months now, just eating right i started out at 220lbs. I am now 185, but I was starting to get bored so I looked around on the internet at some of the "fad" diets so i decided to do the no-carb diet. Its just not for me so tomorrow im going to start the special K diet, I want to get down to 150lbs. I hope this works.

I mean that special K is not to little food for any one.

So, I started this diet today. I'm 18, 5'9", and weigh 245 lbs, so I know that I really need to do something, especially with diabetes running in my family. Diets are just so hard to stick with. I lost about 15 lbs when I went vegetarian. I kept trying to figure out how it was so easy to stick with vegetarianism, but so hard with diets. I realized though that vegetarianism is a lot more black and white. Diets are so hard, because you have to keep up with so many things to get them right. What I needed was a set out plan of what to eat. I figure with special K having such a variety, but still some degree of black and white, I can at least stick with it long enough to get healthier. I'm doing the cereal with light soymilk though, because, even though I'm not vegan, something about skim milk makes me die a little inside. I'm also going to make it a point to exercise daily for at least 30 minutes. I'll let everyone know if it works. :]

This Special K cereal does helps me and my parents to lose few pounds. My mom and I tried Special K cereal bar and snack bite of Vanilla and it's taste good. Thanks Special K!!!!

this is a really good diet.. im a male.. but still this helps alot! every1 out there for help in loosing weight do wat i did.. eat this for breakfast and dinner and have a normal lunch
nothing else different.. it mite be hard at the start.. but its worth it at the end..
JUST DO IT!

Cereals with fiber could definitely help people lose weight by increasing their feelings up fullness.

heya im danii and im 15 years old, im trying to get into modeling and i need to loose about a stone in the next two or three months do you think this diet will work for me as i am so young? i dont drink alchol but i do drink a alot of fizzy drinks would this have to stop if i try this diet? i do do alot of exercise after and during school wld this be enough?
please write back soon
love danii
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I have done the Special K diet about two years ago and I did lose 5 lbs. And I'm considered overweight. I think I'll try it again. IF I can just go down two or three pant size I would be okay.

all of the cereals have high fructoses corn syrup i usally buy my cerael with out the corn syrup my diet consits of no corn syrup i have lots 10 pounds since my diet started I have noticed that i am not as hungery and have empty filling if i stay away from corn syrup
STAY AWAY FROM CORN SYRUP READ LABELES EVERTHING HAS CORN SYRUP

I'm 16 years old and have been on the special k diet for nearly 2 years i eat about 6 servings of it a day maybe even more lol and am never sick of it all in all i have lost 6 stone. so I think special k diet really does work and the best thing about it is that there are so many different types out there so i never get sick of it although i must say special k bliss chocolate and strawberry is my fave as i love chocolate and go through 3 boxes of it a week lol!