Special K cereal

cjm0014

guess what i had for dinner tonight? 1 cup of original special k with 1/2 cup of fiber one honey clusters! and skim milk! i do this every once in awhile and its perfect
enjoy yours

Umeboshi

I hate special K. Honey Bunches of Oats with strawberries is the only cereal I'll eat.
I have it mixed with light yogurt. Yummm...

artschoolgirl

I LOVE the vanilla flavored special K! However, I try avoiding cereal because I end up eating for EVERY meal! mmmm...every once and a while I'll buy like musilix or granola, but that Special K is addictive! But it's a great meal! Plus, I love reverse eating, breakfast for dinner, more calories first thing in the morning and less at night

firewalking

ways to speed up metabolism
Seven Quick Ways To Speed Up Your Metabolism and Burn
Fat Faster
by Nick Nilsson

The speed of your metabolism is the real key to burning fat quickly and efficiently. Here are seven easy tips for boosting your metabolic rate.Your metabolism or metabolic rate can determine exactly how quickly you gain or lose fat. Here are some quick tips you can put to use immediately to help crank up your metabolism and increase your fat burning.

1. Eat Breakfast
It’s no myth that breakfast is the most important meal of
the day. If you skip breakfast thinking you are saving
calories or time, consider this…
Your body has been in a fasting state for 8 hours or more.
When you wake up and don’t give it any food, its natural
reaction is self-defense. It thinks “famine” and
automatically slows your metabolism to a crawl to conserve
calories. Not only does everything you eat for the rest
of the day have a far greater chance of being stored as
fat, your chances of burning any fat off that day are low.
And here’s the whammy… you’re going to get really hungry
later and will probably want to eat something that’s not so
good for you. With your now-slower metabolism (because you
skipped breakfast), you’re going to store a lot more of
that “not-so-great” meal than usual.





2. Eat Frequently
Besides skipping breakfast, the next biggest metabolism-
killer is long waits between meals. Every time you eat
something, your metabolism ramps up to process the food.
The more frequently you eat, the more frequently your
metabolism will get a boost.
The real key, however, is to be sure you’re eating smaller
meals (eating 5 big meals instead of 3 big meals isn’t good
for losing fat!). Try to eat 5 or more times per day, even
if it’s just healthy snacks between meals.
3. Exercise With Intensity
Your metabolic rate is directly related to the intensity of
the exercise you perform. Walking will burn calories while
you’re doing it and give your metabolism a small boost for
a little while after but it doesn’t compare to high-
intensity interval training. That type of training can
boost your metabolism for a full 24 hours or more after.
Even if you can’t handle high-intensity training, you can
always find ways to make the easier exercises such as
walking more intense, e.g. walk faster, walk up hills, wear
a weighted back-pack, etc.
4. Train With Weights
Weight training builds muscle and muscle is a huge factor
in determining your metabolic rate. Muscle tissue is very
metabolically active. Your body burns a lot of calories
just to maintain it.
Weight training gives your metabolism a triple-shot. Not
only do you burn calories during the exercise, you also
increase your metabolic rate long after the exercise
(provided the training you are doing is intense). Add to
that the extra muscle you build from the training and you
can see how effective weights can be for boosting your
metabolism.
5. Eat More Protein
Of the three major macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates
and fats), protein requires the most energy to digest.
Protein is also less likely to be stored as fat because of
this. Protein will also help you to build up your muscle.
I don’t recommend that you overload on protein, however,
focusing on getting plenty of good-quality protein from a
variety of sources (e.g. lean meats, chicken, fish, eggs,
soy, etc.) can help keep your metabolic rate high.
6. Take Your Vitamins
Your metabolic rate basically boils down to chemical
reactions in your body. Vitamins and minerals (and water)
are important parts of these chemical reactions. If you
don’t have enough of these components available for your
body to use when it needs them, your body will have to
limit itself to what you’ve got.
Think of your metabolism as a car assembly line. You can’t
build a complete car until you have all the parts available.
If, for example, you only have enough doors available to
build 100 cars but you have 200 doorless cars on the line,
you’re missing out on a lot of potential production.
By taking a multivitamin on a regular basis, you will not
only support your metabolism but your health as well.
7. Reduce Your Fat Intake
Fatty foods take longer for your body to digest and they
leave you feeling fuller longer. While not being hungry
is certainly fine when trying to lose fat, eating meals
that encourage you to wait longer periods between eating
can slow your metabolism.
This goes back to the point about eating frequently. If
you eat fatty foods for breakfast, you may not want to eat
anything again until lunch, which could be 5 or more hours
away. Ideally, you should eat approximately every 3 hours.
If you’re looking to give your metabolism a boost, give
these tips a try. A faster metabolic rate can help you
tremendously with fat loss.
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