Special K diet

Diets don't work. The only way to loose weight and keep off weight is to eat right. Try not to eat processed foods. This unfortunately includes Special K. Don't get me wrong I love Special K cereal and some of their other products. I used them for a while, not the "special k diet" but just used them because I liked them as "healthy" alternative. I would urge you to watch documentaries on nutrition. I did and it was eye opening. I now try to eat mostly whole foods or foods that have very little ingredients. This has been great for my body. I don't feel sluggish or get out of control hunger pains late at night from the "diet" food that I used to eat. With whole foods like vegetables, fruits, and unprocessed grains, it is much easier to eat more on them and stay full.

If you want to keep on the Special K diet then by all means do what is best for you. I just think that the diet craze does not work because it is not something you can do for the rest of your life. Once you lose the weight and get off of just doing Special K, you will likely gain back.

This is all out of concern from a fellow diet lover. I did every diet in the book. Atkins, HCG, Hydroxycut, Healthy Choice, No eggs, Apple Cider Vinegar shots, and diet soda diets.

Nothing has given me the weight loss that I desire nor the healthy feeling in my body than just clean eating and trying to eat more healthy whole food meals
Best of luck!

I always got the impression it was for someone who wanted to drop a quick 5 pounds or wanted to fit into a dress or something, but wasn't for massive and long term weight loss.

That was my understanding as well. I don't think it's a bad thing to jump start better portion control, etc., especially if it works for you. I find that what works for me, may not work for someone else and visa versa.

A friend of mine lost 5-6 lbs on this, BUT, Special K products tend to be pretty processed, so I'd much rather lose the weight following a clean diet centered on lean proteins, healthy fats, fruits/veggies.

^ Totally agree! You'll get way more nutrients this way as well.

Tried doing it for a few days, it was awful, I was starving all the time. I don't recommend any kind of fad dieting like Special K. Plus, not enough protein!

I just had a nosey at your profile. So you're trying to get your body in order for your wedding next year.
You've got TEN MONTHS!!

Do you really want to eat this rubbish for all this time?

Get your butt down the gym and start picking up some weights, throw in a bit of interval based cardio and eat sensibly. You've almost got a year to sort your body out, why not do it properly, rather than aim for the quick fix which won't last??

I don't think you could possibly get all your micro nutrients in having cereal two meals a day. You'll be tired and hungry. This is not sustainable at all.

Why limit yourself to a processed food for two of your meals? (plus a little milk and some fruit) Eat a wider variety of healthy foods...the way you'd plan to eat afterwards anyway. By the end of a week you probably won't want to eat Special K ever again!

I'm not going to lie: I did it in college once and it worked for my purposes. I've always tended to eat pretty healthily all year and keep at a steady weight until the holidays, when I go nuts (except last year when I put myself on a leash). Without fail, I would put on a few pounds after Christmas and not lose them, but not gain any weight throughout the year. I did the Special K thing and I did lose the weight, and kept it off when I went off it because of my normal good eating habits.

Is it sustainable? Absolutely not. It would be too expensive and get crazy boring. But if you need to lose a couple of pounds from a brief period of going nuts, it's a viable option for reducing your calories. And I can't get enough of the Vanilla Almond cereal, it's really flippin' good.

I like their cereals and I might eat their bars as a snack but its not my main diet. I view it like eating a Lean Cuisine meal during my lunch break at work when if there are no leftovers to take for lunch instead. For example I just wanted something quick for breakfast so I grabbed their sausage sammie for breakfast. Its alright but I don't see myself eating those everyday for the next few months. I like real food