The cereal diet

someonefromny
someonefromny Posts: 29
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Hello, I am new here and am on a cereal based diet. I have about 50 pounds to lose and hoping it works out. So far I have lost about 2 pounds on it so I will see. Looking for suggestions and meeting people perhaps. I created a blog on my progress and realized this is an excellent motivator to continue. I recommend everyone create their own blog if they are up for it to track your progress and share your results.
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  • boomrain
    boomrain Posts: 74 Member
    Cereal huh? All kinds? Warm and cold?? Hope you're sticking to cereals low in sugar!!
  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    My suggestions? Don't limit yourself to just cereal, sweetie! :) For example.. if you eat 300 calories worth of cereal for breakfast, that's the same 300 calories you could use on an omelette! Variety will help you lose those 50 pounds and stick to a new LIFESTYLE. It's really not as bad as it sounds. :flowerforyou: Good luck!
  • someonefromny
    someonefromny Posts: 29
    haha, yeah cheerios to be exact. I also incline walk every day it burns calories like crazy.
  • megleo818
    megleo818 Posts: 595 Member
    I've used cereal as a quick fix to drop 5 pounds in a hurry. It does work for that, but not as a long-term solution. Use your time here on MFP to find a new way of eating and relating to food that works for you for the rest of your life -- it's a journey and the support available to you here as you make your way is great!

    Best of luck :smile:
  • SamanthaD23
    SamanthaD23 Posts: 53 Member
    Is this educating you about diet? what are you going to do when you've lost the weight you want?
  • SweetxCatastrophe
    SweetxCatastrophe Posts: 593 Member
    You do realize if you eat only cereal, you're going to become malnourished...right? You need real food, not cheerios
  • boomrain
    boomrain Posts: 74 Member
    Yeah, I agree with Funky over there. You're going to need more than cereal to get to your goal. It may work at first, but I think your body will plataue fast! She's right. This is about a lifestyle change, not a temporary fix. You can't eat cereal to lose 50 pounds and then go back to whatever way you were eating before. You need to figure out what healthy foods you like and plan some good meals with protein, fruits and veggies in them!! Getting all your essential vitamins is important too!! I wish you all the best!!!
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Cereal for me is a treat. I can't imagine it being a long term solution for weight loss.

    I guess if I have anything to offer on this, it would be to suggest you measure it vary carefully- it is SO easy to overestimate cereal portions, and they always look pathetically small when you measure them out by weight.
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    oh lord, cereal would be the worst thing for me to eat.
  • someonefromny
    someonefromny Posts: 29
    The diet is cereal based but not completely just cereal. Basically lean protein whole grain cereals and a multivitamin. Together they should provide all nutrients I think.
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    please tell me a health care professional didn't suggest this 'diet'
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    no vegetables?
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    no vegetables?

    Or fat? I hope you're using whole milk!
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    hey, theres a multivitamin. that will solve everything!
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    The diet is cereal based but not completely just cereal. Basically lean protein whole grain cereals and a multivitamin. Together they should provide all nutrients I think.

    But... what about fruit and veggies... you know, real food, not processed stuff?
    I don't believe that we know enough about how our bodies get, store and use all the nutrition we need to trust a multivitamin to replace actual food.

    But hey, if that's what floats your boat - good luck, I hope it works for you!
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    So 1 cup is 3g of protein. If your needed intake for protein is 100g then that's 33 cups of cereal. At 100 calories a bowl, that's 3300 calories. For just the cereal.

    Diets don't work. Lifestyle change does.

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  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    Yeah, I agree with Funky over there. You're going to need more than cereal to get to your goal. It may work at first, but I think your body will plataue fast! She's right. This is about a lifestyle change, not a temporary fix. You can't eat cereal to lose 50 pounds and then go back to whatever way you were eating before. You need to figure out what healthy foods you like and plan some good meals with protein, fruits and veggies in them!! Getting all your essential vitamins is important too!! I wish you all the best!!!

    At the same time though, I think cheerios are a great option for meals if your adding fruits and milk to them. No problem with cheerios. :) Just don't even hesitate to change things up! If you don't like cereal in the first place, you don't have to eat it! If you get sick of cheerios, move on! I've lost 145 pounds and had plenty of cheerios along the way -- sometimes for every meal! Hahaha, but you don't have to be on a 'cereal diet'. Those days I had cheerios for every meal are days that I wanted and craved them!
  • SamanthaD23
    SamanthaD23 Posts: 53 Member
    If I was marooned on a desert island with a box of cereal I'd feed the birds with it and starve to death.
  • someonefromny
    someonefromny Posts: 29
    Perhaps I will add a tablespoon of olive oil everyday to help with essential fatty acids.
  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    The diet is cereal based but not completely just cereal. Basically lean protein whole grain cereals and a multivitamin. Together they should provide all nutrients I think.

    I see what you're getting at here, but you're thinking wrong. Even if 'dieting' and 'losing weight' is all about calories in and calories out, you can't forget about the main food groups! You've got protein and grains covered.. Dairy too if you're using milk... But where's the fats and veggies and fruits? A multivitamin is not a substitute and was never intended to be. In fact, many doctors suggest you stay away from multivitamins until you give the right foods a try!
  • akiramezu
    akiramezu Posts: 278
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  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Perhaps I will add a tablespoon of olive oil everyday to help with essential fatty acids.

    Good idea. Fish, avocado, nuts, dairy are all good too.
  • caraiselite
    caraiselite Posts: 2,631 Member
    Perhaps I will add a tablespoon of olive oil everyday to help with essential fatty acids.

    you're just doing calorie restriction with the cereal. why not add in the foods you should be eating, but still do calorie restriction (since that works for you)

    not eating vegetables just baffles my mind.
  • someonefromny
    someonefromny Posts: 29
    I'm supplementing with whey protein mostly but any type of lean protein will do. I'm aiming for 100 grams of protein a day to avoid muscle loss. This is an important point though because many dieters I think think in terms of overall calories and negate protein but protein is essential on any diet. A little know fact is protein only has a 58 % conversion ratio into energy which means its better to make sure we are getting enough protein than worry about calories. Even if we eat too much protein with the 42% energy loss it negates the problem.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Why?
  • SquishyFighter
    SquishyFighter Posts: 2
    If you do mainly cereal you may gain the weight back. I had a friend only eat cereal for a few weeks and she did lose weight but once she started eating different foods it came back ten fold. However, I understand coming up with a solid weight-loss plan takes time. So good luck!
  • SweetxCatastrophe
    SweetxCatastrophe Posts: 593 Member
    VEGETABLES
  • gjulie
    gjulie Posts: 391
    I think you are joking! How boring can that be?loosing weight is simple you burn more calories than you consume eating all of one type of food no matter what it is and little of anything else is just ridiculous!
  • Pimpmonkey
    Pimpmonkey Posts: 566
    I guess if I have anything to offer on this, it would be to suggest you measure it vary carefully- it is SO easy to overestimate cereal portions, and they always look pathetically small when you measure them out by weight.

    OMG right?!
  • someonefromny
    someonefromny Posts: 29
    One thing I have learned is that the conventional advice of eating a well balanced diet has not solved the obesity problem in this country and people keep getting fatter. I feel as though people need to keep things simple to document their daily calorie intake and I just chose cereal as my base of the plan but anything would work. This really is not that much different than meal replacements such as slim fast or the cookie diet.

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