A question...

[prosodic]

I'm considering doing the Special K diet for about 2 weeks or so to jumpstart my weight loss. I need to take off 10-15 pounds, to get off what crept on while I worked at Paychex and whatever I gained while in Ohio (lots of eating out and boozing, yo!).

So...has anyone tried it? Good results? Bad results? How did it go for you?

It's relatively easy for me to eat cereal for 2 meals per day and supplement with their protein bars/shakes/whatever. I realize this isn't a permanent solution, nor do I want it to be, because I do love food and all. But it might just help me get started, anyway.

I need to approach this a bit differently than the weight loss from 2 years ago. For starters, I don't have access to a gym anymore...can't afford a membership, so no spin class for me. So walking will probably be my primary form of exercise, which means it will be harder to get the weight off this time.

Comments

[katzies.livejournal.com]

I've never tried it. Can you eat different types of cereal or just one? That could get pretty boring after a few days.

[wendywoowho.livejournal.com]

Eating a measured portion of cold cereal and skim milk for breakfast every day is the cornerstone of my weight loss program. Seriously. Every time I start to put the weight back on, it's because I stop doing the cereal-for-breakfast routine...

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

You can eat anything in Special K's line of products: waffles, cereal and meal bars. Then supplement with fruit and Special K snacks.

[beaniesue.livejournal.com]

You could join this group for some exercize -
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/06/cardboard-tube-fight.html

Seriously though, I did the Special K diet a year or two ago when I was on weight watchers in a week where I had to eat out for dinner for social events a few times that week - I saved up most of my points for nice dinners and ate cereal through the day and carrot sticks when I felt like I needed a snack. I also had one hard boiled egg in the afternoon instead of the protein bars they sell cause I didn't like how the protein bars tasted. I lost 4 pounds that week and the next week when I ate more normally, I lost 2. (just special K for breakfast)

So it can work.

[venus-starlet.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried it yet, but I do love Special K! I would probably switch out their processed snacks for real food snacks though, like hardboiled eggs, light string cheese, apples, etc.