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Betsy

Great diet! I needed to lose vacation and business travel weight and this really worked and was not that painful. But here are a few things you MUST take into consideration or it will not work as QUICKLY as you want it to:

1.) Don't drink alcohol.
2.) Work out EVERY day (walk in the am and pm-or gym for 1 hour). No time? do jumping jacks during tv commercials, park far away from buildings and take the stairs.
3.) Pick one day a week to splurge and blow it. You need it to keep yourself sane. It also makes you feel motivated to get back on the diet the next day.
4.) Drink a lot of water and green tea. Green tea saved me from snacking more--I drink it all morning and then water in the afternoon.
5.) Eat dinner before 6:30pm. You will be starving by 8pm, but try to ignore it and remember that eating later at night or snacking after dinner is going to slow down your weight loss. Drink tea, club soda, chew gum or eat fruit.
6.) I take lots of vitamins, so about one day per week, I had cereal for all three meals.
7.) Eat the cereals that have more sugar in the morning hours (cinnamon/pecan etc) and have the plain Special K for dinner. You then have all day to burn off the sugar in the cereal, where at night you don't unless you are doing a walk after dinner.

I am definitely going to do this again the next time my weight creeps up!

Good luck everyone!

posted Oct 15th, 2010 12:56 pm

alicia

I did a modified version of the Special K challenge.
Getting enough excercise is really tough for me, I'm a fulltime college student and I work fulltime. I noticed I was at 153 lbs on 5'2 frame, and had become very unhappy with my figure. So, I bought Special K cereal and decided to eat healthier.
It was really hard to get used to (because I used to eat whatever I wanted), but in a couple of weeks I had no cravings for junk food. I would eat Special K cereal in the morning, a piece of fruit as a snack, a healthy lunch, a small healthy snack before dinner, then have a bowl of Special K OR a healthy dinner. I reduced the amount of red meat I ate, and instead reached for chicken and fish. When I craved sweets, I would eat an orange or apple, or have a popsicle. If I craved carbs, I would have a whole grain piece of toast with a bit of peanut butter on it.
Doing this for about 4 months made me lost 21 pounds. I weighed in at 132 in june, and have been able to keep it off despite weaning myself away from Special K cereal. I only have a bowl every once in awhile now. I plan to lose about 4 more pounds to get to my goal weight, and have been incorporating more excercise in to my schedule now :)

posted Sep 28th, 2010 3:56 pm

achus

I'm trying to lose my weight using this special k.I am having this for brakfast n for dinner....yesterday i started my diet n hope this will work soon!!!....i am also doing excersice along with my proper diet.....

posted Sep 14th, 2010 7:25 am

kat

At the end of September in 2008, I tried the Special K Challenge for the first time. I just had my 2nd baby and needed to lose the weight from both kids. By Halloween that year I noticed a huge change. I ended up doing the diet for 3 months and lost 20lbs. I dropped 4 pants size when I tried on my jeans from High School and not only did they fit, but they were loose. I was looking at pictures the other day and couldn't believe how skinny I looked. Since then I have put back the weight plus about 10lbs. So today I have just started the special K diet again and hope to lose the weight again and keep it off. I have tried just about every diet and excersize there is and nothing ever seemed to work for me except this. So here is to another chance at it and I am hoping to lose around 30lbs!!

posted Sep 13th, 2010 2:45 pm

Amelia

I'd love to try this just to jumpstart things. However, the ingredients in their products are terrible. They are loaded with both high fructose corn syrup and trans fat. While the debate on HFCS is still ongoing, there is no doubt about the harmful consequences to consuming trans fat. I'd love to drop a few pounds but I'd like to do it in a way that isn't putting my health at risk.

posted Sep 12th, 2010 12:20 pm

rfvbijk

i like it very much because it helps to reduce the weight . I loose my weight about 4kgs in 2 months. Thanks to kelloggs K special.

posted Sep 3rd, 2010 7:21 am

Carol Cenn

I was on the Special K diet in 2002 for almost six months and lost 50 pounds.

posted Aug 27th, 2010 4:19 pm

Please be sure and drink 4 24 oz bottles of water a day.
This will help you
You may not lose if you don't

posted Jul 30th, 2010 1:43 pm

sara

help me i want to lose weight

posted Jun 26th, 2010 2:56 pm

alyssa

i really dont like this diet, ithink that its waaaay to much sugar grams for someone to intake in one day if they are looking into losing some weight , i tried this already for about two weeks and no good results just lost like five pounds, i really dont recomend thiss diet just to do some exercise and eat lots of greens!

posted Apr 30th, 2010 8:30 am

ASZ

I can not beleive that Special K uses so much high fructose corn syrup in all their cereals. YUCK!

posted Apr 12th, 2010 1:47 pm

Anon

I found all these reviews so helpful. I;ve bought 3 boxes of special K meaning to go on the diet...lets say 2 weeks ago, And I always get sucked into to getting some sort of fast food with my husband. But I am so inspired. I have about 50lbs to lose so Im sure I will see a fast jumpstart but thank you to all the people who wrote what it was like for them and what they did :D

posted Apr 1st, 2010 10:40 am

Kat

I would encourage anyone doing the diet to not only check you weight but measure you body i went from 42 inch on my hips to 37 1/2 it was amazing

posted Mar 30th, 2010 8:44 am

Mark

I have been on it for 2 weeks. I have lost 15 pounds. But I stick to the 1 Cup only at each meal, with some 1 piece of fruit. And I don't snack. But I don eat a dinner of 800-900 calories. Bringing my daily calorie intake up to around 1400-1500. And I am exercising around 30-60 minutes 6 days a week with my heart rate brought up to 150+, so relatively rigorous. I started this diet at 321 pounds. And expect to lose 120 pounds in the next 6 months. I am only concerned that eating Special K for 2 meals a day will not give me enough Protein, Cholesterol and Fat to stay on the diet for 6 months. I know everyone recommends it for 2 weeks only, but it works and I am sticking with it.

posted Mar 30th, 2010 7:20 am

Bethlauren

This diet is working! I am 46 yrs old and lost 7 lbs in a week--(have to lose about 25 lbs) I eat one serving of cereal with lots of berries, another serving /banana, SpK snack bar & SpKcrackers (1 serv) w/vegetables, then dinner. will substitute healthy choices as time goes on since ya can't eat SpK forever.
If I get hungry I have FRUIT or veggies w/fat free bluecheese dressing. love it

posted Mar 20th, 2010 4:53 pm

zanna

hey um 13 and um 80kg...
i knw itz too much for a girl of my age..
i started the diet today um confused abt smthg..should eat only specialk and other fruits or can have sm meat or fish..

posted Mar 7th, 2010 11:05 am

elissa

weight 135
height 5'2

I'm starting this diet March 3rd, i plan on losing up to 6 pound or more before i got on my trip to california in april, yeah i know i started a little late but HOPEFULLY it'll work for me! If im that much determine looking at my bikini i want to wear to the beach i know i can lose it.!
Wish me luck guys.! if you have any tips email them to

posted Feb 24th, 2010 10:49 am

sheila

hola a todos.. tengo 19 años y un par d meses mas cumplo 20.. bueno lo q pasa conmigo es q hace casi 7 meses tuve a mi primer bebe mi barriga se me stiro tanto q ahora la tngo colgada y muy flacida.. kisiera saber q puedo hacer al respecto .. aparte d eso tengo como 30 libras demas.. q tipo de dieta, ejercicio o alguna otra cosa debo de hacer.. por favor ayudenme.. lo necesiito.. soy mui joven para tener un cuerpo asi.. les agradeceria mucho sus respuestas.. y disculpen x la molestia.. muchas gracias .. pasen un lindo dia todos uds.. !! oh otra cosita mas kisiera saber q hacer para tener duros mis pechos ya q amamanto a mi bebey se me han caido, tambien mis piernas y gluteos(pompis) otra vez.. !! (como ven stoy fregada).. muchisimas gracias a todos..!!

posted Feb 17th, 2010 4:12 pm

Jess

MommyJay, I wouldn't do this while breastfeeding. Your calorie consumption must remain about 200 calories per day over what is normally called for (usually 2000). If not, your milk will not contain enough nourishment for your baby.

posted Feb 3rd, 2010 11:16 am

ally

im 15 years old and i been eating the special k cereal for 6 months since my daughter was born and i see no results i eat it everyday in the mornig and everytime i come from school.i see no results i really want to lose alot of weight and i need help.i read comments were girls say they lose alot of weight with it but its not working for me..=[ i need help

posted Feb 2nd, 2010 12:31 pm