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Special K Challenge Review (UPDATED 2024): Don't Buy Before You Read This!
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- Established: Parent company Kellogg’s in 1906
- Founder: Will Keith Kellogg
- Stock Symbol: K
- Headquarters: Battle Creek, Michigan
- Accessibility: Online communities, book
- Diet Type: Low-calorie, two meals per day replaced with cereal
- Gender: Female
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BACKGROUND
You've probably seen the commercials - excited women dancing around with bowls of Special K cereal. You probably don't get this enthused after your morning breakfast, but does yours help you lose weight?
The Special K Challenge says that if you'll follow their simple dietary guidelines, including two bowls of Special K cereal each day, you can lose up to six pounds in just two weeks.
The Special K Challenge promotes a community effort, by partnering with Yahoo Health. There you can join the Special K Challenge group, to participate in forums and chats with other challengers and access weight loss tips.
You're advised to visit with your doctor before beginning the Special K Challenge.
PRO
- A simple approach
- interactive online community at Yahoo Groups
- Fast approach to weight loss that is relatively healthy
- High fiber diet
CON
- Lacking in balanced nutrition
- A temporary solution
Provides little guidance for planning dinner meals
DIET and NUTRITION
The Special K Challenge is much like a meal replacement diet. You'll begin the day with a bowl of Special K cereal for breakfast with skim milk and fruit. Then replace your typical lunch with a bowl of Special K cereal. You'll then enjoy the dinner of your choosing - the healthier the better. Throughout the day you should consume plenty of fruits and vegetables to replace unhealthy snacks.
Special K has a variety of cereals and snacks to help you stay committed to the program. There are six cereals including Red Berries, Vanilla Almond and Chocolatey Delight. There are also many flavors and varieties of snack bars, protein meals, diet shakes, cereal bites and bars. Plus, the recent addition of Special K2O Protein water in refreshing flavors like Strawberry Kiwi and Lemon Twist. It should be noted that some of these food items, like the protein bars, contain partially hydrogenated oils- which means they are a source of trans fats.
EXERCISE
There is not any guidance provided from Special K regarding exercise.
CONCLUSION
If you're looking for something to jump-start your weight loss, maybe you can try this for a week or two. Maybe it will be a physiological boost for you to continue. Otherwise, the idea of an obviously temporary eating plan seems like a losing proposition. Be sure to read the food labels of all of the Special K items as you'll want to avoid the ones that list partially hydrogentated oil in the ingredients, as this is a source of trans fats.
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(Page 5 of 10, 191 total comments)Bindu
+I started today. I want to loose 15- 20 Pounds by the end of the March. I am going to exercise atleast 3 timesa week for one hour each. I sure will keep update. wish You good to you all loosers. I love eating cereal and this time i will reach my goal.
posted Feb 12th, 2009 3:57 pmMary
+I love the Special K diet. I went on it for 1 week, lost 8lbs (I am exercizing every day too) went off it for 1 week, kept the weight off, and I'm back on it!
posted Feb 7th, 2009 6:57 pmwoooo
Laurie
+A friend went from a size 14 to a size 8 in a little over 2 months. I was impressed and she looks wonderful. I'm starting this diet Monday. I only need to loose about 10 lbs, but need to loose inches around my middle. I'm also going to start exercising. I'll see how this works.
posted Feb 5th, 2009 1:12 pmTammy
+I started the Special K Diet today. I love the new blueberry flavor. I don't really like cereal/milk but honestly it wasn't bad at all. I can do this.... better yet, I will do this.
posted Feb 4th, 2009 12:16 pmSunni
+I started this diet 2 weeks ago and have lost 10 pounds. I am also making sure to keep my caloric intake to 1200 a day. I do allow for extra calories if I have done at least 20 minutes of exercise! Good luck to all!
posted Jan 29th, 2009 2:45 pmAmanda
I'm starting this diet tomorrow and I hope it works! I would like to lose 20 pounds and start a daily exercise of 30 minute walking. Wish me luck!
posted Jan 27th, 2009 10:11 amDawn
+I tried this Special K Diet and it worked. I lost my goal of 6lbs and I felt good. I could tell a big difference in the way I felt and could tell that my tummy wasnt so bloated. I will continue this diet with a few substitutions here and there for the lunch time.
posted Jan 26th, 2009 4:49 pmcheryl senyk
im going to start this diet and see how its works for me,i love the taste and the added bonus is low in fat... best of luck to myself and everyone who is trying this.
posted Jan 26th, 2009 12:21 amNanaz
Currntly 67.5 kg. I gained like 5 kgs in one month! Depression&stress:(..so yeah, i guess I should start a diet now.
posted Jan 21st, 2009 11:23 amIt's one of my new year's resolutions. I followed strict diets, but I ended up gaining double the weight i lost, so i guess this is a cool one for me.
Tommorow I'll start the Special K challenge! I hope I'll reach 60 soon~ hahah.
Best of luck to all.
Sophie
I am starting my diet today.I hope to lose weight, at least 20 pounds in all I want to lose, I really hope this works for me.
posted Jan 19th, 2009 4:39 pmDanielle
I just started it today! I am hungry as well...but I think my stomach will adjust. Those who question if it is a healthy plan...I believe it is for a short term to quick start your weight loss. If you read the contents on the packaging it includes many vitamins that are essential for our body as well as the appropriate amount of nutrition in other areas. ....anyway...if it works I will post again soon!
posted Jan 19th, 2009 3:48 pmIStalkKyoSama
Weight: 105 lbs.
posted Jan 18th, 2009 10:36 pmHeight: 5'5"
Hoping to lose: 10-15 lbs.
I just started this diet yesterday, and all I can say is: I'M STARVING!
Although this is a great diet, and easy too, it's just really hard the first couple of days while your stomach is adjusting to this new eating habit.
However, I will not accept defeat (yet)!
I will admit that I have caved in a few times, but I'm getting better everyday.
Here's an example of what I'm eating:
Breakfast: Bowl of cereal or cereal bar or 2 special k waffles w/o syrup.
Lunch: a meal bar
Snack: cereal bar
Dinner: My choice.
(Throughout the day I'm also nibbling on some veggies and fruit)
And then for my other snack, I just drink protein water throughout the day.
And I have given up on soda which is REALLY hard for me!
And I shall weigh myself once a week.
I sure hope that I can keep this up. :)
I'll repost in a few weeks or so.
Good luck to everyone! :)
Diane
I had my husband help take my measurements and I was so surprised at what I had gained over one year. I star ted the special K diet a week ago but I have a bad back what can I do for exercise that wouldn't my back any more than it is?
posted Jan 18th, 2009 11:52 amleslie
+Im going to be starting this diet this monday depending on how good it goes i might make it a longer thing. It doesnt seem unhealthy to me at all you just need to add in fruit and veggies throughout the day i have the cereal and the cereal bars and now they have meal replacement bars..so insted of eating cereal twice a day you have cereal in the morning.protein snack bar,Meal Bar for Lunch,Another Snack Bar,And then for dinner your choice of Food.
posted Jan 18th, 2009 11:26 amHopefully it works but of course with any diet you will get better results excercising also.
lizzy
-I loved the cereal and snack bars, but didn't lose much anything. maybe 2 lbs.
posted Jan 15th, 2009 12:55 pmwas on it for 2 weeks.
seems like if you have a higher BMI, then i can see that you could lose up to 6 lbs.
Well.... am I correct in that?
I do exercise 7 days a week for 30 min. and strength train 3 times a week for 30 min.... so its not like I am not exercising.
I have one main meal at lunch.
watching portions too..
Tracy
These posts really inspired me! So I ran out to Walmart today and got two boxes of the Special K cereal. I am a vegan (meaning I don't eat meat or dairy) so I have a limited supply of the flavors of the Special K cereal that I can eat. In any event, I got the Protein Plus and the Red Berries.
posted Jan 10th, 2009 6:48 pmI have lost 80 pounds on my own diet and now I need to refocus after several days of bad eating.
I am looking to lose about 40 more pounds and I am confident that I can achieve that goal by the end of February (at least) .
I exercise 3-6 times a week already. Though I am going to start strictly doing 6 days a week.
I have a plan. A one day V8 juice fast tomorrow to jumpstart my weight loss and then everyday after that, Special K with soymilk for breakfast and lunch. A sensible dinner. Workout 6 days a week for 1.5 - 2 hours. One or two cheat meals per month. And a weekly weigh in.
Good luck to everyone else embarking upon this journey!
isha
+yes it is great i have lost 3 pounds onthe first. i ate one bowlok special inthe morning and in the evening. in lunch i ate fruits only. and exercised for one hour 20 mins
posted Jan 7th, 2009 12:21 amDanielle
Lisa your post inspired me, I really need to loose weight and I'm going to do the Special K Challenge!
posted Jan 5th, 2009 4:09 pmlisa
+ive been on the special k diet since oct 1. and i have lost 26 pounds in 2 and a half months. i went from a 16 to a size 8. amazing, and i feel good. I see a few of you are concerned about it being unhealthy. No. i talked to my doctor and she told me as long as I stayed in the 1000- 1200 calorie mark, dont go under that, then youll be fine. She also said some people stay on it permanently. I made this my lifestyle change. not a diet. I eat 1200 calories daily, thats cereal fruit in morning, cereal bar and fruit..snack, lunch cereal bar fruit, snack..cereal bar and vegetables dinner.. a sensible meal and i also eat a small snack in evening..popcorn, crackers, cereal bar fruit, vegetables. and plus i walk 30 minutes daily and drink lots of water and green tea. i cut out soda chips, candy cookies. but i sometimes sneak one here and there, but i dont consume it on a daily basis. you will lose weight if your motivated enough. just remember to cut out things that was causing you to gain weight. instead of fried foods, bake or broil them. i eat fish twice a week. when i cook i only make meat and vegetables and i steam potatoes only. bbut also we dont consume a lot of potatoes. we dont eat much hamburger meat. very very little. we also cutout pastas. that was on our meal weekly. now we enjoy our foods more, and now that we have lost some weight we feel better and have more energy. ive decided to not let food consume me. i dont sit on the couch and eat anymore. no no. we dont allow that anymore. they also say that snacking while watching tv is bad because if your watching a good tv show and eating at the same time, you dont realize how much food you are consuming. i also found that putting certain food in baggies is easier too. its already portioned out for you, so you dont have to eat out of the bag. well i hope some of this helps and have a happy new year, and good luck on your weight loss. remember its not a diet...but a lifestyle change.
posted Jan 5th, 2009 11:45 amcardel grant
i am going to start my diet today.
posted Jan 5th, 2009 8:37 am