Special K diet - lose a dress size in 2 weeksPlease read this post from the bottom up (I've had a request to re-jig it!)
Day Fourteen (Friday)
Final Day of Special K diet!!!!
Breakfast: Special K Honey Clusters cereal (234 kcal per 45g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Summer Berry 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
OK, I have just measured myself as I will probably be too busy tomorrow. I have lost 1 and 3/4 inches from my waist, 1 & 1/4 inches from my hips and an inch from my chest. This means that I am only a cm or 2 bigger than I was at my smallest in July!!!!!!!!! :D Back on Low Carb for a couple of weeks should sort that out ;)
Dinner: Chicken and Mushroom pasta bake(814 kcal (approx)
That's 1346 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Thirteen (Thursday)
That means that tomorrow, day fourteen will be my last day of the 2 week diet :D My trousers still feel looser than they did 2 weeks ago. I will do a post when I have finished on my Special K experience.
Breakfast: Special K Honey Clusters cereal (234 kcal per 45g)
Think I will have chicken and pasta tonight as I will be going back on Low Carb so won't have pasta again for a while!
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Summer Berry 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
I only have 2 summer berry bars left so I thought I would save them for tomorrow and skip my afternoon snack today! I'm going to be Hank Marvin!
Dinner: Chicken and Mushroom pasta bake(814 kcal (approx)
There was WAY too much food here, I have another portion this size in my fridge but I might have to throw some away!
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| Chicken and mushroom pasta bake |
That's 1346 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Twelve (Wednesday)
Breakfast: Special K Honey Clusters cereal (234 kcal per 45g)
I'm running out of cereals now, I just have the plain and the clusters cereals left! - diet is nearly over!! :D
Snack: Special K Chocolate and Raspberry cereal bar (89 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Summer Berry 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks, Mellow Caramel (99 kcal)
Dinner: Chicken with mushrooms and broccoli in pesto. (300 kcal)
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| Chicken with mushrooms and broccoli in pesto |
That's 933 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Eleven (Tuesday)
Breakfast: Special K Strawberry and Chocolate cereal (175 kcal per 30g)
Snack: Special K Chocolate and Raspberry cereal bar (89 kcal)
It feels like my trousers have got a bit looser again so hopefully by Saturday I will have lost at least another inch! :D
Lunch: Slim Fast Summer Berry 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
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| Slim Fast Summer Berry meal bar |
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks, Mellow Caramel (99 kcal)
Dinner: Jacket potato with chilli and lettuce (530 kcal) and some mushrooms cooked in butter (14 kcal)
That's 1059 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Ten (Monday)
Breakfast: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks, Mellow Caramel (99 kcal)
Dinner: Chicken salad (with stuff left in my fridge. Worked out the calorie count on my fitness pal app) (216kcal) and a wholemeal roll topped with bran (150kcal)
That's 936 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Nine (Sunday)
Breakfast: Special K Strawberry and Chocolate cereal (175 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks, Mellow Caramel (99 kcal)
Dinner: Chicken salad (with stuff left in my fridge. Worked out the calorie count on my fitness pal app) (234 kcal) and a wholemeal roll topped with bran (150kcal)
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| Chicken salad dinner with a wholemeal roll |
That's 921 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Eight (Saturday)
I took some measurements today as it has been a week since I started and I was surprised to see that I have lost an INCH from my waist and hips!!!! :) Maybe this diet does actually work then! BUT I will only do it for the 2 weeks as it feels like I am eating way too much sugar and chocolate, I am getting a few spots come up on my face :(
Breakfast: Special K Strawberry and Chocolate cereal (175 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Special K clusters cereal (234 kcal per 45g)
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks, Mellow Caramel (99 kcal)
Dinner: Jacket potato with chilli and lettuce (530 kcal) with green beans (35 kcal) and a wholemeal roll topped with bran (150kcal)
Dinner: Jacket potato with chilli and lettuce (530 kcal) with green beans (35 kcal) and a wholemeal roll topped with bran (150kcal)
Check out how many CARBS I am eating compared to my normal Low Carb diet!! :-O I will most certainly be going back on Low Carb after this diet is over! Although I am shopping with my Mum on Saturday then out for a Birthday meal with some friends at a pub, so might start on Low Carb a week today ;)
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| myfitnesspal screen dump for Saturday! |
That's 1252 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Seven (Friday)
Breakfast: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Grilled Chicken salad (330kcal) and a wholemeal roll topped with bran (150kcal)
Snack: Special K Chocolate and Raspberry cereal bar (89 kcal)
Dinner: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
That's 946 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Six (Thursday)
I'm doing some Adobe Flash training in Portsmouth for the next 2 days and I will probably be home quite late so I will have my meal for lunch. I have chosen a salad recipe from the Special K website to take as a packed lunch.
Breakfast: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Grilled Chicken salad (330kcal) and a wholemeal roll topped with bran (150kcal)
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| Grilled Chicken salad |
Snack: Special K Chocolate and Raspberry cereal bar (89 kcal)
Dinner: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
That's 946 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Five (Wednesday)
Breakfast: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks (99 kcal)
Dinner: BBQ chicken and pork veggie skewers with brown rice (650 kcal) and a wholemeal roll topped with bran (150kcal)
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That's 1370 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Four (Tuesday)
Its my monthly curry club today so I guess I will go back to the plain Chicken Tikka main with a plain-ish rice to try and reduce the calorie intake?
Breakfast: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks (99 kcal)
Dinner: Curry Club! - Poppadom, Chicken Tikka, Pilau rice, salad, 1/2 plain naan.
That's 1203 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Three (Monday)
Breakfast: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks (99 kcal)
Dinner: Jacket potato with chilli and lettuce (530 kcal)
That's 1100 calories out of 1400 for today.
Day Four (Tuesday)
Its my monthly curry club today so I guess I will go back to the plain Chicken Tikka main with a plain-ish rice to try and reduce the calorie intake?
Breakfast: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
Lunch: Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut 3-2-1 Meal Bar (210 kcal)
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| Slim Fast Chocolate Peanut 3-2-1 meal bar |
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks (99 kcal)
Dinner: Curry Club! - Poppadom, Chicken Tikka, Pilau rice, salad, 1/2 plain naan.
That's 1203 calories out of 1440 for today.
Day Three (Monday)
Breakfast: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
Snack: red berry cereal bar (88 kcal)
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| Packed lunch for work |
Snack: Special K Mini Breaks (99 kcal)
Dinner: Jacket potato with chilli and lettuce (530 kcal)
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| Baked Potato and Chilli with lettuce |
Day Two (Sunday)
Breakfast: Special K Chocolate and Strawberry cereal (175 kcal per 30g)
Snack: Special K Chocolate and Raspberry cereal bar (89 kcal)
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| Special K Chocolate & Raspberry |
Lunch: Special K cereal (114 kcal per 30g)
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| Special K Cereal |
Snack: Special K mini breaks (99 kcal)
Dinner: BBQ chicken and pork veggie skewers with brown rice (650 kcal)
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| Chicken & Pork Skewers with brown rice |
That's 1066 calories for today.
Day One (Saturday)
Breakfast: Special K Strawberry and Chocolate cereal (175 kcal per 30g)
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| Strawberry & Chocolate Special K |
Lunch: Special K clusters cereal (234 kcal per 45g)
Snack: Special K mini bites (99 kcal)
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| Mini Breaks |
Dinner: Jacket potato with chilli and lettuce (530 kcal)
According to my calorie counting app, I have only had 1067 of my 1440 calories that I am allowed in a day :) wooo!
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| Jacket potato with chilli and lettuce |
I have put on some weight since the wedding, I don't now how much as I haven't weighed myself but my trousers feel a bit tighter than they used to. I decided to try the Special K diet where you have a bowl of Special K for breakfast and lunch then a main meal for dinner. I did some research on the Internet and found out that you can also have cereal snack bars for morning and afternoon snacks too.
To try and reduce the cost of this 2 week diet, I will stretch the recipes I have chosen from the Special K website over a few days, for example, with the chilli and baked potato recipe I will split the chilli into 4 portions and refrigerate/freeze some so I don't eat chilli for 4 days on the trot :)
Think you might need to update the name of your blog now BS, and you should put a goal/target weight on it again and that made it more exciting! :)
ReplyDeleteCan I change it and not lose my followers LB? I might go back to Low Carb after the Special K diet though, I just fancied giving it a go to see if you actually do lose a dress size in 2 weeks like the adverts said! :)
ReplyDeleteI did change the text in my title banner but I haven't weighed myself and I don't want to until it feels like I have lost weight again! LOL I have taken my waist, hips and chest measurements though so I can say how many inches I have lost doing the Special K diet :)
Hmmm, not sure if you would lose followers...
ReplyDeleteI'll ask around with my blog contacts and let you know.
Right got the answer - you can change the name of your blog without affecting followers.
ReplyDeleteHowever, if you change the URL of your blog (so change it from lowcarbdieter.blogspot.com to, e.g. specialkdieter.blogspot.com) then you would have to tell all your followers about the change.
So, maybe it's easier to just change your title graphic at the top (so it references Special K diet and the Low Carb diet).
I'll just keep it as it is LB. The Special K is just for 2 weeks and I haven't lost any inches yet so I'm not sure if its doing anything! I'll be back on low carb after the 2 weeks are over I reckon! As this diet is full of carbs I am constantly full up and bloated. My header image states that I will try other diets. I did the cabbage diet at the beginning of the Low Carb diet that is recorded in this blog too.
ReplyDeleteJust thought I'd blog about the Special K diet in case other dieters were curious (like me) as to whether it actually works or not! :)
Plus I am keeping the Special K diet as one long post and not a different post every day :)
ReplyDeleteMakes sense to me BS!
ReplyDeleteYou go girl! :)
It has actually done something LB! I measured today and have lost an inch from my waist and hips :)
ReplyDeleteCool - but don't forget that we have 2 Christmases this year, which means twice the over-indulgence to work off in 2012! :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, could you put the newer posts at the top of this article? Have to scroll down a lot at the mo and the pics take aaaaages to load...
Indeedy! I will have to be good(ish) in-between Mockmas and the real Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI have re-jigged the post, is that better? The pics load straight away for me on my phone and computer...
Might be because my work computer is quite an old laptop so pics make it struggle.
ReplyDeleteThink it looks better now - get the latest on the diet at the top, like how you did with the Low Carb Diet stuff (consistency is the key to something something!).
Its just a mission adding photos on my phone when I do the blog backwards as my phone app seems to just add photos to the end on the blog post since they updated the app! :(
ReplyDeleteOh well, its the last day on Special K tomorrow :) - Its gone quite quickly! 2 weeks til Mockmas too LB :D
Bit shorter than your Low Carb Diet then!
ReplyDeleteYeah I know, I really need to do some Mockmas shopping as I haven't done any yet... :-/