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just watching tv and the special k challenge advert came on for the umpteenth time and i was just wandering if anyone here has actually tried it!!
im actually 'kind of' tempted - but at the same time im thinking its a whole lot of drivel.
am i wrong and does it actually work? did YOU lose up to an inch on your waist? :chin:
my friend at uni tried it last term and as far as i know it did not do a thing.. although in her case she didnt do any exercise so thats probably why!!
if someone here proves me wrong and tell me it works/CAN work then i may give it a go
im actually 'kind of' tempted - but at the same time im thinking its a whole lot of drivel.
am i wrong and does it actually work? did YOU lose up to an inch on your waist? :chin:
my friend at uni tried it last term and as far as i know it did not do a thing.. although in her case she didnt do any exercise so thats probably why!!
if someone here proves me wrong and tell me it works/CAN work then i may give it a go
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im going on holiday in 2 weeks so if there is no result in that time by doing it, then im probably better off eating what i am now!
try it... though you'll get really bored of eating uninteresting food all the time.
just do some exercise... it will help you loose weight a lot better than that, 'cos no doubt at the end of the 2 weeks you won't continue it and you'll just put the weight back on.
Alot of these diets are just for selling there product. The fact is that the special k diet doesn't supply enougth calories for fat loss. It will start using up lean body mass first, when dieting you need around 1800kcals to shed fat as a priority.
Also excersise isnt necersary in a diet as the body will shed fat via calorie conflict. Yes it does work but when people do hrs on end your actually triggering the body to store fat through overtraining. Do about 45mins a day split up.
Good luck.
not only would i get bored of eating the same old thing all the time, id also be pretty tempted to eat the women in the advert as well, and not in any kind of sexual way, im talking full on hannibal lecter style
Oh yes, the serving size of cereal is tiny. I swear I eat about 4 servings in just one bowl.
I'm with G on this one though, it would get very boring eating the same thing, and with a meal that consists of a couple cereal flakes, no matter how many healthy snacks I had thruout the day I'd be starved out of my mind.
Oh... I just realised you're speaking about cereal...
I was talking about an other kind of Special K...
When I hear special K, I too think about something quite different from cereal.
I guess it says a lot about us... lol...
The only reason i decided to do it is because i love cereal and eat it all the time anyway, so for me its really easy to stick to.
i didnt actually need to lose weight, that wasnt my plan as im kinda underweight now :S but i have definitly noticed i am smaller-as have other people
Same here!
I know which I prefer too. :thumb:
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A standard portion of 30g is approximatly what you get in a variety pack, so if it helps, buy those instead of a big box. That should mean that two of your meals will be around 200 cals each. Then with your largest meal probably isnt gonna be much more than 600 or 700 cals hopefully or less, then youre gonna be on a pretty low calorie diet. Ideal for losing weight quickly, but probably not a good idea as a long term eating plan.
And, whoever said exercising too much makes you store fat, that's entirely wrong. Overtraining is certainly bad for you, but it doesn't make you store fat
What happens when you over train? The body increases cortisol levels, which in turn triggers the body to cannibalize lean body mass & also tells the body to store fat.
It also lowers testosterone levels which increases estrogen levels which will also contain water retention & fat.
True, but this doesn't happen from a lot of exercise, it's specifically to overtraining, and it doesn't turn you into someone obese. Look at it realistically, look at how hard professional athletes and fighters train, look at how much and hard Bruce Lee trained, but these people have extremely low fat levels and are/were incredibly fit. So yeah, you're right, that stuff does happen, but keep a level head about it. Also, you haven't defined overtraining - just how much are we needing to train/exercise to have this stuff happen? And just how much fat does it store? Lowering testosterone levels and increasing estrogen may be true, but let's face it, how many boxers do you see in the ring with breasts because they had high levels of estrogen? So how much are the hormones really being adjusted?
See, these things in theory don't necessarily always translate the same way in practise.
i also realised that it is actually quite high in calory content, or at least the same as other sugar-filled cereals such as Rice Crispies, Cornflakes, Crunchy Nut etc... I now eat Bran Flakes which are a low 96 cals per 30g,taste lovely, fill me up 'til lunchtime and are full of dietary fibre which aids digestion and is really good for you