Special K, day 1

Let me begin by telling you that I go to work at 4:30 in the morning. So I’m writing this as I’m about to go to bed. How lame. Anyway, I thought I would update you on my diet/workout.

I began the day with an apple at 5 am, then I had the suggested bowl of Fruit and Yogurt Special K (with skim milk) around 8:45. At 1:45, I had a Special K Peanut Butter and Chocolate meal bar. Let me tell you, that was one of the best meal replacement bars I’ve ever tasted. Yum! Like a candy bar, but only 180 calories and 10 g protein!

I had dinner after my workout (about an hour of cardio and some weight training). I had brown rice with tofu and veggies, and a grapefruit. Delish. 

 

Here are some before photos. I’m pretty nervous about them but please be honest. I know I have a long way to go. 

 

 See you soon!

Testing my love of cereal

Since I’ve already admitted my undying devotion to cereal and milk, it only makes sense to test out the SPECIAL K DIET. We’ll see how long I can maintain eating cereal twice a day for seven days. Here are the official rules:

Step 1: Start day with a serving of any Special K cereal and 2/3 cup of skim milk, or 2 Special K waffles and 2 tbsp. light syrup. Enjoy either option with fruit.

Step 2: Replace next meal with Special K protein bar or another serving of Special K cereal with 2/3 cup of skim milk and fruit.

Step 3: Dinner as usual.

The snacks they suggest are Special K snack bars and Special K Protein water, but we’ll see if I need the snacks. I’m not a very big person, I think the regular plan will be okay for me. The plan also instructs the Special K dieter to consume beverages, fruits, and vegetables normally. 

This is what I bought at the grocery store:

 

• One box of Special K Fruit and Yogurt
• One carton of fat-free milk
• Four meal replacement bars (chocolate peanut butter, double chocolate, and strawberry)
• 4 frozen entrees. 3 Amy’s vegetarian meals and one Lean Cuisine angel-hair pasta.

I am a vegetarian so it’s good that the dinners are my choice. I’ll check back with you guys tomorrow to let you know how day 1 of Special K went!

Oh, also I will be putting in major gym time. See you tomorrow!

Maybe I will look this toned after 7 days.

Does that diet even work?

This is the question I am ready to address. 

 

Several months ago, I purchased a book entitled “The Diet Selector.” This book, I kid you not, outlines every fad diet that’s cropped up over the last half-century. We’re talking Scarsdale to Slimfast. Cabbage Soup to Peanut Butter Diet (I am personally looking forward to this one). Fasting to French Women Don’t Get Fat. 

The best part of the book, my friends–there is a week’s meal plan for every diet imaginable.

By now, you’ve probably assumed what I intend to do. For those of you too dizzy with the thought of this weight-loss bible to guess my plan of action, here’s my mission:

I will try every diet in this book, for one week at a time.

By the end of my journey, I hope to accomplish most or all of these goals:

• Weigh 105 pounds
• Have more stamina and strength than I do now.
• Test and critique each diet so you guys know which ones are for real (and which ones are guaranteed failures-my money is on the cookie diet.)
• Learn what it means to maintain a healthy diet.

I have a history of disordered eating. I hope this journey will enlighten me as to what a normal person ingests on a daily basis. 

Tomorrow, I am going to post pictures of myself, and pictures of the “after” body I hope to have. Every week, I will post a new picture of my progress. I invite you all to comment or follow the diets with me. Every Sunday, I will post the week’s meal plan with the shopping lists. Each new diet will begin on a Monday (the traditional dieting start-up day).

Please let me know if you have any ideas or input about this blog, I’d love feedback! 

P.S. My weaknesses are Peanut Butter and Cereal. I will hate any diet that do not include these things. Just letting you know.