My Special K Diet - Last Day!

Well I did it!! I completed my two-week Special K ~ Drop a Dress-Size diet..... But I only lost 1lb and certainly didn't drop a dress-size. :o( But I realise it's because I am already eating healthy and cereal isn't and lower in fat/cals/carbs than my usual lunch. But on a positive note, I feel better. I've been feeling a bit more energised and that's just as important to me. In fact, I've been feeling SO energised, I've decided that I want to join the gym! I've got the healthy eating sorted now and so I just gotta take it that step further. I'll keep you posted!

My Special K Diet - Day 11

I'm afraid I don't have a huge update for you today... I've just been happily munching away on cereal, cereal and more cereal. I decided to expand on my cereal choice and have not started on Oatibix! They're just like Weetabix but made with oats. Anyway they're tasty!! I'm sure Mr Kelloggs won't mind that I strayed from Special K.
I'm going to do another weigh-in on Sunday but although I don't seem to be losing a lot of weight, I feel better. My work trousers and jeans feel just a teensie bit looser. :o)

Btw, thanks to everyone for your support with this! It's the comments and e-mails that keep this blog (and diet!) worth while. :o)
Speaking of which, it's February and I'm still updating it!! That's gotta be a record for me!

My Special K Diet - Day 7

I've reached the 7 day mark and so I'm half-way through my cereal diet. It was going so good when I was at work all week but this weekend's been pretty tough. The whole snacking thing is getting to me. I found myself have a few sneaky chocolates and more cereal than I was supposed to over the past two days. And I drank loads of coffee! But this has been a good thing ~ it's pushed me to try harder this week! Now when I reach for a snack I'll think how disappointed I was in myself before. Oh and I weighed in this morning 1lb lighter than last Sunday! So it's not been a complete success but it's definately been a weensie step in the right direction. :o) If I manage to lose 2lb this week I'll be thrilled!

My Special K Diet - Day 3

Ok so I'm half-way through day 3 at the moment and so far it's going very well. Yesterday I ate grapes for breakfast, Special K for lunch and then my lovely Hubby made a vegetable balti and basmati rice for tea. The only snack I had was one weensie wee chocolate biscuit when Mum and Dad were through. So not only was I healthy, I also managed to squeeze in 4 portions of fruit/veg! ('Cos I had orange juice as well.)
Today I had a yoghurt for breakfast and Special K for lunch. Feeling pretty full actually which is good.
It's actually really hard to stop snacking, especially at home. I get so nibbly after dinner! But I'm hoping to see results by Sunday. If not, I may not have the motivation to go on with week 2.

After this 2-week plan I'm considering a 2-week dairy-free diet, or maybe a low carb one, just so I don't get bored. But I need to do some research. I have no idea what counts as low carb... Any ideas?

My Special K Diet - Day 1

Well my New Year's resolution of eating healthy hasn't really gone with a bang yet. I'm so good at work but at home it's a disaster zone! We have so many chocolates and biscuits left over from Christmas that I can't bring myself to throw out. But instead of ignoring them, Derek and I are eating them!!! :o( It's so bad!

So I decided to bite the bullet (rather than the choccies) and just go for it... start a diet. But where to start? As we wandered up and down the aisles at our local Tesco, I spotted the ad on Kellogg's Special K. They were promoting their drop-a-dress-size healthy eating plan PLUS the cereal was on special offer! So I bought a box of original and a box of chocolate/strawberry. Wondering how cereal containing chocolate can be as little as 3% fat? There are like 2 chocolate flakes per box lol.

The plan:

• Breakfast ~ 1 bowl of Special K
• Lunch ~ 1 bowl of Special K
• Dinner ~ A healthy meal not made from Special K lol
• Snacks ~ You're still allowed them as long as they're cereal bars or fruit
• Drinks ~ Water

So ok I'm on Day 1 but so far so good lol. I had a yoghurt and small bunch of grapes for breakfast (which I know isn't Special K but is still super healthy and super yummy!) and I just finished a bowl of Special K for lunch. In case I'm starving by 5pm I brought an apple and another yoghurt with me so I have no reason for popping to Starbucks! :oP

I wonder how day 2 will go.....