special k question?

Question

they say special k makes you lose weight. im sure you can't gain eight, but how could eating special k actually remove the fat and flatten your stomach? i don't get how these things work.

Answer 1

Homeopathic Treatment for Excessive Fat and Weight :-
PHYTOLACCA BERRY's Mother Tincture is perhaps the safest and sure fire way of loosing excessive fat around abdomen. With Phytolacca Berry once you loose the excessive fat and weight you don't get it back because you body takes care of itself after that and keeps you from gathering up excessive fat. It is prescribed after having a baby too, to get the tummy to loose its flab and to make it flatter and tighter. And after loosing weight with this you don't get flabby it tightens up the flab and skin along with helping your body to shed the excessive accumulation of fat around the girth
The dosage is 15 to 20 drops of the tincture in half a cup of hot water thrice a day half hour before or after meals.
Avoid Chocolates, Coffee, Mints, Red Meat and Carbonated and Alcoholic drinks while taking Homeopathic Medicines. You have to take it for at least 30 to 45 days after that you start to feel the results.
To the best of my knowledge its the safest and the most sure fire way of loosing fat and weight and keeping it of for keeps. Excellent remedy for Obese people who cant seem to shed weight despite trying.
Homeopathic Remedies can be found at all Major Herbal Stores or could be bought on line, In most of the world Homeopathic remedies are quite cheap and easy to find and they do not need a prescription.
Take care and God Bless !

Answer 2

Special K doesn't make you lose weight, remove fat, or flatten your stomach. Obviously, if you lose weight around your stomach it may eventually appear flatter but genetics also plays a part. The proposed plan is to replace two of your meals with a bowl of Special K and skim milk and that should result in weightloss. That is assuming that what you normally eat for say breakfast and lunch is actually less calories than a bowl of Special K. Also, the recommended serving is usually a half-cup of milk and a cup of cereal. If you measure that out it's a really small portion. It may help to shrink your stomach (internally) so you don't eat as much during meal time. They also want you to exercise and eat a healthy dinner. It's not magic. All that said, I am considering trying it. Good luck! Be careful and don't take it too serious. If you're really hungry eat something healthy for a snack.

Answer 3

Special K is a cereal produced by the Kelloggs Corporation. The Kelloggs Corporation targets gulliblle people who are desperate and uniformed of the truth about weight loss.

I hate to burst your bubble, but Special K is a cereal and not a magician. You can gain weight - and lots of it - eating Special K, just as you can eating anything else. However, if you choose to only eat Special K, you can lose weight by eating only a few tiny bowls of it each day. This will create a calorie deficit, and this is how the body burns fat. However, if you don't like Special K, eating only a little bit of any other food will also result in fat loss.

Answer 4

If it has whole grains they help you get thin where as refined ones make you fat. It is based on being healthier enables you to burn off extra calories like those who can't get fat.

It is mostly NOT your fault, if you need to lose weight. The way you have been taught to eat is responsible for making obesity the number one health problem in the world (according to Atlantic Monthly magazine) replacing hunger and infectious disease. You need to re-learn how to eat so you can become thin. Not a diet, but diet lifestyle.

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Answer 5

The answer to your 'Special K' question is simple: Two bowls of Special K contain 220 calories (plus milk -- which, if you're like most people will add up to only about 90 calories more IF you drink the milk left in the bowl -- which most people don't). So, what you're looking at is a total of 250 calories (give or take) for two meals as compared to the national average of 600 or more calories per two meals (a caloric savings of around 350 calories).

Of course, losing 6 pounds of weight in two weeks on this diet would require a person to 'save' or restrict around 21,000 calories (6 x 3500 -- calories per pound). Obviously, 350 calories per day saved doesn't do the trick. So, what this means is that a person would conservatively have to restrict or expend (via exercise) 1500 calories per day.

You should know that even if you were to lose weight with the Special K diet that it wouldn't be a good solution for long-term weight control. It's simply a derivation of any number of low calorie diets. Not that caloric restriction is a bad thing, it's not. It just that banking on Special K long-term is a pipe dream (if you'll pardon the metaphor).

Now, onto your other questions. If you maintain a low calorie diet regimen you WILL lose fat (and muscle if you don't exercise to maintain it). Calorie expenditure or restriction will always (unless there is a metabolic disturbance) result in a smaller body and body sections (i.e., thighs, stomach, hips, etc.). So, again, it isn't the Special K diet that will flatten your stomach and remove fat, it is ANY diet even remotely similar to it.

Ok, with that being said, I've been helping people stay healthy for a more than 20 years and I can tell you that losing weight requires a combination of both exercise and caloric restriction but with a proper nutrition balance.

If you want to lose weight in a healthy manner, keep the following in mind:

1) Check with your physician to be certain that you are physically able to reduce your calories and increase your exercise habits safely.

2) Make certain that the calories you are eating are as balanced as possible. Finding out how much protein, carbs, and fats your body needs on a daily basis can really help keep your energy levels high all day long. The #1 reason my clients tell me that they've stopped dieting or exercising in the past is because of low energy ebbs. Splitting the amount of calories you can have per day into 5 - 6 smaller meals will help tremendously (this keeps your body fueled and ready to go and you also know that your next meal is only a couple of hours away).

Again, knowing what your basal metabolic rate (BMR) is will certainly help you determine how to be calorie conscious. Also remember that you may need supplements to help things along.

3) While exercising (before, during, and after) be sure to consume enough water. The key is not to be 'thirsty' (overtly) during this time of exercise.

4) Adding weight bearing exercise (i.e., lifting weights) will help to tone your body and the thermogenic (fat burning) effect will last long after you've stopped working out -- even if your workout is simply walking).

5) Remember that you'll probably hit plateaus (times when you'll stop losing weight) several times during your weight loss progress. This is completely normal and is only temporary but it can last for a couple of weeks at a time. It is very important to remember that even if your scale isn't showing progress, your entire body is being positively effected by your efforts.

6) Measure different parts of your body (neck, upper arms, lower arms, chest, abs, waist, belly, butt, thighs, etc.) and do it accurately. Write these measurements down and check them once every 2 weeks. This will help you remember that your body is 'reducing' all over -- not just in one particular area. If you're weight training you may actually notice a slight increase in some areas of your body (don't worry -- if you're a woman you won't start looking like a bodybuilder).

7) Keep focused on your end goal and concentrate on losing maybe 1 pound a week -- sometimes you'll lose more, sometimes less. As long as it's an average, it's okay.

8) Lastly, remember that you're doing a WONDERFUL thing for your body.

Keep up the good work. I've worked with hundreds of people in the past 20 years (mostly women) who have lost (individually) HUNDREDS of pounds safely. Better still, they've kept it off -- Kay lost over 350 pounds and has been at her goal weight for 7 years now.

As for what to take (if anything), that depends entirely on what your body needs. Anyone who suggests that you take something that 'works for everyone' is either confused or deluded. For example, if you had a twin brother or sister your bodies could react completely different to certain supplements or foods on a metabolic level. If you want to learn more about what you might want to take and how to calculate your BMR, you can visit my site (below).

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write and ask.

Lonnie Honeycutt, C.N.C.
Your Health Is My Concern
http://www.betterlifetoday.com

Answer 6

Just eatting Special K is not going to make your stomache flat and make you lose alot of weight. Its just advertising to make a person think that so you will buy it and they will become even richer!

Answer 7

i wish it did! i have 2 boxes myself...i don't own any other cereal's. i don't think it makes you LOSE weight per say...maybe it just helps you not gain weight? like if you ate cocoa puffs everyday...that would gain weight. special k is just better for you...ya know? i'm on a diet too...so i hear ya on this stuff.

Answer 8

It doesn't flatten anything, its advertising ,hon. It is low in calories , but the only things to flatten the tummy is exercise or a tummy tuck.