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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / November 2003Easy to follow, effective, cheap diet - read here
Ok update it's been another month and I'm down another 10pounds to 140 from 205/150. I'd consider myself fairly thin now. This cereal diet works GREAT. In fact, I omit the protein shake now since the cereal and milk give enough. Total cost < $10 a week for food and you can buy everything at Costco! Losing weight and feeling great. Not hungry at all since the cereal fills you up. I have to emphasize the easy to follow part. I.e. no fancy or time consuming food preparation. I cut back on the exercise to an hour 3x a week since I had to do some other tasks. Remember you get all the fiber, protein, calcium and vitamins you need so you don't go sick or hungry. You basically can go on this diet forever with the occasional food splurges which is what I intend to do. You don't understand how much time/money/weight you save until you actually tried it for a few months! Now I eat: Eat everyday: Breakfast 8am Multivitamin 30 grams Cereal 250 grams skim milk Snack 10am 20 grams Cereal 250 grams skim milk Lunch 30 grams Cereal 250 grams skim milk Snack 4pm 20 grams Cereal 250 grams skim milk Dinner 6pm 30 grams Cereal 250 grams skim milk Snack 8pm Multivitamin 20 grams Cereal 250 grams skim milk I also have 2 days a week when I eat junk food like two slices of pizza for a meal (since it's free at work) but don't do this until you've reached your ideal weight. _______________________________ Original message Ok I thought I'd share my success. I was 5'6, 205 pounds Male. Now I'm 150 after 2 months on this diet. Unlike other diets, this diet is easy to follow and cheap while still giving you all the vitamins/nutrients you need. Buy: Good Friends Kashi Cereal (UPC 018627025658 Costco) Skim Milk (Costco) premium Multivitamin with Herbs (Costco #246089) Carb Solutions High Protein Shake Mix (UPC 73924900046 at walmart) Eat everyday: Breakfast 8am Multivitamin 30 grams Cereal (8 grams fiber) 250 grams skim milk Snack 10am 1 scoop carb solutions and water (60 calories 10.5 grams protein) Lunch 30 grams Cereal (8 grams fiber) 250 grams skim milk Snack 4pm 1 scoop carb solutions and water (60 calories 10.5 grams protein) Dinner 6pm 30 grams Cereal (8 grams fiber) 250 grams skim milk Snack 8pm 1 scoop carb solutions and water (60 calories 10.5 grams protein) You get everything (30.5 grams protein, 24 grams of fiber, all vitamins) you need. Total Calories: 653 The fiber keeps your movements in shape and keep you full. Don't eat anything else. A lot of diets don't have enough fiber or are too complex and time consuming. I worked out 2 hours a day, 7 days a week (1 hour of weights, 1 hour of cardio) too but even if you do nothing, you will lose a lot of weight since the calorie intake is so low. Best of luck to you. That's certainly amusing and interesting. Are you done losing weight? What are you going to eat now? i > Ok update it's been another month and I'm down another 10pounds to 140 > from 205/150. I'd consider myself fairly thin now. This cereal diet [quoted text clipped - 96 lines] > > Best of luck to you. I want to hear from you every month for the next 20 months. > Ok update it's been another month and I'm down another 10pounds to 140 > from 205/150. I'd consider myself fairly thin now. This cereal diet [quoted text clipped - 96 lines] > > Best of luck to you. Kashi - Good Friends Cin/Rais: Serving Size 1 cup (50g) Calories: 150 Cals from fat: 15 Total Fat: 1.5 Sat fat: 0 Chol: 0 Sodium: 95mg Potassium: 260 mg Total Carbs: 39g Fiber: 10g Sugar: 11g Other: 18g Protein: 4g Vit A: 0 Vit C: 0 Iron: 10 Phos: 15 Mag: 15 Zinc: 6 Total per this person's diet: 150g (3 servings or 3 times all the above figures) 1cup milk (250g) Cals = 90 fat: .5g Carb: 12g protein: 8.4g Fiber: 0 Chol: 5mg Sodium: 127mg calcium: 312mg potassium: 410.4mg Diet requires 6 cups milk per day. Total: Cals: 990 Carbs: 189g Fat: 7.5g Protein: 62.4g Breakdown: 70% carbs, 6%fat, 24% protein Low protein, low fat, high carb and too low in calorie for most average people to follow. >Ok update it's been another month and I'm down another 10pounds to 140 >from 205/150. I'd consider myself fairly thin now. This cereal diet [quoted text clipped - 96 lines] > >Best of luck to you. Actually I think you looked up the wrong cereal: Cereals ready-to-eat, KASHI Good Friends by Kellogg Nutrient Units Value per 100 grams of edible portion Sample Count Std. Error Proximates Water g 3.50 1 Energy kcal 309 0 Energy kj 1293 0 Protein g 10.00 1 Total lipid (fat) g 4.00 1 Ash g 1.20 1 Carbohydrate, by difference g 81.30 1 Fiber, total dietary g 26.7 1 Sugars, total g 20.00 1 Minerals Iron, Fe mg 1.20 1 Phosphorus, P mg 333 0 Potassium, K mg 400 1 Sodium, Na mg 233 1 Vitamins Thiamin mg 0.200 1 Riboflavin mg 0.110 1 Niacin mg 4.000 1 Vitamin B-6 mg 0.270 1 Folate, total mcg 27 0 Lipids Cholesterol mg 0 1 So little more fiber and protein in this one. Anyway, it's not the % of calories that are goal. You should be counting: 1) total calories ~1000 2) total protein ~70g Both of which are satisifed well. >Kashi - Good Friends Cin/Rais: > [quoted text clipped - 144 lines] >> >>Best of luck to you. > So little more fiber and protein in this one. Anyway, it's not the % > of calories that are goal. You should be counting: > 1) total calories ~1000 > 2) total protein ~70g But what have you learned? I mean, honestly, could you feed yourself if you had to eat out at a conference? What are you going to do if you have to rush to a family member's deathbed? What happens when you go out on a date or your significant other wants you to eat her cooking? You've found a cute trick to relieve yourself of having to learn how to eat. But you've got a lifelong relationship with food and all you've learned is how not to face it. Wendy I've learned those things don't happen everyday. Occassion slurges are ok but key is occassional not often. >> So little more fiber and protein in this one. Anyway, it's not the % >> of calories that are goal. You should be counting: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Wendy >Actually I think you looked up the wrong cereal: >Cereals ready-to-eat, KASHI Good Friends by Kellogg Well - then you must not have been specific enough, because I took my measurements direct from the Kashi Website: www.kashi.com >So little more fiber and protein in this one. Anyway, it's not the % >of calories that are goal. You should be counting: >1) total calories ~1000 >2) total protein ~70g > >Both of which are satisifed well. Less than 1000 cals per day is not healthy unless you are under 5 feet tall and only about 100lbs or less. Otherwise you are eating too little ANd like others have said ... What do you plan to do when you reach goal? How do you plan to eat then? Or are you a "good enough for long enough" yoyo dieter? > Ok update it's been another month and I'm down another 10pounds to 140 > from 205/150. I'd consider myself fairly thin now. This cereal diet > works GREAT. I think your diet is extreme, and there is no way it's adequate nutritionally. However, I love kashi crunch cereal, and lately my diet has been breakfast - kashi cereal/skim milk, lunch - vegetarian chili w/ground turkey added for lowfat protein, plus an ounce of cheddar on top afternoon snack - apple w/some cheddar dinner - protein shake w/psyllium husk added for fiber and a tablespoon of peanut butter. This comes out to 1470 cal carbs - 162g, 37% protein - 124g, 35% fat - 43g, 27% det Actually if you add up all the minerals, protein, etc you are getting the recommended dose of everything except perhaps calories. How much fiber you getting here? Also the crunch cereal isn't as good as the regular stuff in terms of fiber/calories per gram. >> Ok update it's been another month and I'm down another 10pounds to 140 >> from 205/150. I'd consider myself fairly thin now. This cereal diet [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >det Glad it works for you... This "diet" is definately not one for me. I would be extremely worried aout my health on this particular approach.... Have you shared your inspiration with your doctor? Dan 305/288/220 > Ok update it's been another month and I'm down another 10pounds to 140 > from 205/150. I'd consider myself fairly thin now. This cereal diet [quoted text clipped - 96 lines] > > Best of luck to you. While I love the Kashi cereal and have that for breakfast most days, I cannot imagine eating it 3x a day for any extended period of time. Not just because of taste but because it wouldn't help me with any sort of long term (maintenance) WOE. FWIW, I get the three pack of Kashi Good Friends, Go Lean and Go Lean Crunch at BJs. This provides a nice amount of variety for me. Sometimses I get something like Nature's Path Heritage Multigrain, etc. to add some additional variety. > Ok update it's been another month and I'm down another 10pounds to 140 > from 205/150. I'd consider myself fairly thin now. This cereal diet [quoted text clipped - 96 lines] > > Best of luck to you.  Signaturejmk in NC |
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