Minimize Me: 10 Diets to Lose 25 Lbs in 50 Days Read Online Free PDF Page B

equals
just under half a kilogram (0.453 to be exact) and if you are used to using
kilograms, it may be easier to say that 1 kilogram = approximately 2.2 lbs.
Finally, for those that don’t use stones as a measurement, I can confirm that a
stone is fourteen pounds, so 12 stone for example is 144 lbs. So, in order to
be on track for my overall target of 25 lbs, I needed to have lost at least 2.5
lbs in the last five days. I’m amazed and somewhat bewildered to announce that
I have lost 5 lbs. The sharper ones amongst you will have already worked out
that that works out to a pound a day, and that I lost twice the amount that was
necessary to be on track. One fifth of the way to my target goal having
completed only one tenth of the diets. I feel like I want to go out and
celebrate, but I’ve decided that now is not the time to get complacent. There
is an old saying in football that you are at your most vulnerable when you’ve
just scored, so it’s time for me to adjust my shorts, get back into position
and keep my eye on the ball.
     
    At the end of each chapter
I will provide a short summary, my starting weight, my end weight, my total
weight loss, my weight loss as a percentage of overall body weight (like they
do on the biggest loser), the faffiness (yes, I made that word up) the
difficulty and whether I would do it again or not.
     
    Summary:
     
    All in all I found the 5:2
diet relatively straightforward to follow. There were times when I was
extremely hungry and relatively miserable, but I didn’t feel that I was ever
close to throwing in the towel. Maybe I would feel different after five weeks,
rather than five days. Ultimately I think that because it’s so easy to follow
and because very little preparation is required, it’s a diet I might come back
to in the future should the need arise.
     
    Starting weight: 16 stone
0 lbs
     
    Finishing weight: 15 stone
9 lbs
     
    Weight loss: 5 lbs
     
    % of body weight lost:
2.28 %
     
    Faffiness: 4/10
     
    Difficulty: 4/10
     
    Would I do it again? Yes
     
    Total weight lost: 5 lbs
     

Diet 2 - The Special K Diet
     
     
    Saturday 25th October to Wednesday 29th
October
     
    Weight: 15 Stone 9 lbs
     
    The Special K diet, also known as the
‘Special K Challenge’, is designed to achieve rapid weight loss, generally over
a period of around two weeks. Kellogg’s themselves promote the plan and have a
dedicated website boldly declaring that you can "Lose up to 5lb in 2 weeks".
     
    Well, having committed to the plan by
purchasing a kilo of Special K, I can boldly declare that I have already lost
just under seven pounds. While researching the Special K diet, I was surprised
by the amount of support for it, with people writing gushing reviews and
lengthy blogs about how it has changed their lives. It’s hugely popular with
people in the lead up to their summer holidays, and there are message board
forums dedicated to challenges such as "Drop a jean size for summer"
and "Get that bikini body in time for your getaway".
     
    It’s a relatively straightforward diet,
and I have chosen to undertake it in its purest form. I am simply going to
replace two of my three daily meals with a bowl of Special K cereal, and for
the other meal I can have whatever I like (although it is recommended that for
best results, it should be something healthy and nutritious). The Special K
website recommends that you take their ‘Simple 5 plan’, the idea being that
over the course of the day you have two Special K ‘meals’ (consisting of
cereals, sandwiches, protein bars or shakes), two Special K snacks (brownies,
crackers, crisps or snack bars) and then a healthy meal. To me, this just
sounds like marketing nonsense which has been designed more for Kellogg’s
profit margins than for the wellbeing of anyone wishing to take on the
challenge, so I’ll essentially be following the ‘Simple 5 plan’ only with two
Special K products per day rather than four. There’s nothing wrong with an
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