Interested in a Cereal Diet or SpecialK Diet? If you want to lose five or so pounds quickly to jump start your diet or fit into something special or even to get back on track after overindulgence, you can replace two of your meals with cereal for two weeks. Be sure to drink lots of liquid, take a multivitamin and take time off between cycles.

Moderate exercise is good during a cereal diet but watch your exercise levels as you will only be taking in on average 1100-1200 calories per day and can find yourself faint or without energy. If you need extra food beyond what’s listed opt for an extra bowl of cereal, cereal bar, fresh fruit or vegetables or if you are really desperate have a 100 calorie snack of any other sort. Don’t drink soda pop during the cereal diet! Coffee and tea is fine but minimise your sugar intake. If you get tired of special k, switch with ANY cereal you like.  You’ll also notice there is one cheat day in here. It’s to help you get refocused and have a mini break from cereal by only eating it once on a particular day. This day is optional. If you don’t need a ‘cheat’ day, don’t take one.

Sample Cereal Diet Menu

Day 1
Breakfast Special K Cereal with chopped banana

Lunch Special K cereal (yogurt berries) with blueberries

Snack sliced apple and carrot sticks

Dinner: grilled chicken breast, rice and vegetables

Snack: special k cereal bar

Day 2
Breakfast Special K Vanilla Almond with chopped banana

Lunch Tuna Salad Sandwich on brown bread with cucumber slices and a big salad along

Snack special k cereal bar

Dinner special k yogurt berries cereal with blueberries

Snack fruit cup

Day 3
Breakfast Special K redberries cereal with extra bananas

Lunch special k original with blueberries

Snack orange slices and carrot sticks

Dinner spaghetti and meat sauce with chopped mushrooms and peppers and a whole wheat roll

Snack banana

Day 4
Breakfast special K fruit and yogurt flavour

Lunch Grilled Cheese on Brown With Hearty Vegetable Soup

Snack Sliced Cucumbers, Carrots and radishes

Dinner Roasted Chicken, Baked Potato and two vegetables side dishes

Snack Special K strawberry flavoured fruit pieces or fruit cocktail

Day 5
Breakfast Hot cereal such Oatmeal

Lunch peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat and apple slices plus cup vegetable soup

Snack raisins and low fat yogurt

Dinner steak, baked potato or rice, low fat pudding or Jell-O for dessert

Snack bowl of popcorn

Day 6
Breakfast Special K Chocolatey Delight and sliced banana

Lunch Any cereal of your choice with crushed special k cereal bar and blueberries

Snack apple

Dinner Pork Chops with apple sauce, rice or roasted potatoes and vegetables

Snack bran muffin with fruit

Day 7
Breakfast special K cereal with blueberries and bananas

Lunch special K with strawberries and a hand ful of granola (or crushed cereal bar)

Snack apple sauce

Dinner chicken or fish with rice and vegetables

Snack special k cereal bar

Day 8
Breakfast hot oatmeal with slice of brown toast

Lunch cup of soup and vegetable salad or fruit salad

Snack bowl of popcorn

Dinner cereal of your choice with lots of fruit thrown in

Snack bran muffin

Day 9
Breakfast Special K any flavour mixed with strawberries and blueberries

Lunch Special K any flavour mixed with banana

Snack fruit salad

Dinner Order a Pizza, you deserve it! (Try to stay at two slices)

Snack cereal bar and fruit salad

Day 10
Breakfast cereal (hot or cold)

Lunch soup, sandwich on whole grain and salad

Snack raisins and low fat yogurt

Dinner cereal and bananas

Snack cereal bar or popcorn

Day 11 Repeat day 1’s menu

Day 12 Repeat day 2’s menu

Day 13 Repeat Day 3

Day 14 Repeat Day 4
Any day you an swap meal orders around and use any type of cereal or fruit you like. Feel free to change your dinner selection. Because your caloric intake is low do eat decent sized dinner portions. While you need to be sensible you do want to feel satiated.

How much weight did you lose? Post your results here!

For information on another diet plan that uses calorie shifting and zig zag dieting in order to help you maximise a high functioning metabolism, check here. This diet features an automated online menu planning tool.