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shop, but her larder and fridge are stocked to the brim. It’s
obvious that she gets pleasure from fattening up the family and it’s made me
sad to think that if I want to succeed in my challenge, I may have to avoid
popping round.
     
    Days 8 and 9 were much easier for me as
I was back at work, which helped to take my mind off the hunger. It was an easy
enough routine. Black coffee on the way to work to help keep me alert enough to
get these words onto the page, then my first bowl of Special K around 10am.
Water and black coffee helped me through until around 2pm when I would have my
second bowl of Special K. More water saw me through to home time, and a black
coffee on the train home with a healthy snack got me through until the evening,
where I decided on pasta on the Monday and a ham salad on the Tuesday.
     
    Day 10, and it’s fair to say that
Special K doesn’t seem very special anymore. In fact, what is it that makes it
so special in the first place? There is no toy in the box, no competition to
win, and it’s twice the price of some other cereals. The thought of having to
go two weeks on the Special K diet is a truly terrifying one, and not just
because of the monotony of it – I actually feel as if I’m lacking certain
vitamins and nutrients. While I wouldn’t say that I feel ill, I definitely feel
a little under the weather. My eyes seem to have lost their spark and they look
dull and unresponsive, my body aches, and rather strangely my gums have started
to hurt. Perhaps it’s all unrelated but my gut feeling is that my body is
craving a more varied diet to get the vitamins and nutrients it needs. I’m so
pleased that the diet following this one is the balanced diet, on which I can
eat a more healthy and varied set of foods. Another thing I struggled with
today was my concentration, and to prove that point I can tell you that Teddy
Roosevelt, Freddie Mercury, Charlie Chaplin, Yosemite Sam and Tom Selleck all
made the top ten moustache list. Also, as much as I didn’t want to do the whole
‘toilet-talk’ thing, it is worth mentioning that Louis was spot on with his
constipation warning. I’m just hoping that things loosen up before tomorrow
morning as I could do without carrying the extra baggage for my weigh-in…
     
    I’m pleased to announce that I’ve lost
another 5lb on the Special K diet, keeping up my record of losing 1 lb a day.
     
    Summary:
     
    The positives of the Special K diet lie
in its simplicity. There are no calories to count, and once armed with the red
and white box you can rest safe in the knowledge that the diet is taken care
of. The flip side of the simplicity is the boredom. Eating the same meal for
ten out of the last fifteen meals has been hard. I absolutely love sausage and
mash, but I wouldn’t want it twice a day, every day. I think it is a good diet
for those who are either looking for a quick fix or can’t be bothered to
calorie count, but I won’t be re-visiting the diet in the future.
     
    Starting Weight: 15 stone 9 lbs
     
    Finishing Weight: 15 stone 4 lbs
     
    Weight loss: 5 lbs
     
    % of body weight lost: 2.33 %
     
    Faffiness: 2/10
     
    Difficulty: 3/10
     
    Would I do it again? No
     
    Total weight lost: 10 lbs
     

    Here
is photo proof of what I looked like at the start of the project and what I
looked like after diet number two
     

Diet 3 - The Balanced Diet
     
     
    Thursday 30th October to Monday 3rd
November
     
    Weight: 15 Stone 4 lbs
     
    Day 11 and I’m on my third diet, the
balanced diet. I’ve decided to take guidance from the NHS website and this is
what they have to say about it.
     
    "Despite what you see in some diet
books and TV programmes, healthy eating can be really straightforward. A diet
based on starchy foods such as potatoes, bread, rice and pasta; with plenty of
fruit and vegetables; some protein-rich foods such as meat, fish and lentils;
some milk and dairy foods; and not too much fat, salt or sugar, will give you
all the nutrients