by WLR Staff, Trudi Maples Kelloggs seem to have abandoned their diet plan site for the time being. Which is a shame as, for some people, replacing a couple of meals a day with cereal and milk is an easy, cheap and convenient way to try and cut calories. For people looking for this kind of simplicity, that includes breakfast cereals, we have our professionals working on a diet plan for you - watch this space. We'll let newsletter subscribers know (expected February 2016) when we're ready to go. (Go to the bottom of this page if you'd like to receive the newsletter.) Alternatively, you could have a look at our Working Person's Diet Plan, for a simple plan with built-in convenience. In the meantime, this article discusses the workings, and pros and cons, of the Special K/Cereal diet as presented by Kelloggs in previous years. The Special K Diet Plan previously recommend replacing two meals a day with a bowl of cereal for two weeks to help you lose weight. It worked on the premise that replacing two meals like that would lower your calorie intake naturally but not have you starving yourself.

A lower calorie intake would mean weight loss – a kind of meal replacement diet but still eating for each meal rather than having a milkshake. More recently, the Special K Diet has changed and no longer relies just on the cereal to help you lose weight. You sign up to the free plan online, choose the type of meal plan you want, tell them your age and whether you are male or female and then you type in your current weight and height. Mj Needs To Lose WeightThe system also asks what your reason is for signing up for the plan.St. Helena Hospital Weight Loss Program The types of plan available are:Blinds And Shutters Parts Once you have filled in all the information and chosen a plan you are ready to go. You can track your weight loss progress, how you are feeling each day and the site recommends keeping a journal.

The site sets up a meal plan for you to follow which includes breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner, so plenty to eat. What it offers for you to eat depends on the type of meal plan you chose. If it gives you something that you don’t like, you can use the ‘swap’ button to find something else. The meals and snacks are certainly a long way from the original ‘two bowls of cereal and an evening meal’ style site that used to be part of the Special K Challenge. Although cereal and cereal bars do still feature in the plan. You will receive badges for different achievements to give you a boost and there is a tab for tips to help keep you on the straight and narrow. The tips are broken down into ‘Everyday – Finding Out What Makes You Tick’, ‘Nutrition’ and ‘Snacking’. One of the tips is to fill in a food diary (although I couldn’t find one on the system anywhere) and log your emotions to see if you can work out whether your emotions effect your eating – identifying that as a weakness could help you get back in control of your eating.

Further down the page there are short tips under the same headings as well as some tips for fitness. You can log your weight loss progress and share it on social media if you like. There is also a tab for you to check your BMI. If you need some company, you can invite friends to join you using the ‘My Friends’ tab which encourages you to invite your friends via email or Facebook. It’s great to see the Special K Diet Plan has moved on from the two bowls of cereal a day to an eating plan that involves much more variety and the choices of meals and snacks are great. Boredom would have hit very quickly with the old plan. However, the plan that I chose was meant to be for busy people and yet a meal suggestion for lunch, on more than one occasion was for a roast dinner on a week day – not a great diet plan for a working person! Goal setting plays a huge part in weight loss success and the fact that you can’t really set any goals with this plan would be a big downfall for me. 

Although many people decide to lose weight because they want to be fitter and healthier, it’s also to do with how they look and what dress size they wear. Being able to set a completely personalised goal by rate of loss, date that you want to be a certain weight or clothing size is important to most people. While badges and the metaphorical ‘pat on the back’ do spur you on, I think that being able to see your weight loss progress in a graph or chart helps to spur you on and see where you are going wrong. Receiving a badge or trophy for a milestone is a great way to reward but I got two badges for not really doing anything. We all need support when we’re on a weight loss journey but sometimes, those nearest and dearest to us can end up unintentionally being diet saboteurs for lots of different reasons. Having like-minded people to talk to is a fantastic way to keep your hands out of the biscuit barrel as is having support from experts on hand. Forums, knowledgeable articles and a help team that are on hand when the temptation is getting too much is a real boon.

We all know that the best way to lose weight is to have fewer calories than your body needs and straight forward calorie counting is the simplest way to achieve your weight loss goals. Being in control of your rate of loss, being able to add in extra calories for exercise and learning what food fits with your calorie intake is essential to ensure you don’t end up back in the same position in two years’ time. Education, expert support and flexibility are essential tools in any weight loss journey. Weight Loss Resources offers all of these tools and more – try it completely free (no card details required). Start a Free Trial Today You can use the databases and tools in WLR to find the best diet for you. Keep online food and exercise diaries, set a weight loss goal and see how many calories you need to get there. Try it free for 24 hours. For more information visit the Kelloggs Cereal Diet websiteEvery time we see a celebrity with shiny long hair, bouncing with health, we tend to turn green with envy!

Or we shrug it off, telling ourselves that ‘they’ got those beautiful locks, thanks to photoshop. But the fact is, all those women work for their hair. They take care and pamper their hair—and the results are out there for everyone to see.Granted, in today’s fast paced world, spending hours in a salon is a little impractical. But if you want hair that shines with health, you’ll need to pamper it—not just externally but from the inside too! Your diet needs to consist of nutrients that will help your hair grow healthy. There are thousands of people suffering from hair loss, baldness, and improper hair growth. The only solution to combat this problem is a proper diet with high proteins and nutrients.1. Egg Yolk: You may have heard that applying egg white to your hair makes it healthy but are you aware of the fact that egg yolk has more benefits? Well, yolk is the key substance that promotes hair growth as it contains biotin. Adding yolk to your diet enables your body to receive a good and a natural source of biotin.

Note: It’s dangerous to consume the egg white separately as it reduces the absorption of biotin.2. Oyster: Oyster, a good source of protein and zinc, can prevent hair loss and promote hair growth. Adding oyster to your diet can always be optional as it’s hard to find them in usual markets. But if you are dining out, do try this sea food and get beautiful hair as a bonus!3. Walnut: Walnut contain nutrients like omega fatty acid, iron, vitamin B and zinc, which can enhance hair growth. Walnuts can be consumed every day in the morning on an empty stomach or during breakfast to promote hair growth.4. Sweet Potatoes: Sweet potatoes contain nutrients like beta carotene, vitamin-A and Vitamin C that promotes hair growth.5. Salmon: Omega 3 is an essential fatty acid that your body needs to produce hair cells. Salmon is a natural and tasty source of omega 3 fatty acids.It’s has been really hard for people to grow their hair naturally, and so they undergo various treatments to enhance hair growth.

But natural hair growth can be easily stimulated with a proper protein diet. Here are few things that you need to know to stimulate natural hair growth:Iron is the most essential nutrient that enhances hair growth. Every human needs 15 to 18 mg of iron on a daily basis. Consuming too much iron can be a bad thing and may cause side effects. The healthy way to consume iron is through natural foods rather than tablets. Few iron rich foods are spinach, chicken liver, beans, turkey, broccoli stalk, etc.Fatty acids are one of the most important nutrients that help hair growth; this includes omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids that are found in salmon, walnut, soybeans, shrimp, cauliflower, basil, green beans, spirulina, sunflower seed oil, etcBiotin is otherwise known as vitamin H or vitamin B-7 and is an essential nutrient for hair growth. It is necessary to add biotin to your daily diet after the age of 18. Tuna, turkey, egg yolk, etc are good source of biotin, consuming these biotin rich foods can aid hair growth.

Hair is made up of cells called keratin. Enhancing the growth of these cells keeps your hair naturally healthy, which in turn helps your hair grow long and strong. A protein rich meal is a healthy, natural source of keratin. Apart from protein, vitamin C from spices and veggies can help the production of keratin too.Vitamin C is rich in antioxidants and reduces free radicals. Including vitamin C rich foods in your diet can promote healthy, breakage free hair.Zinc and silica are one of the nutrients essential for hair growth. Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and egg, bell pepper, cucumber are rich in zinc and silica.Consuming a healthy diet with these tips in mind can help you grow hair naturally without medication or parlor treatment. bine both and extract the juice with the juicer. Drinking this on an empty stomach can promote hair growth as it contains all the essential nutrients like silica, vitamins, fiber, potassium etc.The diet varies every 2 to 3 days to give a variation in the nutrients consumed and prevent over dosage.