Dieting and Exercise can be extremely overwhelming for the average person who is trying to start their diet. Instead of jumping in head first into hundreds of diet websites, although beneficial, these three easy steps will help you begin your adventure Today instead of Tomorrow.

1. Consume 1 oz of Almonds per day - After discovering the several benefits of consuming Almonds, I can say with complete certain that eating 1 oz per day is extremely beneficial and easy to begin doing. However, make sure the Almonds substitute in as part of your XXXX calorie diet as one of your snack meals. Also, if you’re allergic to nuts, eating Almonds will not save you - you’re still allergic. Sorry.
2. Eat Salad Before Meals - Supposedly it takes the brain 20 minutes before it realizes we are full. Starting your meal with a low calorie salad with minimal dressing or 10 spritzes (10 calories) of Wishbone Salad Spritzer and several vegetables will help insure you don’t eat too much of the food that has too many calories. However, don’t assume just a little bit of lettuce and dressing is a salad because although it has low calories, there is minimal nutrition.
3. Eat Whole Grain Bread instead of White - Although this is said regularly, switching the bread you consume really isn’t that hard. Yet, people still eat it. Why would they continue to choose to eat bread that lost most of its’ nutrition from bleaching and sifting is beyond reasonable or logical thinking, but maybe this is why a majority of America is overweight.
4. Increase Fiber in your Diet - Sprinkle your Special K cereal with flax seed, add some tomatoes or mushrooms to your omelette, add some chick peas to your soup or salad, and eat brown rice instead of white rice. Why should you eat an increased amount of fiber? Because it can help prevent Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, and most importantly Constipation - Who honestly likes that pain?

It is that easy.

The Special-K Diet has been around for a few years already. But does it really work? From my experience, it has.

The Diet:

• Eat a serving of any Kellogg’s Special K cereal with 2/3 cup skim milk and fruit for two meals a day.
• Eat your third meal as you normally do.
• For snacks, choose from fresh fruits and vegetables, a Special K Bar or a pouch of Special K Snack Bites.
• Consume beverages as you normally do.

The diet says that you can lose up to five pounds in two weeks. So I did the diet, and I lost five pounds in two weeks! It was hard to adjust to eating cereal for two meals a day, but after a few days, I got used to it. However, the last step (consume beverages as you normally do) confuses me. There is a huge difference between having eight glasses of water a day, and four cans of soda a day. I don’t drink soda, so water was the only beverage I consumed. My favorite part of the diet is that after the two weeks, it reduces the calorie intake that I was used to having. I do not eat the cereal two times a day anymore, but I am able to keep the weight off—I find myself eating smaller meals than I usually do, and not craving any snack foods. If you haven’t tried the Special K diet, I definitely recommend it!