CollegeCandy’s Molly Mahannah Does the Special K Challenge!

By Molly Mahannah

CollegeCandy paired up with SHAPE magazine to give us the opportunity to write about our experiences with the Special K Challenge! I’m really excited to be a part of an awesome challenge that I hope will take off the beer gut I’ve gained since turning 21 two months ago.  My goals for this challenge are to learn to eat more healthfully. I also want to feel comfortable in my body again and gain some self-confidence. There’s really nothing like hearing the phrase, “You look great! Have you lost weight??” The weight loss isn’t necessarily important. Hell, I don’t even own a scale (yet), but if my clothes fit a little better by the end of these two weeks, I’ll consider that a success.

For those of you that don’t know, the Special K Challenge is pretty simple. For two weeks you replace two meals a day with a Special K Product, and then you can eat whatever you want for dinner. I mean, I’m not planning on binging on McDonald’s for dinner every night, but I did grab some healthy dinner stuff at the store. The Special K website offers a lot of meal plans and healthy alternatives for dinner. As far as beverages go, it says I can drink whatever I normally do (including beer!), but I’m giving up soda anyway, because I always feel kind of blech whenever I drink it.

I got my gift card Monday afternoon and ran straight to HyVee to buy the products. I was too excited to wait. You can also order them on line through Special K’s website. Like I said, you’re supposed to replace two meals a day with Special K Products. They have special products designed to replace the meals and then fun snacks you’re allowed to munch on twice a day in between meals. My whole life I’ve had this insane sweet tooth, so I opted for products that were basically all chocolate and granola.

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Molly is a senior Journalism/English/Broadcasting major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She’s not very good at small talk and English Bulldogs are her only vice. Follow her @gwacamolly on twitter.