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Captain Crunch / Cocoa Puffs Diet October 31, 2008
So everyone knows that the Special K diet only works because you’re simply just not eating two meals, and eating a whole hell of a lot of fiber and cereal. A charactor in a book I just read, Water Witches, was eating Captain Crunch and Cocoa Puffs mixed together, which I just thought sounded fabulous, so I was compelled to drive to Schnuck’s and buy some for myself, and it was indeed, fabulous. Which got me to thinking, my dad had told me once when he used to work at food tech corporation called Griffith Laboratories, he learned that all the grains used for cereals and bread products are enriched and fortified to make them “extra nutritional,” which means that the same enriched grains that go into Special K and Cheerios, go into Cocoa Puffs and Captain Crunch, which inspired me to actually look at the nutritional content of Special K, Cocoa Puffs, and Captain Crunch. What did I discover?
Special K Chocolately Delight has 120 calories, 20 from fat, 3% DV fat, 10% DV saturated fat, 8% DV sodium, 2% DV potassium, 8% DV carbs, 5% DV dietary fiber
Cocoa Puffs has 110 calories, 10 from fat, 2% DV fat, 0% DV saturated fat, 6% DV sodium, 2% DV potassium, 8% DV carbs, 4% DV dietary fiber
Captain Crunch has 110 calories, 15 from fat, 2% DV fat, 6% DV saturated fat, 8% DV sodium, 1% DV potassium, 8% DV carbs, 3% DV dietary fiber
As to the other nutirients, Special K and Cocoa Puffs, are shoulder to shoulder, with Captain Crunch being essentially just not that bad.
So here’s to the Captain Crunch / Cocoa Puffs diet!
Nutrition Info for Captain Crunch
Nutrition Info for Cocoa Puffs
Trying to Diet July 8, 2008
Email I wrote to BigSis about how I diet:
http://www.zonediet.com/EATING/QuickStartGuide/tabid/108/Default.aspx
http://www.zonediet.com/EATING/QuickStartGuide/tabid/108/Default.aspx
the zone worked for my cousin in cali, but he’s very athletic
I just like that they have very specific portion amounts
based on my cousin’s advice, you should need 9 “blocks” per day
http://www.nehalpatel.net/blog/2008/03/27/zone/
the portions on the list refer to the portion required of 1 “block” = 1 portion of carb, 1 portion of protein, 1 portion of fat
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
read every single page on this site
especially
http://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/index.aspx create your own pyramid
http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html read about each group, click learn more and read EVERYTHING
I have not used the tracker or menu planner yet
what I did was create my own pyramid, it suggests how many servings in each group, then I looked at the detailed info about each group and listed out what I would eat specifically. especially for the vegetables, it breaks it down into the subgroups, and tells you how many you need from each subgroup each week, which helps towards variety.
read the south beach diet book, it really make sense
http://www.southbeachdiet.com/index3.asp
you can get the free trial, print off all the “foods to enjoy/foods to avoid” list for each phase and then cancel
basically 2-3 weeks cleansing your system before going on the full diet
I go by the mantra “low fat, low salt, low sugar” and apply it to all my food decisions
carb=sugar, all carbs are sugar
