That "fit into pair of jeans" pic on Special K TV ads is terrible!

veryangryman

Sorry it has to be said. Im no woman (i dont care what anyone says!) but i wouldnt be buying that cereal with the "ideal image" being thus :eek:

WindSock

All hail before Special K

whadabouchasir

veryangryman wrote: »

Sorry it has to be said. Im no woman (i dont care what anyone says!)

Well if everyone says you're a woman then I'd say that you probably are.It's easy enough to check anyway,when was the last time you washed the dishes?

Sulmac

I think it's funny that they manage to turn her arse into a heart.

MizzLolly

Unfortunately there are enough image obsessed females out there who will buy the product with the intention of losing a jean size. The same women justify the sales of Cosmo magazine and other such image obsessed rubbish.

mathie

'Heart Shaped Box'. Nirvana were so close.

Milky Moo

I wouldn't mind but Kellogs brand it the diet cereal when Branflakes have less calories!
What the fudge!?!

seahorse

Milky Moo wrote: »

I wouldn't mind but Kellogs brand it the diet cereal when Branflakes have less calories!
What the fudge!?!

Special K tastes better!

Milky Moo

seahorse wrote: »

Special K tastes better!

I love me some Branflakes

aDeener

seahorse wrote: »

Special K tastes better!

lies

half pint

For it to work properly and actually drop a jeans size you are ment to eat a 30g bowl for breakfast and lunch and then a low calorie dinner..

McDonalds anyone??

Sulmac

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_K

Although marketed primarily as a dieting aid Special K does, in fact, contain more calories and 60% more fat than Kelloggs Corn Flakes.

...and, more worryingly...

The country of Denmark has outlawed Kellogg's products since 2004. Danish health officials banned the cereal because, as they claimed, Kellogg's wanted to add extremely high levels of vitamin B6, calcium, folic acid and iron, which would reach toxic levels when eaten on a daily basis. Young children risk liver and kidney damage, while the foeteses of pregnant women can suffer complications from the toxins.

The Dutch television show Keuringsdienst van Waarde, in an episode aired on 15 October 2009 in the Netherlands, followed up one of Kellogg's Special K nutrional claims, namely the addition of iron. The show provided evidence that the iron was not nutritional ionic iron - as it occurs in natural foods like spinach - but was in fact metallic iron.

:eek:

Hank_Jones

Special K and Bran Flakes are full of sugar.

In 1978 Kellogg’s Special K had 9.6g of sugar per 100g, but this has now nearly doubled to 17g — a similar level to vanilla ice-cream.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1752342.ece

Bugnug

MizzLolly wrote: »

Unfortunately there are enough image obsessed females out there who will buy the product with the intention of losing a jean size. The same women justify the sales of Cosmo magazine and other such image obsessed rubbish.

Thats very sinical. A lot of people out there do care about being healthy. I am not saying they should be eating special K but its wrong to say that all people who are interested in being healthy and slim are just image obsessed. I know a lot of men and women that work very hard at staying fit and healthy, its not something you are born with. A small minority of lazy people out there are far to quick to label healthy people with being self obsessed. Its more in my opinion to do with long and healthy lives for themselves and their families.

Capt'n Midnight

Not sure now, but the last time I checked the small cereal boxes you get in the variety pack the Special K box had more Calories than the Corn Flakes one.



Oh and speaking of sugar , one thing that really sickens me is sugar in peanut butter :mad::mad:

CianRyan

Post pics.

Captain Havoc

I don't go with the image obsessed thing, lifestyle related illness are the leading killers in Ireland with 40% of all deaths being from cardiovascular deseases, 80% of these deaths could have been avoided if risk factors were eliminated. 2,000 deaths a year are related to obesity. €4 billion per year is spent by the government on lifestyle related illnesses. This is why some people are health conscious.

To me image conscience is when people wear sunglasses into a nightclub and that kind of crap not trying to look after your physical well being.

MizzLolly

Bugnug wrote: »

Thats very sinical. A lot of people out there do care about being healthy. I am not saying they should be eating special K but its wrong to say that all people who are interested in being healthy and slim are just image obsessed. I know a lot of men and women that work very hard at staying fit and healthy, its not something you are born with. A small minority of lazy people out there are far to quick to label healthy people with being self obsessed. Its more in my opinion to do with long and healthy lives for themselves and their families.

You mean cynical I presume?

No it's not. If these women were interested in their health they would not rely on a cereal packed full of additives to compensate for a healthy meal in order to drop a jean size quickly. If they were interested in fitness and health they'd be eating home cooked, balanced meals and exercising regularly in order to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Not relying on a breakfast cereal to replace a meal in order to look slim in a matter of weeks.

Also, your reference to lazy people being to quick to label these women as image obsessed.. you better not have been implying I'm lazy, if so I'd recommend you reread my post because you do not seem to have grasped anything I was saying.

Nowhere in the post did I say that it was wrong to want to be healthy and slim. It is wrong to rely on an additive filled meal substitution to drop a jean size.

ashyle

Obviously if all you eat is feckin cereal you'll lose weight. Those ads are so dumb

CianRyan

MizzLolly wrote: »

You mean cynical I presume?

No it's not. If these women were interested in their health they would not rely on a cereal packed full of additives to compensate for a healthy meal in order to drop a jean size quickly. If they were interested in fitness and health they'd be eating home cooked, balanced meals and exercising regularly in order to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Not relying on a breakfast cereal to replace a meal in order to look slim in a matter of weeks.

Also, your reference to lazy people being to quick to label these women as image obsessed.. you better not have been implying I'm lazy, if so I'd recommend you reread my post because you do not seem to have grasped anything I was saying.

Nowhere in the post did I say that it was wrong to want to be healthy and slim. It is wrong to rely on an additive filled meal substitution to drop a jean size.

To make it a tl;dr,

Healthy eating and redular exercise, FTW?

Resi12

half pint wrote: »

For it to work properly and actually drop a jeans size you are ment to eat a 30g bowl for breakfast and lunch and then a low calorie dinner..

And I'm sure it has to be semi-skimmed lo fat milk with the cereal and the dinner is grilled chicken with steamed veg. It's such a fad diet, once you start eating normally after the two weeks your going to gain the jean size again.

Piste

MizzLolly wrote: »

You mean cynical I presume?

No it's not. If these women were interested in their health they would not rely on a cereal packed full of additives to compensate for a healthy meal in order to drop a jean size quickly. If they were interested in fitness and health they'd be eating home cooked, balanced meals and exercising regularly in order to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Not relying on a breakfast cereal to replace a meal in order to look slim in a matter of weeks.

Also, your reference to lazy people being to quick to label these women as image obsessed.. you better not have been implying I'm lazy, if so I'd recommend you reread my post because you do not seem to have grasped anything I was saying.

Nowhere in the post did I say that it was wrong to want to be healthy and slim. It is wrong to rely on an additive filled meal substitution to drop a jean size.

Maybe it's both- the women are conscious that being over weight is very unhealthy and want to change that but they're ignorant of how unhealthy and lacking in nutrition Special K is.

amacachi

Piste wrote: »

Maybe it's both- the women are conscious that being over weight is very unhealthy and want to change that but they're ignorant of how unhealthy and lacking in nutrition Special K is.

Fairly sure that's exactly what MizzLolly is saying, that the extent of their wanting to be slim and healthy is believing an advert on television rather than doing a tiny bit of research.
If there was a similar campaign aimed at men consisting of eating red meat I'm sure it would be just as successful.

stovelid

I think the girl is cute in that ad.

Promoting Ketamine use in order to conform to patriarchal notions of body shape is wrong though.

RobbieTheRobber

stovelid wrote: »

I think the girl is cute in that ad.

Promoting Ketamine use in order to conform to patriarchal notions of body shape is wrong though.

Your right its probably better to stick to speed than ketamine for weight loss anyway

Lux23

I find it hard to believe that anyone who has ever been on a diet believes that there is a quick way to lose weight. If eating Special K twice a day really worked none of us would be fat. And the weird thing is it would actually be easier to lose weight and maintain that loss by sticking to a fairly healthy eating and exercise regime that starving on the Special K diet.

Dr_Teeth

I can't believe people eat Special K as some sort of health food.. it's pure carbohydrate like, it has the same amount of calories as Coco Pops!

gerry28

Dr_Teeth wrote: »

I can't believe people eat Special K as some sort of health food.. it's pure carbohydrate like, it has the same amount of calories as Coco Pops!

Is a bowl of porridge any fatter than a bowl of special k?

I don't take anything in the morning and never feel hungry so i force a bowl of porridge into myself every morning.
Afer its cooked pour in some cold milk to cool it down... it can be eaten in about 2 mins. No food till lunch then.

Ciaran500

gerry28 wrote: »

Is a bowl of porridge any fatter than a bowl of special k?

I don't take anything in the morning and never feel hungry so i force a bowl of porridge into myself every morning.
Afer its cooked pour in some cold milk to cool it down... it can be eaten in about 2 mins. No food till lunch then.

Porridge would be far, far better. Lots of complex carbs and a little protein. Its not the fat content you should be worrying about, its all the simple carbs from the sugar.

Read the stickies and post on here if you want more nutrition info: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=982

NothingMan

I tried a low cal diet thing before. Cereals for breakfast and lunch and try not to have too much for dinner. Was goin to the gym 2 -3 times a week. Works well enough but never felt I had a lot of energy in the gym.

As soon as I inevetably fell off that routine ie. eating proper lunch and not goin to the gym as much, I put on my gut and moobs in less than 2 weeks.

Now I eat what I want, go to the gym when I can and I keep a much more consistent physique. I still have me pudge but I can stay away from the gym for a week and stuff my face with dominos without too much worry.

Diets are crap and generally unhealthy. A good food : Gym ratio is all you need and that's different for everyone.

Cheerilee

lost three stone in 6 months eating special K twice a day, granted cut out all additional high calorie foods but it did work.. but it was a combination..and weight stayed off

plissken

Cheerilee wrote: »

lost three stone in 6 months eating special K twice a day, granted cut out all additional high calorie foods but it did work.. but it was a combination..and weight stayed off

But you may as well have been eating Frosties and it would still have worked... actually Frosties have less fat than Special K so you would have reached your goal sooner

slipss

Lux23 wrote: »

I find it hard to believe that anyone who has ever been on a diet believes that there is a quick way to lose weight.

Of course there is a quick way to lose weight. Low fat, low sugar diet and lots of exercise. In reality most weight loss diets work brilliantly, you just have to stick to them and exercise.

Beasty

Bought a box of Skecial K once. Got to say, the box tasted better than the cereal, and was less calories too.

Antbert

Bugnug wrote: »

Thats very sinical. A lot of people out there do care about being healthy. I am not saying they should be eating special K but its wrong to say that all people who are interested in being healthy and slim are just image obsessed. I know a lot of men and women that work very hard at staying fit and healthy, its not something you are born with. A small minority of lazy people out there are far to quick to label healthy people with being self obsessed. Its more in my opinion to do with long and healthy lives for themselves and their families.

Do you buy Cosmo?

Cabaal

Milky Moo wrote: »

I wouldn't mind but Kellogs brand it the diet cereal when Branflakes have less calories!
What the fudge!?!

Branflakes has loads of sugar though so it'll kill you in other ways

Porridge is your only man

Terri26

Special K works on the idea you eat it twice a day and a healty dinner. thus, very little calories however the same could be said about replacing 2 meals with any one thing. Cadbury's cream egg diet anyone??

bellz_x

Cheerilee wrote: »

lost three stone in 6 months eating special K twice a day, granted cut out all additional high calorie foods but it did work.. but it was a combination..and weight stayed off

Do you still eat Special K twice a day now? - Did you do any exercise with it? You're probably lucky with keeping the weight off.. Im hoping for you that it doesnt come back on. Im also hoping that you didnt do much damage to your health with that.

Jesus Wept

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Special K and Bran Flakes are full of sugar.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1752342.ece

They're all too full of sugar. I've started noticing so much more as the years go by, I guess your palate changes.

I eat All Bran sometimes for the bran content, but it's hard to eat as it's so sweet.

aDeener

All them cereals are processed shit and in no way good for you like the manufacturers lead you to believe. If you want to eat healthy you can't beat a bowl of stirabout in the morning.

pickarooney

CianRyan wrote: »

To make it a tl;dr,

Healthy eating and redular exercise, FTW?

Nah, the Daily Mail (I know, I know) actually published an 'article' last week claiming that eating less and exercising more had no discernible effect on weight.

Chicken Run

Cheerilee wrote: »

lost three stone in 6 months eating special K twice a day, granted cut out all additional high calorie foods but it did work.. but it was a combination..and weight stayed off

6 months ???
Bloody hell - I tried it for 2 weeks and by the end of 10 days was sick of the sight of cereal.....

cosmic

Why not just buy a pair of jeans that actually fit?!

Piste

Porridge is so amazing. I could probably live off two bowls of porridge a day. But that'd be ridiculously unhealthy.

bellz_x

Piste wrote: »

Porridge is so amazing. I could probably live off two bowls of porridge a day. But that'd be ridiculously unhealthy.

I like porridge but I need to have a bit of sugar with it or I cant eat it. Same with weetabix, I need the sugar. Jam just doesnt do the same job.

Puddleduck

Oh yea, porridge is great...except for the fact that its the most boring food evar!

cosmic

I'm eating porridge at my desk this very moment. Yum!

seraphimvc

Weetabix ftw really.

wobblyknees

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Not sure now, but the last time I checked the small cereal boxes you get in the variety pack the Special K box had more Calories than the Corn Flakes one.



Oh and speaking of sugar , one thing that really sickens me is sugar in peanut butter :mad::mad:

Where do the calories come from?

Wibbs

I remember reading somewhere that the irish eat more breakfast cereals per head than anywhere else. Dunno if its true?

Cant abide cereals myself. porridge is ok though.

Bonito

Puddleduck wrote: »

Oh yea, porridge is great...except for the fact that its the most boring food evar!

Get creative with it then! Put some honey in it
Also special K = dried out scraps of paper