Fat Loss for Idiots is a site and diet that my wife had learned about from her stepmom. Initially I looked at the Fat Loss For Idiots website and saw that after clicking though a bunch of pages of information I found that the program was only $39.
As a fitness and health enthusiast I know that there are no easy ways out of losing so when I first saw all of the hype around fat loss for idiots I was of course initially skeptical. I have scoured the internet looking for more information on the Fat Loss For Idiots program and would like to present this to you here so that you can make an informed decision when you visit the Fat Loss For Idiots site.
Lose Weight Fast with Fat Loss for Idiots?
Fat Loss for Idiots claims you can lose 9 pounds lost in 11 days.Wow, is this possible? You probably have your doubts but I know because I have seen it happen, with the right diet and exercise program you can lose and lose it quickly.
The basics of Fat Loss for Idiots are based around four basic principles:
1. The Food that you eat is decided by a special Diet Generator on the website
2. You Eat 4 or 5 times a day until you are satisfied but not overfull
3. You go on the diet for 11 days and then take three days off and eat what you want
4. You do a bit of walking everyday
You do not live on this diet for life but instead Fat Loss 4 Idiots teaches you how to eat correctly and after you have lost your you know how to maintain at a good healthy . After that quick loss it is important that you continue eating according to the plan and get some exercise of any kind and you will continue losing weight. The way the diet cycles means that you should lose every week with no bad weeks at all.
Fat loss for idiots Meal Plan
Fat Loss for Idiots food is made up of lean proteins,fruit and vegetables, and the sources of fat come from whole foods (such as cottage cheese or eggs). There are some starchy carbohydrates (such as oats and pasta). The day is divided into 4 meals that should be eaten at a maximum of 2 1/2 hours apart. There is no calorie or carb counting, no limit on portion size – Fat Loss for Idiots says you “just eat short of being full”.
After the 11 day meal plan there is a 3 day “cheat” – where you get to eat whatever you want. Then you are back into the 11 day plan again.
The real difference between the fat loss for idiots plan and other plans is that the diet is purposely confusing your body so it never thinks it is starving. This is not a new meal program in that regard. Body for Life and other programs have long advocated confusing your body by having a day or more off of the diet so that you are in more control of how you eat. Fat Loss for Idiots does a good balance of this.
The meal plan is created by selecting from a list of preferred foods that you select before letting the diet generator do it’s work. These are then used to generate your meal plan.
For people that do not eat meat there is also an option for a veggie fat loss 4 idiots. You can select this option and as a vegetarian you will have that option to go with your eating style.
Fat Loss for Idiots also includes a very extensive handbook that teaches you how to to eat, how not to eat and what is important in your goal of losing weight.
Exercise on Fat Loss for Idiots
Fat loss for idiots is a diet program. One thing and one thing only. The people that come up with the fat loss 4 idiots meal plans look at you as a person that is trying to diet and lose over the short term so they do not really worry to much about exercise, with one exception, they expect you to walk once a day.
What is Good About Fat Loss For Idiots?
There is no magic behind Fat Loss for Idiots but really what it is a good focused meal plan and sensible exercise for beginners.
- Although this may not seem like much it is very important in my mind to be doing something that will give you the satisfaction that you are making the changes in YOUR life that will help you lose weight.
- This diet will work for you. Weight loss is quite easy on this plan
- You can buy the food at the grocery store
- And the simple fact is that at $39 fat loss 4 idiots is much cheaper than even a couple of weeks of Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers.
- 60 Day guarantee if you are not satisfied
What Is Wrong With Fat Loss For Idiots?
These bonus e-books are:
- 101 Diet Tips (A great addition to everything else you will learn here)
- Skyrocket Fat Loss (A Tom Venuto Interview that spans 41 pages)
- Training and Nutrition Secrets (65 pages of secrets that almost no one knows)
- Losing without starving yourself (61 pages about…well I guess the title says it all)
After you have purchased Fat Loss 4 Idiots just email me at bill @ nadraszky . com (just click the link) and I will forward the books to you.
Fat Loss for Idiots Reviews
:): “I started this diet 3 days ago, and have lost 2 and a half pounds so far.”
😛 “I have now been on this diet for 11 days and have lost 6 and a half pounds. I am very happy with that, especially since I have not exercised or done the recommended walking.”
😯 “On Fat loss for idiots I lost 7 pounds the first 11 days! I’m happy with that considering (like I mentioned) I had not done the suggested walking.”
I really liked this diet, the best part comes after the 11 day period and you can eat anything you like
I can definitely say a BIG yes!! I was 205lbs and in 3 months had lost almost 45 pounds!! This diet really works, especially if like me, you are a meat lover. Don’t fret about the 1 day of fruit and veggies, anyone can diet for a day! and the next day you get to eat, eat, eat!! This diet saved my life! GO FOR IT!!! All I did for exercise was walk. I was so happy when after three months I went clothes shopping and those size 12 pants slid right on, (I was wearing 16 before diet!) I let out a big whoop!! and the sales girls started laughing, it was great, I had been way over for 25 years.
Down another .5 of a lb this morning. Total = 6 lbs on day 5!!!
My Fat Loss for Idiots Recommendation
I am a big fan of Fat loss for idiots for no other reason than it is nice and simple, and it really does work, if you follow a diet that changes what you eat and moves you in a better direction nutritionally than what you are now.
And hey if it does not work you can just get a refund, 60 day no hassle guarantee! No Risk and a great plan to lose with Fat loss 4 idiots!
I have people emailing me all the time asking what they should eat and how to lose weight. If you have finally decided to give up on those crazy diets, pills, and broken promises. Then stop giving out good money after bad and pick up the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet today and get started to finally leave your “fat” problems behind you. Click the button below to go to the official Fat Loss 4 Idiots site to learn more.
Thanks Anna. I hear you loud and clear about the psychological aspect. That is a vicious cycle I know all to well. I am an emotional eater. I have had two go arounds with FL4I. The first time I lost 50lbs. But then some things in my life started to go lousy and I pretty much turned to food for comfort. Like you say, 1 day of eating junk turned into 1 week then two and so on and kept snowballing from there. I gained everything I had lost back and more. I’m really staying focused on the healthy overall lifestyle this time around. But I do still worry that I could easily fall back into that vicious cycle if things start going south again. Thats why its nice to have places like this where you can come and give and get advice from people who are going through the same types of things. Keep your focus and enjoy watching yourself shrink in the mirror. And set some money aside for the new clothes that you are going to have to buy in the coming months. 🙂
Wow Mike, congrats on everything you’ve accomplished and on your ongoing determination! For me, the hardest part of eating well is the psychological aspect. Its quite odd because I have no issues sticking to a diet as with this 11 day cycle for instance; however, once I am off a specific plan and my goal is to continue eating healthy, I simply fall off the wagon. I eat one piece of junk and then say “oh what the heck, I already ruined this healthy day by eating ice cream, I might aswell eat 3 slices of cake, some chips, a chocolate bar too.” This “bad” day then turns into a week… ah I already ruined it, might aswell eat junk for the rest of the week and then start healthy on Monday again. As you see, this is a vicious cycle and an issue that I don’t quite know how to overcome. For now, the only thing that has been working is to have a regimented plan. Otherwise, I lack the control and willpower that is needed to turn healthy eating into a lifestyle vs. a periodic diet.
Keep up the good work Mike!!
Anna – Give it a try. Keeping in mind that what works for some may not work well, or at all, for others. But for me breaking up the cheat days in that fashion really made the plan easier for me to follow. And I achieved the same results if not better results doing it this way.
Yes I’m currently doing the P90X program and I’m almost done with the 90 days. Once I got to a certain point in my FL4I plan I decided I still wanted to do some kind of structured plan but something that would challenge me a lot more. The first few weeks of P90X I thought I bit off more than I could chew. It is quite a different animal than FL4I. The routines are quite intense and you burn up lots and lots of calories. Lots of intense exercise means lots of fuel needed for your body. And that has been one of the toughest parts for me. On FL4I I was taking in around 1300- 1400 calories daily. The P90X plan calls for me to eat around 2300-2400 calories daily, if not more. Easy if your chowing down fast food. Not so easy when your eating healthy. Sample day of food for me on P90X:
8:00 AM – 6 eggs (5 whites 1 whole) Multi grain Muffin
10:00 AM – Protein Shake with 1 cup oats and 2 tablespoons Nat. Pnut Butter
12:00 PM – Chicken Breast 6oz, Small sweet potato, cup Broccoli
2:00 PM – Cup cottage cheese, handful Almonds, Couple slices apple
4:00 PM – Turkey Burger, 3/4 cup Brown rice, cup Broccoli
6:00 PM – Chicken breast meal again
Workout
Then another protein shake
So you can see that it’s quite a lot of food to take in. I really struggle with it some days. But its really been paying off. I am still not as lean as I would like to be. But amazingly I have a SIX PACK!!! 🙂 Never had a six pack in my life. But its actually showing through. After I complete my 90 days on the program I am going to evaluate weather I want to go another 90 day cycle or if I am just going to follow a lifting and cardio routine of my own making. While P90X has done wonders for me, there is a lot of high impact stuff that has been quite hard on my knees.
And that is currently where I’m at.
Mike – your plan sounds enticing. I think I may try it for my next cycle! I am on day 8 of my second cycle and things are going well once again. I just love love love the fact that you can eat bacon and cheese on this diet!!! You mentioned that you are doing the P90X currently. Does that mean that you are done with this diet for now? If yes, how often / what do you eat to maintain your ?
Hi Dianne, thanks. Regarding the way I used this plan. 5 plan days, 1 cheat day, 6 plan days, 2 cheat days. I usually hopped on the scale the morning of the first of the 2 cheat days. So what ever I had lost was over the previous 12 days.
Hi Mike; Just curious about one of your earlier posts — you said you averaged about 8 pounds per cycle — if you were modifying the diet, what was your definition of “cycle”? Every 2 weeks? Just want to be realistic about expectations. Doing the diet strictly is getting me good results, but if I can ease up a bit and still get great results I’m there! Thanks and Congrats on hitting your goals.
Anna, you can always try and see what works for you. While I was doing the diet I did 5 on / 1 off, 6 on / 2 off, and that worked quite well for me.
Hi Anna; The diet is geared toward a 2 week time period (11 + 3), but I don’t think 6 on / 1 off will work as it doesn’t reset the body’s metabolism for a long enough period of time. I tried a couple of alterations and am now back on following the diet exactly.
Just wondering….do any of you think that this diet would work equally well if it was 6 days on and 1 day off? I was just wondering why its 11 days…. and not 8 or 12 ??
Anna, It’s both! Obviously in order to lose you have to have a calorie deficit, but the calorie shifting prevents plateaus by changing the types of calories you take in. You lose more in the first cycle because you are cleaning out your system, but the average loss per cycle is still going to be worth the effort. This is a very reliable diet to lose . You still have to develop new eating habits, but the diet gives you control over the food cravings etc. The best way to silence your friends is to do the diet and lose the .
I’ve read about a gazillion reviews of this diet, and everyone is very happy with the results. My question is this: is it the calorie shifting that does the magic or is it also the reduced calorie intake? Some of my skeptical friends seem to laugh at the meal plan, stating that its like any other low calorie diet – you lose because you create a calorie deficit. Their main argument is that the loss will plateu in your second or third cycle…. however, as Kathy wrote above, this isn’t true and it IS possible to continue losing !
Well done Kathy. It’s very nice having those “WOW” moments. They are some of the rewards for working hard to eat healthy and exercise. I just came back from shopping for some new clothes. I needed a new pair of jeans. I was not sure what size would fit me as I had not shopped for them in quite a while. 6 months ago I wore a size 40 waist. So I grabbed a couple different styles in a 36 waist and went to the fitting room. They were too big. I went back and grabbed some 34’s. They were too big. Finally I tried on some 32’s and to my amazement they fit just right. It’s times like that that make all the hard work worth it.
I started using this diet in May of 2008, I dieted only 11 days per month, as I didn’t want to lose too much to fast. I lost 70 pounds from May 08 to November 08, I believe I have dieted maybe twice in 09. I am proud to say, I have lost a total of 80 pounds and have not”dieted” at all since early 09. I went from a size 22 to a 12. I had a WOW moment on Saturday when I came across an old pair of shorts. I was wearing jeans and I decided to put the shorts on over my jeans and I could have put another of me in the shorts. I limit my fast food to twice per month and I splurge on a Mocha Frappe from McDonalds once a week. Other than that I just know what to eat. I could very easily be a NO LIES SPOKESPERSON for this diet.
Anna – you mentioned that you finished your FIRST cycle — the 3 days in between cycles is a good place to start putting into practice healthier eating habits. On the so-called ‘cheat days’ you can eat anything you want, but you are encouraged to eat with the same parameters — stop before you’re full! So planning what you’ll eat on the cheat days will help transition you to a lifelong sustainable plan — for instance, instead of fast food for lunch, come up with 3 healthier lunches? practice on the Cheat Days…then when you splurge on fast food, it’s a once in a while thing, not a way of life
Anna – The only one who can really answer your question about the coming back is you. If you fall back into old habits and don’t continue to follow a more healthy lifestyle the can come back with a vengeance. That can be said about any diet and not just FL4I. Watching what you eat and getting some weekly exercise need to be part of your life during and after FL4I. Good job with your first cycle. Keep it up. Shoot for your goals on this plan but also have some lifelong healthy lifestyle goals.
Good luck.
Mike
I Just finished my first cycle and lost about 7 lbs. I wish I had measured myself before starting, because I lost a lot of inches – my clothes fit so much nicer in just 11 days! Needless to say, I am extremely happy with this diet. However, I am concerned about what happens next. Will I gain all the back quickly? Can anyone share their experiences once going off this diet?? I’m afraid that it will be inevitable and the will creep back up…. simply because it would be too good to be true otherwise!
Jackie, you can do it , you know it works so go for it. I also tried the beyond calories and was faced with the same outcome in the end. i was planning on starting the wl4i this week but decided to wait another week i still have that same pesky 10ish lbs to loose and i want to do it before i go on vacation in February.
So…its official. I have canned the Beyond Calories diet and went back on FL4I. The thought of eating again was making me cringe. So I picked up on the day I left off on. I have noticed a small difference but I think its cause I do the 7 shapley secrets exercises along with the diet to tone. That diet was definately not for me. People…FL4I does work and I lost 16 lbs before and I can do it again and so can you. I weighed myself last night and I gained 10 lbs since I went off it, which isn’t too bad. But now I want to lose that 10 so I will be comfortable with myself.
Thank you Mike and good luck.
Jackie – I know what you mean about how tough it can be to eat a bunch of food throughout the day. I’m currently doing the P90X program. And to get all the calories I need i pretty much eat every 2 hours usually 8 times per day. When it’s healthy foods it can be tough to eat 2000+ calories per day. All I can tell you is that it’s easier to drink your calories than eat your calories much of the time. 2 of my meals are protein shakes. If I did not supplement in the 2 protein shakes I doubt I would be able to take in enough calories.
Sorry I’m not familiar with the Beyond Calories program.