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Friday, January 30, 2009

An Idiot Proof Diet Walkthrough

They say seeing is believing and they're right. I can spend all day telling you how great The Idiot Proof Diet is and how easy it is to use the online diet generator to create your meals and lose weight, but if I could show you how easy it is, that would be so much better.

Well, the good news is I can show you with this Idiot Proof Diet walkthrough. Check it out and see the whole process, from signing up for the diet to printing out your menu and starting the diet. This walkthrough will give you a glimpse into the diet generator and how you'll be choosing foods for your diet. You'll also be able to see how easy it is to access the diet handbook, which is packed full of great dieting information that will help you lose weight and keep it off.

If you want to learn how easy it is to use The Idiot Proof Diet to lose weight, check out this Idiot Proof Diet walkthrough.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Throw Away Your Food Journal and Stop Counting Calories


Throw away your food journalSo you’ve finally decided it’s time to lose weight. You’ve been putting it off for too long and now it’s time to get serious and do something about it. You’ve researched diets and have found one that works for you and your schedule. You’re happy with the foods you eat on this diet and more importantly, you feel great about the diet and your weight loss progress. You’re so happy because you’ve finally found a diet you enjoy and can help you reach your weight loss goals.

What Do You Love Most About Your Current Diet?


I bet I can read your mind, I know exactly what you’re thinking. You’re thinking your favorite part of your current diet is your food journal right? Yep, I knew it, you just love having to write down every single piece of food you eat during the day, no matter how small it is. You love having to keep a running tab of your daily calories to make sure you don’t go over by even a single calorie. So is it safe to assume your second favorite thing about your new diet is having to read labels. Sure, everyone loves a 5 hour trip to the grocery store while you walk down every isle reading every label to find out if it will work for your diet. The long visit to the grocery store is just half of it; you still have to read every label before you eat something so you can write it in your precious little food journal.

Throw Your Food Journal in the Trash


I know it will break your heart, but there’s a diet out there that doesn’t require you to keep a food journal, or count calories. Not only do you not have to do these things, but the diet will actually punish you for doing this (actually, I just made that part up). I know this will be a hard habit to break, but I’m sure you have the willpower. You may already be thinking about what you’ll do with all your spare time now that two of the most annoying aspects of most diets have been removed. If you’ve been dieting for a while, or even if you’re new to dieting, you may already be asking yourself How can I lose weight if I don’t know how many calories I’m eating. That’s simple, this diet isn’t concerned with calories. You’ll be listening to your body and it will tell you when you’ve had enough.

Calorie Counting Alternative


On this diet, you’ll be letting your body tell you when you need to stop eating, so let me tell you a little more about that. First of all, the diet I’m talking about is called The Idiot Proof Diet and it has been designed, developed, tested and fine tuned by a company named Fat Loss 4 Idiots. The reason it’s called The Idiot Proof Diet is because you don’t have to think about ANYTHING. That’s why you don’t need the food journal or calorie counting anymore. This diet will do everything but eat the food for you. When you sign up for The Idiot Proof Diet, you’ll gain instant and unlimited access to the Fat Loss 4 Idiots online diet generator. The online diet generator is what you’ll be using to create your meals.

The Fat Loss 4 Idiots Online Diet Generator


Once you’re logged into the diet generator, you’ll see 2 lists of foods; one list that contains protein calorie foods and another list that contains carb calorie foods. You’ll be asked to select 7 to 15 foods from each category and I recommend you select the full 15 items. These are the foods you’ll be eating for the next 11 days, so the more foods you choose, the more variety you’ll have in your meals. After you’ve chosen all of your food items, the diet generator will use these foods to create your 4 daily meals for your 11 day diet cycle.

The 11 Day Diet Cycle


You’ll be following this diet for 11 days and during these 11 days, you’ll be eating 4 meals a day. As mentioned in the diet plan you’ll print out from the diet generator, you don’t have to eat all the foods listed for a meal, you can eat one or all of the foods listed. This means you have variety. If the meal has 3 foods listed, but you’re only in the mood for 2 of the foods, then you only need to eat 2 of the foods. You can eat whatever amount of each food you want, you don’t have to worry about eating an equally amount of each food item. Also, you don’t have to eat your 4 meals in the order listed in your diet plan. If you want to eat meal 3 for breakfast, do it. Here’s one of the best parts of The Idiot Proof Diet that you won’t find on most other diets, there are NO portion limits. This diet puts your body in control of portion control. You want to eat and stop just short of feeling full. Take your time and eat slowly, so your body has time to judge when it’s had enough.

Eating Your Way to Weight Loss Success


Yes, that’s correct, eating 4 meals a day will keep your metabolism burning fat and increase the release of fat burning hormones while suppressing fat storing hormones. The 4 meals a day, with no portion limits is a very important part of this diet. Make sure you do not skip a meal, and you should never feel hungry. Remember, you’re not counting calories, but you really do need to listen to your body and make sure you’ve given it the right amount of the fat burning fuel it needs to help you lose up to 9 pounds in 11 days.


Cheat on The Idiot Proof Diet and Win


You don’t hear that too often when it comes to dieting do you? That’s probably one of the reasons some of your previous dieting attempts failed. It’s just inhuman to expect someone to go for a long period of time without eating the foods they’re craving. That’s another key to success with The Idiot Proof Diet, at the end of each 11 day cycle, you get 3 cheat days when you can eat anything you want; pizza, cake, candy, lasagna. There’s just one rule for your cheat days, stop before you feel full. Enjoy the foods you’ve been craving, but remember you don’t want to gain all your hard earned weight loss back.

Lose All the Weight You Want


As I mentioned earlier, when you purchase The Idiot Proof Diet, you’ll only be charged once, but you’ll receive unlimited access to the online diet generator. This means you can use this diet for as many 11 day cycles as you want, to lose as much weight as you want and you’ll never be charged another dime. Another great benefit to having unlimited access to the diet generator is if you get bored of your diet menu halfway through an 11 day cycle, all you have to do is use the diet generator to create a new menu and start on the new menu where you left off on the old menu. If you’d like to see a 3 day sample menu created with the diet generator, follow the link and read the post.



Monday, January 26, 2009

Fat Loss 4 Idiots a Scam? NO! It Really Works

Fat Loss 4 Idiots is not a scamDo a search for Fat Loss 4 Idiots or The Idiot Proof Diet on Google or Yahoo and you're sure to see at least a few listings that say Fat Loss 4 Idiots a Scam. This may make you curious enough that you decide to clik into the site. Once you're in the website, you realize that not only does this site not think it's a scam, but they've changed their tune completely and they think it's the greatest diet in the world and want to sell it to you. WHAT!! But didn't you just say... If you've been a victim of sales copy whiplash, let me ask you this. Why would you let this site sell you a product if they just told you it was a scam 10 seconds ago?

The diet from Fat Loss 4 Idiots, which is known as The Idiot Proof Diet really does work and the ease of following this diet, along with the results you'll see alone are reason enough for you to give Fat Loss 4 Idiots a try.

Here are a few reasons why Fat Loss 4 Idiots is not a scam.


  • You can lose up to 9 pounds in 11 days using The Idiot Proof Diet? True

  • When you sign up for The Idiot Proof Diet, you get unlimited access to the online diet generator? True

  • You use the diet generator to choose foods you enjoy for your meals? True

  • When you sign up for The Idiot Proof Diet, you get the diet handbook which not only has lots of great weight loss tips, but also includes The 10 Weight Loss Rules? True

  • On The Idiot Proof Diet, you'll be eating 4 meals a day? True

  • On The Idiot Proof Diet, there are NO portion limits? True

  • At the end of the 11 day cycle, you get 3 cheat days in which you can eat ANYTHING you want? True

  • You can repeat as many 11 day cycles as you want to lose as much weight as you want? True



Seeing how the answer to all of these is true, how is Fat Loss 4 Idiots a scam?

The answer to that questions is Fat Loss 4 Idiots is NOT a scam.

If you're looking for a diet that lets you lose weight fast, lets you eat frequent meals that keep your metabolism burning fat all day and lets you choose the foods you'll be eating, then The Idiot Proof Diet from Fat Loss 4 Idiots is the diet you've been looking for.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Get a Bikini Body - Lose Weight for Summer

Get a bikini bodyThis may seem like a weird topic to be writing about in January, but if you start thinking about how you’re going to lose weight for summer, come June, you’ll have your beach body and be able to fit in that bikini you’ve had your eye on.

Looking for encouragement to get started? That part is easy. Unless you’re lucky enough to live somewhere like Florida, your weather is probably a little cold for your local stores to have bikinis in stock, so you’ll want to go online to your favorite bikini shop. Now, it’s time to find your dream bikini, one that will show off your new bikini body and make everyone else at the beach green with envy. You know the type of bikini I’m talking about. You’ve probably seen this bikini before or one like it and dreamed of what it would be like to be walking down the beach wearing this bikini, while all the eyes are on you as you walk by. Great, once you’ve found your perfect bikini, this is going to be your trophy, your reward, your motivation to lose the weight you have wanted to lose for some time now.

Summer will come whether you lose weight or not, you have no control over that. What you do have control over is what you’ll look like when summer gets here and what you’ll be wearing to the beach. Getting a bikini body isn’t really that difficult. We’re not talking about splitting the atom here; we’re talking about deciding what you want your body to look like this summer and coming up with a plan that will help you get it. If you want a bikini body, tell yourself “I want a bikini body”, find something that will give you motivation, like your dream bikini, or maybe a picture of you when you did have a bikini body and then find the tools that will help you get that body.

A fitness plan may be one of the tools you use to reach your weight loss goals, but you’ll probably want to combine it with some type of diet. Doing crunches is a great way to get rock hard abs, but if your rock hard abs are buried under layers of fat, the only one who will know about them are you. Remember, there’s no such thing as spot reducing; this means you can’t just burn fat from one part of your body, you pretty much burn fat from all over your body evenly. So if you have a problem area on your body that you really want to get rid of fat, you’ll need to find a diet program that will reduce the fat on your entire body.

The 2 ways to burn fat are eating properly and non strenuous exercise. When a workout leaves you out of breath, you are burning carbs instead of fat. For your exercise, choose something like a brisk walk, or 30 minutes on a treadmill, just make sure you’re walking at a pace that elevates your heart rate but doesn’t cause you to be out of breath. This will help your body with the fat burning process.

Remember, you can lose weight for summer and get the bikini body you’ve always wanted; you just have to come up with a plan. The diet part is easy; we can help you with that. The Idiot Proof Diet can help you lose as much as 60 pounds by this summer. This diet will help you lose up to 9 pounds in 11 days, and you can repeat the diet as many times as you want, to lose as much weight as you want. The best part is this diet does NOT require exercise of any kind. Not even walking.

We would love to hear comments on what readers are doing to lose weight for the summer. Have you made your weight loss plans yet? Don’t hesitate for too long; summer will be here before you know it, so start working on getting your bikini body now.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Weight Loss Resolution – Losing Weight in the New Year

Losing Weight in the New YearAre you one of the many people who made a New Year’s weight loss resolution? Are you also like a majority of those people and have already failed, or will fail before the end of January? Why is it that so many people make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight or get in shape and never seem to achieve their goal? Is it because they set unrealistic goals, or maybe goals with no measurable success?

If you’re trying to lose weight, make sure you set realistic weight loss goals. Everyone would love to be able to lose 50 pounds in one month, but it’s just not realistic, and it also isn’t healthy to lose weight that quickly. Remember that weight loss isn’t just about having a slimmer body, or fitting into smaller clothes, but it’s also about having a healthier mind and body. You are also probably more likely to stick with your weight loss resolution if your success is measurable. If your goal is to lose 5 pounds a week, or maybe you want to lose a few inches off your waist by the end of the month, then these are ways to measure your weight loss success. Don’t just say I want to lose a lot of weight, come up with a realistic number and set a realistic time frame. Just remember that when it comes to weight loss, it’s not all or nothing. If you want to lose 5 pounds in a week and you only lost 3 or 4 pounds at the end of the week, that doesn’t mean it’s time to throw in the towel and claim you weight loss attempt a failure.

Break your weight loss goals into smaller chunks. If you want to lose 60 pounds, don’t just say “I want to lose 60 pounds by the end of …”, break that 60 pound weight loss goal into manageable chunks. Know that your ultimate goal is to lose 60 pounds, but break that weight loss into smaller pieces. 5 pounds a week, 20 pounds a month and 60 pounds in about 3 to 4 months.

Remember that humans respond very well to reward. If you set a weight loss goal and you reached it, or got close, be sure to reward yourself for you hard work and determination. Maybe tell yourself that if you lose 3 to 5 pounds in a week, then you can enjoy that piece of cheesecake in the fridge, or maybe if you lose a few inches off your waist, then you’ll buy yourself that dress you’ve been wanting.

I recently spoke with a friend who attends the gym 5 days a week and has been doing so for several years and she expressed her frustration for how busy her gym has become recently. Most of the time, she can go to the gym and complete her workout without having to wait for a machine, but starting January 1st of every year, her gym is overrun with workout and weight loss wannabes. She said she can’t wait until the end of January, when most if not all of the new members will disappear and she will again have her gym back. This pattern highlights the fact that humans seem to have a very hard time sticking to a weight loss and fitness plan.

If you choose to lose weight by going on a diet, make sure you choose one that isn’t too restrictive about what foods and what types of foods you can eat. If a diet is too restrictive and too limiting, it makes it more difficult to follow the diet and increases the chances you’ll get frustrated and quit. That’s one of the main reasons I really like The Idiot Proof Diet. On this diet, you have lots of delicious foods to choose from, and you can start to see results in a relatively short amount of time. In 11 days, you can see weight loss around 9 pounds. That means you don’t have to wait a long time to see the diet is working. Also, at the end of 11 days, you get to REWARD yourself with a 3 day cheat period. Even though the diet is full of delicious foods, this means you never have to wait more than 11 days to eat the "bad" food you’re craving. With this diet, the name says it all; it really is The Idiot Proof Diet. Forget about counting calories, and you can throw your food log in the trash, because you won’t need it. This diet will let you lose weight in 4 easy steps.

  1. Use the online diet generator to create your 11 day diet menu.

  2. Eat 4 times a day.

  3. Eat until you’re almost full. No portion limits.

  4. Enjoy the 3 day cheat period.


Having a good game plan for weight loss can help you achieve your weight loss goals and also help you measure your success. Remember to set realistic weight loss goals and reward yourself when you achieve them.

If you started the year with a New Year’s weight loss resolution and failed, please take time to comment on this post. I’m very interested in hearing from readers about why they failed, and how they felt when they failed to achieve their New Years Weight Loss resolution.

It would also be great to hear from readers who set weight loss resolutions and have stuck with it. What was your weight loss resolution and what are you doing to ensure success? How are you rewarding yourself for reaching your goal? Do you feel you set realistic weight loss goals and maybe that’s the key to your success?

Saturday, January 17, 2009

5 Keys to Success with The Idiot Proof Diet

5 Keys to Success with The Idiot Proof DietI've compiled a top five list for keys to success with The Idiot Proof Diet. I realize most of these will probably sound like common sense, but... well you know how that goes.


  1. Choose foods you enjoy: This one goes without saying, but it really is a major key in your weight loss success. If you're going to stick to any diet, you really need to enjoy the foods you're eating while on the diet.


  2. Don't weigh yourself daily: Your weight can fluctuate throughout the the day and week, so it's best to weight yourself once a week. Try to weight yourself first thing in the morning and always at the same time each week. Weighing yourself often, while your body weigh is fluctuating, can cause you to get discouraged and think a diet is not working.


  3. Eat 4 meals a day: This is one of the main foundations of The Idiot Proof Diet and one rule that MUST not be ignored. We live in a very hectic world where it seems no one has enought time, and it's very easy to get busy and lose track of time. Before you know it, the day is gone and you still have so much to do. In order for The Idiot Proof Diet to work, you need to make sure you don't skip or combine any meals. One of the main secrets to success on The Idiot Proof Diet is to eat more, smaller meals. This keeps your metabolism burning fat. Skipping a meal can slow down this process.


  4. Choose the maximum number of foods: Variety is the spice of life, and it's also the key to success with any diet. When creating your 11 day diet menu, you are asked to choos between 7 and 15 foods from each category. I recommend choosing the full 15 from each category. The more foods you have to choose from, the less likely you'll get bored with what you're eating and decide to abandon the diet. Remember, when eating a meal on The Idiot Proof Diet, you can eat one or all of the foods listed for the given meal, so just because you're choosing all of these foods, doesn't mean you have to eat them all, it will just give you more variety when eating each meal.


  5. Create multiple menus for each 11 day diet cycle: Remember, when using The Idiot Proof Diet, you have unlimited access to the online diet generator. This means not only can you use the diet generator for unlimited 11 day diet cycles, but you can also use it to create multiple diet menus for each 11 day diet cycle. There are a couple different ways to do this one. If you already know you're going to need some change halfway through the 11 day diet cycle, then go ahead and create two different diet menus in the beginning, and then when you start to get tired of the first diet menu, you can switch and start using the second diet menu. Just remember to start on the new menu where you left off on the old menu. If you just finished the last diet meal for day 5, then you would want to start on the new diet menu on day 6. If you didn't plan ahead and create two menus at the beginning, then you can always log into the diet generator in the middle of the 11 day diet cycle and generate a new menu.



The Idiot Proof Diet is a very simple diet to follow and understand and since the online diet generator does everything for you, you really don't have to give this diet much thought. Use these 5 keys to success with The Idiot Proof Diet, combined with all the great tips in the Diet Handbook that you get when you purchase The Idiot Proof Diet and you can turn your metabolism into a fat burning machine in no time at all.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Diet Plan for Vegetarians - The Idiot Proof Diet for Vegetarians

The Idiot Proof Diet for VegetariansIf you're a vegetarian, then you probably know that trying to lose weight can be difficult. Trying to find a diet plan for vegetarians that is set up with vegetarian foods can be almost impossible to find.

A lot of people have heard of The Idiot Proof Diet from Fat Loss 4 Idiots and they've heard about how the Fat Loss 4 Idiots Diet Generator creates your 11 day diet menus based on the foods you choose, but not too many people know that there's a vegetarian version of The Idiot Proof Diet from Fat Loss 4 Idiots.

Here's a guide on how to use The Idiot Proof Diet with the online diet generator to create a diet plan for vegetarians.

Start by signing up for The Idiot Proof Diet

After signing up for the diet and receiving your confirmation go ahead and log into your account.

You’ll probably want to start by downloading the Diet Handbook which includes the 10 Weight Loss Rules and lots of other GREAT tips for losing weight and staying thin. Also, if you’ve decided to purchase the additional product, Beyond Calories, you’ll want to go ahead and download that now too. Both of these are downloadable as PDF files, so you can read them on your computer, or print them out and take them with you.

From the same screen where you download the Diet Handbook, you’ll be able to access the unique Fat Loss 4 Idiots Online Diet Generator by clicking the button at the top of the screen. Clicking that button will launch the diet generator. The next screen will have several options and you’ll want to click the one on the left that says Vegetarians. Confirm that you do want to use the vegetarian version of the diet generator and you’ll be taken to the screen where you’ll be able to select your foods.

In the vegetarian version of the diet generator, you’ll find there is a wide variety of foods to choose from, base on the type of vegetarian you are. Whether you consider yourself a vegan, lactovegetarian, or a lacto-ovovegetarian, you’ll find foods available for creating your diet meal plan.

While in the online diet generator, you’ll be presented with two columns of foods; one column contains protein calorie foods and the other column contains carbohydrate calorie foods. You’ll be choosing 7 to 15 foods from each column and these are the foods that will be used to generate your meals for the next 11 days. You’ll be eating 4 meals a day for the next 11 days.

If you would like to see a sample vegetarian meal plan for this diet, check out the post

Idiot Proof Diet - 3 Day Sample Diet Meal Plan

If you're a vegetarian who's looking to lose weight, look no further, Fat Loss 4 Idiots did not forget about you when they were creating The Idiot Proof Diet. Useing the online diet generator, you'll be able to choose vegetarian foods and create the meals you'll need to lose the weight you want to lose.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Low Fat Diets - Why Are We Still Fat

The Idiot Proof DietIt seems that these days, there’s a low fat and no fat version of everything. There are low fat cookies, cakes, ice cream, yogurt and even low fat pizza. What has the world come to; is nothing sacred? These foods have been around for years, yet Americans are getting fatter all the time. Why is this?

The answer is actually very simple. It’s because there is no direct relationship between fat calories eaten and fat tissue on a person’s body. The human body is perfectly capable of converting any type of calorie into fat, not just fat calories. If you decided to eat just a one pound bag of sugar every day for a week, you would be very fat, and you would have become fat while on a low fat diet. The sugars in these low fat diets are still making people fat. They’re eating more sugar than their bodies can get rid of and so the excess sugars are being stored as fat.

Did you know that the body actually needs fat? It’s true. In fact, dietary fats are essential for cell growth and to give your body energy. Fats help with the absorption of nutrients and help your body produce important hormones.

What’s the solution?
The solution is a calorie shifting diet. The calorie shifting diet works by manipulating protein calories and carb calories. Also, with the calorie shifting diet, you’ll never have to starve yourself to lose weight, because there are no portion limits. You choose as many of the foods listed for that meal that you want and eat until you’re almost full. You don’t want to stuff yourself, because that means you’ve eaten too much and you body will store the extra calories as fat. You’ll be eating 4 times a day, so you’ll be eating smaller, more frequent meals, so your body will release fat burning hormones and your metabolism will keep burning fat throughout the day.

If you’d like to see the types of foods you get to eat on a calorie shifting diet, take a look at the posting Idiot Proof Diet - 3 Day Sample Diet Meal Plan for a 3 day sample meal plan.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Idiot Proof Diet - 3 Day Sample Diet Meal Plan

The Idiot Proof DietHere are two 3 day sample diet meal plans for The Idiot Proof Diet; one for non vegetarians and one for vegetarians. As you can see by looking at the sample meal plans, you'll be eating 4 meals a day on The Idiot Proof Diet.

Your daily meals can be eaten in any order. For example, you can eat meal 1 first, last, or in the middle, it doesn't matter. Another thing to note about this diet meal plan is you can eat any combination of the foods listed for a particular meal. If meal one has 3 foods listed, but you're only in the mood for 1 of the foods, then you only have to eat 1 of the foods. If you'd like to eat a little bit of all 3, go ahead.

On day 2, you'll notice that there's a lot of fruit listed. Don't worry, you don't have to eat all those fruits, just choose the ones you want and eat those. Also remember that the foods listed will be different for you based on what you choose in the online diet generator. All of the foods listed in these sample diet plans are there only because we chose them in the generator. If you want different foods, then you’ll be able to choose your own foods when you create your custom diet meal plan.

Another great thing about this diet is you get unlimited access to the online diet generator. That means you can follow the diet for multiple 11 day cycles, and generate a new meal plan each time. It also means that if you get half way through an 11 day cycle and decide you want a change of foods, you can log into the diet generator, create a new meal plan, and just start on the new meal plan in the same place you stopped on your old meal plan.

If you get to the end of day 6 and decide you can't stand to look at another slice of turkey, simply log into the diet generator, choose a new set of foods and generate your new meal plan. Then you would start on day 7 of your new meal plan.

When looking at the sample diet plans listed here, don't just look at the foods listed, but also notice the types of foods included with each meal. The Idiot Proof Diet uses a technique called calorie shifting which works by manipulating protein calories and carb calories. You'll notice that some meals consist of just protein calories, while others consist of just carb calories and then there are others that have a mixture of protein and carb calories. This is one of the reasons this diet works so well. By eating more and smaller meals that manipulate these calories, you're able to speed up your metabolism to maximize your body's fat burning potential.

When trying to lose weight, most people focus just on calories per day, instead of calories per meal. That's where they get into trouble. If you're only allowed to have 1,000 calories per day and you eat 800 calories for one of your meals, you're going to gain weight, because your body can't burn all of those calories. Your diet may be restricting calories, but you're focusing on calories per day, instead of calories per meal. By eating smaller meals that shift the types of calories your body gets, you're able to get the foods your body needs, and your body is able to burn those calories, and keep burning fat when it's done.

Non vegetarian sample meal plan































Day 1
Meal 1

Sausage Links


Turkey Slices


Fresh Kiwi Fruit



Meal 2

Tuna Salad Plate


Chicken


Orange Pineapple Smoothie



Meal 3

Walnuts


Bacon Strips


Meal 4

Broiled Sea Bass


Roast Beef Slices


Bowl of Oatmeal


Day 2
Meal 1

Deli Meat Sandwich



Meal 2

Oranges, Pears, Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Kiwis, Grapefruit



Meal 3

Oranges, Pears, Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Kiwis, Grapefruit



Meal 4

Oranges, Pears, Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Kiwis, Grapefruit



Day 3
Meal 1

Ham Slices


Delicious Shrimp




Meal 2

Pastrami Slices


Sausage Links


Bowl of Baked Beans



Meal 3

Turkey Slices


Tuna Salad Plate



Meal 4

Chicken


Walnuts


Garden Salad






Vegetarian sample meal plan






























Day 1
Meal 1

Bowl of Pinto Beans


Cottage Cheese


Bowl of Oatmeal



Meal 2

Bowl of Navy Beans


Almonds



Meal 3

Hard Boiled Eggs


Peanuts


Meal 4

Soy Cheese


Soy Milk


Lentils


Day 2
Meal 1

Oranges, Pears, Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Kiwis, Grapefruit




Meal 2

Oranges, Pears, Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Kiwis, Grapefruit



Meal 3

Oranges, Pears, Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Kiwis, Grapefruit



Meal 4

Oranges, Pears, Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Kiwis, Grapefruit



Day 3
Meal 1

Walnuts


Soy Beef




Meal 2

Scrambled Eggs


Macadamia Nuts



Meal 3

Bowl of Baked Beans


Bowl of Pinto Beans


Fresh Grapes



Meal 4

Cottage Cheese


Bowl of Navy Beans






Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Idiot Proof Diet - Two Fat Burning Diet Plans

What You Get When You Purchase The Idiot Proof Diet

The Idiot Proof DietWhen you purchase The Idiot Proof Diet, you not only get a wealth of information with the included Diet Handbook, but you also get 2 different diets. Both of these diets work by manipulating protein calories and carb calories, but one is for fast weight loss and the other one is for a slower, more casual weight loss.

Fast Weight Loss with the Idiot Proof Diet
If you want to lose weight very quickly, then you’ll want to use The Idiot Proof Diet. It’s called The Idiot Proof Diet, because everything is done for you. You don’t have to count calories, read labels, or plan your meals, the online diet generator does all that for you.

This diet uses the online diet generator to create the meals you’ll be eating for the next 11 days. To use the diet generator you log in using the Fat Loss 4 Idiots website and you’ll be presented with 2 lists of food. One list contains protein foods and the other list contains carb foods. You’ll choose foods from both lists, up to 30 foods total, and these are the foods the diet generator will use to generate your 4 meals a day for the next 11 days.

Don’t think that because this is a diet that you’ll be eating boring, tasteless food, because you’ll be eating food like chicken, turkey, strawberries, frozen yogurt and many other delicious foods. These are foods that you probably eat already, but on this diet, you’ll be eating them in a certain order, and in combination with other foods. On this diet, there are no portion limits, so you’ll never have to starve yourself; you just need to remember to stop eating short of being full.

After you’ve been on the diet for 11 days, you’ll take a 3 day cheat break. During these 3 days, you’ll be able to eat anything you want, but the same principal applies as far as portions; stop eating just short of being full.

After your 3 day cheat, if you still want to lose more weight, you’ll use the diet generator to create another 11 day diet meal plan. With this diet, you can lose 9 pounds in 11 days. This unique diet plan from Fat Loss 4 Idiots is known as a calorie shifting diet.

Slower Weight Loss with The 10 Weight Loss Rules Diet
If you’re looking to lose weight a little more slowly, then you’ll want to use the diet that’s included in the Diet Handbook that you’ll receive when you purchase The Idiot Proof Diet. This diet is explained in the 10 Weight Loss Rules. This diet is better if you want to lose weight more slowly and not follow a specific diet. You won’t be using the diet generator for this diet, but there are 2 lists, one with protein calorie foods and one with carb calorie foods that you’ll be picking foods from. The diet explains what types of foods should be included for each meal, each day and you’ll be following this cycle for 9 days, before starting the pattern back at the beginning.

The choice of which diet to follow is completely up to you. You may choose to start with The Idiot Proof diet to lose a lot of weight and then use the 10 Weight Loss Rules Diet to maintain your new weight, or you may want to start slowly with The 10 Weight Loss Rules Diet and then ramp up to The Idiot Proof diet. The choice is up to you. Use one diet, use them both, but either way, you can expect to lose weight, and all this while eating 4 times a day. Even better, there’s a 60 day money back guarantee, so if you’re not happy with the results, you’ll get your money back, so you have nothing to lose.

Low Carb Dieting For Dummies - Low Carb Diets are for Dummies

Avoid Low Carb DietsWherever you turn you are likely to encounter the low carb diet craze. Everyone is ranting about low carbs and how they supposedly lower your weight. However, many individuals do not look at how their lives change when they go on low carb diets. Yes, they are losing weight when they reduce their carbs, but they are also forcing their bodies to go through a painful and severe diet which gives many individuals a reduced lifestyle, headaches, lower threshold for stress, and a higher aptitude for becoming irritable. This means the diet they are using is affecting other parts of their lifestyle that they are not even aware of, and while some individuals claim it is a worthwhile exchange to make, no individual should ever have to give up his or her health to achieve weight loss.

What is Low Carb Dieting?
Low carb dieting is where you reduced all carbohydrates which you consume on a normal day and allow yourself only 20 grams per day on average. Anyone who does this will likely immediately suffer from increased irritability and decreased energy level. In light that many fruits have the same amount of carbs in them, this means you are at most allowed one fruit and that is it. This is far below what your body needs, especially with the high demand lifestyle we must live in order to function in today’s world. Not having enough energy can get you fired, delay your reaction speed which causes an accident, or make you sleepy and unable to work out or enjoy simple pleasures in life.

What You Need to Understand About Low Carb Dieting
Low carb dieting can affect your body in ways you may not want to have happen. For instance, you can have the following happen to you:

  • Decreased energy level

  • Increased irritability and lack of patience

  • Headaches

  • Dizziness


Although low carb diets may seem like a good idea, they are actually a bad idea which will slow down results even if you do achieve results with them. When you are choosing between diets, it is best to choose one which will give you results as with a calorie shifting diet. You should carefully examine which is best in order to give you the best results.

Maximize Your Metabolism - Release Fat Burning Hormones

Learn to Maximize Your MetabolismDon’t Eat Less, Release Fat Burning Hormones
Have you tried to lose weight before? Have you always thought that the key to losing weight was eating less, and therefore taking in fewer calories than you burn? As it turns out, there is an easier way. Rather than eating fewer calories, you can eat in such a way that you trick your body into releasing fat burning hormones. These fat burning hormones will help you lose weight without eating less.

How Your Body Regulates Your Weight
When you eat, your body adjusts itself to burn the calories you eat. However, there is a lag. Therefore, the trick to release fat burning hormones is to eat so that your body thinks you are eating less than you are.

Hormones regulate everything in your body, not just your weight. They are the major players in controlling your metabolism, however. The hormones that regulate your metabolism are categorized as anabolic and non-anabolic hormones. Anabolic hormones control muscle growth and strength as well as your metabolism. These hormones are manufactured by a system of glands and organs known as the endocrine system.

The Most Important Fat Burning Hormones
There are four key hormones that regulate your metabolism, and if you want to lose weight, you need to manage these four: testosterone, human growth hormone, thyroxine, and epinephrine.

Anabolic Hormones
Testosterone is the most important male sex hormone. It is an anabolic hormone and grows muscle, but also controls metabolism. Although it is a male hormone, women produce it too. Human growth hormone is the other anabolic hormone. HGH grows lean muscle mass and regulates blood sugar and insulin. Make sure you get a good night’s sleep whenever possible because you produce HGH when you sleep.

Non-Anabolic Hormones
The other two, thyroxine and epinephrine, are not anabolic. Thyroxine is manufactured and distributed by the thyroid gland, and controls the metabolism and allows you to burn more calories Epinephrine is a product of the adrenal glands. It breaks down stored carbohydrates and fat for fuel. You may know it by its other name: adrenaline.

The most important factor in losing weight isn’t how much you eat or how many calories you take in. It’s whether or not you eat smart. Eating smart consists of eating to trick your body into burning more calories than you take in. Food is not your enemy. You can eat in a way to manipulate fat burning hormones rather than just trying to eat less, and lose weight.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Calorie Shifting; Not Just Another Diet Plan - The Easy Diet Plan

Learn More Calorie Shifting SecretsHave you ever noticed that the word diet starts with "die?" No wonder few people are excited about starting them! Most diets have rules that are pages long and include lists of foods that shall never pass your lips again. It doesn’t start out fun and most of the time following diets makes you feel worn out and miserable. It doesn't have to be that way though. Let’s look at some of the more popular diets that have come out in recent years:

Low carb diets: This diet makes eating a slice of bread a capitol offense. And noodles? Forget about it! It’s strictly protein with this diet, and plenty of it. Unfortunately it does not include enough of it to make you feel satisfied.

Low fat diets: This diet is just the opposite. No meats, no fats. Even the other foods you can eat are limited. This is just another feel miserable plan that many have bought into in recent years.

Mega exercise/Low calorie diets: While the basic premise isn’t bad; exercise and caloric limits, the plans that have come out have been absurd. When we exercise, our bodies need more fuel. If you take on a rigid exercise plan and then begin to limit the amount of food and calories you take in, you are cheating the body of much needed nutrients. No one is saying exercise is bad. It’s great! If you are going to exercise, however, give your body the fuel it needs. (That fuel does not include a chocolate cake and a cola!) The fuel it needs is a variety of foods and if you want an occasional snack, that’s fine too!

Why they don’t work! Our bodies need carbs for short term energy and proteins for long term energy. What does that mean? It means that our bodies NEED carbs and fats. It’s not only our bodies that suffer when we use these types of diets either. Our brains need a variety of nutrients and substances to function properly. They are now discovering that those who have been on low carb diets are suffering from memory loss. I remember when I was in college studying medicine that was a discussion we had; Brains need carbs to function. Now, years later, it is being proven.

What does work?


  • Taking in the nutrients our bodies need on a daily basis

  • Consuming calories in such a way that our bodies are fueled but not overwhelmed. Eating the right foods at the right times. (Remember, carbs = short term energy and protein = long term energy

  • Consuming our meals in several smaller portions throughout the day instead of three huge portions.

  • Keeping the body from shifting into starvation mode and holding onto the extra weight.

  • Using a common sense diet approach such as calorie shifting.



Taking the above approach and having the materials available to help you understand the how and why of the plan is the only way your body can drop weight and at the same time get the fuel it needs for everyday living. We do NOT have to starve ourselves! Finally, there is a diet program that understands that.

A word about exercise: Most of the time, if you look at an exercise regimen (especially if you haven’t been terribly active in a while) it looks like you are training for an Olympic event! Honestly, most of us who start diets just haven’t gotten a lot of exercise and to look at some of the programs, well, it would discourage anyone. The truth is exercise does work. That doesn’t mean you have to go out and spend $1500 on equipment or plan to spend 3 hours a day at a gym. What it does mean is that combined with a sensible calorie shifting plan, adding a little exercise is excellent. It’s not necessary, but still a good idea. Even if you just start a walking program and stick to it, your body will thank you. That’s just a little food for thought. (Sorry, that’s diet humor there.)

Shifting your calories throughout the day will cause your body to burn fuel, increase metabolism and allow you to lose weight. This is all done in a way that is healthy for the mind and body and doesn’t make you feel miserable. Whether you have tried diet programs before, (there is that word again!) you will be amazed at the calorie shifting diet plan and how you will not feel hungry. Our bodies need fuel. That is an undisputed fact. What matters to weight loss is that we consume the right nutrients at the right part of the day. Our bodies need different fuels depending on what it is called upon to do at any given time of the day. Our brains need constant fuel. If you are depriving yourself of needed nutrients, you brain cannot work well and neither can your body.

The calorie shifting plan gets your body burning calories throughout the day without starving it. Basically, that is metabolism at work. If we stuff our bodies three times a day, or starve it, our bodies will not constantly burn energy sufficiently. Using the calorie shifting diet plan gets the body burning fat and calories evenly throughout the day.

Now, you want to hear the best part of calorie shifting? The plan is in increments of 11 days! That’s right, 11 days. In that time you will see results. On top of that, even though you do not feel starved while on the daily plan, the calorie shifting diet plan gives you free days between increments in which you can eat what you want. Sweet! There is no reason not to try this plan. It is simple, easy, it works and it allows for human nature by giving us days to be less than faithful to the plan. Best of all, IT WORKS! This is the last diet plan you will ever need and I guarantee it will be the easiest diet you have ever been on.

Calorie Shifting Secrets - The Secret to Fast Weight Loss

Learn More Calorie Shifting SecretsOhhh, everyone loves secrets, don’t they? Some secrets, such as the calorie shifting secrets are actually things that once you know you want to shout them to the world! These secrets are actually the things you are going to love about calorie shifting and there is a lot to love about it. If you haven’t heard about this plan you are about to find out why it is simply the best available and why so many people are using and benefiting from it. Sit back and have a look at the wonderful calorie shifting secrets.

You can begin losing weight in 11 days! Eleven days! No hype, no starving, and no strict calorie counting! This plan involves 11 day increments and most people don’t just stop at one. It works so well they often create sets of 11 day plans to continue losing weight. How much weight? Normally 6-9 pounds is lost in those 11 days.

NO calorie counting! You are not going to have to figure out how many calories are in each bite of food you take and calculate them to find out when you have to stop eating for the day. Forget about calorie counting with the calorie shifting plan.

Never go hungry. You are not counting calories, you are not skipping meals, in fact, and you are eating more meals each day, just smaller ones. This is a key factor in the calorie shifting plan. You aren’t going to be hungry because you get to enjoy several meals a day.

You get to cheat. Not that there is really any need to, but you are allowed days in which you can eat what you want, and still lose weight. You got to love that part of the plan. Cheating is actually built into the program. That makes the plan even more do-able. Not that it is tough to begin with, but human nature stays the same. Cheating on diets makes us get an emotional high. If you can have that high and still be losing weight, why not go for it?

Eating releases Happy Hormones. Every time we eat, our brains release fat burning hormones? It's true. Every time you eat something there are 2 types of hormones released into your bloodstream, and together they control Fat Burning and Fat Storage. The calorie shifting diet is designed to get more fat burning hormones released and fewer fat storage hormones released. This is why certain foods are eaten at certain times of the day. Also, did you know that these 2 hormones are controlled by the foods that you eat? That’s a fact.

Eating more makes you lose more weight. As outrageous as that may sound, it is the truth. Now, we do not mean that you should eat chocolate cake and soda all day, but eating several times a day and eating the right foods at the right time will make you lose weight.

You only have to wait 11 days to find out if it works. Eleven short days of eating several smaller meals a day and you WILL be thinner and you will have lost weight. If you are not happy with the results in that time, you don’t have to continue. But we know you WILL be happy with the results. Most people are so happy with the outcome of the first 11 days; they start the regimen a second time, and a third! Here is the kicker; if you DON’T see results in those 11 days, you’ve lost nothing because you will get your money back! How many diet plans offer that kind of guarantee? Not many, if any besides the calorie shifter plan.

No meal guesswork: With the calorie shifting plan you can use the meal generator to find out what the best meals are for that time of day. It is a very flexible program that lets you choose the foods you want to eat even when it gives you suggestions for meals. You actually get choices as to what you can and should eat for any time of the day.

You can eat out. With the calorie shifting plan you learn what the best choices are when you eat at restaurants. You are not restricted at all as to where you eat. You want Italian food? Fantastic, just learn what foods work for which part of the day and the calorie shifting plan makes that easy to do.

There are many more secrets to this plan that are not covered here. It is simply the best diet plan that has ever been put out that actually works. It not only works but in many ways it doesn’t even feel like a diet. To top it all off, it works FAST. There really is no reason not to try the calorie shifting plan if you really want to be thinner and lose weight. Everything you need to learn and know is included with the plan and you can get started right away. You don’t have to feel hungry. You also do not have to exercise; however, exercising is never a bad idea. It can only help in your efforts to lose weight and feel good. No one is going to try to persuade you NOT to exercise, but it is not a requirement with the calorie shifter plan.

Find out how easy and fast it can be to lose weight and enjoy the confidence of a 100% guarantee while you are at it. It only takes 11 days to find out if the plan works and yet there is a 60 day 100% guarantee! If you are serious about losing weight and other diet plans have failed, you will want to try the calorie shifting plan. Get on the fast track to weight loss today and enjoy a healthier eating style as well as a better lifestyle. Shed those excess pounds and never go hungry while you are doing it. Try the calorie shifting plan and find out how easy it can be to lose weight fast without being unhealthy.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Calorie Shifting Diets Explained - Breaking the Weight Loss Code

Your metabolism has absolutely no way to predict the future so hasn’t got a clue The Calorie Shifting Dietwhat or how much you will eat within the next couple of days because the next couple of days have yet to happen. Your body will always burn calories based on past eating habits. It uses that pattern and assumes that this pattern will continue.

You’re about to get sneaky and do something that your metabolism is totally not expecting and something that you have never done to it before, you will do the exact OPPOSITE of what your metabolism thinks that you are going to do. To do this you are going to have to stop the pattern of consistency and stop eating the same types of food and calories for longer than a couple of days and this is how you will lose weight. A LOT OF WEIGHT!

Our bodies burn calories throughout the day, every day. The rate at which it burns calories is based on your past eating habits. If you change your eating habits, your metabolism rate will change. In the past, heredity was thought to play a big part in obesity and perhaps it is a factor, but anyone can change their metabolism rate. It is a matter of knowing how to do it. Depriving the body of food, which is what you do with traditional diets, makes the body hold on to the fat and the weight. Overeating may increase the metabolism but you are eating the wrong foods at the wrong time of the day in order to benefit from it. Instead, you gain weight.

Calorie shifting diets are simply a matter of eating the right foods at the right time. You don’t go hungry because you are actually eating several smaller meals a day rather than 3 large meals. You are still eating carbs and fats, but you are learning at which time of the day each are best to result in >weight loss instead of weight gain. You don’t feel deprived because there are Cheating days built into the system. You are not mindlessly following a diet because you are learning more about how the body and the brain work together to bring about weight loss.

The Calorie Shifting Plan is based on 11 day increments in which you are encouraged to eat several small meals a day. You have the opportunity to use a meal generator to help you choose foods and meals although they do not have to be followed to the letter (Unlike those old food wheel diets.) You are given real choices within the guidelines of the plan. Certain foods are best when eaten at certain times of the day. You will learn when to eat which foods. In those 11 days following the plan (and being allowed cheating days) you will lose weight.

Eleven short days is all it takes to find out that it works. If you like the results (and you will) then you do another 11 days. If you are not satisfied, you always have a 60 day 100% money back guarantee. The On-Line Diet Generator will create an 11 Day Menu which is DIFFERENT from what you’ve ever seen, and it will cause your body to release the correct amount of fat burning hormones after each meal and if you simply follow this 11 Day Menu then you’ll lose 9 pounds when the 11 days is over.

Take a look at your calendar. Find today’s date and count 11 days forward. Circle that day. Now look at that! That is not a long time at all and in those 11 days you can lose 6-9 pounds! We are not talking weeks or months but simply 11 days to real results. Don’t procrastinate any more. That is the number one reason most people don’t lose weight. With the Calorie shifter diet (otherwise known as the Idiot Proof Diet ) there is no need to wait until after the holidays or after next month. There is no reason to wait at all because this is one diet on which you will not feel deprived!

The calorie shifting diets are made to distribute calories throughout the course of the day. You are offered choices, cheating days and still lose weight. This works because when you distribute the calories, your body continually works to burn those calories. Not only that but your brain releases hormones based on when and how much you eat. With the calorie shifter diet, the calorie burning hormones are put into action while the fat storing hormones are not activated because you are not starving yourself.

Low carb and low fat diets are UNHEALTHY and should not be attempted. Our bodies need the nutrients and minerals from all healthy foods. Bread is not your enemy and neither is a lean cut of meat. Depriving your body of carbs and/or fat actually harms the body. Our brains cannot function right without carbs. Our bodies need a certain amount of fat to stay healthy. In moderation, no food is bad. Yes, you want to try to avoid eating too many refined sugars, but over-all, moderation is the key. Along with calories, every food has vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that our bodies AND our brains need. In some of the low carb diets, you cannot even eat a whole apple! What? There are many good things in an apple. Why would you think that you should deprive yourself of that? There is no reason. It’s hype.

The calorie shifting diet maintains a healthy balance of foods in your system each and every day. You are given cheater days because people are only human and if they are limited to extremely strict diets, or really any diet, they cheat. When that happens, if it is not taken into account as part of the diet, the diet is usually stopped. With the calorie shifter diet, you are given opportunities to cheat and STILL LOSE WEIGHT. It’s the most sensible diet plan available.