Fat Loss 4 Idiots, or Weight Loss 4 Idiots, is an eleven day diet plan which consists of a purchased meal plan chosen by the dieter. The diet is mainly available on the internet as a downloadable e-book. The cost is quite reasonable, only about $39, plus an optional e-book for $17. Once you are enrolled in the program, the website is also available for support. You do not purchase already-prepared meals; instead, your meal plan is generated by you based on the foods you like to eat. Then you go the grocery store and buy regular foods, thereby avoiding the cost of purchasing prepared meals, which some other diet plans, require.
Rationale
The rationale behind the Fat Loss for Idiots Diet, sometimes called the Weight Loss for Idiots Diet, is the premise that you are tricking your metabolism into burning more calories instead of storing them as fat. Anyone who has dieted is probably aware of how typical yo-yo type dieting does not provide long term weight loss. The dieter struggles to follow what may feel like a very restrictive diet, then suddenly loses control and splurges on favorite foods, which induces guilt, which causes even more out-of-control eating. Instead of losing weight, the yo-yo dieter may even gain more weight over the long haul.
Features of the Plan
By contrast, Fat Loss 4 Idiots allows the dieter to choose his/her favorite foods to eat, and in any quantities. These options cause the dieter to feel much less coerced about dieting. For many people, this greatly increases the chance for success. Once you have chosen the foods you want to eat, the meal generator creates a menu for each of the eleven days, and you must eat these foods in this order. This means that on any given day your meal plan may contain a lot of one food group, such as proteins, and exclude another food group, such as vegetables. The dieter does not need to calculate calories or fat grams, and since you are not purchasing prepackaged foods, you are not locked into eating processed foods. The diet claims that dieters will lose nine pounds during the eleven days. Though some people are not able to lose as much as nine pounds, many feel that the weight, which is lost, is sufficient enough that they are still happy with the plan. Once the eleven days are up, the dieter can repeat the plan if more weight loss is desired. If you are a vegetarian, there is a vegetarian meal plan available.
Determining the Likelihood of Success
Anyone who is thinking of dieting should always evaluate the prospective diet plan based on how the plan will work with his/her lifestyle and health needs. The likelihood of success should be weighed against the inconvenience of adopting a new way of eating. A general health recommendation is that every prospective dieter should consult a doctor before a change in diet, especially if there are other health concerns or chronic underlying conditions, such as diabetes. Because this diet is based on the idea that you must rotate the foods you eat every day, it does not necessarily follow the guidelines of the food pyramid set up by the US Department of Agriculture, still considered the “gold standard” for nutritious eating. For example, on any given day while using this fat loss diet, you will probably not be getting your recommended allotment of vegetables or grains. The diet is heavier in the meat allowance area.
Fat Loss 4 Idiots seems be a diet plan, which works well for some people, especially if you do not need to stay on the diet repeatedly in order to meet your weight loss goals. The plan does not include some aspects of healthy living generally considered important for overall good health, such as the need for exercise. Staying on the diet for long periods of time could be problematic because restricting daily meals to exclude some food groups may mean you are not getting the vitamins and minerals you need. The diet does not address the issue of vitamin supplements. As is the case for any diet plan, the prospective dieter needs to carefully evaluate the pros and cons and decide which diet plan will work best for his/her lifestyle. The health of the individual should be considered an important component part of any decision process. Creating a permanent shift to good eating habits is generally considered to be one key component of any successful diet. If success with this diet plan becomes a catalyst, which causes a shift in thinking and eating, it will have served a very useful purpose.
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