Why Bother With Fat Loss For Idiots

This is an idea that is rapidly growing in popularity – not least because it promises substantial weight loss in a short space of time. The Holy Grail of all dieters!

Fat Loss 4 Idiots is an online diet generator that will accept input regarding your favorite foods and produce you 11 days worth of meals, all calorie-and-fat counted. That’s a good idea – after all, the worst part of dieting is having to think about what to have for your next meal – so much so that sometimes it’s tempting not to bother eating at all to try and shift the excess weight.

Or else your diet plan requires foods you’ve never heard of, or the drinking of endless "meal replacement" shakes which taste like leftover wallpaper paste and leave you so hungry that you mug kiddies for candy.

Fat Loss 4 Idiots claims to be different. The advertising talks about The Shifting Calories Theory and that the secret of weight loss is to keep your body guessing by eating different foods, because your body gets used to eating the same foods in the same order and therefore does not burn them off.

The idea of this diet, so they say, is to unlock your body’s Fat-Burning Hormones, so that all the food you eat is burned off and not stored as fat. Well, that bit actually makes sense and is true – if you eat foods with a low GI count (the rate at which food is absorbed into your system) your body is more likely to use the food as fuel instead of hanging on to it.

No surprise then, that low GI foods are healthy choices – most vegetables are low GI, as are starchy carbs such as brown rice and wholegrain pasta. Your body absorbs these foods slowly and you feel fuller for longer and less likely to pig out. I’ve never yet met anyone who was tempted to madly overeat oatmeal porridge, but give them a super size Big Mac and there was no stopping them!

So Fat Loss 4 Idiots designs you 11 days of healthy meals; 4 meals a day, eaten at regular intervals. Protein is lean meats, fish and veggie options such as pulses, carbs are low GI, dairy is low fat and not too much of it.

There is the odd glass of wine, but no processed or junk food. Despite the rather dodgy Theories, you will most definitely lose fat with this diet. And you also get a Handbook filled with Fat-Loss tips and exercise ideas (essential for keeping the pounds off).

It’s basically a reduced-calorie diet that encourages healthy food choices. Whether you’ll lose 9lb in 11 days, as the hype claims, is slightly over the top, but you are sure to see some reduction in both the scales and your size. And because you’ll be eating healthy foods regularly, you’ll start looking good and feeling great!

Carol J Bartram holds qualifications in Personal Training, Nutrition and Pilates. I believe that a healthy lifestyle is a balance of exercise, sensible eating and some relaxation - Work, Eat and Play! If you would like to learn how to fit all these into a hectic schedule, please visit my website Natural Weight Loss.

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