Fat Loss For Idiots Review: Does This Diet Make Sense?

Fat Loss For Idiots is a diet and weight loss program designed for people who don't want to have to think about what to do in order to lose weight and who want to approach this problem from the standpoint of dieting only (meaning without having to add strenuous exercise into the equation). The kind of person who would be attracted to this diet plan are people who just want someone to show them a way to lose weight easily and without much effort. And this diet program would certainly seem to fit that bill.

The program itself is based on a method of burning calories long used by body builders for losing weight quickly without losing muscle mass or having to starve oneself. The method itself is called "calorie shifting" or "calorie cycling." The premise behind it is the meticulous and timely "shifting" of caloric intake between two types of foods: carbohydrates and proteins.

Weight loss boils down to one thing: calories in versus calories out. Following a low-carbohydrate diet generally puts the body into a state called "ketosis," which means the body has no carbohydrates to burn for energy. When the body runs out of calories from carbohydrates to burn, it resorts to burning calories stored in fat (or whatever else is available). Higher protein intake is used to maintain muscle mass, and therefore by carefully shifting the body's intake of calories between carbs and protein a homeostasis can be maintained which results in the loss of calories from fat rather than muscle.

However, it should be recognized that without a calorie deficit, calorie cycling (shifting to a high protein rather than carb intake) doesn't guarantee that you will lose fat. If you experienced a deficit four out of every four days and then you transitioned to a deficit of three out of every four days, then technically there is a smaller cumulative weekly deficit. So it's easy to see that carb cycling doesn't work by increasing a calorie deficit, it works by restoring metabolic regulating, appetite stimulating, satiety inducing, and anti-starvation hormones back to normal levels.

What carb cycling is really doing is not necessarily accelerating fat loss, but allowing you to lose fat like you normally would. This is how you can burn fat gradually just in the course of following the dietary plan without having to include extensive exercise sessions. Science tells us that one pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories, so an average daily calorie deficit of 500 should result in one pound per week fat loss.

The Fat Loss For Idiots diet plan is structured around an eleven (11) day cycle. You are expected to eat four small meals each day, separated by 2 1/2 hours each. The meals can be prepared at home or be pre-prepared to take to work, and are kept as simple as possible, avoiding excessive condiments and the extra calories they contain.

Participant are also asked to stay away from sugar (including sugar-laden drinks like soda) and processed foods. No surprise here as too many sweets can sabotage weight loss efforts. The only recommended exercise is walking. It's suggested that participants take two 30-minute walks each day they are on the program.

From the standpoint of the average person seeking to lose weight, then, it would seem that Fat Loss For Idiots is a fairly sound program as it is based on solid scientific findings that virtually guarantee weight loss if one but follows the plan. This plan might fit anyone who is anxious about the excessive measures of some diet programs, allowing the person to lose weight gradually and naturally without resorting to any extreme measures.