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FatLoss4Idiots (formerly WeightLoss4Idiots) was released in late 2004. The diet is based on an on-line generator that will create daily meal plans based on your food preferences. The diet follows a 14 day cycle - 11 days of planned meals, followed by 3 days of "cheat" meals. The diet has been called many things - the "Fools Diet", the "diet for idiots" - and many other condescending terms.
Meal Plan
| Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 |
| Meal #1: Flavored Oatmeal Meal #2: Tuna Salad Meal #3: Sandwich (any type) Meal #4: Scrambled Eggs |
Meal #1: Banana Milk Shake Meal #2: Chicken Meal #3: Scrambled Eggs [and] Mixed Vegetables Meal #4: Cottage Cheese |
Meal #1: Chicken Meal #2: Fruit Salad Meal #3: Fish Filet Meal #4: Cottage Cheese |
Fat Loss 4 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 minimum of 2 1/2 hours apart. There is no calorie or carb counting, no limit on portion size - Fat Loss 4 Idiots says you "just eat short of being full".
Nutritional Breakdown
It is difficult to obtain an exact caloric breakdown because meal sizes are based around eating short of being full. An analysis of a typical days meal indicates the diet is high in protein, low in fat, and with reduced carbohydrates. However all the foods listed are good choices.
Weight Loss
Fat Loss for Idiots claims 9 pounds lost every 11 days. However this is extremely unlikely (and unsafe). This weight loss is often possible during an induction (typically a phase where you drop out starchy carbs). The weight lost is a mixture of water and fat (and possibly muscle). This kind of weight loss would be difficult to sustain, and would almost certainly be accompanied by a drop in metabolism.
The diet is a budget offering (at $27), and provides little in the way of recipes or ideas on meal preparation. There also appears to be no support of any kind from the site.
UPDATE Nov 2007: Is now priced at $54.
Is this diet worth the money?
Sounds like wasting your money to me
no, this diet is not, i would suggest looking elsewhere
are you kidding me, this diet WORKS. I lost 21 lbs. the first 11 days and 12 the second 11 days.
is it really worth it
you people are crazy every link I find for it, it dont work whats that tell someone.! IT DONT WORK
dont knowbody like ur gay lil diets
who eats that much cottage cheese
John, COME ON…. noone loses 21 lbs in 11 days… does fl4I pay you to surf sites and post that crap?
Hate to say it, but I agree with John. I tried this diet as a cutting diet for martial arts and lost about 15 lbs in the first 2 weeks. I will say that 5 was water, but the rest is majority of fat. I wouldn’t say to do this diet repeatedly, but for a boost from your regular eating plan, it can work. My second try I lost about 8-9lbs and some of that was water weight. Not a long term eating plan.
What is the point of fad diets like this??? why don’t you just try eating the right amount of thr right foods?? there are many websites that tell you how to eat right without doing stupid diets. oh and what is so stupid about fad diets is thatt if you stop YOU GAIN IT BACKK! i mean i should know i had a 400 lb aunt!
it all depends on how much john weighed before he started if he was very big then you can drop your first few stones (or 14lbs for all you yanks), quite quickly
I’ve used this diet over a few years. I think women lose slower than the males listed above. However, I definetely lost weight but not the 9 lbs (not good anyway)per 11 days. It varied each 11 day period. It stays off for a while until I get distracted for long periods of time (months) with overindulging in eating. I did the diet before a cruise trip lost the weight and maintained the loss with regular cruise eating during the entire week of the cruise.
It does NOT work. In fact it should be called FatGAIN 4 Idiots. Stuck to it religiously, gained weight, despite daily workouts. I also don’t think it’s healthy. Hardly any fresh fruit and veg, not to mention fiber, but piles of protein instead. Save your money, do it the boring old-fashioned way: I lost 70 lbs over eight months on a calorie-controlled diet–precisely the thing that, according to the FL4I site doesn’t work. Wonder why they tell us that…
Dspite, most of you people say, this diet DOES work. My friend did the diet and succesfully lost 9 pounds. My mother did the diet and lost 10 pounds. I did the diet and lost 4 pounds. 4 pounds is not 9 pounds, but i was still very happy with the results. The example menu above, was not what my menu was like. You can select the foods you want. I do not like cottage cheese, so I did not select it. This diet is very easy to follow, and all of us have successfully kept the weight off. I hope I helped any people who inquire the diet! Best of Luck to all in their weight loss journey!
Best Diet, Only thing that worked for me so far
I lost 35 in 21 days. It won’t work if you do not follow it precisely. You cannot eat any sugar at all or to many carbs. But it does work nice and easy. You seriously cannot cheat at all or you will not lose.
Even though I believe that this diet works, I believe its unhealthy. Any high protein diet is unhealthy and has many health risks. I tried this diet and lost 9 lbs in only 4 days. I started feeling a little sick and my eyes started looking week. No, I wasn’t hungry but the absence of other fruits and veggies makes it unhealthy.
Patricia, are you even reading the same menu, on mine I have alot of fruit and vegies, where did you get your menu from,it is not the diet at all. It is great, I platued and started this diet and my weight came off again, this diet is healthy and works.
I haven’t spent money on the book yet. I am sceptical still, don’t want to throw away good money. But my comment is, if the diet for the most part seems to work, then why not take the good from it and add a few veggies and fruits in moderation and a few carbs and go from there. The sell of the book is the 9 pds in 11 days. Everyone wants quick weight loss but being reasonable and eating a well rounded meal and maybe accepting a slower weight loss makes better sense and you’ll feel and look more healthy. (as in Patricia’s comments)
Some of this information is wrong, or out of date.
The price is $39. That includes unlimited access to the menu generator, no time limit, plus the diet handbook with the 10 rules to lose weight and how to maintain low weight after losing it.
The meal samples shown are NOTHING like the ones generated for me. Mine was very low carb, but very big on fruits and veggies. The 3 “cheat days” gives you the carbs. It’s only meant to be for losing weight, not forever. The person who gained weight was working out — if he read the handbook, he would know that working out is not advised. Walking is the only exercise allowed. (Working out burns only carbs, not fat, which, on this type of diet is counterproductive).
what about the day off diet? my friend is on that and it works for her.
I agree with Geneva …i just bought it this past weekend and there are two days devoted completely to fruits and veggies and it says to walk twice a day for 30 mins.
How can they guarantee 9lbs in 11 days? Everybody is different…Thats hard to get past
I have tried beyond calaries diet that can be down loaded with the fatlossforidiots diet. I am on day 9 of a 10 day diet and have lost 6Lbs. I know how to diet but had put some weight over the past year through careless eating and didn’t want the Weight Watches slog of 1 to 2Lbs a week. I will be satisfied with another 6Lb loss later and will try another 10 day slot after a few days break. After that I will try to keep my fingers out of the biscuit tin as that is my downfall!!!
I am on this diet, and it is working pretty well. So far, a pound a day. I truthfully don’t know if some of that is muscle or not–I hope not, but here’s the deal: I was VERY skeptical of this diet and paying $40 for it. Don’t pay 40 bucks…just go on the internet and if you type this in long enough, you’ll see a sample diet for the 11 days, for free. Also, since I was skeptical, I compared the diet to what I would be eating normally, and this is betterveggies–you just have to select them from the generator (if you have access to the generator–which you can also get pretty easily, if you look around). The bad thing: not much bread. In fact, only one day of bread–the day you do 3 fruit meals and 1 sandwich. Pretty tough for me. But tons of fruit. On days where you are supposed to eat bacon, for instance, it’ll give you the option of BACON or CHICKEN. So far, most of the “deli meats” I’ve eaten wrapped in lettuce–it feels too weird to just eat a few slices of turkey!
Well this is actually good i lost 15 pounds in 11 days but its just too much of money to spend but its just ok unless i got quite light lool :]
I lost 6 pounds on the first 11 days. This really does work but 9 pounds in 11 days is mostly hype, though it’s possible.