Fat Loss 4 Idiots – Using the Diet Generator
Fat Loss 4 Idiots is well known for one of its best feature, the Diet Generator. Most diet program will just go for a standard meal plans and expect you to follow it, but with a Diet Generator each person will get a personal meal plans based on his preference, which will make the diet easier to do.
About the Diet Generator:
1. The program support vegetarian as well by providing a selection of “vegetarian ” or “regular”. Once you pick your choice, the program will put you into a series of multi choice session to obtain your 14 favorite foods. These obtained foods will be the base to create 11 days meal plans, which consist of 4 meals per day.
2. The 4 meals should be eaten at a minimum of 2.5 hours apart.
3. There is no portion limit.
4. The foods made up of lean proteins, fruit, vegetables, and whole foods as fat source (cottage cheese, eggs). There are also some starchy carbohydrates such as oats and pasta.
5. No special or expensive foods required.
6. There is a fruit and vegetables day which is usually in 4th day of the 11 days plan. This day meal is only consist of 3 meals a day: two meals of vegetables and one meal of fruit.
7. There are 3 cheat days after 11 days meal plans where you can eat anything you like, and then you are back to the 11 days meal plans again.
8. Don’t gorge; you must eat until you are at the point of being full, but not until feeling stuffed.
9. A glass of wine is allowed each day, but its optional.
10. For those who pick the vegetarian path, the Diet Generator will substitute meat with soy products (soy chicken, soy beef, etc) and increase the nuts proportion (unsalted nuts, walnuts, and macadamias).
Some samples of Fat Loss 4 Idiots meal plans:
Sample 1: Meal 1: Frozen Yogurt. Meal 2: Delicious Shrimp. Meal 3: Orange-Pineapple Smoothie. Meal 4: Tuna Salad Plate.
Sample 2: Meal 1: Bacon Strips, Sausage Links. Meal 2: Tuna Salad, Cheese Slices, Bowl of Oatmeal. Meal 3: Turkey Slices, Low-Fat Milk. Meal 4: Cashews, Peanuts.
As you can look in the examples, there are not much food variation in a meal; but remember that you must eat 4 times per day and there are no portion limit, which mean that you are allowed to eat as much as you like. You can also cook your food the way you like it, whether to grill, roast, or anything else.
Nutritional Breakdown; Since the program suggest the user to eat until you satisfied, its hard to count the exact calorie intake. Rough analyzes of typical day’s meal suggest that this is a low carbohydrates, low fat, and high protein diet. But it is only a rough analysis, the everyday meal plans itself cannot be identified, sometimes it consist of more carbohydrates, sometimes more protein; this perhaps due to the creator’s calculation based on the calorie shifting theory. There are also theories that the rapid weight loss comes from water loss due to reduction in carbohydrates intake and the protein intake are a little too high for some people.
Conclusion; While it is proved to work in many cases, the basics behind the Diet Generator remained unknown since there are no supports or people known behind this program. The important thing when using the Diet Generator is knows your own limit, eat until you are full but not overly stuffed; this will help you to avoid lack or carbohydrates or too much protein.