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The front cover of the Fast Metabolism Diet book claims you can eat more and lose up to 20 pounds in 28 days. But does it really work the way it’s advertised?

The answer is yes and no. There are a lot of misconceptions about this plan you need to know of before you try it and that’s exactly what you’ll find here.

The Fast Metabolism Diet explained:

There are 3 phases to this diet which you go through every single week, for 4 weeks straight. Each phase involves eating in a different way which is meant to trick your metabolism into rising. This is known as interval eating to some, cyclical eating to other. You get to eat 5 meals a day: Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack & supper. 

How much can you actually eat on this plan?

Picking apart hype from truth: However, even though the author of this book, Haylie Pomroy claims you can eat more and lose weight through her plan, in reality this diet may be very restrictive on how many calories you can consume everyday, something that everyone considering trying this diet should be aware of.

Even though you can lose weight with this diet, it’s got nothing to do with what’s written on the front cover. 

Breaking it down: How it REALLY works:

The diet lasts for 4 weeks (28 days).

Each day that you are on this diet, you will be allowed to eat 5 times.

Each week, you go through 3 eating phases. Each phase allows for a limited amount of calories to be eaten. Here’s how each phase looks broken down: 

Phase 1:

This lasts for the first 2 days of the week. Within this phase, you are only allowed to eat 800 calories a day. Here is a sample list of foods you’re allowed to eat during phase 1:

Protein: Lean meat, chicken, beef, buffalo meat, turkey, foul, sausages, turkey bacon, eggs.

Fruits: Apples, guava, mulberries, oranges, peaches, pears, kiwis, watermelon, limes, lemons, figs. 

Vegetables: Beans, broccoli, spinach, peppers, peas, sweet potatoes, turnips, pumpkin, celery, carrots.

Drinks: Only water. It is recommended to only drink half your body weight (in ounces) a day.

Phase 1 sample menu plan (for 1 day):

Breakfast: Eggs sunny side up and turkey bacon.

Snack: 1 apple.

Lunch: Chicken breast, sweet potatoes and beans.

Snack: A bag of baby carrots.

Supper: Sausage with eggs, peppers and broccoli. 

You can repeat a similar meal plan for day 2. Remember to keep the total calories under 800 during phase 1.

Phase 2:

This phase lasts for the next 2 days. The food list here is the same as for phase 1, but the focus during phase 2 is more high protein, low carb foods. The rule for this phase is that your total daily calorie intake can’t go over 700 calories.

Phase 3: 

The last phase will go on for 3 days. Here things are a bit more flexible and you can eat in anyway you want from the food list above. The total caloric consumption can’t go over 1,200 each day.

Putting it together:

• Phase 1: Lasts 2 days, eat 5 meals a day, low carb foods, no more than 800 calories total. 
• Phase 2: Lasts 2 days, eat 5 meals a day, low carb, high protein foods, no more than 700 calories total.
• Phase 3: Lasts for 3 days, eat 5 meals, mix up meals anyway you want, no more than 1,200 calories total.
• Repeat Phases 1-3 for another 3 weeks.
• Total length of diet: 4 weeks.

 

Can you really lose 20 pounds in 28 days with this plan?

Yes it’s possible. But it’s for 2 main reasons:

1. Low calorie intake each day. Again this isn’t written on the cover, but there is nothing in this diet that will let you eat more. It’s a very low calorie diet as you saw above. This will help with the initial weight loss.

2. Changing your eating routines every few days. This is basically a form of interval eating, a method of eating where by mixing up your eating routines every few days, you can trick your metabolism into increasing, losing more weight and never hitting a plateau.

The good news is that in the Fast Metabolism Diet, calorie shifting is used and does work.

The bad news is that not only is interval eating not utilized to it’s full potential, but it’s also inhibited due to the restrictive eating regimes. In interval eating, you should be allowed to eat more and there shouldn’t be that many food restrictions. This makes it work and if done correctly, it can help you lose even more weight than with the Fast Metabolism Diet.

Pros:

• You can lose 20 pounds in 28 days with this diet.
• Utilizes calorie shifting, a great way to lose weight without hitting a plateau, but not to it’s full potential.

Cons: 

• VERY restrictive diet. 800, 700, 1,200 calories a day may be difficult for most to handle.
• Not sustainable. It’s very difficult to stay on this diet after you finish it, thus results are likely to come back.
• Disingenuous. Says you can eat more and lose weight, but doesn’t do it in the book.

Fast Metabolism Diet Score:

2 stars out of 5. Good weight loss results, but pretty restrictive and doesn’t in my opinion do exactly what it says on the cover.

Should you try this diet?

The cons out weight the pros in my opinion. It does work and you can lose weight, but the work it takes to get there is just not worth it, not to mention the maintenance needed after you finish it a lot of people may find issues with. 

The only good thing about this diet is that it somewhat utilizes calorie shifting, an uncommon yet VERY powerful method of weight loss. Unfortunately the Fast Metabolism Diet does NOT utilize calorie shifting to it’s full potential.

In calorie shifting like it was mentioned before, you aren’t as restricted. There’s short/long term results and you can still lose more weight under real calorie shifting than under the Fast Metabolism’s version of it. If you are looking to get faster weight loss results with much less restrictions, try this free eBook on getting rid of fat fast which does exactly that:

 

In truth, the Fast Metabolism diet comes close to finding that ideal solution to fast weight loss, but it still inhibits itself by sticking to the traditional, low calorie, low-carb approach to dieting which is why it got 2 stars. 

I personally feel any diet based on deprivation is just not a smart way to lose weight, but that’s my personal opinion. If you agree/disagree, I’d like to hear what you have to say.

Howtoloseweighrightnow.org rates diets on a 5 star level. There are many diets in the world which are considered good simply because they help you lose weight, not taking into account other VERY important factors such as health, if it provides long benefits, how easy/sustainable it is and more.

When you add these factors into the picture, suddenly most and by most I mean 99% of them start to lose their hype. And that’s good because people need to know what they’re buying or trying as well as spending money on before they do it. That’s exactly what this website does. 

It not only picks apart the most popular diets, but also goes in-depth letting you know if they really are as good as they claim. Thus the rating system. Here is how it works:

The best possible score a diet can get is 5 stars. The highest possible score each category can get is 1 star. Half stars are also included if they somewhat do what the category seeks to find out. 0 stars are awarded if the diet doesn’t fit with the category.

The categories:

Fast results: Does the diet get you fast results or not? If it gets fast results, it’ll get 1 star.

Long term results: Will the weight stay off once you lose it? Most diets’s results are lost and all the weight comes back. What’s the point of Yo-Yo dieting and going in circles. If the diet reviewed provides long term results, it will get 1 star.

Length of diet: Is the diet a short one/long one? The shorter the diet, the more odds it’ll get the 1 star score. 

Safety: Is the diet healthy? Are there side effects? If it’s safe and healthy, it will get 1 star.

Flexibility: How simple is it the diet for people? Most diets require some major hardships. If the diet reviewed on this site is very simple to do, it’s awarded 1 star.

Which diet was rated 5 stars?

Out of all the diets reviewed on this website, only 1 was given the highest rating: Fat Loss 4 Idiots.

Star Breakdown:

See why Fat Loss 4 Idiots was rated 5 Stars.

If you’re tired of endless Yo-Yo diets that promise big, deliver little and want to find a permanent solution, you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to HowtoLoseWeightRightNow.org. Just as the name of the website states, you are going discover the exact methods and diets that do exactly that.

I’m not going to bore you with useless facts you already know or beat around the bush so with that in mind, if you’re wondering how to lose weight right now, here’s how to start:

How to lose weight right now using 5 VERY simple methods:

1. From this point on, whatever it is you’re eating, eat until you’re 80% full, never 100%!

Have you ever eaten a lot and felt exhausted, sleepy and drained afterwards? This is probably because you overate. Some people consider this normal, but real dietitians and by that I mean people who don’t get paid to promote horrible diets & habits say this bad for the body and the way to correct this is by simply leaving a little space when you eat.

The rule of thumb here is very simple: Don’t let your hunger make you order/make big meals. Eat until you start to feel close to full, then stop. I promise you this will make a huge difference.

• You won’t  feel drained after eating. 
• Your body will be able to work more efficiently and burn off the calories.
• Your body will function and digest the food much better. 

I’m not asking you to quit eating whatever it is you’re eating cold turkey. I’m asking you to change how you eat what you’re eating and that’s something anyone can do! One of the biggest proponents of this technique is Steve Maxwell, one of the biggest authorities health & fitness in the world. 

2. Avoid eating anything that has the following: White flour, white rice & regular white salt.

Think of these as the 3 W’s. They are ingredients that damage your body and hurt your health. And there many foods/drinks which contain them: Cookies, cereal, pizzas, sodas, white bread, french fries, ect… The best way to spot if these ingredients are in the food you’re eating is just to look at the ingredients label.

At the same time, it’s understandable that it’s difficult to completely avoid foods with these ingredients whatsoever, thus comes the next step: Substituting.

• Instead of eating white sugar, try to eat brown sugar or raw honey (regular honey has tons of sugar).

• Instead of eating or making anything with white flour, use whole flour or buy whole wheat bread. Anything with the term “whole wheat” is a yes.

• Instead of eating white salt, try to substitute it with sea salt. In large amounts, it’s still not good for you, but at the same time, it’s nowhere near as unhealthy as regular iodized or not salt. 

What about cheat days or periods where you just have no choice but to eat those bad foods? Certainly this can and will happen. A night out, a party, ect… it happens to all of us. In those cases, you can certainly cheat a little bit, but your primary diet, your bread and butter (no pun intended) should be the substitute foods.

3. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

This is more traditional, but it does help a lot in weight loss. Drinking more water helps with digestion, circulation and hydration of the body, all key factors to a higher metabolism, healthier you & weight loss. 

What about if you workout? Should you have energy/protein drinks instead of water? It’s recommend to stick to water entirely. Most energy drinks contain unhealthy ingredients which do more harm than good when ingested. Stick to drinking regular water in your workouts and during your daily life.

4. Eat more often everyday. Up to 6 times! 

Now hold on just a second, how can we lose weight via eating more? It’s actually very possible. A technique known as calorie shifting makes it possible to not just eat more and lose weight, but the more you eat, the more weight you’ll lose. Yes you heard that correctly. 

By eating smaller portion meals (as you should be doing if you follow step 1), you’ll actually be helping your body raise it’s metabolism. By eating so often each day, it’s more than likely each meal will contain a different amount of calories and by changing how many calories you consume every meal, changes, but more importantly raises your body’s metabolism. 

This is a technique that’s recommended to be done via a special guide. Here is that guide. It’s actually the #1 recommended diet on this website which utilizes the calorie shifting technique and can help you lose 15 pounds in 10 days doing so. It’s a natural, healthy, short/longer and safe approach to losing weight. It’s also ridiculously easy to do 🙂 

5. Eat foods with a high satiety index: 

Have you ever eaten something and felt fuller for longer? Have you ever eaten anything that seemed like a big meal, but felt hungry shortly after? This is because the satiety (how satisfied you are) after the first meal is higher than the second! 

There are many high satiety meals that have a low calorie count, but make you feel fuller than ones with a high calorie count, but make you feel hungry soon after and by eating high satiety foods, you will be in essence limiting calorie consumption, but not going hungry due to the high satiety number! In fact, the same diet cheats recommended here utilizes the calorie shifting technique with nearly 150 high satiety foods for an even greater weight loss effect. 

Important Guidelines:

The above recommendations work. Even if you just do 1 of them, you’re already heading in a positive direction to losing weight. Ideally you should try to do all 5.

For maximum results or beginners to this way of dieting, it is recommended to try the 10 Fat Loss Cheats eBook I’ve written which implements all of above things, including the satiety foods and eating up to 6 times a day & more. With this diet you can lose 10 pounds every 14 days, naturally, safely and the results are long term. 

You can also certainly do all of these things on your own. For the most part they are very simple. Most diets fail because they force people into a lifestyle (even it’s healthy) they aren’t prepared for right away. The body is very transitional, meaning it takes time to make changes. 

Even though you should always strive to be the healthiest you can be, it’s very difficult to quit cold turkey and stay that way, which is why most of these diets and lifestyle changes aren’t sustainable for people. However the tips above are very flexible to implement and you should start right now. You came here to learn how to lose weight right now. Well now you have the tools needed to make it happen. Get going! 

Diet Breakdown:

Name: Fat Loss 4 Idiots

Weight loss results: 9 pounds in 11 days (regular). 15 pounds in 10 days (accelerated version)

Length of diet: Up to 11 days.

Difficulty: Easy. 

Score: 5 out of 5 stars.

 

Out of all the diets I’ve reviewed/tried, Fat Loss 4 Idiots without a doubt is the most unorthodox and I mean that in a good way. In many ways, this plan goes against pretty much ever traditional rule ever invented:

• Instead of watching how much you eat, you get to eat as much as you eat. 
• Instead of counting calories, there are NO calorie restrictions with this plan.
• While exercise is great, it is optional with this plan.

 

Ironically in spite of being that different, the results it gets are absolutely real and if you follow this plan, you can truly lose a lot of weight in a short time AND keep it off which is what really counts. Let me explain how this works:

The “secret” behind Fat Loss 4 Idiots:

2 words: Calorie shifting. 

This is a form of eating where you change up your eating routines and every meal has a different amount of calories. If done right, this form of eating tricks your metabolism into increasing and staying high. 

With calorie shifting, what is absolutely KEY to success isn’t what you eat, but HOW you eat. As long as that’s done right, what you eat is pretty much irrelevant because the effect of calorie shifting is what makes the weight loss happen. In-depth info on calorie shifting.

The concept isn’t exactly brand new, but it is optimized through Fat Loss 4 Idiots to get the best results. 

How Fat Loss 4 Idiots works:

Here is a screenshot of what it looks like inside the program:

You have 3 different ways you can do this diet:

1. The diet handbook: This is a 45 page e-book which shows you how to do calorie shifting by taking regular everyday foods you eat and eating them in a way which triggers the calorie shifting effect. 

2. The diet generator: I’d recommend everyone who does this diet start here as it’s the easiest. You get up to 40 foods to choose from. They are all everyday foods you find in the supermarket and your fridge. 

You pick which foods you want to eat and then a calorie shifting meal plan is created for you. The meal plan lasts for 11 days and you get to eat 4 times a day, each time in unlimited proportions. 

The diet generator is the easiest way to get the best results from this plan because it’s very simple to use: You just select your foods, follow the meal plan and that’s you’ll be doing & experiencing calorie shifting. It’s from this version of the diet that you can lose up to 9 pounds in 11 days.

After the 11 days are done, if you need to lose more weight, you are given a 3 day cheat break before you can start another 11 day cycle. You can then make a new meal plan or do the old one. 

3. Beyond calories: This is basically an “accelerated” version of the diet. It’s really recommended for those who have a lot of weight to lose and need results quickly. You can lose 15 pounds in 10 days with Beyond Calories, but it’s not as flexible as the other 2 options.

With Beyond Calories, you get 4 charts with about 150 foods in total. Every food listed in those charts is called an HS food which stands for “high satiety” which basically means it’s low in calories but makes you feel full. 

What happens is that you are given 10 charts and are told to choose specific foods from each chart for each day. Here is an example:

This version of the diet lasts for 10 days, but everyday you’ll be eating up to 6 meals. The benefit of Beyond Calories is that you can keep doing it until you reach your weight loss goal, even if you have to lose 100 pounds.

Pros:

• You can lose weight quickly & naturally.
• Results stay long term. No yo-yo dieting.
• No calorie counting. Eat as much as you want.
• No fancy/expensive food preparations. Just regular everyday meals.
• Diet only lasts up to 11 days.
• Very simple to complete.
• A 60 day money back guarantee is provided.

Cons:

• No exercise plan.

Fat Loss 4 Idiots Score:

5 out of 5 stars. #1 rated diet. Very simple and flexible diet that gets both short/long term results. Ideal for just about anyone. 

Is Fat Loss 4 Idiots an ideal diet for you?

If fast/natural results is what you seek then Fat Loss 4 Idiots will provide that. You don’t need fancy meals, expensive foods or go on lengthy diets to lose weight. With this plan, things are simple, fast and straight forward. There is also NO yo-yo dieting.

Most diets generally follow the same types of principals and the truth is that in the long run, 99% of them are unsustainable. With the way they are designed, it is simply impossible (and expensive) to keep at it for the long haul. Sooner or later, you’ll gain that weight back. This is why a diet like Fat Loss 4 Idiots is recommended.

You don’t have to change your lifestyle or make anything fancy. You just keep doing what you’re doing, but change how you’re eating to trigger the calorie shifting effect. That way you can lose weight without having to make major changes in your lifestyle.

Of course it is also very important to eat and be healthier, but if weight loss is something you’re in a hurry to experience for whatever reason (date/wedding/special event/ect…), you’ll definitely get that from this plan. 

Official Fat Loss 4 Idiots website.

If you have any questions about Fat Loss 4 Idiots or have tried it and wish to share your results, feel free to leave a comment below and I will get back to you within 24 hours.