Top Secret Fat Loss Secret is a relatively new weight loss product to enter the market, and it's quickly gained solid sales numbers in a short period of time, but I can't say that I'm convinced of its usefulness to the majority of people who purchase it.

Written by Dr. Suzanne Gudakunst, Top Secret Fat Loss Secret is a short read at 49 pages, and is focused around the concept of toxicity. The author's claim is that 'plaque' gradually builds up in our colon over the years, which is the result of harmful chemicals, pesticides, and preservatives found in large portions of the food we eat.

The toxins ultimately succeed in blocking off your body's ability to properly absorb vital nutrients, leading to 2 major reactions:

1) Your body starves no matter how much food you consume - so by not feeling full, you continue to eat, which only results in weight gain.

2) Your body thinks its starving, so your hypothalamus makes an effort to reduce your metabolism to burn food much slower in order to store fat.

The premise makes sense, and I can certainly see why it sells so well. It plays on people's fears that they have a parasite growing in their bodies, and in addition, it gives them a scapegoat. After all, according to the book, it's not your fault that you can't lose weight, it's the parasites' fault. Diet and exercise are factors, but the biggest factor is the plaque preventing you from losing weight.

It all seems too convenient to me.

How the Program Works

Because the toxins are preventing you from losing weight, the first step is to detoxify your colon. How do you do that? It ain't pretty . . . Ever heard of high colonics?

Once your colon is clear, you can begin to shed weight with dieting tips contained in this book. The tips are nothing new, but they contain solid advice on how to sensibly lose weight, but they certainly don't provide enough value to justify the price tag.

So if you subscribe to the toxicity belief, this could be a good program for you, as it describes the detoxification program along with some solid dieting advice. But if you're not interested in the detox angle, you'd be better off with a more comprehensive or easier to follow diet program.

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I've lumped Fat Burning Furnace and Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle into one review because they are both very similar in concept. The differences lay in the varying detail provided in execution.

Whereas I feel that Fat Loss 4 Idiots (see my review here) is probably the best diet for most individuals, based on the factors I mention in the review, Fat Burning Furnace and Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle are the best programs for people like me. The strength of Fat Loss 4 Idiots is that you can get started with your weight loss program literally in minutes, and it's a very maintainable and effective diet, thanks to the cheat days. It is also focused solely on the dieting aspect.

Fat Burning Furnace and Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle are a bit different. Fat Burning Furnace is 140 pages, and Burn the Fat is 340 pages. The concepts are similar in each, but Fat Burning Furnace focuses 75 percent of it's pages on the workout routine, followed up with a sensible diet plan. Burn the Fat focuses on both diet and working out, but additionally provides all of the detailed supporting evidence to back its conclusions.

I purchased Burn the Fat about a year ago, and found it fantastic for fact-loving dieters like me. It really changed my outlook on dieting, and brought me back to old equations. You've simply got to burn more calories than you consume, and you've got to conserve your muscle mass while doing so. Fat Burning Furnace, even at 140 pages, is like a simplified version of Burn the Fat. Both enjoyable, both effective, but my preference is for the additional information in Burn the Fat.

If you're tired of the diet hype and just want to get started on something that just plain works, you can't go wrong with either of these books. Out of the two, I'd recommend Burn the Fat first. It's better. Fat Burning Furnace has some technical inaccuracies, but what it boils down to is that the overall approach works.

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There is a lot of hype surrounding Fat Loss 4 Idiots (much of it is substantiated), but reality is somewhat less favoring. The bottom line is that the greatest strengths of this program -- it's simplicity and cheat days -- are exactly what makes it both perfect and imperfect, depending on what kind of learner / dieter you are.

What I mean by that, as related to the program's key points:

Advantages of this Approach

• This has to be the fastest, drop-dead-simple way to get started with a diet program. You can be ready to go in literally 30 minutes.
• The diet is sustainable, as it allows you three off-diet days during every two-week period. This is huge in my opinion, as it makes the diet easy to follow for the long term

Disadvantages of this Approach

• The "do what I say" style is not the best choice for information consumers who want to know *why* something works, not just how to do it. For those dieters, Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is a much better option.

Program Hype

Fat Loss 4 Idiots is the ONLY online weight loss solution that boldly claims you can lose up to 9 pounds every 11 days. That's not 9 pounds in the first 11 days, but 9 pounds during every 11 days on diet (the schedule is 11 days on followed by 3 days off).

Realistically, this results in a bit of a yo-yo effect, but with constant downward trending of weight. That is, drop 9 pounds, gain back 3, drop 9 pounds (for a total loss of 15), gain back 3. So at the end of every 30 days, you can expect to have lost 12 pounds.

This is a pretty high figure for ongoing dieting, so I'm skeptical that the average dieter can achieve these significant drops every month, but even half of that is appealing when you get 3 full cheat days every two weeks!

Other Program Benefits

The biggest benefit in my opinion is the three off days. Three days when you can eat the foods that you crave is enormous, and makes a diet much easier to follow for the long-term. Let's face it, the long-term is when it gets difficult. Those first few months are easy as the weight rolls off. Continued losses get harder and harder.

Another benefit is the simplicity. It's easy and fast to start, and it's a low-maintenance plan because Fat Loss 4 Idiots doesn't place much importance on calorie and carb counting or portion size - instead, the program constantly encourages you to "eat short of being full."

The major difference between the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet plan and other weight loss programs is that the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet formula is specifically designed to confuse your body so it never thinks it's starving.

Don't Forget to Exercise

Fat Loss 4 Idiots does not contain any kind of exercise plan, so make sure you add a sensible workout plan to your diet. A light strength-training routine for newcomers, or high-intensity intervals for folks with an athletic base is a good move.

Conclusion

Fat Loss 4 Idiots, like any other diet, works if you work it. But Fat Loss 4 Idiots is easier to work thanks to its low amount of required maintenance, regular cheat periods, and easy plans.

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Update: I've been using this diet for 8 full weeks as of today.  As with many diets, the weight flew off at first, totaling 11 pounds in the first two weeks. This loss tapered down to roughly 2 pounds per week at the 4 week mark. After 8 weeks, my total loss is 22.5 pounds.

Yeah, I'm happy with that figure.

It's not the most effective diet I've ever been on, but it has been the easiest to maintain. Knowing that a cheat day is right around the corner makes the on-diet days much easier to get through.

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Doesn't it seem like every person you know wants to lose weight? We seem to believe we just need to drop a few (or quite a few) more pounds to get into the shape we want. But if we focus on our weight, we're fooling ourselves. Your weight isn't a good measure of your fitness, and dropping weight won't necessarily make you fitter.

Why Losing Weight Isn't the Key

Even health care professionals sometimes fail to draw a distinction between being overweight and carrying too much fat. Suppose that you and your identical twin go to the doctor for a physical. The doctor tells you both that you need to lose 20 pounds. Your conformist twin decides to concentrate on losing weight as fast as possible by going on one of the popular quick weight loss diets.

You on the other hand, know that there's a real difference between the numbers you see on the scale and how fit you are. So you decide to follow a different path. Instead of concentrating on losing weight, you start eating healthier, more nutritious meals. You also get serious about that workout program you've been saying you were going to start, and begin lifting weights and running regularly. Since you know the difference between losing weight and losing fat, you've decided to concentrate on reducing your body fat percentage, rather than freaking out over your exact weight.

After six months, the two of you go back to the doctor for another physical. They do all the usual medical stuff to you, then sit you down to talk about the results. Your twin is confident that they've finally outdone you at something, having lost even more than the 20 pounds the doctor suggested. You've only lost a few pounds, so things are looking bleak for you. However, the news the doctor gives you seems surprising. The doctor congratulates your twin on losing 20+ pounds, but tells them that the test results indicate they need to lose another 10 pounds or so. The doctor points out that you didn't lose the 20 you were supposed to, but your test results are now excellent and you don't need to lose anything more. What's up with that?

Losing Weight Isn't Nearly As Important As Losing Fat

The doctor gives you and your twin different instructions now because the numbers on the scale aren't the most important thing. Your twin's diet caused them to lose a good bit of body fat. But theylost muscle mass and water weight too, leaving their body fat percentage (the ratio of fat to lean tissue in their body) is almost unchanged. And look at them. They look skinnier than they used to, but they're still kind of flabby. They're also low on energy and generally don't look so good.

Your situation is totally different. Sure, you didn't lose the amount of weight the doctor recommended. But with all that exercise and healthy eating, you've added some muscle to your frame. And even though the number on the scale hasn't changed much, you can somehow fit into those old jeans that were too tight just a few months ago. And you don't look flabby anymore.

Now look at you. You've only lost a few pounds. But you've added some muscle to your frame and lost a good bit of body fat. Your body fat percentage has improved a lot. And you don't look flabby anymore. Plus you're full of energy.

Make Sure You Remember The Difference

I hope you now understand why just focusing on weight loss is a losing proposition. This focus is a huge part of the reason why so many people get fit. If everyone were to concentrate on getting fit and losing fat, instead of watching some number on their bathroom scale, we would all be a lot fitter. Now you know the right thing to do. Just find yourself a quality fitness program and follow the instructions. The program will cause you to start eating better and exercising properly. Soon you'll start burning off your excess body fat and getting fit.

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The diet also advises against eating too many processed foods. Once people learn to give up these overly processed products they often find that food has a much better flavor. The typical diet of people in western society gets 75 percent of its sodium from processed foods. That's why they are to be avoided when following the DASH program. A large number of cases of hypertension are caused by excessive sodium consumption. Lowering sodium intake through the elimination of processed foods is an important component of managing your hypertension and enjoying a long, healthy life.

It's not just people with high blood pressure who can benefit from the DASH diet. In addition, it places an emphasis on lifestyle makeover instead of restrictive eating that will help you towards your goal of achieving a healthy body weight. The DASH program was the result of a large group of studies that examined many popular eating plans and their typical outcomes.

This healthy lifestyle plan demonstrates to people what good eating habits look like. However, it also points them towards healthier substitutes for junk food. This component of the program is perhaps the most important, because when people change their eating habits, they start to long for their old low nutrient favorites. By substituting a healthier food that satisfies the body, people are less likely to cheat. With this valuable tool, people will be more likely to stay with the program until it becomes a habit.

Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH is the official guide book for the DASH diet. This guide shows the nutritional information for many foods and gives suggestions for healthy alternatives for the less nutritious ones. This useful reference tool also has great ideas for meal preparation that fit within the DASH recommendations, complete with nutritional breakdown. It also includes valuable resources such as places where people can find help to start the program, and other support mechanisms that are available to help you make it work.

The DASH program isn't just another fad diet. The results of much research has contributed to these dietary recommendations. This program comes highly recommended by many leading experts in the area of nutrition and health. For people with hypertension problems, this program is one of the most recommended ways to manage the problem apart from medication. People who are looking for weight loss advice or just want to eat a healthier diet overall will also find this plan useful.

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Fat Loss 4 idiots or the idiot proof diet details various reasons why most diets are not effective. The main point is that when you are on a diet, you are supposed burn more calories than what you take in. However, your metabolism adjusts to the amount of calories you consume. When this happens your metabolism slows down and that's when you stop losing weight. Fat Loss 4 Idiots asserts that the answer to this problem is calorie shifting.

By rotating your protein and carbs intake everyday, your body's metabolism increases and this, according to Fat Loss for Idiots, will help you lose weight faster. With a combination of perfect carb and protein, you are allowed to eat four times a day with this diet. This process corrects and regulates your fat burning hormones, thereby helping you quickly and safely lose weight. This ingenious technique is known as the calorie shifting method.

Weight loss for idiots is where I first started looking for an easy way to lose weight because I became a fat body. My search lead me to Fat loss 4 idiots, which as it turned out was perfect for me. Fat loss for idiots claims you can lose more weight by eating more often. It can also be done in a very simple step by step process.

The results of weight loss 4 idiots is so tremendous that I lost 7 lbs in just 11 days, the promise was I would lose 9 lbs but the 7 in 11 days result is a huge start. After another 11 day cycle, I lost 6 lbs more. So in 22 days, I lost 13 pounds, which may not be the accurate amount of weight I should have lost in their advertisement, but that's 13 pounds!

Where most diet plans fail is the fact they dont understand how the metabolism works. Fat Loss 4 Idiots uses basic metabolism facts to develop a solution to the diet problem. You see your metabolism has a memory, but it doesn't know how much food you'll eat tomorrow or the next day. Logically, your metabolism only burns calories based on the meals you've had in the past. Weight Loss for Idiots uses this mechanism to come up with the effective diet plan known as calorie shifting method.

Weight Loss 4 Idiots shocks your metabolism by doing something you've never tried before. With Weight Loss 4 Idiots, you don't eat the same meals with the same calorie content for a couple of days. Through this, your metabolism no longer has a pattern to follow so it forced to burn more calories efficiently. This article is not an inclusive fat loss 4 idiots review but I hope it answered some questions about the diet program.

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Here is what I am planning to do:
-Eat a very reasonable diet.
-Take protein supplements.
-Drink lots of water.
-Ride my bike for an hour or two a day.
-Go to the gym Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and do some anaerobic exercise to build lean muscle.

Would this be unhealthy? I have a feeling I will lose weight rather quickly, but a friend told me that losing weight fast is almost as unhealthy as being overweight in the first place. Is my plan unreasonable?

Thoughts?

Start doing that before the break, start out slow, it will take a while for your body to get accustomed to all the changes. Starving yourself is just as bad as burning off all the calories you ate that day, just make sure you get 1200 calories a day, and ride your bike for an hour maybe, two seems a bit extreme for now, especially if you're coming out of an inactive lifestyle. Your friend is right, just don't go overboard with the exercising. If your body goes into starvation mode you could easily gain all the weight back as fast as you lost it. Good luck!