Review of The Idiot Proof Diet: Is The Idiot Proof Diet Worth Investigating?
 The Idiot Proof diet may not be completely foolproof, but due to its easy-to-follow online format, it is pretty straight forward.
It also presents a slightly different but entirely feasible approach to weight loss. While calorie and nutrient cycling is not the most common means of weight loss, it is one worth investigating.
Basically, the theory goes like this...
You keep adjusting your caloric and nutrient ratio so your body never has the chance to adjust its metabolic ratio to a set rate. It also prevents your metabolism from slowing down... one of the main problems any dieter faces. This isn't a mainstream theory -- but it's not new either. Bodybuilders and other cutting edge athletes have been using strategies like this for years and there is some merit to it.
The Idiot Proof diet follows an 11-day cycle, followed by a 3-day "free" period (where you eat whatever you want). It's completely online-based too, so it's effortless to use right from your PC.
The Idiot Proof diet is based on 10 rules...
1) Manipulating food calories: meals tend to cycle between carb rich and protein rich meals throughout the course of the 11-day cycle.
2) Eat 4 meals per day, each separated by 2.5 hours: Personally, I'd prefer this to be 6 meals per day, but 4 is a good first step towards the proper balancing of blood sugar levels.
3) Prepare meals at home: obviously, taking preprepared meals to work makes it possible to stick to any diet plan.
4) Rotation of meals: throughout the day, a specific rotation of carb and protein rich meals must be followed.
5) Avoid excessive condiments: Keeping meals as simple as possible avoids additional, unnecessary calories.
6) Stop eating at the right time: There are no caloric restrictions on this diet, but it is important that you do not turn this into a gastronomic extravaganza.
7) Beverages: to maximize weight loss, the beverages you consume should contain no more than 10 calories per glass.
8) Drink water: No surprise here -- you should be drinking 8-10 10 ounce glasses of water each and every day to spur on further weight loss.
9) Walking: 2 30-minute sessions of walking are recommended for each day on this program. If time is a concern, these can be replaced with a single 45-minute session.
10) Avoid sweets: again, no major revelation here. You can't lose weight munching out on all the sweet stuff.
Once you've got the rules under your belt, and reviewed the online book, it's time to use the online generator. First, you'll select the foods you'll be eating for the 11-day cycle. The choices are actually pretty decent -- no apple and celery only snacks here.
Food choices include chicken, tuna, hamburger, pastrami, cantaloupe, tuna, mixed nuts, mixed fruit, pasta, cottage cheese, cheese omelet, and more. Once you've done that, use the online diet generator to generate each of your 11-day meal plans with the click of a mouse. Then it's a simple matter of reviewing each day and following the drop-dead-easy instructions accompanying each meal. Preparing the meals is dead easy, too... there's really not much to it.
Bottom line?
Although the Idiot Proof diet does not claim to be a low carb diet, it offers far fewer carb calories than most people will be accustomed to. This will lead to weight loss on its own.
It's also high in protein, which in itself can lead to weight loss, since protein has minimal effect on blood sugar levels and has been shown to raise post meal thermogenisis (Journal of American College of Nutrition, 21(1):55-61, 2002).
Also the cycling element of this diet should make this more than worthwhile pursuing. I like that the fact that the food choices are decent, and there's no starving. Plus, the online diet elements are all very well done, adding a nice professional element to everything.
Additionally, the small body of feedback I've received on this diet has been positive...
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I really never had a weight problem until I hit 40! I returned to school and found myself not as active, even for a single mom of 3. I gained 60 lbs in 3 months. When I tried to get the weight off, I couldn't.
I could not forgo the costly box meal and quite simple I never felt satisfied leaving me to eat foods that would only pack on the weight.
When surfing the internet I stumbled upon the idiot proof diet. I thought, well I'm no idiot but....
I did the diet for 6 sessions (11 days each) and lost 45 lbs. During the 2007 holidays I did not follow the program. I only gained 6 lbs.!
I have returned to the progam to lose my remaining 20 lbs. I have been on the program for 9 days and have lost 8 lbs.
This diet works. You must drink the water! I do not exercise - who has the time work full-time, full-time student and single mom of 3!!
Michelle Smith (michelle.smith AT motion-ind.com)
Leeds, Alabama
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Today is my 11th day on the Idiot Proof Diet and as of this morning I have lost 8 pounds!!! I don't really know how it works or why it works, but it does and that is good enough for me.
I have been very strict in sticking to exactly what is on my menu. I feel that if a person who might be interested in this program is not willing to eat only what is on the menu for the day, then it may not be the program for them.
I am going to take my 3 days off, eat healthy and not ruin the great progress I have made and start back on it again for another round. I would like to loose and additional 30 pounds. I also recommend some type of exercise, I have been jumping on the mini tramp for two 15 min. sessions, anything to get the heart rate up.
Nicole (drl9er AT ctcn.net)
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I've been doing the idiot proof diet to lose the baby weight and it is AWESOME. I don't starve, I get to eat 4 times a day, and I've lost almost 35lbs.
I lost about 9lbs in the 11 days, gain back a couple in the 3 days off but it comes right back off again once I start the diet. I recommend it to anyone who can live off simple foods and wants to drop some serious weight fast.
Brittney (Pixiestix8618 AT yahoo.com)
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I've tried the diet off and on for about year and half now. I always lose weight on it. I always do the diet generator rather than the handbook and I still exercise.
I feel way better on the diet and tend to hate my food choices on the 3 days off. I like the guidelines it provides on the generator. I've done the diet so many times that I vary on the choices. Such as I'll pick sausage links and maybe eat hot dogs instead (w/o bread of course). Or I'll pick the banana orange smoothie just so I can eat a banana (diet doesn't let you have them too often). For the fruit I usually go to the store and pick what good in stock and then go home and generate my diet.
Overall, I've found this to be the best diet for me.
Tresha (tresha040876 AT yahoo.com)
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In the end, if you'd like to try something different that doesn't require unbelievable effort and self sacrifice, have a look at the Idiot Proof diet.
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