Beyond Calories is an add-on diet of Fat Loss 4 Idiots that currently costs $16.95 extra. Beyond Calories is a 10-day and like the Diet Generator diet you can use the diet over and over until you are at your desired weight.

It is supposed to be an accelerated diet that can help you lose even more than the Diet Generator. Like the Diet Generator and the Causal 10 Rule diet you do not have to count calories since Fat Loss 4 Idiots already knows the amount of calories in each food that they specify. The diet has 5 dieting principles that it follows.

The way the Beyond Calories diet works is there are 4 food groups: one group of fresh fruits, one of fresh vegetables, one of lean proteins and one of a combination of the three. Then using the calorie shifting technique, you get to pick different food combinations from the 4 groups based on a set meal schedule and following the 5 simple rules below.

You do this for 10 days and then start the cycle over. You keep doing this until you reach your desired weight.

5 Diet Principles

  1. Eat high satiety foods – high satiety foods are foods which make you feel “full” before you really are.
  2. Eat foods which control glucose output – foods which lower glucose output will force weight loss to happen at a faster pace.
  3. Combine unique foods
  4. Eat more often – eat 6 meals per day.
  5. Practicality – meals are easy and practical.

Beyond Calories has 4 food groups:
Group #1: A list of about 25 fresh fruits (Examples: oranges, papaya, blueberries, figs, plums, prunes)
Group #2: A list of about 40 proteins (Examples: turkey slices, salmon, peanuts, shrimp, bacon strips, egg salad)
Group #3: A list of about 30 fresh vegetables (Examples: lettuce, tomatoes, artichokes, asparagus, celery)
Group #4: A list of about 90 proteins, fruits and vegetables. (Examples: lobster, chicken, almonds, cherries, grapes, zucchini, radishes)

Meal Schedule (First 3 days of the diet)

Meal Schedule for Day #1
Meal #1 Eat 2 foods from Group 1
Meal #2 Eat 2 foods from Group 2
Meal #3 Eat 1 food from Group 2

Eat 1 food from Group 4
Meal #4 Eat 3 foods from Group 3

Eat 1 food from Group 2
Meal #5 Eat 2 foods from Group 1
Meal #6 Eat 2 foods from Group 1
Meal Schedule for Day #2
Meal #1 Eat 2 foods from Group 1
Meal #2 Eat 2 foods from Group 4
Meal #3 Eat 3 food from Group 3
Meal #4 Eat 1 foods from Group 3

Eat 1 food from Group 2
Meal #5 Eat 2 foods from Group 2
Meal #6 Eat 4 foods from Group 3
Meal Schedule for Day #3
Meal #1 Eat 2 foods from Group 2
Meal #2 Eat 1 foods from Group 3

Eat 1 foods from Group 1
Meal #3 Eat 3 food from Group 3

Eat 1 food from Group 2
Meal #4 Eat 2 foods from Group 2
Meal #5 Eat 2 foods from Group 2
Meal #6 Eat 4 foods from Group 3

Rules:

  1. Space meals out as evenly as possible.
  2. You can eat the 6 meals in any order.
  3. You should eat about half of what you normally eat since you are eating twice as many meals per day.
  4. Only these condiments are allowed:
    • Seasoning salts
    • Low-fat mayonnaise
    • Mustard
    • Only 2 tablespoons of low calorie salad dressing
  5. You are allowed to drink these beverages:
    • Diet soda
    • Water
    • Coffee
    • Iced tea
    • Any drink with less than 10 calories