With calorie shifting you constantly change the amount of calories you eat to confuse your metabolism so it never knows how many calories it will consume (see example below). This will result in a more efficient metabolism.

Example:

Day 1: Consume 2000 calories

Day 2: Consume 1500 calories

Day 3: Consume 2200 calories

Day 4: Consume 2400 calories

Day 5: Consume 1900 calories

The example above is rough example of how the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet works except you will do this for 11 days and then take a 3 day break. Another diet that works well with calorie shifting, as the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet does, is the liquid protein diet.

1. Continue to not stuff yourself and stop eating just before the point of feeling full.
2. Keep drinking 10 glasses of water a day.
3. Don’t stray too far away from the diet
4. Stay away from junk food
5. Minimize sugar intake
6. Continue to eat 4 meals per day

If you don’t follow the tips above you could gain some of the weight back.

It uses the calorie shifting technique as well as a balanced diet of lean proteins and fresh fruits and vegetables and light exercise. It is great for those that are looking for a more casual diet than the Diet Generator or Beyond Calories. The 10 simple rules are below.

The 10 Rules of Fat Loss:

1. Manipulate Protein and Carbohydrates. Fat Loss 4 Idiots provides a list of fresh fruits and fresh vegetables and bread and a list of 15 lean proteins such as egg salad, lean turkey and mixed nuts.
2. Eat 4 meals per day
3. Prepare your meals at home
4. Rotate foods – this involves mixing up the amount of carbs and protein you eat each day
5. Minimize condiments
6. Stop eating before you are full
7. Drink beverages with 10 calories or less
8. Drink between 8 and 10 glasses of water per day
9. Walk two thirty minute sessions per day
10. Avoid anything really sweet even if non-fat

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)

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

After you sign up FL4I you will login to the members area where you will pick your favorite foods. You will choose 7-15 proteins foods and 7-15 carbohydrate foods and then an 11-day diet with 4 meals per day will be automatically generated.

Here are the 7 simple rules of the diet:

1. Never stuff yourself full. Stop eating just before you fee full.
2. You can eat the 4 daily meals in any order and at any time. Just make sure you wait at least 2.5 hours between meals.
3. You are only allowed to drink diet sodas, coffee, tea and water but you can drink unlimited amounts.
4. You must drink 10 glasses of water per day.
5. You are allowed one glass of wine per day.
6. You must take a 3 day cheat period where you can eat whatever you want. The only rule is that you never eat so much that you feel “full”.
7. Can only use these condiments:
   • Ketchup
   • Mustard
   • BBQ sauce
   • Salsa
   • Salt
   • Pepper
   • Lemon juice
   • Non-fat mayonnaise
   • Artificial sweeteners
   • Molly McButter

Sample Menu #1 (Days 1-3)

Sample Menu #2 (Days 1-3)

Sample Menu #3 (Days 8-10)