If you type the keyword phrase “diet for weight loss” in the Google search box it will return over 1,000,000 results. Since probably about half of all Americans are on a diet at any given time, it makes sense that there would be so many results for weight loss diets.

There are so many diets out there – low fat, low carb, low calorie, raw food, protein, cleanse, Weight Watchers, Over-eaters Anonymous, Atkins, Jenny Craig, Slim Fast… the list goes on and on and on. And each diet plan is adamant that their program is the only one that will work and give you lasting, lifestyle-changing, results.

You can buy book after book, program after program. If you visit your local bookstore, odds are that you will find a new batch of “diet” books on the shelves each month, if not more often.

Dr. Frank B. Smoot has a different point of view. He maintains that the ultimate weight loss book is the Bible.

Dr. Smoot’s program doesn’t focus specifically on what to eat, how much to eat, or when to eat. He proposes that you have to change your mindset, and get rid of, once and for all, your “limiting” beliefs. These are holding you back from making your body a perfect “temple”, as God intended it to be.

Having been a student of limiting beliefs and how they affect our lives, I can understand why this would be a very important element in weight loss, as well as in developing a positive self-image.

Limiting beliefs are “programs” that run through our minds in a loop. These can be from words we were told as a child by parents, teachers, the government, and other figures we perceived as “authority.” After hearing these things enough times, we incorporate them into our subconscious and they become truths for us. An example would be, if your Mother told you, “All of the people in our family are chubby.” If you heard this enough, you would believe that you were “destined” to be chubby and no amount of dieting would succeed if you could not let go of this limiting core belief.

You can find out all the information for Dr. Smoot’s program at Weight Loss Gods Ways.

He teaches you that by renewing your mind you will gain the power to change your life, and your body, for once and for all.

In addition to his program, he offers a free mini-ebook called “Christian Weight Loss Fundamentals” to explain to you the tremendous power of God’s solution for weight loss.

His 7-week program includes a 208 page ebook with 87 custom exercises (not physical)that you read and follow each day, as well as over 200 scriptures. The best method is to do one day at a time… don’t skip ahead! Work the exercises and then move on.

The following bonuses are free with your purchase for $39.97 of the “Weight Loss God’s Way” success system:

Bonus #1: “The Hidden Secrets Of Lifelong Fitness”, 166 pages with Dr. Smoot’s personal fat loss and fitness secrets.

Bonus #2: The “Real Client E-mails”, 100 pages of emails between Dr. Smoot and his clients.

Bonus #3: “Life-And-Love Self-Assessment” to discover your weak points, put love in the place of fear, and be receptive to God’s blessings.

Bonus #4: “21 Hidden Keys To Success God’s Way”, powerful principles from the Bible to help you create a life of success.

Bonus #5: “10 Power Steps To Positive Life Change.”

PROS: Dr. Smoot is very accessible via email to answer all of your concerns and questions, and includes his address and phone number on the website for your use. He offers a 100% LIFETIME money-back guarantee.

CONS: The only thing that would make this program better would be a forum for users to interact with each other.

Weight loss tips and programs come a dime a dozen but this one is more unique than most.

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If you’re like most people trying to lose weight, you have tried a wide variety of diets. At a minimum, you’re probably tried the Atkins Diet. You may have also tried the South Beach Diet; or any number of generic fat-cutting, carb-cutting, or calorie-cutting diets.

You may have also attempted diets that claimed to do something new. Realizing that the masses had grown weary of carb-cutting and fat-cutting approaches, perhaps they suggested that you only eat a number of really strange and specific foods. These miracle foods, they claim, will do all of the hard-work, so that you don’t have to.

Of course, you’ve probably also done exercise routines. You’ve gone to the gym, you’ve purchased in-home fitness machines, you’ve tried weight lifting, and you’ve tried jogging.

And, not surprisingly, none of these techniques worked for you in the long run. Either the technique was too difficult to sustain; or you simply didn’t see the results within a reasonable amount of time.

Well, if you’re feed up with everything you’ve tried so far, then you may want to consider “Fat Loss 4 Idiots” (FL4I). In brief, this diet has three goals: 1) to be simple; 2) to generate results fast; and 3) to be sustainable in the long run.

For starters, it makes a big claim: that you can lose 9 pounds in only 11 days. And while it doesn’t argue that other weight loss programs, such as Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig don’t work, it claims that its regimen gets faster results and is equally-sustainable.

So what does FL4I claim you’re doing wrong? Not surprisingly, it wants you to eschew low-carb, low-fat, and low-calorie approaches to weight loss. In fact, it claims that the amount of calories you eat will make no difference at all, since your metabolism will simply shift to burn fewer calories per day if you cut down on your intake.

Additionally, FL4I claims that no exercise is required whatsoever. In fact, it blatantly says that people don’t get fat because they don’t exercise. Rather, they get fat because they don’t consume the right amounts of food at the right times.

What fat loss for idiots claims you should do is simple. First, they start by explaining that your body releases fat-burning and fat-storing hormones after you eat. And if you can only decrease the amount of fat-storing hormones released and increase the amount of fat-burning hormones released, then you can lose weight-and fast.

Apparently, the entire diet program is based around this premise. From there, they go on to claim that massive fat loss can be achieved in two steps. First, you need to increase the amount of meals you eat above 3 per day. And next, you need to be sure that you ensure that the composition and timing of those meals is carefully-crafted according to their “calorie shifting” method, which is designed to trick your body into burning more fat.

Now, at a first glance, the story sounds plausible. However, if you try to learn more about the product creator, things begin to look fishy. No matter where you look, you will not be able to find out who created the diet and whether or not that person has any credentials or even a weight loss story of his own.

Additionally, the company was given a very poor rating at the Better Business Bureau as the result of unresolved customer complaints. And furthermore, the site makes numerous claims that either aren’t true or are simply unverifiable. For instance, they claim that their own careful testing lead resulted in this “calorie shifting” method; however, the method existed prior to the product and it is not clear that the company has any means to perform such tests.

Overall, this product pitch is a tough sell. It makes some interesting and generally true claims about weight loss that might prove to be useful; however, it leaves the reader wondering whether Fat Loss 4 Idiots is truly just for idiots.

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When it comes to weight loss tips would we all be better off if the master cleanse “secrets” remained secret?

From time to time, we all get hit with a nasty spell of fatigue. Maybe it’s raining too much. Maybe we’ve been eating poorly and not exercising. Maybe our consumption of processed foods has finally caught up with us, leaving us fatigued, bloated, and generally uncomfortable.

All of these things are possibilities. We’ve all been there; and we all know how it feels. But, interestingly, most of the time, we do nothing about it. We simply accept the fact that we feel out of sorts; and move on with our lives.

Unfortunately, those feelings can be a symptom of something else. They can signal that we’ve treated our bodies too poorly for too long; and finally, everything we have done has caught up with us.

Now, if you think this might be the case for you, then you may have already tried a “cleanse” style diet. You may have done something like switching to raw foods or lemonade; or some other variety of cleanse.

But what you found out pretty quickly is that the cleanse diet isn’t easy. In fact, it is virtually impossible to stay on a cleanse diet for any period of time without feeling drained and worn out, no matter how good your results appear to be.

If you listen to the author of “Master Cleanse Secrets,” Raylen Sterling, there are ways around these problems. In fact, not only can you do a cleanse diet, but you can continue on it for a prolonged period of time, over the course of which you might clean out as much as 20 pounds of waste that is lurking around in your body.

Of course, Sterling doesn’t claim to have a monopoly on the right way to do a cleanse diet. However, she does suggest that her own experiences have lead her to create a cleanse diet formula that will work well for anyone.

So what’s her secret? Well, there are several. Some of them involve the diet itself. She tells you which version of the diet works best; and why you should use that version, rather than others.

Additionally, she offers mental secrets. She tells you that most people who fail on cleanse diets do so because it simply becomes too difficult to continue. But she teaches readers many strategies that they can use to overcome cravings; and overcome the desire to stop.

Sterling also offers more practical advice. She tells readers how to create a type of cleanse diet that will not only help you to lose weight, but will also be sustainable for longer periods. Instead of leaving you famished and sick, it will give you powerful bursts of energy that will help you to get beyond not being able to eat all of the foods you desire most.

So, with all of this said, should you take the plunge and purchase the Master Cleanse Secrets? Based on what reviewers say about the product, it is useful, but ultimately says very little that you couldn’t find for free on forums. Additionally, the salespage is sloppily done and contains several spelling errors and seemingly unverifiable statements. If this is any indication of the quality of her product and research, this might not be entirely a trustworthy method.

From here, the choice is yours. If you want to try a cleanse diet, you have many options. If you want to get all of the information you need in order to get through that diet successfully in one place, then you may want to consider purchasing a copy of The Master Cleanse Secrets.

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One of the major reasons why many people fail on conventional diets and fad diets is that the prescribed regimens are too strict. For instance, they might require you to eliminate carbs altogether from your diet for long periods of time (including things as insignificant as an apple). Initially, these restrictions bring rapid weight loss but ultimately they prove unsustainable.

They’re unsustainable because they don’t accept the reality that human beings are implementing the diets. In fact, if the diet’s instructions were simply being fed into a robot that then acted out the instructions carefully, there would be no problem at all. But that’s not the case.

If you’re like most people who struggle to lose weight, you struggle to do so because you simply cannot give up your favorite foods. You cannot adopt an austere diet that forces you to starve yourself and to give up an important pleasure in your life: the taste of great food.

Fortunately for you, there’s a diet that claims to allow you to do just that: to consume the foods that you love on a regular basis as part of your diet. And not only does it allow you to do it, it’s an actual requirement of the diet.

So what is this diet, you ask? It’s called “Cheat Your Way to Thin” and, not surprisingly, it is called that because it allows you to consume delicious food that would be considered “cheating” in the context of most other diets, but it will still permit you to lose weight-and lots of it-at the same time.

To make things better, this diet isn’t your typical, fly-by-night program with no known creator. Joel Marion, the founder of the “Cheat Your Way to Thin” method, is a Certified Sports Nutritionist with the International Society of Sports Nutrition. Additionally, his work has been featured in Oxygen, in Lifescript, in Women’s Day, in Men’s Fitness, in Muscle mag, on NBC, and on Fox News to name just a few places.

Marion is both well-known and well-trusted. And, as he claims, his product not only resulted from the knowledge that he accumulated over many years he spent in the fitness industry, but also from the serious mistakes he made throughout his career.

With all of this said, what can you expect from Marion’s product? There are two parts. The first part contains audio that explains how the diet was created, as well as the science that backs up how it works. And the second part is a 53-page ebook that contains an exhaustive run-down of the program.

Marion’s approach consists of two parts: diet and exercise. For the dietary portion, he has readers to rotate between high GI days, low GI days, and low carb days. And for the exercise portion, he has readers perform 3 different exercise sessions per week.

Overall, the ebook contains an excellent and highly-specific overview of how you can improve your diet and adopt an effective workout regimen. And best of all, it comes from a real person with real credentials.

As far as reviewers are concerned, the Cheat Your Way to Thin product appears to deliver on its promises. However, some argue that it focuses too much on requiring you to buy expensive auxiliary products, such as protein shakes. But on the upside, it allows you to have “cheating days,” which will make your diet much easier to maintain in the long run. It also offers simplicity by focusing on portion control, rather than on calorie counting, which is often infeasible.

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These days, many people are obsessed with their weight. Many people want to lose weight. Some even want to gain weight. Whatever the situation, very many people are dissatisfied with their weight, and they resort to drastic and even potentially deadly measures to lose or gain weight. These dangerous measures often come in the form of fad diets and diet pills.

One known measure that is dangerous is starvation. A lot of people who struggle with weight loss resort to starving themselves. They would go days not eating and just drink water if anything. Most times, they cave in to their cravings and they wind up not only eating, but eating the very things that are not healthy. Not only that, they have a slower metabolism, which results in not only gaining all of the lost weight back, but you gain even more unwanted fat.

Some cases are even worse. The people that “beat” their cravings develop diseases, or sometimes they pass out, and in the worst cases they die. This is all because they try to go to the one extreme to compensate for the other extreme. Neither extreme is healthy.

A lot of fad diets promise wild results, like losing 14 pounds in two weeks. A lot of times, the weight lost is water weight. You may also lose some muscle mass as well leaving you lighter, but ultimately weaker. Losing that much weight at one time is unhealthy as well.

Another concern is the diet pills. A lot of them are appetite suppressants or “fat blockers.” Many pills, or medications tend to have side effects which can outweigh the benefits of the pills.

Then there are the people who have lost all the weight, but they have developed a “diet addiction.” They end up losing even more weight to the point where they look like merely skin and bones. They are often known as anorexics. Bulimics are also a danger to themselves due to them vomiting what they eat. The acid from throwing up tends to erode their teeth.

A lot of it comes from insecurity and low self esteem, and also lack of patience. A lot of people want results almost immediately, and they can not wait the usual required amount of time for the results. A lot of people do not like what they see in the mirror and they want very badly to resemble what they see in the media.

Dangerous dieting is a growing phenomenon. A lot of people are unhealthy due to the unhealthy approaches to getting healthy and fit. Sadly, even if they do get skinny, they actually are more unfit than when they were overweight. The sad thing about dangerous dieting is that the person who practices it is deprived of his vital nutrients which are needed for effective fitness.

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