Win a FREE copy of the Cheat Your Way Thin Holiday Edition!

Hi Joel,

As a science major, I can say that the past updates you’ve been sending out to everyone is extremely interesting and very logical. The times where I accidentally overeat certain foods (Halloween WAS upon us only a few weeks back ;) ) I noticed I’d actually make more gains in losing weight than by strictly following a diet plan of lean protein and fibrous carbs for eons. I want to be able to eat foods that I would REALLY enjoy (what doesn’t help matters is that my mom loves cake for celebrating holidays) so learning the stuff your book has to offer, and their applications not just in the holiday season, but the entire year, has really got me interested and really shooting to get this material as soon as possible. Who knows, my mom would learn some stuff too!

The truth of the matter is that I don’t know that it’s the perfect diet. However, nothing else that I’ve tried has captured my heart and that is what it is going to take for a lifestyle change. I am not terribly overweight, I just want to dump around 20 lbs. But, being in my 50′s, it’s been difficult. I really like what you are saying about cheat days. I love eating ice cream on occasion and the fact that I can do it, and it be a part of my HEALTHY diet is quite appealing to me. I like the fact that I don’t have to be on a guilt trip when I eat it. The truth of the matter is, I would still eat Ice cream…but having permission to cheat not only takes the guilt away, but it has already stopped me from wanting to eat it all the time, and in extreme measures. I like knowing that I only have to wait a couple of days and I am not deprived, thus I don’t feel like I have to eat my fill of it all at once. I downloaded the Holiday Fat book and intend to follow it during the holidays. Thanks for your efforts and I look forward to learning more.

The cheat your way thin system is the perfect lifestyle system. No matter your fitness goal–whether shedding gross belly fat or building muscle, cheat your way thin will provide the requisite nutrients, all without feeling hungry or depriving yourself of your favorite foods! Best of all, since you get to eat your favorite foods, it’s very easy to stick with, making it the first true “lifestyle diet.”
It’s all based on leptin. I know I know, if it involves a scary word I’ve never heard before, then it must be complex and hard to apply, like every other diet I’ve tried, right? Wrong. Leptin levels in the blood tell the brain how hungry to feel, and how much energy to have. What’s this mean for me?
It means that if I can keep my leptin levels high, while convincing my body to burn fat and not muscle, then I’ve found a way to lose my bodyfat – permanently – without feeling hungry!
This is so important for me. I’m a college athlete, and my body is pushed to and beyond my previous limits every day. All this exercise takes a heavy toll on me though, and makes me hungry-REALLY hungry! When I have to lose weight, I always feel weak, hungry, and my performance in the classroom and with the team suffers. Cheat Your Way Thin gives me peak performance, peak energy, and a peak physique, all the time!

Currently, I’m a student attending the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. This is my first year in university, and I’m living on campus which has been extremely difficult. Although I try to watch what type of foods I consume, it is extremely hard to do so as there are very few healthy choices. I have actually gained close to 5 pounds of fat since school started (2 months ago). Unfortunately, for my weight, the holidays are coming up which has generally meant more weight gain for m. I’m hoping that this copy of Cheat Your Way Thin will help me towards avoiding the freshman fifteen. Not only that, but even help me lose some of the unwanted weight which I have had all my life. To make matters even more difficult, in terms of not gaining weight during the holidays, my father is coming back home from his work (which is half way around the world). I would love to enjoy myself with him while my father and I have the time to do so, and before he leaves for his work. I have actually not seen him for the past year and enjoying the holidays with him would be like a dream come true. But this will be extremely difficult without some sort of guidance via the Cheat Your Way Thin holiday edition. This is why the copy of the Cheat Your Way Thin holiday edition would perfect for my current situation.

I’m not grossly overweight, but at 5’5, the scale tipping out at 180 freaked me out. This past week, I got the official ‘you need to lose weight’ speech from my doctor. There’s incentive… There’s a family history of diabetes and high blood pressure in my family, both of my parents are overweight, as is my brother. My go-to method had always been exercise, but since hitting my thirties, it hasn’t seemed to be working anymore. I’ve been quite discouraged at the idea of having to turn towards a calorie restrictive diet as it makes me exhausted. I’ve got a hectic lifestyle and can’t afford to be run down. I’m a full time biochemistry student (actually working in the lipids field, so I’m familiar with leptin, I would love to be able to harness its efficiency). I work part-time as an ER nurse, I’m a member of a theatre group and a vocal ensemble. My busy schedule makes it a necessity for me to find a program that has a certain degree of flexibility. I am expected to dance to Madonna’s Vogue this coming year while wearing a corset, I would love to be able to rock it. I think your program might just be the ticket. This method just seems to make sense to me. I’d love the opportunity to check it out first hand. Can’t wait to be able to have a before and after photo. :)

Hi, My name is Keith Lai and I am 20 years old and have been following your blog for a while. For the past year, I have been trying to lose about 20 pounds of fat. I have tried everything from the atkins diet, south beach, intermittent fasting( leangains, eat stop eat, fast 5).. You named it I tried lol. Even i was cheating on my diets before as a reward meal each week, I had a huge sense of guilt that doing so would hinder my proccess and destroy my weeks of progress. This translated into an extreme condition of yoyo dieting and led to my horrible relationship with food. Even now, I try to be more lenient with my food choices, but doing so will make me crave them even more because I am eating less than I normally do. I even gone to the extremes of neglecting my family and friends because of my obsession with losing the weight. I would even sometimes have to shamefully lie to them because I needed an excuse to not go to my mom’s house for her delicious home cooking, which i downright embarrassing. I would love to be able to try your program, which from what i heard, is nothing short of spectacular. I really think it would help change my life and help me get out of the food obsessive disorder I have and let me enjoy life like it was intended to: with family and friends. Thank you

Hi! I’m a martial arts instructor and I’ve been struggling with my weight for YEARS! I’m really worried about my heart as well. I’ve lost 40 pounds so far but more to go. Plus the holidays are coming. I love martial arts and exercise, but I also love to eat. Add a a very busy schedule to the mix and it’s insane! PLEASE help!
Guy in Korea

Hi Joel,

I’m very interested in your program…I began a “natural healthy diet” in January and I’m still struggling trying to lose fat. During the last 10 months I’ve been exercising and let’s say I have followed my diet in an 80% but now I feel desperate, frustrated and tired of not being able to lose the pounds and fat I still need. Now the holidays are so close and the delicious things will be all around me… I am afraid to end 2009 almost the same way I began. I am really looking forward to know more about your programs, and to still have the opportunity to achieve my weight lose goals before 2010. Thanks for your work!

As someone who has studied exercise science at university, I wanted to learn the best ways to exercise, to bulk up and to stay healthy and lean. After four years of study I can’t say I know a huge amount. Apart from more study, my only other option is to somehow negotiate my way through the endless crap that fills the internet simply to find a solution of how to get the best body I can naturally. I stumbled upon your programs through Vince Del Monte, and struggled convince myself to even purchase my first program from him, as I’m newly married and my wife is still studying, money is fairly tight. Realizing that there is a lot of good info out there now on nutrition and programs is tough, cos I want the best for myself, but can’t always afford to buy the newest program. I think this prorgram seems to give people some freedom with what they eat, plus it makes sense from my exercise science background. I want to look my best for myself, for my wife, and so I show my kids at school (I’m a high school PE teacher) that I’m the real deal. I’m super keen on seeing this program in action!

Hi Joel,

I have been trying to lose 30 pounds of fat for years without success even though I exercise regularly (bike and walk) even doing high intensity intervals. Most of my fat is visceral and so I have been also motivated for my overall health. My biggest weakness is that I have a hard time resisting baked goods, desserts, treats. To imagine that I can include these as a part of getting down to my ideal weight is like a dream come true. Of course there is a certain amount of skepticism but mostly I feel hopeful.
Thanks Joel,
Len

Hi Joel,
You’ve done what we in Australia call “the hard yakka” that is, you’ve done all the work that I have been trying to get done. I first heard whispers about leptin a couple of years ago and I’ve read at last count about 5 books on it but a lot of the information is incomplete (in terms of applying it IRL) or contradictory.
I have always maintained a steady weight until in my late 30s when I had an undiagnosed thyroid problem which triggered lots of other hormonal issues and over the course of a year I gained a horrifying 30 kilos.
Ever since then I’ve still maintained a steady weight – only now it’s 30 kilos too heavy. I know that if I can crack the leptin issue and get back to my healthy weight I will maintain it and your program seems to have it nailed.
I am aiming to get fit and healthy again ASAP and would really love your help to do it. I have been trying to piece it all together but so far what I have is just a scratchy outline whereas you seem to have created the fully coloured-in version.
So I’m ready to let your leptin insight lead me there.
Thanks for considering me for this very special prize.

Hi Joel,

I have been so excited to read your emails and watch your videos. I have been a lifetime dieter and have been successful. But then I gain it all back (and more) as soon as I stop dieting and live life again. Seeing the science and all your hard work on the Cheat Your Way Thin plan makes so much sense! Tricking my body is the way to boost my metabolism, raise my hormone levels, and burn the fat. I can’t wait to get started on this program and share this awesome stuff with everyone else who is or has been struggling as much as I have my entire life. This is the way to go! No dieting – just a new way to LIVE and be set free from the bondage of this fat body and slave to some new diet plan. I have already told a few friends about your plan and they are very intrigued. I think they want me to be the guinea pig. I am going to prove to them that they need your program! I am ready to start my new way of eating and gain energy and a healthy way of life.

Thanks Joel!

Hi, I ‘m Varun Mathew, The problem with this question is that I don’t have the answer to the one you’re asking… As it stands I haven’t read the content of your technique or idealogy per se peertaining to diet or ever tried it so I have to be skeptical as I have tried many other diets and workouts only to have it let go at some critical juncture.
… I have jumped through very hoop going from slightly obese to extremely scrawny( more like skinny fat) to 10%bf, endured the most strict form of diet and
even tried the limits of my own body to get to the elusive conditionining that you elite pro’s possess, came up with several of my own theories as far fat, carbs, protein as to what produces the highest TEF, understood the highs of leptin every so now an then but still I have missed the key to fat loss… my journey remains in this conquest for perfection of my body, now at 11%bf…
…you have a solution, but I don’t know if it’s the key!!

Hi Joel,

I have always eaten extremely healthfully but have for some reason always struggled with my weight. That was up until 3 years ago when I did a sort of one day on one day off dieting. I lost a good amount of weight for the first time in my life (and kept it off for over a year and half) but then went a little overboard and started eating less and less and got too skinny. Eventually I developed a bulimic behavior that ultimately led me to gain weight bringing me back to where I started. I am now in recovery for this but still have the weight to lose. As I know a constantly changing diet was the key to my success I am looking for a similar program. My old method is no longer working for me so I want something that is effective and will allow me to feel better about my appearance after having overcome disordered eating. I believe that your program can do this.

Thanks!

Yo Joel,
I am Yishen here and I am 16 years old this year still studying. This programme is really useful for people who doesn not have enough time to eat and can using cheat meal to enjoy some “junk food” and to be healthy at the same time. Because I am a fat guy i need this programme meal plan to help me lost bodyweight fats. while else I can enjoy my cheat meal in some particular day. thank you for the 6 updates.

I’m a second year medical student, which means my life is CRAZY. When I’m not studying, shadowing on the wards or doing extra-curricular activities, I make time to work out 5-6 times per week. Also, like most weight-conscious people out there, I make a big effort to eat healthy. Fresh fruits and vegetables, healthy grains and lean meats are the main players in my daily diet. However, I have reached a plateau and have been struggling to lose weight over the last year. And of course, I miss sweet treats, especially chocolate, like crazy! So yes – I BINGE, and my mood is absolutely horrible afterward. Joel, I’m ready for a change! In less than a year, I will be actually working on the wards and on call, and will be very strapped for time to eat, sleep, let alone get to the gym! So if I could get my weight down, I feel like I could maintain my new weight during this chaotic yet exciting part of my life. Being in medicine, I know all about leptin, and I’m so excited to have the chance to make it work for me! As you’ve said, the psychological part of healthy weight is huge in overall health, and I feel that with your program, I can be truly happy with the way I look and ENJOY food again. And as a great bonus, a better mood and outlook will definitely help my performance on the wards!

I am a certified personal trainer so I am familiar with what needs to be done to loose weight, but I am also human who has a life. I have struggled with my weight for the past 10 years. I have no problem going a few days on a diet knowing my health will improve and my weight will decrease. But, the thought of giving up my favorite foods forever has always made me go off of my diets. Your program is great for me because I know if I follow your diet plan I can always look forward ro eating my favorite foods while still loosing fat.

Hi Joel,
I’ve been reading your updates with great anticipation. As a 70yr old woman who has been trying to lose weight for more years than I care to think about with little success, I feel like finally there is some hope for me. I try to workout 3 times a week but I have arthritis so what I can do is limited. If I could lose some weight my knees would be much less painful and I could do more exercises. My mother will be 100yrs old next week, 11/23, so I’ll probably be around for quite awhile yet. With your program I’ll have a chance to make those years a lot more pleasant!!!
Thank you,
Bernice

Hi,
I have found your link somewhere on the internet and was following your updates religiously. I have been struggling with weight loss for a long time my BMI is 35 and need to lose about 100lbs to be in the normal range. I do my best at eating healthy foods with the rare exceptions yet I have not been able to loose much. I believe that with your teaching I will be able to attain my goal losing inches and basically being in better health. This might also be an eye opener for some of my friends as well which I will gladly refer.
Thanks for all your hard work and I can’t wait to see the results
Stephane

Joel,
I think this program would be perfect for me, because it deals with all the struggles I have had in my 13 plus years of trying to loose weight. When I entered the police academy at 23, I was a respectable 185. Still living off the high metabolism of my youth. I left the academy, having ballooned up to 205. Not working out as hard because you always go to the slowest members pace, and no time to hit the weights since I was focusing on the class work. Add to this the followings of poor nutrition advice from steroid filled muscle magazines and shift work. From the postings you have been putting up, this program will finally help me shed the unwanted fat, without the suffering of a miserable diet. I too tried Body for Life, even the eating style there left me feeling hungry and deprived. The thought of having days where pizza (my weakness) is not off limits but almost needed is very encouraging. The science and logic behind your program seems very sound and I would love to give it a go. I have tried so many other things, and they all start okay, but to paraphrase your thoughts diets fail me because they make me miserable. Your program seems to be the answer to get rid of my unwanted, unhealthy body fat which is detrimental to my job performance. I hope you find me a worthy candidate to receive one of your programs.

Steve

I am a mom of a 3 year old and a 5 month old. After having my first child, I was never back to my pre-pregnancy or even pre-marriage weight. I have tried so many different popular ways of losing the weight but ended up gaining 30 more pounds than losing the original 15-20 that was my goal at the time. As a nursing mother, starving myself by counting calories isn’t recommended and exercising everyday just doesn’t happen. After reading your past 6 updates and finding out that I can still eat the things I like to eat and lose weight, I was excited. I have birthday parties and the holidays to look forward to without the fear of gaining weight. I have a goal of fitting back into my wedding dress by mid-January for a photo shoot for my sister’s photography business. Feeling like I could be back at that weight and size (maybe even less and thinner) in such a short period of time thrills me.

Hi Joel,
I lost 45 lbs 4 years ago and put 15 of it back on. I am in my late 50s and know the odds are not in my favor regarding weight.

You really opened my eyes in what you just taught about hormones. As a result, I had my first pasta in a year and it made my body feel happy, positive, and energetic! Using food to serve me and enjoy myself during the holidays with your guidance is what I’m going to do. You have brought this whole thing down to earth. How can I not wish to have a free copy of your holiday survival guide on cheating my way thin through the holidays?

Wew hoo!

I am a 21-year-old college student. For the past 1 years, I have been reading, consulting, and learning non-stop about health and wellness. I am not at an unhealthy weight; in fact, I am reasonably fit. But what I care about most is overall health. I eat for nutrition and weight about equally. The problem is that I have reverted back to unhealthy ways. You see, my daily meals are mostly whole, organic fruits, veggies, and meats/nuts/seeds. However, I indulge moreso than ever. I LOVE food to the point where I overeat almost always. It’s a virtually uncontrollable psychological attachment. Now that I think of myself as a nutritious person, I subconsciously think “restriction,” and “when am I ever going to get to do this again?” and it causes me to go crazy whenever I get the opportunity. I am certain that this diet, in giving me something food-related to look forward to, will significantly help control my cravings to the point where I can take on the “It’s not worth it; in two days, the food world is my oyster” mentality. I think that would be a steer in the direction of control.

Thanks a lot,
Griffin

As an aspiring athlete, I have come to learn the power of implementing the correct methods. I am on the cusp of attaining the physique that I deeply desire, but I am vaguely aware that I lack the knowledge of the optimal methodology. It is my personal code of life that I strive to be the best that I can be in every area of my life. When I attain the body of my dreams, I know it will accelerate my progress in all of my endeavors, including my studies and my sports. I yearn to break past all my preconceived limits and serve as an inspiration to others that the human potential for excellence is truly boundless. Life is rich with opportunity, and the best way to live is to break past old barriers and live the life I imagine. When I am in the third set of a long tennis match, the knowledge that I have a world-class body will give me the confidence to triumph where I might have yielded to exhaustion and doubt.

Well I suspect I’m MUCH older than most of the people you are working with and I think my belly fat is more to do with age and hormones than overeating or even bad eating, but whatever, I’m trying to make it GO. It’s just not healthy. I’d really like to put your ideas to work and then be able to report a great success story!

Your whole program has helped in getting into a routine, necessary to maintain my health. I have had a heart valve transplant and bypass and the only way I will survive for 15 years, which is what they say the valve will last, is by maintinaing a low weight and exercise regularly.

I want to be a cheat! I know how to work hard and be perfect… but you know what, my life needs a few more burgers in it! I want to know exactly how i can share the beautiful indulgent food i love to cook with my friends and family without feeling it on my butt. I want them to know that they can do it to- they can have insane quality of life- an amazing body, energy to burn and the ability to do anything they want- by using your scientifically advanced and intelligent eating system! Using your system, my body will fit with ‘me’- i rock and it will too! No poor me here… I’ve got the mind in line, you give me the system and i will send you the photos!

Joel, your program sounds almost too good to be true. As someone who has struggled with my weight for most of 40 years, I have tried almost everything out there. Some of them make me think of food all the time because it is so restrictive of what I CANNOT have. Your program sounds like I CAN have the foods I love, just in a planned manner. And I believe your internet coaching would be the icing on the cake. It is a little harder to approach a program like this once one passes age 60 and the exercise routine seems a little daunting for a senior, but I am certain it works and would love to give it a try.

Hi ,My name is Fay . I have been struggling with my wieight all my life . I am 47 years old and have tryed every possible thing to lose weight !! I recently quite smoking (8 months ago ) and have packed on even more weight !! We will be celebrating our 25 th wedding anniversary next Aug and I desperatly want to lose this weight !! I am short and very over weight ! I have been glued to my computer ever since I started to get your e mails !! The more I read the more sence it makes !! I am so excited , its like there is hope for me !!! Diets have never worked ,. But cheat your way thin will become a way of life . Getting to eat real food and still losing . I could realy become the person I so desperatly want to be ( heathy and in shape ) Thanks for all your hard work and the great info so far !!! PS I realy want to be around when my 15 year old son has kids , so I can be a gramma ! Thank you

Hi Joel

I am stuck!
Been stuck for a while now!

Stuck at a plateau with my fitness and dieting. I can feel the muscles lying under my fat. But the fat just won’t budge. The diets I try don’t work as they are too restrictive! I like my food ALOT!!!

Then I downloaded your blackbook and started to receive your emails and newsletters As I started to read how Leptin works and how its important to carb cycle to keep your body burning. I got excited! This could be the program that pushes me through this plateau that I’m struggling to break through for so long now!!! While enjoying my food at the right specified times!

Leptin is my key to success!!!
I believe that your program will help me get there!

I’m in the midst of learning to bulk up and trying to aim to bring my body fat to my target of 8-10%. And having a guideline like this book will definitely be great help because as much as I’m trying to lose my body fat, it was stagnant for the past 3 months regardless of various workout routine. I guess it’s due to my eating habit as I did not plan my eating thanks to my workloads and job. Thus, having this book could be a major as I think it will definitely help me to achieve my target based on the coaching from the book. Thanks for reading! Cheers!

Regards,
Gary

I have many reasons why CYWTHE is the perfect program for me at this time. I come from a family that is blessed with horrible genes where one side has an abundance of hips, thighs and booty, while the other tends to gain weight from their belly. If this weren’t bad enough, we all come together during the holidays with heaping piles of food, drinks and sugary treats.

Having been overweight for as long as I can possibly remember, I’ve come to a point in my life where I made a decision to get healthy. I got tired of the emotional eating and finding comfort in food and started trying many different diets and all yielded to the same thing…failing to lose the weight. I also researched many diet programs and found that CYWT does not only have the scientific research behind it, but it seems easy to follow.

I do not intend on keeping this program all to myself. I am planning to start CYWTHE with my sister. She has been dealing with anorexic and bulimic tendencies for about 10 years now, and the holidays tend to make her revert to bad eating habits.

I hope the program teaches both of us to make smarter choices as to what we eat.

Hi Joel,

Thanks for offering 5 free copies of your program. Why I think this program is great for me is because I own a personal training and boot camp company and have had really good results with my clients, for instance, a recent client losing 33 pounds in 4months, however I have had a few clients who just haven’t been able to lose the weight they want to despite exercising really hard and following the nutrition formula I give that works with so many.

I was wondering the reason might be because they are already pretty lean, i.e. each of them only needs to lose 10 pounds or say 15 pounds at most. They’ll see some weight drop but just haven’t met their goal weight yet and so maybe your strategy of strategic cheating the secret they need to implement so finally break past their plateaus. So it would be a real blessing to me to help them achieve their goal weights and your program might just be the tool to do that :)

Thanks for considering me.

Tyron

Hi Joel,

I am 38 years old and have been struggling with my weight forever, I came out of a very abusive marriage where I was verbally abused and I was permanently on some crash diet, which, as you would know, have wreaked havoc with my metabolism and weight, I am struggling to find a diet that is suitable for me and I think this one of yours is going to be perfect to help me whip my body in shape before my 40th birthday, please consider me for one of the five copies

Thanks

Hi, I’m Mihaela , am from Romania, and I need at this moment in my life something to motivate me.I have health problems, relationship problems,every area in my life is a huge problem.I am sick and tired of my problems. I need to turn my life arond.. in a positive way.
thanks

Howdy Joel!

C.Y.W.T. is exactly the program I need because of how it targets and controls Leptin and how it essentially rewards you over and over. I am a hypoglycemic. I have learned through the years that because of the drops in Leptin in my blood due to the over production of insulin, my body will hold on to weight tighter than a toddler holding a toy in a toy store. Since C.Y.W.T aims to keep Leptin levels high, I will actually have a fighting chance to lose the extra 125 pounds I carry. Also, by allowing us to have our favorite foods every few days will help fight off the typical feelings of anxiety I have during diets. Anxiety coupled with my body’s desperate need to hold on to weight has inevitably led me to quiet diet after diet of the course of my life. C.Y.W.T. is THE KEY to finally shedding excess weight permanently so that I can finally enjoy life to the fullest.

@Keith Lai – hi Joel, I’m a 34 yr old who had baby 5 weeks ago. I have hypothyroidism and was working with weights and cardio… But couldn’t drop the fat so I tried all diets out there but would give up when I couldn’t even lose a kilo in one month.. So I’d give up with the food have a cry and buy strong fatburners that would drain my adrenals and leave me feeling exhausted and down and so the cycle went and realizing that my dream of transforming my body and enter and entering a fitness competition would never happen. But reading your blogs has given me hope that through this program you are offering I will be able to lose 15 kilos to get the physique I want and achieving my goals … Thanku ;)

Hey joel, I wake up every morning excited to seee what new information you have sent to me, I’m gonna be honest I heard about you from isable de lorosi…and this was just recent, I have been a yo-yo dieter for the llast 6yrs or so, and all my efforts have been a waste as we all know thoes diets never work and in the long run we just end up with way more body fat then we had befor the LdietsL.I’m excited to learn more about your a weight loss tips, I’m know ill be able to stick to the plan for life because. Will lokk at it as simply a lifestyle change, not a LdietL, that what gets me everytime, knowing that I’m on a diet stresses me out and I always feel guilty if I eat one LbadL thing, I love your new way of eating, still very unsure on how to start it, I’ve been doing it ever since I started receiving your emails… Only a few days now, I’m just not sure if I’m doing it right, arbs one day none the next??? I need some seriouis help, I’ve managed to gain 50lbs in 7months and its very noticable, and I wasn’t small befor this gain neither, I’m miserable and don’t know what else to do… Please help me joel, you are my last hope, I’m tired of getting sucked in with all the other expensive tricks.. And I admit they get me every time, what a waste of thousands of dollars!!! Thanks for taking the time to review my information… In health and happiness… Bobbi

Hey Joel
nothing has worked for me before, yet following your program I have lost 16lbs of FAT in the last 4 months. Now I don’t crave or dream about what I am going to eat on cheat days because the diet you have me on is probably about right for me. So the big problem is what to eat on cheat days, is there a list of foods that will give maximum lepin levels? I hear Pizza mentioned a lot so I have made a booking at the local for Saturday(my cheat day)
thanks from downunder

My wife is 73 and I’m 74. As others have done, we’ve done everything we know about nutrition, diets, organic foods, no junk food, etc. and still piled on the weight. We are both interested in becoming teenagers again, 113! It looks like the only way there is your programs that read like a miracle. I look forward to a lean, lithe body that will joyfully carry me through life to my goal. Thanks, and wishing you well.
Dick Reid

I work out and eat fairly well; I even track my meals. I just can’t seem to lose the excess weight however. I’m excited about the possibility of this book being the paradigm shift that I need to apply to FINALLY lose weight.

Hi mate,

Look, lets be honest, this is an awesome approach to nutrition.
EVERYBODY wants to be lean and ripped but EVERYBODY wants to eat what they want.

This diet is excellent because it gives you the best of both worlds. Anybody who is serious about health and fitness can follow a healthy, low carb, low calorie diet for most of the time.

HOWEVER, most people love having a ‘blow out’ and gorging on carby junk food (me included!). This approach actually ENCOURAGES you to eat the foods you want AND lose weight, it doesn’t get better than that!

This sounds like a real solution for ‘normal’ people living ‘normal’ lives!

Thanks for your consideration buddy.

I’ve been on diets on many an occasion and have succesfully lost weight as well. However, I’ve never been able to keep it off. I’ve always cheated and paid the consequences thereof by gaining all the weight back plus more. Exercise is not a problem, it’s just eating properly that’s the problem and I have a weakness for carbs. The carb’s cycle is something that I could definitely benefit from. “Cheat your way thin” especially during the holidays; I have serious doubts about this??? However, the only way to see if it works is to try it

My journey started in February of this year. A buddy and I decided to start hitting the gym. We wanted to “get ripped.” It started out great. From a less than impressive 5’9” and 170 lbs, I dropped to 155 by early summer. That was when my troubles began. For the next four months I tried everything I could think of, in conjunction with every new piece of confused, conflicting, and even misleading piece of information I found on the internet. Simply put: I was stuck! I collapsed into my deepest despair in early October, finding myself frustrated, reduced to daily Subway trips and many late night donut runs.

At the end of October I found my salvation quite accidentally as I stumbled onto the website of the man who sent me your way: Mike Geary. As I read his blog entries and cruised around his site I found my passion revived furiously, nothing would stand in my way this time! . Driven , I tirelessly researched nutrition and exercise. It was time to do it right. I believe your program would be another powerful step in my journey of doing it right. Your free content has rang true by example and my own attempt at leptin management is underway.

Finally I must confess my powerful sweet tooth. This is why I believe your program represents the perfect synergy of my love of fitness with that of chocolate. I would be honored to be chosen to receive a free copy!

Cheers,
Matt

Hi Joel
Its pretty simple for me. I am a fat diabetic and my health depends upon leaning up. If not I will be dead within the the next decade or so. Your Help is greatly needed.

Steve N.Z

Hi Joel

I am 5 foot 8.3″ and 130 pounds. This gives me a BMI of about 19.5, however, I really struggle to keep it this way. I have an underactive thyroid and no HGH (I take 150 mg of synthroid a day and have weekly injections of HGH) so my weight maintenance is pretty hard as you can imagine – I used to be heavy before I was given synthroid but to get the weight off even then was an effort and I trained 3 hours a day 5 days a week and I basically didn’t eat – the Dr couldn’t believe I wasn’t morbidly obese given my circumstances.

I really like your cheats – I have heard of one cheat day a week but the variety during the week is helpful for me. In addition, I like the like the fact that you don’t have to spend hours in the gym everyday – I work out 4-5 times a week but I find it a chore although I used to love team sports when I was younger. I think your 20 mins a day will help me get fitter (and is short enough for me to sustain the motivation) so that my cardio capabilities get better and can do the sports I used to love – I miss them and want to enjoy them again! I already know about HGH deficiencies causing weight issues but had never heard of leptin – I think this is the missing link for me being able to eat well, keep fit without the silly restrictions on food and training I do now – I would really appreciate your help!

Thanks

Hi Joel
I have been on the lifelong quest for perfect proportion without having to maintain excess muscle mass – this year I have come closer than ever to reaching that goal.

Initially thinking that losing 10kg would be enough, 19kg later I think that 4kg more would be perfect. Since March I have gone from 100kg down to 81kg with a 3 day double split routine and have tried many strategies.

I am at the point where there is no longer any room for ‘trying’ things, I need to be exact to do the final detailing. I have been aware of cheat meals, leptin levels, and the need for consistency for quite a while. I have dumped all supplements because unless your diet is perfect you are only supplementing a bad diet which is a waste of time and money. I’ve had far better results without them. I would however like to learn about carb cycling properly and your research is a well quantified answer – not too much overwhelming info, just enough to fill the blanks.

I know that I will reach my goals by Feb or so by sticking to my guns, but if I can get better guns (or free ones) then maintenance of my eventual proportion will be effortless. I’m going to buy this thing anyway so in the event you don’t pick me, consider this a ‘thank you’ for confirming some of my long-term nutritional suspicions, and giving me the evidence to back it up. Have a good one Joel.

Hi Joel,
I am a 51 year old mother of 5, grandmother of 4. I lost 3 family members to cancer and am watching my brother suffering the effects of diabetes. I have tried Weight Watchers, South Beach, etc, but I can’t stay on program. I am by no means obese, but I have way too much of that dangerous around-the-middle bellyfat that I must lose.
The info you have shared over the last week has taught me so much about the way things work that I never knew before – traditional dieting being a starvation diet and ruining the chances of losing, hormones, cheating – incredible science! I am sure this could work for me and so welcome the chance to be able to do it – and am read to do so!! Thank you for all you are doing.

I have been closely following the updates that you have been sending out till now about this program and the science behind it and I must say that these were facts that none of the other fat loss programs that I have tried ever spoke of. I was completely unaware of these concepts which sound far more realistic to help obtain the desired results than any fat loss program that I know of till date. Though I know that any fat loss program may not give exactly the desired results, but, the best part of your program seems to be that there is nothing to lose even if the results don’t match exact expectations as we would not be DIETING and starving any more to lose fat!

Hi J
I’ve been reading your past 6 updates. I’m really intrigued to find out that you can actually have a love without checking up on yourself of what not to eat. I LOVE FOOD. I enjoy cooking and entertaining and always get compliments for my efforts and the taste of my creations. One thing that always hits me when the guests leave is, I HAVE CHEATED. Not a nice though. Having to start checking calories and an extra hour in the gym is NOT NICE. Thanks to your info, I FEEL EXCITED to learn more and be able to apply whatever I learn to my daily routine and be able to lose weight in doing so. I’m enthusiastic about LIFE. I’m about 30kg overweight but I’m getting married next year and would love to be thinner and SEXY for my Husband 2 be. Please do not stop your helpful e-mails to help people like myself in need of being able to LIVE LIFE to the fullest and still eat what and I like and getting away with it.

Please consider me for this special offer.

Hi Joel,

Since I hear about your program a few days ago, I have been hooked. Every day I’m looking forward to hearing more about the program, and am anticipating great results. I recently lost 25 lbs but like always it is sooo hard to keep it off. I will be the first to admit that I cheat and eventually sabotage my own efforts. It would be wonderful to find a program that I could “cheat” in and win. I am motivated but it does get discouraging to get stuck on a plateau and never seem to get off. Your program sounds like something that could work for me and many of my friends and associates. Can you imagine losing weight during the holidays! If it works, that’s what I’ve been looking for, and I won’t hesitate to tell it from the mountain tops. Thanks for sharing your program.

Hi Joel,
Thanks for the great information thus far. I am eagerly awaiting your cheat your way thin eating calender you mentioned on your last blog. I need this not just for myself, but for my mom and my sister. They need a little boost in the weight loss battle. My mom was recently diagnosed with diabetes which runs in her family. Both my mom and my sister are about 40 pounds overweight. They are obese. My mom has also had high blood pressure for a while. So I need this to help my sister because I don’t want her to take the same path my mother is on. My sister will definitely be hit with these diseases earlier than my mother did. Yes I too have a few pounds to lose, but I really want to help my mother and especially my sister with your program. Thanks Joel!

Chris

I have been in a very intense situation for the past 2 years. I have been the main caregiver to my terminally ill husband who recently passed away.

I had very little time for my self and gained some weight as well as losing muscle. I am now in the beginning stages of re-inventing myself and feel this is the perfect time to try something new like your program.

I have found that many of the “lifestyle” changing programs are little more than fancy diets and am hoping that this plan is really different.

If I were to win one of the free copies it would be that much better.

Thanks, Edith

Joel, I am a mother of 2 small boys. I still have 20+ pounds of leftover “baby weight” and my “baby” will be 3 on Saturday. Over the past several years I have been very interested in nutrition and have done SO much research online. The problem is, for some reason, I have a super hard time putting all my researach into practice. I think I let myself get overwhelmed with all the data and am paralyzed when it comes to actually committing to DOING some of it. I have been searching for a program that TELLS ME WHAT TO DO, so I no longer feel paralyzed. After reading about your program, I feel it is exactly what I need to start getting back on track. Having a schedule laid out for me gives me NO excuses (it is really easy to use my kids as an excuse, but in my heart I know that I will be an even better mom if I finally start taking care of myself). I am confident that following your “plan” (without having to take the time to come up with my own) will FINALLY allow me to get back to my pre-baby self (and probably even healthier and more fit). And, getting to “cheat” too… what an awesome bonus! Thanks for all your hard work putting this together. I know you’ll make a difference in many lives.

I need this book Joel!!! I gained 13 pound from october to january last year and it took me 6 months to lose that. Sadly, most of it was lost due to stress which, based off knowledge i have gained from you, has left me in worse shape then I was in during 2008. I dont want to repeat this cycle over and over. I would be ever so grateful if I won one.

Hello Joel,
I’ve tried so many diets in the past you have no idea. Just like you said in one of your articles, diets set you up for failure and I have experienced this first hand. I feel useless because I can’t lose all my extra fat and it takes a big toll on my self esteem. I’ve spent endless hours at the gym combined with many diets and nothing seems to work. I’ve been reading your articles closely and I now see why nothing has worked. I need a program that is do able and not mentally demanding to the point where I feel I can’t do it anymore. Your insight on using your favorite food to lose weight is amazing and makes perfect sense after reading what you have said. Why didn’t anyone else think of this? I believe, no wait, I KNOW this program is my solution to my fat loss problem. If I am given a free copy of CYWT:HE, I promise to follow exactly what the book says and I WILL lose my fat and I will be able to look at myself in the mirror and be satisfied.

Thanks,
Travis

Hi Joel
My request is straight forward. I have tried just about every fad diet going, I go to the gym 3 times a week and I am careful what I eat but I just can’t seem to shift those pesky pounds. My pharmacist tells me I am obese but then says ‘hey BMI is just a number; be comfortable with who YOU are’ but I’m not, not yet. I have read your articles with fascination and feel that your way is the way forward for me.

Hi Joel,
In the last two years, I have watch my husband, whittle down from 300lbs to an action figure sized 185. In the last two years, I have had two abdominal surgeries and done nothing but gain. It’s like we changed places. I have been working out consistently for almost three months and hardly seen any change in my weight. Although I am getting stronger which I love, I have MS and cannot work out as hard as I would like to. Your plan seems to have the balance that most diets don’t and that I have not been willing to try knowing I cannot maintain that lifestyle, and will gain the weight back. I know that at this point, loosing weight is going to be about diet for me since I have about 15 pounds to loose, and I just have not been able to find balance there. I want so badly to give my Husband the wife that he married…that looks as good or better than when we first fell in love. I want to be more than his wife, I want to be the girl that turns his head every time.
I would appreciate your help.
Thanks for your consideration.

@Leonie –
Hi Joel!
Here’s my story.
I am 36 years old. I graduated from high school at 140 pounds. Was definitely over 200 pounds within 4 years from partying and eating crap. Walked into a gym and discovered weights and met an amazing mentor/personal trainer that changed my life! Started lifting weights and changed slightly, then started to eat healthy and my weight went down to 150 within 6 months!
Bought that gym, competed in bodybuilding, and then sold that gym after 5 years….
Now, 6 years later…..had quit lifting weights and eating healthy. My weight is now 168 lbs! I am a personal trainer. I want to be a good role model :)
I am tired of struggling with food and feeling fat. I feel strong as I am back lifting weights…but I can’t seem to eat healthy consistently enough. I crave and eat sugar and crap and am tired of food controlling me. I restart my healthy eating plan EVERDAY! I need help and I need a plan.
Thanks Joel:)
Have a great weekend!
Mel

Hey Joe,

Well at 56 years old and about 20 kilos overweight i have to be worried about my weight. I want to be able to spend time with my gradkids, see them start walking, go to school attend their graduation etc. Everything i tried so far has had limited and inconsistent results which have also not been sustainable. Now i want to cheat my way thin.
Cheers. From South Africa

Hi Joel, I am 5’7 and about 140 pounds, so I don’t sound overweight. However I am slim, so the extra, probably only a few pounds, is hanging under my chest. As a 45 year old, its becoming harder to shift than ever and living in China makes professional help hard to understand. My wife and daughter could also benefit from a program which increases the metabolism, they cannot do much exercise so the extra help would make a huge difference to their well being.
I have been excited by what I have read in the previous posts and as they make good sense I would love to experiment on my family. If it works for us, it should work for everyone!

Although we would do it together, I want the “Cheat Your Way Thin Holiday Edition” programme mainly for my wife. She has tried everything to lose weight, but never succeeded. In our 26 years of married life she has tried all the media advertised weight loss programs, clubs, gyms, delivered foods, meditation, etc (all rip-offs), and works very hard at exercising every day to lose weight. She is very positive: she tells me every day that it is working and that she has lost weight. She refuses to get on the bathroom scales with me looking. Fair dinkum mate, if she had really lost as much as she claims altogether, she wouldn’t exist now. That’s how I know that she is already a compulsive cheater and a “cheat your way thin” will be perfect for her, because she already knows how to cheat and now she deserves to learn how to apply it in your program to get some real results. I know she will do it because she is secretly desperate to improve her shape, wear nice clothes, and reduce her high blood pressure, so that she can tell me, “I told you I was losing weight.”

Hi Joel,
My name is Bonnie. I am a 31 year old girl who has never felt at home in her own body. I have over 100lbs to lose.

At an early age I was told ‘you are so pretty…if only you’d lose a few pounds’ – by my father. At this stage I was only about 110lbs but being 4ft 10″ any excess weight stands out. I grew up believing I was fat and not worthy. Over the years i gained more weight because I tried all of the so called ‘healthy diets’, sure they would work for a while and to lose a few pounds but they were unrealistic and I was unable to stick to them. Thus creating a vicious circle and paving the way to a deep depression.

I have recently become a huge fan for The Diet Solution and The Fat Burning Kitchen but I still need help as I merge their teachings into a food plan that I can LIVE by.

What can I say… I need help. I really NEED help. I’m drowning and need a life raft. I am positive that with your program, I can finally pull myself up out of the abyss and finally become the beautiful and HAPPY girl I have missed out being all of these years.

Bonnie

Hi Joel,
Having a complete plan laid out for me will be perfect I think. Not to have to think about what to eat and when to eat it will take a lot of pressure off. I have read your updates and it seems to make sense. When on a diet before I noticed sometimes that if I cheat a little bit it did not effect the weight loss which surprised me at the time. Now it makes more sense. Getting a complete system will help me stick to a program to finally lose all the weight I want to lose.
Thank you for making this avaliable.

Willy

The holiday season is probably the most dreaded time of the year for bodybuilders, both hobbyists and hardcore alike. What with the sight of those shiny slabs of meat, creamy chocolate cakes and ice creams, staying away from flab and fats is indeed a scary challenge. Especially if you are like me who’ve had a long history of failing to cut out my intake of those “sinful” stuffs. Thus, I really believe that having the help of someone who’s been there and who’s done that would be a big boost for me in facing this eternal adversary.

I’ve been an on and off bodybuilder for the past 10 years and I do admit that I haven’t had any great success in keeping myself off this delectable items during the holidays. Thus, I believe that I need an effective guide to keep me from ballooning into humongous proportions during the season. An easy step-by-step program that would enable me to apply an effective method to eat happily without compromising anything in terms of gaining gats and losing lean mass.

I have read so many supposed to be “revolutionary approach” in maintaining lean mass and cutting off fats during this time of the year but nothing, and I mean nothing, has proven to be effective for me. Hopefully, this new program from you would be able to help me finally nail it down. That’s the reason why I believe I need this one badly.

Give it to me, i’m getting married next week :O
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE FOOD and specially carbs :(
weight has always been an issue for me. so whats better than helping me out with information about how i can continue eating and lose weight and stay healthy. Also my post is the shortest so I saved you some time :p

Hi Joel.
As we all know dieting has to become a way of life, not only must one make lifestyle changes in order to become the you ,you know is in you, but to be successful it must be a realistic way of life. The cheat your way thin programe offers this and so much more. It offers you a new look at the “word diet’, cos it aint like all the other programes out there. We all know that as soon as your FAT CELLS hear the word DIET they get out their hooks and dig even deeper into your HIPS THIGHS and especially your TUMMY and try as you want you cannot seem to move it!!!!HAHA But having said that i would love to be the one you choose to give one of the free programmes to cos I sure will do justice to it and then some. I am a long distance runner and have weight to lose on my tummy that is hanging on for dear life!!The thought that I can CHEAT my way THIN does not seem REAL and my little BRAIN is having a hard time processing it so yes I like millions of people would like to see your programme in ACTION. So come on give a young vibrant woman a chance!!!

Two years ago I had a medical exam, and weighed 197 (5′ 10″). I was shocked, and proceeded to loose two pounds a month for 7 months. Then I hit a plateau. Since then, my weight varies a few pounds either way. I eat mostly fruits and vegetables, and occasional fish or chicken (no sweets of any kind). I exercise moderately every day, with not much payoff. I’m excited to try such a thoroughly researched and proven plan.

You are a God sent! Everything you are talking about makes sense. I have been struggling with eating issues in all my life and restricting calories as much as I can, just to end up over eating later. When I’m able to restrict and diet for a long time I notice that my weight hardly drops. This program will teach me how to eat in a “sane” way, and actually enjoy a “normal” size of meal and not to feel guilty about it. So for me this is not just about weight loss but also will help me to get over a life time issue with food. Hallelujah :-)))))) If i win, I would be more then happy to post a “before” and “after” picture. Thanks Joel!

Hey Joel,
To me I don’t even know what is healthy, fattening, unhealthy, etc. anymore. The fitness and nutrition industry has me confused from so many things posted on the internet I don’t know what is true and what isn’t. I’ve tried two nutrition programs, not giving any names, they both had some similarities but many differences. However, these programs made me lose weight ,but very little of it. Then i stumbled across Cheat Your Way Thin, while looking for something new and you seemed to know what you were talking not like other people who just restate basics.Especially now that the holidays are right around the corner I won’t be able to resist all the foods presented to me. Acquiring this system will hopefully get me out of this confusion i live in of nutrition and most importantly, burn the fat I possess.

Thank you,
Fernando.

I am 32 years old and currently weigh 134kg. I have tried dieting in the past and I have realized that it doesn’t work. Last year I tried exercising at the gym and I lost about 14kg. This year I moved into a new province where there is no gymnasium, no health shops and I guess also I have been lazy blaming that on being upset with my company for sending me to work in such a horrible area.
In the last month and a half I have been diagnozed with hypertension due to my weight and just yesterday when I went for my check up after being on the hypertension medication for a month I have been diagnozed with an indication of diabetes (that its guaranteed I will have it if I don’t change anything, the levels are already high). The doctor told me to start eating a diabetic diet to avoid anymore illnesses. So I need your methods to help me first to loose weight and to get my health back on line because at this rate I feel I’m heading for the grave at a very early age and living my kids alone.

My wife has tried all the diets; weight watchers, slimmers world, lighter life.
She lost 3 1/2 stone with lighter life, but has now put most of it back on (over about 2 years).
She loves food, and is a stress eater (aren’t we all?) She’s given up her full time job to try and reduce her stress (to make it easier to lay off the food), but ‘normal’ diets (calorie counting etc) struggle to allow her to lose more than 1 pound a week (which is so disheartening).
I love my wife, and I just want her to be happy. I don’t want / need her to lose weight, but she is not happy with her size.
Please help her regain her self confidence with a copy of this weight loss system.
Thanks

Cheat your way thin is perfect for me because I love CHEESEBURGERS!!!! and working out your the only one that has ever told me I should mix the two to accelerate my progress.
As I was reading your emails I had to keep pinching myself. Not only because you are telling me I can eat the things I love to eat on occasion but it makes sense to me…finally something that deals with the psychological which to me is always the hardest hurdle. You rock!!!

With all the “healthy” influences on TV, in print, in the media, and passed down through years of family ideas, we as a society have lost the ability to properly supply our bodies with adequate nutrition. I believe we need to change the last 80 years of thinking and go back to the basics and teach our families how food can be a life sustaining form of nutrition as well as an incredible form of enjoyment and adventure. I look forward to sharing with my family a new “lifestyle” of eating and promoting health and wellness.

I work hard at exercisung, have changed my diet and still cannot seem to loose weight. From what I have read so far, this might give me the extra bit needed to actually shed some weight.