Joel, I quit smoking in January and put on 30 pounds in 6 months. Then due to a back injury I had to take steroids for a while and gained another 30 pounds. I have been trying to eat healthy but I keep cheating and the pounds that I lost come right back on. I would love to be able to cheat and keep burning fat. Especially with the holidays coming up. I would like the first day of my lifestyle change to be Thanksgiving Day instead of the typical New Years Day.
I’m going to make this post extremely quick and easy.
To enter to win one of FIVE copies of the Cheat Your Way Thin Holiday Edition that I’m GIVING AWAY today, simply reply in the comments section below this post (reply form is at the bottom of the page) with the following information:
In 250 words or less, I want you to tell me exactly why this program is the perfect program for you at this point in your life. Tell me WHY you NEED access to this information.
Again, please keep your reply less than 250 words, and please, leave finances out of your reply. This program (via the less than half price pre-sale) will be affordable for literally anyone who wants access to it. Anyone.
So, again, leaving the financial stuff out, I want you to tell me, based on everything you’ve learned about dieting over the last 6 updates, why this program is the perfect fit for you.
I will keep the contest open through noon Eastern Standard Time today (Saturday), and then will go through the replies and notify the winners via email later in the day!
NOTE: THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED.
Good luck!
Joel
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Hi Joel,
I am so desparate. I only need to lose 25 more lbs. But my body hates me, I get so hungry and cannot seem to stay on a diet more than 3 months and last time I lost 14 lbs but gained 6 back over the past 6 months.
I need to lose the weight for my job; as my weight goes up my jobs go down, for my aging body (65), and my growing grand daughter that I take care of 2-3 days a week; wow can she almost out run me now at 19 mos.
Not to mention my lagging self esteeme, why do I take it so personally that I cannot control my body weight?
HELP!
Yours in good health,
Wende
Hi Joel!
I know this is the correct program for me because after reading your updates I have tried to implement what you have taught in a few days and it is weird but I already feel the difference. When reading about your story I can say that it feels like you are talking about me because I noticed that whenever I give in to my cravings after working out and eating right the next day it seems like I have actually lost weight. I thought maybe I was just being crazy, but after seeing the extent of research that you have put in to all this I know that is not the case! I just want to thank you already because you have definitely put a lot of effort and you have put weight loss in to a completely different perspective and it is definitely a breath of fresh air. I have been telling all my family and friends about it! Just to let u know I have adapted a very healthy lifestyle but I dont know why I do everything right but I still am not happy with the results. I have never heard anything like your programme before and it just makes so much sense. you are doing a very good thing by helping others around the world that need you, I am from a culture where we have a background of really unhealthy eating habits and in turn we have a VERY high rate of heart problems. At this moment, I am at work surrounded by my colleagues who are stuffing their face with fried chicken and chips. This is a lifestyle I want to prove that I can break away from because I do care about the future generation and although I personally have a healthy and happy lifestyle it doesnt show from the outside because I am slightly overweight and I feel like I have no right to help anyone else such as my family if I do not look the part myself. My brother used to be severely overweight but he is a boxer now and has a great body but he works tremendously hard everyday. I wish I could achieve something like that and I feel I can with your help. So, I hope you understand why I feel like I need this programme and even if i dont get it I still wont give up I will buy it soon. Thanks Joel.
Hi Joel!
I have been on your blog and email list for months and really wanted to try Cheat Your Way Thin b/c I think it is the program that will work for me. I have a friend who used it (who was already pretty small to begin with like myself) but she lost those last few lbs which seem impossible to lose on so many other programs! That’s what I like about your program, I think it addresses those of us who need to use a little OR a lot. I feel like most programs are only designed for those with a lot to lose. I have lost the weight, only to gain it back, which is incredibly frustrating and discouraging. If I could use your program to achieve permanent weight loss and not starve while doing it, that would be the best Christmas present I could get this year! I know I can do it with your help, thanks Joel!!
I am very excited to learn about your program. I am a 75 year old female, have been a dancer, teacher of dance and exercise yet have always had to be extremely strict with my diet. As soon as I relaxed with my own workout program the pounds would jump back on. The only program that has ever helped has been the initial phases of Atkins , which as you know is very carb. restrictive. Now at 75 is also unhealthy. My last child arrived when I was 44 which also provided a challenge. I should have had a tummy tuck but was too scared. Although “vanity” has now taken second place to good health I still need to lose about 25 lbs. I HATE being this weight!!!! I have always been conscious of my eating habits but since retirement have also had spells of ‘who cares’ until summer and shorts time arrives….not to mention bathing suits and photographs!!! The knowledge re dieting that has been developed over the last few years seems to answer many of the questions that have left us stuck..”plateaued”..half way to our goals, and of course the “right” to eat our favourite foods twice a week is intoxicating.Mine are bread and dates.
I look forward to learning more from you.
Joel, I recieved your e-book and that peaked my interest. I have watched, listened to, and read every thing you have sent me and everything on your website and have attempted to begin this “way of life” – it will be a way of life for me, because I have spent 31 of my 47 years trying to lose weight. However, I dont have enough information to jump on the bandwagon. I don’t desire to be model thin, just comfortable in my own skin. I want to wear nice things and look pretty – not like a sausage stuffed into a casing. I don’t have alot of support around me because no thinks I can do it anymore – I have tried and dropped so many programs. Either I THOUGHT they didn’t work, or they were too restrictive or I just didn’t put in enough effort – but Im ready now….what you have said has made me believe that I can do this, on my own, but I have to know how Joel, and sadly, I don’t. I really want to do something that will show me results, keep me motivated and help me to lose 50 pounds. I exercise everyday -either walking 2 miles or Tae Bo but I am not getting results, and I think its a two fold problem – first, I am 47 years old and female, 2nd is what and how I eat. I try to keep myself to 1000 calories a day…….I need HELP JOEL!
Hi Joel,
Well first off, this program is different from anything I have ever thought about trying which is why it appeals to me. Since I was in high school I have been bulimic on and off. About a year ago I finally realized that I was destroying my health in the proccess of reaching that ‘magic’ number on the scale. For the pat year I have been regularly working out and eating as healthily as possibe (although I still like my chocolate and ice cream!) Before reading your blog I would always feel extreamly guilty for indulging in these ‘off limits’ foods. The concepts that you teach seem like something that could finally help me not only completely over come an eating disorder that has plaged me for so long but also let me indulge in my favorite foods guilt free.
Thanks Joel!!!
Hi Joel!
First, I want to apologize for my english, I’m francophone. You already noticed that I really want a copy for writting in english, it’s such a work! :)
Now for the real reason, here it is:
I workout a lot from strenght training and interval training 5 times a week, I eat (as I thought) incredibly well (nuts, fresh fruit and vegetables, plain yogourt, legumes, lentils, tofu, fish, whole grain and cereals, etc) but since 2 months there’s no more fat loss!! I gained a little bit of muscle, but this stubburn fat won’t go away. I never cheat and I rarely need it, but if I can with your program, it’s welcome!! I read a LOT on internet for nutrition tips, but it’s all so contradictory. I really need a plan to follow, I will be more secure. I already write on the Fitday.com site what I eat, so I know exactly how many calories, fat, glucides and proteins I eat. I always have about 50% glucides, 25% proteins and 25% fat. I am surely wrong since there’s no more result! So please, help me free my mind with all those questions and give me so nicely a free copy of you terrible program that seems so logical and well-done!
Thank you!
Hi Joel
My husband and I have just started your cheat Your Way Thin program and are delighted that we each lost 6 lbs in the first week!
This is quite an accomplishment as we are both 60 and the weight has been creeping on for several years. But the best part is that my husband is going along with it. He usually doesn’t care for dieting but for some reason he beleives me when I tell him this one will work. I know it will work for me because I have had the same experience as you with losing weight when I overeat occasionally. That made me so confused about dieting. Then I read your plan and it made absolute sense to me.
But I needed a plan that I could stick to and this is it for the rest of my life. I have tried every other sensible plan (no fad diets) and they only work for a week and stop working. Frustration, OMG, confusion, giving up. I tried Weight Watchers 3 times over the years and always gained it back. And faster each time. The first time I lost 15 lbs, the second time only 10 lbs and the last time only 5 lbs over about 10 weeks. I don’t cheat and that was the problem. I’d be so mad when the people at Weight Watchers would insinuate that I must have been eating more than I realized, but it was actually just the opposite. I wasn’t eating enough.
This is working and I believe in it with all my heart! I’m so excited about finally reaching my goals. But the best part is that my husband is a believer now too!
Thank you so much, Joel!
See you in January.
Norma
After reading and trying to follow many exposures about the way to lose weight and/or fat, my husband and I got really confused and had no results, or only results that lasted for a couple of months.
I think all the information you’ve been sending me is sensible and promises to be effective.
I have a real intention to follow your indications and to enroll, not only my husband but also my daughter and son-in-law in the program.
Thank you for all you have shared with us up to now.
I think that many more people will be interested in following your method once they see the results on us, as we belong to a tennis club and many people there are fighting to lose fat without results.
I’m looking forward to your indicatrions on how to get access to the entire program.
Sincerely
Hi Joel,
My problem is that I have tried too many other sure fire “diets” and now I feel like I have really shredded my metabolism to pieces. Now, after trying all of these diets, I am confused and not really sure what will work for me anymore. I need a healthy plan that makes sense and that I can use in my everyday life. The other plans I have tried are simply too confusing and don’t fit in with my life at all, so I end up giving up and feeling defeated. Now that I understand a little better what leptin is and what it does to one’s metabolism, I am ready to get started burning some fat! But, I really need some guidance. I think your Holiday Edition of CYWT is just the push I need to get started. I don’t want to wait until the New Year, make another resolution and have to deal with another failure. I don’t want to be life my mother who is diabetic and very ill most of the time. I want to be able to enjoy my life at every stage and be healthy and fit. Also, I would like to be a good example to my children and be able to show them how it’s done. By the way, I’m 43 years old, in case that matters. Thanks for reading this!!!
Hi Joel,
If my exercise and diet life were made into a movie it would definitely be called “Confessions of a Serial Closet Cheater.” I know about nutrition and exercise. I’ve bought all the books, ready everything that I could get my hands on and tried most things at least once. And every single one of them is valid and worked… for a while. I’ve heard over and over that I need to look at nutrition and dieting as “a lifestyle” and not a diet. Ok, that makes sense in theory but putting it into practice never worked. I would jump on the bandwagon full of energy and commitment and could stick with it for a few weeks but inevitably something would happen and my willpower wouldn’t just breakdown, it would disappear completely. Without that thread of willpower that was holding me together I would spiral into days of eating so bad that I am ashamed to mention it (i.e. one weekend I had a container of ice cream to eat on Saturday and then on Sunday ate a small ice cream cake and that was my food for the entire weekend). These days of bad eating were always preceded by days of great success with diet and exercise. My shame, and the scale, would wake me up, I’d commit to eating better and loosing the weight I had gained only to repeat the same behaviour. The worst part is that I go through great effort to make sure that my husband does not see how poorly I am eating (hence the “closet” part of the title). If I’m going through one of my big cheats, I would hide the evidence and the fact that I was eating the bad stuff that I was, least he comment on my cheating. This “closet” cheating only makes the magnitude of my cheating worse. I know the theory of how to loose the 10lbs that keeps creeping on me, but I can’t seem to stick to it. Whenever my body feels deprived it doesn’t just want a small bit of something… it wants the whole thing! I can’t make the deprivation of everything yummy into a “lifestyle” because I don’t have the willpower and that just seems like such a miserable way to live. I’ve been trying to loose these 10lbs before Christmas for weeks now without success. I need to be able to get into my swimsuit comfortably again for my upcoming Christmas trip to Mexico! I really thing that “Cheat Your Way Thin” may be what I have been looking for… something that I can adapt into a lifestyle without having to rely exclusively on will power, which more often than not lets me down.
hi there,
I’m 29 and my struggles really began after i had my second child and deciding that 2 kids was enough i went onto contraception,at that point i was at the gym 5 days a week and all of a sudden whilst weight training i gained 12 Kg in a month, i was devastated and very clearly remember sitting in the gym with my trainer balling my eyes out,we knew something was wrong.
i ended up going to the doctor and finding out that i was hyper sensitive to ALL hormonal contraceptive methods, by the time i was able to get a doctor to remove my implant it was 3 months later and i had gained another 40KG
and then the inevitable happened i had baby number 3 and just recently baby number 4.(i think i have E.S.P. coz i see in my husbands future – a vasectomy ha,ha.) i lost 10 kg within weeks of my last baby but that has returned with an extra 3 for good measure,i now weigh 123Kg.
lets say my life is hectic i now have 4 kids a 12yo, 8yo, 3yo and a 6 month old, my husband works nights but doesn’t drive, he doesn’t have a set finishing time so i have to get up any time through the night between 12am and 5:30am to pick him up, get up through the night with the baby and also do all the other mom stuff.most of the time I’m exhausted.
at this point i feel as if I’m going to be huge for ever, i think I’ve forgotten what it feels like to be a normal weight, and finding cloths is a nightmare which usually ends in me feeling horrible.Anyway sob story over- I think your program would work for me because i need a realistic approach that does not require me to revolve my life around it , not have to throw tones of cash at it and have someone tell me exactly what to do (who doesn’t have there own agenda i.e. a trainer) would be perfect.
through your emails you have made me feel extremely comfortable and i feel very confidant that YOU ARE THE ONE TO HELP ME, where others have not,
thanks for your time,
kind regards,
cat.
Hi, Joel,
I’m a 32 year old man, father of two boys (6 and 1) and I’m about 55-60 lbs overweight (240 lbs on a 6′ body). I have numerous non-lethal health issues that have nevertheless prevented me from being able to stick with any other other program (low-carb, low-cal, low-fat, etc.). I recently tried running again (like in the college days) and got three stress-fractured meta-tarsals in my right foot for my trouble, which put me in a walking cam for almost 3 months, and I’m now wearing an orthosis in my shoe. I have a buoyant, fun-loving personality, but, physically, I’m miserable right now. I can’t stand this any longer. I’m sick half the time, and I have low energy the rest of the time. From what I can tell of your program, including the testimonials, the variety of foods open to me on this plan should not cause the sort of dietary-induced system-turmoil that other more extreme plans have caused me. Will-power has never really been a problem for me, but I just desperately need something that works and is sustainable. I’d like to have the opportunity to give it a shot, not only for my own sake, but for the sake of those who love me and depend upon me. I need to get my health and weight under control before I get any older.
Thanks for your consideration and the opportunity to win a package.
I broke my back a couple years ago and went through a near fatal blood disorder riight after , which I spent 8 days on life support . I have gained weight as a result and all the programs I have tried , have failed . Even the doctor recomended ones , I would lose some and then gain it back and a little more . I have been considering surgery but I don’t handle anesthesia very well , so I want to do whats the safest for me . I recently lost my daughter to a car accident and stress is keeping weight on me also. I would be most greatful for a chance to try what sounds like the ONLY choice for loosing that there is … your cheat your way thin program ! Your program sounds like something that everyone can benefit from and I would like to be one of the benefitaries of what I read to be the only way to (lose) !
Joel,
Thanks for all the emails and heaps of information you have been providing, getting us interested and motivated not only in your product but in ourselves and our health! I am one of those personalities of extremes, an all or nothing mentally has left me frustrated with my weight, my health and my happiness. I want to adapt a more balanced approach to my nutrition and exercise, and I have finally reached that point where I am willing to work, and work hard for it. I have been doing well on my own for the past month, but I want more support and ideas on how to lose the last 20 pounds. Your concept has opened up my eyes and my mind to the the reasons why I have failed in the past and I am ready to try a new approach to not only help me to obtain the body I feel I finally deserve, but change my life forever.
Hi Joel
I have always wanted to have the best body that i could possibly get and would love the extra help and the guess work taken out of all the mixed info I read lately. It’s always should you or shouldn’t you eat this or should you or shouldn’t you workout like this. This would be the perfect gift for me to achieve what I have always wanted. Many Thanks!
Hi Joel, I think this program will work for me. In all the years I have tried to diet with different programs I had some amount of success but after I went back to eating the things that I was not allowed to eat on those programs, I would gain it back. I alway thought that there had to be a diet somewhere that would allow me to still eat things that I like but that would have me losing weight. This program sounds like the answer. At this point in my life I weigh around 265, give or take a pound…. I’m not happy with myself and need some help. I want to lose the weight before I start to have serious health issues. Right now it is mostly shortness of breath, muscle aches and borderline cholesterol… Please help… and Merry Christmas!
The system makes sense to me. Our bodies are smart and adapt to any new routine or stress we subject it to. We’ve all been to the gym at one point, started a new fitness program, which seems to work for the first few weeks then we reach a plateau. Only then if you challenge yourself a bit, modify your program by changing the equipment you are using, or introducing circuit training for example, will you then continue to see results. Strategic cheating, to me, mirrors this approach: challenge your metabolism every so often on a regular basis, following the Cheat Your Way Thin principles, so as not to allow it to adapt and revert back to it’s prehistoric manner.
Well…. Im no scientist or anything like that…. Im just a regular 24 year old girl that reads your information and finds it very very educational I have read every single email from you and cant wait for another one! I totally believe what you say I tried many diets and failed over and over Im not really large or anything i just have a few pounds that I would love to get rid of and tone my body into great shape as i take my health very seriously without harmeful suppliments and by just eating correctly and from my understanding that is what you are providing your clients with in the Cheat Your Way Thin package… regardless of me winning or not I really want to continue with your help :-)
Sincerely,
Zaneta.
Like some of the others on here, I have been heavy my whole life. I come from a larger family, and we all have trouble losing weight. I am 6’2″, so being around 260 lbs now is pretty hard. In high school, I was about 6′ tall, weighed about 250 and made one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I starved myself for over a year, did a lot of cardio and lost about 90 pounds. I thought at the time that it was the way to go, but I was wrong. It has left me with some health problems. The worst part is, when I went to college, within 3 years, most of that weight came back. The main reason I am wanting to get into this program is that I am going to turn 30 next year. All of my friends are smaller, and I am tired of being the ‘fat guy’ of the group. Although I work out, I have noticed that I am stronger, but the fat isn’t going away. Since my experience in high school, my dieting tends to be on both sides of extreme no matter which diet I try, its either starve or stuff my face. I read about you in the email I get from StrongLifts 5X5, and since he is right about a lot of things, and he trusts you, I will too. After seeing all of your articles, I do believe that you have done all the research and that you have a great product that I could see myself succeeding with. Thanks and have a happy thanksgiving.
Joel, At this point in my life I have decided for my health and my well being I need to lose these extra pounds. I have been working on it and it is going ok but I think your system will give me the extra boost and confidence that I need to lose this extra baggage (shall we say :)). I have noticed my back and joints hurting more and more with the weight gain and I want to feel good in my own body again. I believe you can help me. I have tried other things that just didn’t work for me. I plan to combine my weight watchers portion controls and better eating habits with your system and I expect I will get even better results for me. Thank You!
Joel,
I am 43 and have never been skinny !!! but gaining an additional 40 pounds after quitting smoking cigarettes has really put me over the edge. I have been following every e-mail you send, reading each word intently in hopes that it will help me to lose the weight. The program sounds like it was made exactly for me, but working only part time I don’t have extra money to buy it. I have scoured the internet for more information on the Cheat your Way Thin program getting only very little information here and there. I have recently joined a gym and need a program that I can follow!!! Please help! Thank you. Linda.
Hi Joel
First off only 250 words. I could write a book on why I could use the Holiday Edition to really help me with weight loss. I have alot of stress in my life and all I want to do is eat. I am especially terrified of the up coming holiday season and all the food that is around and how I always gain even more weight than what I already am. I have tried different diets but I do not see this as being a diet but a lifestyle change and that is what I am really looking for. In reading your daily updates I feel this is exactly what I need to get me over this holiday and get me on the road to a better life, a healthier life. I am asking for your help big time. Please consider me. Thank you
I have tried everything under the sun, nothing is working for me!! I need to try
your program, i am currently putting myself thru alot of torture and im not
seeing any results at all!! I am not in a position to buy the program or i would have done that already, but if you would give me a copy to try, i would let all
my family and friends know about it! I feel like this may be the thing that works for me from reading your first report and your follow ups!! I would love to try it
PLEASE give me a copy. Thank you!