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Hi, Joel! My wife, Edith, has been a WeightWatcher for years and has reached her goal weight on several separate occasions but has had difficulty maintaining it. Her situation became much more complicated when she was diagnosed with renal failure in May 2007 and began dialysis in December 2007, then had a stroke in May 2008 and successfully completed rehab in July 2008. With kidney-specific dietary modifications, the diet/exercise combination of your CYWTH would help her regain the muscle mass she’s lost, improve her core strength and stabilize her weight. (At this point she’s coming back up rather than coming down.) As her primary caregiver, it would give me an activity to share with her and provide motivation for her.

I began having knee problems (ACL reconstruction) eight years ago. Prior to that I led a very active lifestyle and never had to worry about diets. (Same body shape from 14 to 44 years of age.)
Now that I am so much more sedentary, I have gained weight gradually and am about 12Kg overweight. I am experiencing very sore joints and finding walking very difficult. This makes catching buses difficult! (I recently got a temporary job 18 miles away and won’t be able to get a car for at least 6 months.)
I am so aware that I need to lose weight for health reasons, but the whole idea of restricting what I can eat is far too depressing – and so I haven’t gotten started. Your cheating tips would be the perfect motivation to lose weight and regain my perfect body.
Plus – my birthday is on Christmas Day and this would be such a perfect birthday present!

Dear Joel, I believe your book is an answer to my prayers! (literally)
I have just turned 50, and have been thin for the most part of my life. The last 2/3 years however, I started piling on weight steadily – still going to gym 5 x a week, still eating healthy! Can’t lose for the life of me. On my birthday I said, God, either You have to give me something that works or give me peace to accept I am old and FAT from now on! Not really ready for that, so, I am absolutely excited about what you have to offer! PLease help!!
Yours in desperation, Elna

The truth is that I love being healthy, I love living my life to the fullest and I LOVE good food (in no particular order). I just can’t accept that any of these should be mutually exclusive!
Tasty food has always been a big part of my family culture and some of my earliest memories are sitting in the kitchen watching (and testing) some of the glorious meals that my mom and gran prepared for us. Should I really have to sacrifice this side of my life to be healthy and look good?
Lucky for me, my metabolism has allowed me to remain fairly slim. HOWEVER – at 39 (and 2 kids later) I have started to notice that it’s getting harder to not let my appreciation of good food show around my waist. I enjoy gym but can’t get my head around what all the ‘eating/starving plans’ dictate about having to substitute lettuce for pasta and rice cakes for cupcakes for the rest of my life.
Don’t get me wrong – I don’t expect to over indulge every day and still lose/maintain my weight (not without a wand), but I would like to occasionally sit down to a tasty treat without feeling guilty.
I believe that your system and I are made for each other and I can’t wait to read more and put it in practice. Thank you for your updates and I’m looking forward to working together to cheat my way thin :)

Needing this, no, DESPERATELY NEEDING this program and reaping its benefits is the man who proposes to his wife who still shocked from the moment but still said yes, oh of course Joel!
At that moment, when Joel feels that sudden surge of utter completeness and accomplishment for his successful efforts, that is exactly what I’m anticipating to achieve for weeks to come. With this program, not only will I save my athletic status from eating “mommas-love-packed-into-the-delicious-turkey” through “daddy’s-fantastically-mouthwatering-prime rib w/ baby back short ribs” on Christmas, I KNOW that I can accomplish this amazing challenge for the first time in my life, and for time to come without the hardships I’ve dealt with in the past.
Being at a weight class twice lower than your normal body-weight, persevering, resisting, and maintaining it becomes a definite challenge.
There are countless diets I have tried that stresses on health, health, health with of course no junk, junk, junk. Well, on December 11th and 12th which is couple weeks away, I will be competing in a 10-Way Wrestling Tournament that would help determine my spot for the next Tournament in Nogales in January. I strongly believe this program will considerably achieve my goals. Through rigorous training on weekdays, it’s no surprise I’d fall victim to stress factors, leptin shortages, sleep deprivation which causes major weight gain, cravings, aching muscles, and of course the hormone ghrelin surges like crazy! (Thanks Isabel if you’re reading!) Cravings are the killer ones for me but that’s because of my junk-less diet and punishing myself when I have the urge with more squats, burpees, close-grip push-ups, mountain climbers, etc. I need this program Joel, and the days are counting down…

James

EDIT: I think I may have typed about 280 words.

Have tried many diets in past but have never been able to stick to them, Have always ended up with more weight than I started with. Would like to start the New Year and my 50th year in a with a better figure than I have had in the last 19 years and to have a fitter and healthier husband as he has a major op in January and badly needs to lose weight but he loves his food too much.
Pls help us make this year a Very Happy one.
have a happy festive season
Tina

Even when I was a regular at the gym, I noticed that, at best, I would get stronger but still look fat. But after one of the most time-consuming work weeks(including 1 fast-food feast Friday) of my entire career, stepping onto the scale the following Wednesday night was odd to say the least. In all my years of failed attempts, I finally did something right…but I do not know what exactly happened. I lost just under 2 kilos of fat in a week, without even going to the gym once!? I felt…liberated! Perhaps I’m just lazy, but I actually did not follow what you’ve said in your blog. I read it, thought it sounded as though it had a lot of good points to ponder, but I wasn’t convinced. And quite frankly, I am still not sure if what I had just experienced was what you were talking about all along or could my weight loss have been stress related? If it is the former, I WANT more of the same..I don’t want the lost fat to just flock back to the herd..
I am willing to make the change, but don’t know how – Help Me To Help Myself Joel! Season’s greetings!

I like staying healthy, and encouraging others through example.

Hi Joel,

I am a personal Trainer(39), gained 12kg’s during the course of last year and this year, just lost the know how!
I am desperate to lose all the weight and be the Trainer I should be, motivating others to do the same!
I try to do the protein and veg diet and could always stick to it but found that lately I am a sugar addict and if I dont get my sugar fix I crave carbs and then a wholel lot of it!
I really need a structured plan to follow and lots of motivation.
Thank you so much for all the great tips and support!

I just had a baby girl this past October 13. Doctors don’t recommend that you diet the first weeks because you can affect your milk supply. But after 9 months I have put on some weight, and I can honestly say I can’t wait to start taking them off, but wouldn’t want to jeopardize my baby at all in the process by doing something that is bad for me, or to shocking to my body, so if I can loose wait without “traditional dieting”, in a healthy non-stressing way, that would be the perfecto solution for me (and for all new moms I would imagine).

Joel,
I have not been able to lose the last 15 lbs that I want to lose to get back down to my high school weight, my goal weight.

I keep myself in decent physical shape with aerobics, cardio and weight training, but with your proven and teachable “Cheat Your Way Thin” techniques your program will be perfect for me to achieve my goal weight.

My toughest problem has been about the food and not about exercise!

The timing of me finding out about your book is great since, I am 50 years old and I really need the keys to keep my body fat down so I am able to stay healthy and trim as I age to 55, 60 and beyond.

Thanks, Joe

@Mishan – Please forgive, I got carried away and typed too much…I’ve re-submitted my post which is within the accepted word count!

Hey there!
Hope you are having a great day! I am! Why because I have felt inspired by the daily messages you have been sending. Is it possible there is hope?
I have been overweight forever; I have done Weight Watchers, Atkins, South Beach, Slimming World blah blah! And of course, they have all worked to a point and then, well you know the score, it all goes back on and some!!
3 years ago I reached a point where I couldn’t go on! I believe in living life to the full and at 14 stone that wasn’t happening (I am only 5ft 3). I started at the gym with a vengeance and started on another diet. I managed to loose 3 stone (on and off), but now I am stuck still overweight (and have been for 12 months) and fed up with being bound up by conventional diets that leave you hungry board or simply craving what you can’t have.
I need a new approach to eating, one that will help forever! No more yo-yos! No more heartache! There have been so many disappointments in my weight loss (a famous writer once said “hope deferred makes the heart sick”) and I have to confess, while in my heart I hope your plan works, the skeptic in me wonders whether it is just another false investment. I’d like the opportunity to figure that out. If it works, I’d make a great advocate of the plan!
Thank you, Abi

I am from South Africa. I don’t no if you now or read about the following people
Max workouts by Shin Ohtake, The fat burning kitchen by Mike Geary , The truth about abs also by Mike, Fast track to fat loss by Kim Lyons and the The diet solution Program by Isabel De Los Rios. I already buy all the above Nutritionist and training experts books. And its great and i have learn allot about the good foods and what exercises to do. And the daily email that i get from them are also great tips. I try to implement there training and i try to eat organic most of the time but still after a weak or to I found myself back to were I started. I really want to tell my friends to buy or subscribe to these people books or block. But if it does not work for me how can I tell them to buy these books. At this point how will I now that your plan will help me and all my friends here in South Africa. We don’t have allot healthy supermarkets here or Organic type of food. So it is really difficult for us to implement a healthy life style if they recommend organic food or food that we must buy from health shops. My best friend is also obese and she try to get pregnant, but the doctors tell her she must first loss allot off weight. She have see about 3 nutritionist. She try to stick to there eating plan, but after a month she is back were she was. I really, really want to help here and maybe is your way of eating the ride way for her to get rid of that extra fat so that she can get pregnant.

After years of finding excuses, I think I need to have the foolproof way of doing things!

Hi Joel,

When I saw your advert on the body acting as a furnace I just had to subsribe (I am a 42 year old female who 2 years ago had a hystorectomy and could just not get rid of the weight which follows after this operation). When I received your E book I could not stop reading and in one day I had read through it and felt so inspired. I have tried numerous programmes before with some results but then ended up with gaining weight again (after the age of 40 it is a constant struggle). Your programme is simple yet very effective. I like the idea of training the whole body at every exercise session for it just feels so much better and is definitely so much less complicated that working out a programme for different body parts for different days. Also the one repetition but to the maximum makes me feel like I have trained – I can feel my muscles growing and becoming leaner with each session. I also got a diet of 5 small meals a day and I am not starving myself. I have become an “addict” to your way of life and cant get enough of your knowledge – so yes I would love to receive more information!
Regards “Your Health Addict”

Hi, I think this is the program for me. It just make so much sense.
I’ve tried every thing I think. I’ve even been a Herbalife distributor for 4 years. Honestly I must be the only distributor who lost 21kg on the products, gained 10 kg back and now can’t shift it at all, no matter how much product I stuff in. I’m so sick of being obsessed with dieting, sttressing about not being able to lose weight and having no confidence in myself. I will give it a go and hope and pray that this time the answer is there.

Hi Joel! Thank you for all your inspirational information so far. My name is Ann and I’m 58. For the past forty years or so, I’ve been frustrated by yo-yo dieting. I have lost weight so many times, only to put it all back on (and more) each time because I can’t maintain the low calorie program I set for myself. My downfall has always been to give into my cravings for favourite ‘higher calorie’ foods and then not being able to get back on track. Feeling that I failed yet another attempt, I would then just keep bingeing on the wrong foods for weeks before beginning my next attempt. I am retiring from teaching at the end of the year and would love to be fit and active to do all the things on my ‘bucket list’. That is why your program sounds perfect for me at this point in my life! To be allowed a cheat day as part of a program (so I don’t feel guilty), would hopefully, allow me to finally get my life on a more even keel. I must say I am very curious as to how it all works, and that’s why I’d love access to this information. To finally lose weight, while still being able to eat favourite foods once a week, would be a dream come true after all these years!

Hi Joel,

I have tried so many diets that I believe that my entire life for the last 10 years is a big diet. I have seen no result but the worst thing for me is the psychological impact that dieting has on me and on my way of living.

I strongly believe that your way is different and I feel that it is exactly what I need.

Thanks!

Maria

Since years I tried to loose weight. I walk a lot to train for the nijmeegse vierdaagse (4days 40 km) I went to the sport school. Did all the good things with little to no effect. This year alone I ordered/subscribed to at least five or more different diets/methods. This look promising because one can eat nice foods so no hunger will remind you that you ‘re on a diet. Guess what, for two weeks I did cardio three times a week, lost 2 kg, several inches but my fat percentage went up! Frustrating!!!!

Hi Joel,
I used to be very active, but retired from rowing and then sustained a very bad knee injury, and I put on a lot of weight (60lb over several years). I have managed to lose a lot on a ‘diet’ but hit a massive wall despite sticking to the diet rigidly. I read your information and was really interested because what you say about plateauing is exactly what I have experienced. I have another 20 or so lb to lose, and I know I have the willpower and motivation to do it (‘ve got this far afterall) – I just need the science!

Hi Joel

If anything, but ANTHING, can take the word ‘die’ out of dieting, then I am your friend for life……

With love
Helen

It’s simple – two things.
Firstly, I need to lose weight and being able to do that over the holidays will be an absolute miracle for me.
Secondly, I have never won anything in my life, absolutely nothing.
Cheers, Dawn Grech

Hi Joel. I been dieting and working out. I always count my calories and I don’t feel like that’s the way I should live my life. It’s get’s very hard especially if you are surrounded by a lot of temptations. If talk about it in work, no one cares. Every week there is always celebration in our neighborhood. It’s one of the temptations and I can’t say no to family and friends. The frustrating part I can’t eat anymore of my favorite foods. I’ve lost some pounds before but I seem to get it back. I hate restricting myself and I’m really a food lover. I know I don’t want to spend the rest of my life limiting food choices. I know this program can work for me. I do believe in it 100%. Thank you so much for the opportunity.

Hi Joel
I’m 50, a doctor in mental health, what some would call a psychiatrist, and way overweight. Last weighed in at 119kg (262 lbs). I’ve tried heaps of different weigt loss methods and have managed to go from 85kg to my present weight (over quite a few years). Recently tried the points gig but my weight just goes up and down despite being really motivated. (lost maybe 3kg over 8 weeks) One of the reasons my wife gave me when she left me was that I was too overweight. I’m sort of over that now but I crave to get on with life without all the problems and handicaps of being so overweight. I’m cautious about internet stuff but your series of articles seem to be well researched and to scientifically to make sense. The stuff on Leptin was great, but how to use that information? Your series is tantalizing. Eagerly looking forward to more. If its as good as it appears to be, then it needs to be widely disseminated, there’s so many people who need the help.
Warm Regards
John