Hi,
As you may know if you’ve been following my emails, that I’m a strong advocate of the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet and have been for over 2 years. In fact, I run the Fat Loss 4 Idiots forum.
Recently, I’ve been writing on the blog about a new program which has similar concepts to Fl4I, called the Cheat Your Way Thin program by Joel Marion. They both involve cheating as a way to help boost the metabolism. Some readers wanted to know what the differences were between these 2 systems. I especially want to thank readers Mike and Jocylene for pointing this need for me.
So here goes, a comparison of Fat Loss 4 Idiots and Cheat Your Way Thin…
Benefits of Fl4I:
- It is a diet with a longer track record and a proven one
- It is the simplest diet to follow that I know of
- Very constructive. You get a menu from a special software and need to follow it
- Involves cheating every 11 days for 3 days
- Gets results for the majority of men and women who use it
- Affordable
- Has a money back guarantee
Cons of Fl4I:
- Does not offer any support (it’s so simple that you hardly need it but still people do have questions as we see on the forum)
- Does not have an exercise section to the program
- Some people find the food choices a little odd. I believe that you can still enjoy using this diet and lose weight with it
Click Here to Read more About FL4i
Benefits of Cheat Your Way Thin:
- Provides support (you can even get 1-on-1 direction from Joel Marion himself)
- Has material on motivation
- A Multimedia program with video, audio, and written material
- Affordable (but is more expensive than FL4I)
- Has a money back guarantee
- Has excellent testimonials from many people
- The Deluxe version also comes with recipes, meal plans, and workout
Cons:
- May have too much material for its own good. I love the simplicity of Fl4I but this is a personal preference. I still recommend this program
- More expensive than Fl4I
- More complicated to follow than the simple menu of FatLoss4Idiots
- Longer to read and absorb than the short ebook of FL4I
Click Here to read more about Cheat Your Way Thin
Just because 2 programs involve cheating as a way to boost metabolism doesn’t mean that they’re exactly the same. There is a lot of difference between them. Some people love the simplicity of FL4I, but others love to know a lot more information and so would find Cheat Your Way Thin better. Fl4I has been around longer and has more users. The fact that it doesn’t offer support is, again, something that some people find annoying while others care little about.
I can’t make this decision for you. If you happen to be already using FL4I, don’t stop using it as long as you’re seeing results. However, if you feel that support is something that you may need than Cheat Your Way Thin offers it while FL4I doesn’t.
FL4I is still the simplest option, but both programs can help you to get lean.

Many thanks John. I have inferred that Cheat Your Way Thin and FL4I are similarly effective, while your forum helps to overcome the lack of support for FL4I……Mike