Can you picture yourself two or three years ago? OK, five years ago, then. If you're like me, you were in better shape than you are now. With the advent of Internet and techno gadgets we find we don't really have to move that much to get things done. You know what I mean - seems we're stuck at a desk for hours on end.

The Internet, being the fine tool that it is and always with an answer, I started searching for the best ways to lose fat - fat I had around my belly and chest. I knew that if I did some research I could find one that had worked for many people and I would make that one my choice as well. With the holidays still a ways off, this was a good challenge.

If you've done any searching at all, one program that keeps popping up is Fat Loss 4 Idiots. My seven year old daughter immediately said - that's a bad word! And I assured her they meant no disrespect. But if this system had good results, it was just what I needed. I'm real good at any step-by-step, paint-by-numbers strategy. But right alongside the Idiots I found other claims for losing 45 pounds in 40 days, and 18 pounds in 4 days. Those just seemed unreal.

So my radar went up and I really wanted this thing to work. I knew that I had to be mentally ready to get into it and work through it. I had purchased one too many programs where I wanted to do it but I didn't have the skill set or my schedule just could not accommodate it. Fat Loss 4 Idiots had to be flexible to my day, or it wouldn't be for me. I also knew I had to believe that I could lose this fat.

But I went into it a little simple-minded (it said it was for Idiots!), I mean - two variables, right? What you eat and exercise! They showed me there was a little more to it - I had to schedule my food intake and my exercise and then figure what foods and what exercises would be in my program. And that fit me like a glove. Just like I say - show me how and I'll do it. So Idiots was good for me.

Another thing I found useful is that even though they have a good system where you log in and have your area online with support, is that they work with you to make sure your head is in the game. It is definitely a mind thing and you really got to believe you are going to accomplish your goal. If not - chances are you'll fall off the wagon and blame the program. This happens often.

Many very good programs fail simply because the people who take them are not ready for them. Again, the best way I could tell about a program is that it came highly recommended and had a good following. No one is going to keep promoting a system if all it does is make people upset because it doesn't work or is impossible to do. There is the social proof factor that must be realized when you enter into a program like Fat Loss 4 Idiots.

And even the best programs won't work for you if you simply don't believe in the system. That would be like the Olympians not believing they could actually win. Fat Loss 4 Idiots has been called everything, but for me it was a solid program with hundreds of people who have lost tons of fat. I don't need to defend it - it stands on its own. I wanted this to work and it did. I trust it will for you as well.