The fat smash diet was a diet book written by Dr. Ian Smith, and made popular on a VH1 show called Celebrity Fit Club where B. list celebrities competed to lose the most weight. The diet encourages people to eat better while at the same time to become more active.

The fat smash diet creator has a long resume. He graduated from Harvard, is a medical contributor to the view television program, a medical columnist for men's health magazine, and sits on the Board of Directors of the American Council on exercise. He also created the TV show that was centered around his fat smash diet.

There are four phases within the fat smash diet:

One – detox: This is a nine day period on the fat smash diet during which the body and mind are purged of impurities, and during which Dr. Smith claims people can lose anywhere from 6 to 10 pounds. This phase includes some strange but ineffective suggestions such as weighing yourself in the nude and being photographed in a bathing suit.

Two – foundation: This is a three-week phase of the fat smash diet during which many foods removed in the detox phase are re-added to the diet. This is all based on controlling portions, such as eating 3 ounces of meat.

Three – construction: This lasts for four weeks on the fat smash diet, during which the person develops a healthy eating plan that includes foods they like. Moderation is important when things like sweets and breads are added back to the diet.

Four – Temple: This is the portion of the fat smash diet that lasts the rest of your life. The temple built in the first three phases must now be maintained through will power and control.

The fat smash diet isn't all good or all bad. Those 10 pounds lost in phase one are due to an unhealthy low caloric intake. Many experts find that nine day detox phase to be troubling. However the lessons of moderation and exercise proposed by the fat smash diet are good ones.

In America Weight Loss has become an industry and every other day some new diet plan is announced. Various dietitians, medical doctors and others have jumped into the fray. Protagonists and antagonists of various diet plans fight it out with claims and counter-claims until some new diet plan comes along to divert the attention.