Welcome! What's this 4HB all about?

Hi All!

So I'm going to try Tim Ferriss' 'The 4-hour Body' diet. I'm an optimistic skeptic and for 30 days, starting on Monday, September 26th, I'll embark on this little adventure.

I'm and engineer and an MBA by trade and Tim has me very curious. I have been working hard at my weight and seem to have plateaued at about 208lb and about 18% body fat so its time to shake things up a bit.

I'm also a father of 2 year old twin girls, my wife Jess is coming along with me on this adventure and I'll update you on her progress as well. Tim is a swingin' bachelor from the sounds of it so consider me a real-life acid test on whether or not the more average folk can realistically fit this into their lives.

My goal is 195lb and about 12%BF which is well within the expectations set by Tim's program at 20lbs in 30 days.

I'll be talking about how I feel on the diet, how much it costs and what the results are, of course. I'll try to be as specific as possible and time/date all the things I do.

I'll put links and photos of everything I do and hopefully it will be as big a success as Tim advertises it to be!

Vote on what you think my end weight will be!

What will Nick's end weight be?

Monday, September 26, 2011

Day 1 of 4HB!

7am Weight 211lb BF 18.2%

Day 1

Hey All,

Woke up this morning and it is so much easier to get up early and cook versus work out. Haha! I had everything set up to make breakfast for my wife and I so in about 10min before the twins woke up, I fired up 2 fried eggs for us and some re fried beans with black coffee too.

My weight is way up to 211lb but again, this is normal as I went on a beer and salty peanut bender yesterday watching my beloved Seahawks squeak out a win over the hated Zonie Cardinals. I'd be very surprised if my weight didn't come right back down to 207lb in 2-3 days, like it always does!

We ate this within 1/2hr of waking up per Tim's instructions and I also had 1/2L of cold water to start as well. If you read the book, he talks a bit about how cold water early in the morning can kick start your metabolism more.

Below you will also see an quite flattering photo of me sans tan at 7am this morning. For the record, I'm not unhappy with how I look at all, I'm quite satisfied but I'm very interested in if this 4HB diet will work.




1130am

Lunch today consisted of a nice spinach salad (0.7lb on the cafe's scale) that has hard boiled egg, peas, ham and broccoli with oil and vinegar dressing.



145pm
I got hungry, I don't think I ate enough lunch so I went on search for a snack. I went and got some water and a small bag of salted peanuts (15g protein). Tomorrow I will definitely up the size of lunch I think. Tim calls peanuts a domino food which people will over-snack on them. I'll be very aware of this but I want to be as straight forward as I can regarding how I feel while on the 4HB diet so you can know what to expect.

Well I have a buddy now, my friend Matt is on board on this adventure and will be starting up directly. We are splitting a 30-day supply of Athletic Greens noted in the 4HB. If it is good stuff, we will order another supply but in the mean time, its a great way to keep the costs low. That should help keep things on-track for sure.

By the way, don't add too much cinnamon to your coffee, it turns into nasty congealed mess at the bottom of your cup. Nasty like a honey badger.

4pm

Looking forward to my can of diet coke. Feeling pretty good other than that, going to grill up some nice steak with some kidney beans or something like that and eat a salad for dinner. Should be pretty good eatin'.

8pm

Dinner was great and we're winding down day 1. All good so far, don't feel any weirdness in my blood sugar so that is very nice. I'm full but it's very clear that my body is lacking carbs and is curious where they all went! Till tomorrow, good night!



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