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?

Friday, September 30, 2011

Day 5 - Modest gains...or losses

Weight 204.6lb BF 18.1%

So, some more interesting news today. Down 0.2lb and 0.1%BF so that is the good news. Bad news is I would have to say I'm hungover today. My college rugby friends would be very disappointed with me as I went crazy and had 3 glasses of wine.

Yep, 3.

Be warned though, its like drinking on an empty stomach so take it easy on even small amounts of wine can make you feel rough. This diet is pretty hard so you don't want any more challenges than you already have!

730am - Breaky was eggs with ham and some coffee and AGG. Pretty easy and tasty.

1130am - Still feeling pretty bad, what a lightweight I am. Have to get some lunch soon.

12:15 - Having mixed nuts for lunch as I feel le yuk still. 1 cup per the photo. And you might be wondering what kind of nerd keeps measuring cups at their desk? Only enginerds keep measuring cups at their desk...


330pm - Had a snack of beans and more nuts which is way more than you are supposed to have but its about all I had appetite for. Tasted pretty good though.

630pm - Tonight for dinner, it was a very light meal, just has an artichoke with mayo and some tea. Not very thrilling but I'm going to save leftover chili for another day when I have more appetite.
Looking forward to cheat day tomorrow, been a very interesting week! I'll post measurements as well tomorrow. I'll take them 1st thing in the morning with weight and BF measure.

Week 1 in the books!

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