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?

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Day 14 - Back to Work

Weight - 203.2lb BF - 17.9%

Just a mild increase in weight and BF after a cheat day. Very encouraging as 203.2lb is a great start to the week and is real motivation to stick closely to the diet and push under 200lb. I think this will be a week of big gains (losses?). I think week 3 will be a good one.

830am - breakfast was eggs with onions, coffee and some ham cooked on the skillet.

12pm - lunch was leftover spinach soup with black beans, spices and andouille sausage

Went to Blue Man Group at the Paramount, kickass.

330pm - had a glass of wine at 6 arms on The Hill.

430pm - had a 7oz bag of pistachios while watching the Seahawks triumph over the NY Giants, my fairytale football team also cruising to victory, also kickass.

630pm - Sister came over for dinner, we had salad with vinaigrette, grilled chicken, a bean salad I made up and a couple of glasses of wine.

I checked the results of the voting so far and 17 people have voted and 40% of them think that I will be 200lb or over at the end of the experiment. Part of me is pissed at this and will use it as motivation to keep me on track. But part of me is very confident (and if you have any interest in trying this 4HB diet) that the numbers bear out and that for me to get under 200lb and close to 195lb is a very real possibility.

See you all tomorrow! I'll get back to photoing as well, was a slacker today.

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