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, October 10, 2011

Day 15 - Half Way Done!

Weight - 204.2lb BF - 17.9%

730am - breakfast was scrambled eggs with ham on the side with coffee and some water

So off to the second half of the 4HB experiment! I'll give you the quick results as of TODAY for the 1st 14 days. I'm using my rolling 5 day weight and BF (just an average of the last 5 days) to help get a better estimate of my progress and to dial out some of the large swings in weight I typically see. Here we go:


  • Start weight and BF - 208.4lb and 18.3%



  • current weight and BF - 203.3lb and 17.8%



  • difference in wt. and BF - 5.1lb and 0.5%


So this is about as conservative as I can make this, again using rolling 5 day averages, I've lost 5.1lb and 0.5%BF. Again to be noted, this is with virtually zero gym time (I did one 30min workout last week) so this is entirely a product of diet adjustment. Also, I am normally super active and will be getting back to my normal routine of a couple of gym visits, a couple of jiu jitsu practices and a couple of yoga sessions a week.

2pm - Ate very late today and had a Qdoba burrito bowl with pintos, chicken, guacamole and salsa. Very tasty but a bit on the salty side.

430pm - had a snack of pepperoni before leaving work. Needed a quick snack because I will be eating dinner late tonight.

530pm - did about 1hr of jiu jitsu tonight and felt pretty good. The knee held up and I got a good workout in. I took it very easy though but it was nice to be working out again.

7pm - had a good dinner of leftover bean salad and baked salmon.

Have a good evening!

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