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?

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Day 6 - Week 1 Results! Don't toy with my emotions...

Cheat day baby, cheat day

8am - 201.6lb 17.4%BF
Total inches - 155.5"

Whoa! So at this point I'm excited. I have tried really hard, REALLY hard to push my weight under 203lb and nothing has worked but hey, this morning, I was down to 201.6pm BF 17.4%, pretty incredible. I will take the conservative approach to the week's numbers calling my starting point 208lb and 18.2%BF.

In 6 days I have lost 6.4lb and 0.8%BF and 3.5 total inches. All the metrics are moving in right direction.

I'm starting to believe my body has a very high affinity for beans! Haha!

So to celebrate, I ate 2 pieces of a wonderful plum turnover cake that my mother in law made for us and coffee with milk and splenda. The splenda didn't taste so good surprisingly and I just had coffee with milk after that. I will be diet coking like a fiend later today.


I'm taking full advantage of cheat day with a vanilla latte as a snack.
Lunch was Johnny Rocket's with O-rings
Ice cream birthday cake are you kidding me?
Thai food for dinner!
Clearly I am trying to undo all of the good work I did this week but at the end of the day, I'm ready to get back to work and it feels nice to have a day off. I am looking forward to breaking the 200lb mark next week!

See you all tomorrow!
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