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 3, 2011

Day 8 - Still Recovering From Cheat Day

730am - weight 205.4lb BF - 18%

Sometimes it all has to do with how you got there.

If you were to have told me that week over week, I would have been down about 2.5lb with steady losses, I would have been pretty happy with that! After seeing the 201 on the scale and the lower BF% at the end of week 1, I'm a bit discouraged at the numbers.

That said, I know my weight varies a lot so the up swings in weight should be taken with the same grain of salt as the down swings in weight I have also experienced. I just have to get used to the fact that my weight will swing a lot and to stay the course as the general trend in BF%, weight and inches is all in the positive direction.

I've seen more positive outcomes from 4HB than any other diet I have tried before so I am continuing on with the 4HB experiment and not getting too wrapped up in the day to day numbers.

730am - breakfast with 2 eggs, ham, green onions with fresh tomato on the side and black coffee.


1130am - spinach salad for lunch with eggs, peas, other veggies and oil and vinegar dressing.


330pm - snack of pecans later in the day



7pm - had chili for dinner with some red wine. Had some salted nuts to snack on later in the evening but not too much. I'm becoming more conscious of the amount of nuts I'm eating and will make sure to reduce that to an amount more in line with what the 4HB diet specifies. Other than that, I've held very close to the diet guidelines and hope to see some progress tomorrow!
Good night!

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