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?

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Day 9 - Graphs?!

Weight 205lb BF 17.9%

730am Had leftover chili this morning for breakfast, good eating. Some cold water and coffee too. No pic needed, same thing as last nights dinner!

1145am - For lunch, I pillaged the salad bar for all sorts of veggies and hard boiled eggs for a change of pace from the spinach salad with oil and vinegar, etc. I also had some tillamook pepperoni as well for a little more salty protein too, the best kind!

I thought a lot more about my weight fluctuations and I have decided (because I'm a nerd) to build a spreadsheet that graphs a 5 day rolling average of weight and BF%. This will help display the general trends of the 4HB diet. This will help temper the discouragement on high weight days and the craziness of low weight days.

Here are a couple of shots of the graphs since starting the 4HB diet I have so far graphing the 5-day rolling average. The images are pretty poor, sorry about that and ignore the steep drop-off at the end of the data, I haven't recorded those dates yet, of course. If anyone would like a copy of my nerdiness, I will certainly send it your way.

1pm - Just got done with my 1st workout in about 3 weeks (due to MCL sprain) and the knee feels pretty darn good! I'll take it easy the rest of the week then back to full time working out and jiu jitsu as well as yoga! One interesting thing to note, the energy level is pretty far down. I felt spent the entire workout. I'm not sure if I've lost a bit of cardio or its the diet, I suspect its a bit of both.

The gym I go to will help develop workouts for you and they pulled together a cross-fit-esque workout for me, lots of jumping and pushing big old tires, waving ropes around and other ridiculous stuff but it was a fun workout!


7pm - Dinner was a really nice tilapia brushed with olive oil, then rubbed with a special seasoning and baked at 400deg for about 30min. I also made fresh guacamole and heated up some frozen lima beans to complete the meal.
Tomorrow I travel for work to Dallas. I have a few things packed with me so I have some snacks but I'll see how mindful I can be of the diet while on the road. This will be a challenge for sure!

Good night!

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