It’s been just around two months since I started the Four Hour Body lifestyle, more precisely the slow carb diet portion of Tim Ferriss’s Four Hour Body book. First thing every morning that I am here in San Francisco, I weigh in to see my progress. Some days my weight is up, most times it is down.
I do this in the morning, religiously and on the same scale, so that I can get a consistent measure of my progress. During my trips, which happen far more often than not, I have tried weighing myself on other’s scales with mixed results. Seems my friends and family’s scales are either really nice (I’ve been up to ten pounds lighter on theirs!) or mine is really mean.
Nevertheless, I present to you, my chart of weight loss.
As you can see, there has been a pretty dramatic loss in weight. Twenty-two pounds to be exact. The first week on the diet I had a sharp drop in weight. Most diets work this way as your body is shocked into a new regimen. The first two spikes upwards are from the “cheat days” where you get to eat whatever you like. The much slower drop in weight later on the graph represents my two weeks traveling.
Traveling and staying slow carb isn’t as easy as some would like you to think. Especially when your travels bring you to some of the most obese states in the country (Georgia, Florida and Texas). But at least I managed to trim a little bit more even during that.
And while I can definitely see progress, I still have a long way to go. To get to my goal weight, I need to lose another thirty pounds. That’s a lot and would bring my total weight loss down to 52 pounds which seems almost silly.
I had 52 lbs to lose? My goal weight is really an arbitrary number pulled from history. It was my weight when I was a freshman in college. While most freshmen gain fifteen pounds, I lost around twenty.
Luckily I am back in San Francisco where I can better control my diet and get back into my gym. Starting August 1 we should be back in our apartment full time which means I have my gym just one block away and a proper bedroom and all that comes with it. I expect to see a much stronger decrease in weight once normality comes back into my life.
*I know that “diets” aren’t the solution, that a change in lifestyle is. I am doing this because I already live a healthy lifestyle. I exercise regularly, watch what I eat, have an almost zero cholesterol, vegetarian diet and rarely drink more than a few glasses of wine. This diet for me is a kick start.
I started personal training in February and within a month had doubled my weight lifted and cut my mile down to five minutes. But I didn’t lose a single pound after muscle gain. This has helped me cut faster so results are more fulfilling and progress sped up.
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@justex07 I held flat all last week, so I considered that a good sign.
@justex07 I held flat all last week, so I considered that a good sign.
@justex07 haha okay. You plateau at a certain weight, but as long as you’re at a healthy weight and happy. hehe.
@justex07 haha okay. You plateau at a certain weight, but as long as you’re at a healthy weight and happy. hehe.
@foureyedcub well I haven’t plateaued, I’m still going down but instead of 1 lb a day, it’s like .25 lb a day. Not as rapid but expected 😀
@foureyedcub well I haven’t plateaued, I’m still going down but instead of 1 lb a day, it’s like .25 lb a day. Not as rapid but expected 😀
@justex07 i hit my slowest at around 165 then life happens. It was disappointing but I was very happy.
@justex07 i hit my slowest at around 165 then life happens. It was disappointing but I was very happy.
@foureyedcub that was my lowest too. But I got there via iffy methods…
@foureyedcub that was my lowest too. But I got there via iffy methods…
@justex07 aww. I didn’t like how I looked that slim. I looked skeletal since I got a wide frame.
@justex07 aww. I didn’t like how I looked that slim. I looked skeletal since I got a wide frame.
@foureyedcub I looked great. Which is why I want to get back before it’s too late 😀
@foureyedcub I looked great. Which is why I want to get back before it’s too late 😀
@justex07 I’m kinda gettin’ in the groove with this change of diet as a Kick Start. I buy what I like to eat that fits. #4hb
@justex07 I’m kinda gettin’ in the groove with this change of diet as a Kick Start. I buy what I like to eat that fits. #4hb
@lushuslulu that’s what I do too and now it’s just part of my life, not an obstacle. I love the meals I make, some I actually crave!
@lushuslulu that’s what I do too and now it’s just part of my life, not an obstacle. I love the meals I make, some I actually crave!
@justex07 Me too! hah #cravings #4hb And Happy Birthday, cutie! 😀
@justex07 Me too! hah #cravings #4hb And Happy Birthday, cutie! 😀
@lushuslulu thanks! Can’t wait for us to be able to show off our #4HB bodies 😀
@lushuslulu thanks! Can’t wait for us to be able to show off our #4HB bodies 😀
I always wanted to have great body and lighter weight! Somehow I failed a lot coz no matter how I work my ass out in the gym I find myself working for nothing coz I can only lose a bit of weight is it possible to lose at least 10-15 lbs in a matter of month without changing my diet?
I always wanted to have great body and lighter weight! Somehow I failed a lot coz no matter how I work my ass out in the gym I find myself working for nothing coz I can only lose a bit of weight is it possible to lose at least 10-15 lbs in a matter of month without changing my diet?
@Toronto Personal Trainer Put simply, no. Diet and exercise go hand in hand. Diet without exercise leads to weight loss followed by regaining of the weight after you stop dieting. Exercise without diet can build muscle and cut some fat but if you continue to eat poorly, you will have to constantly up the aggressiveness of your workout to lose real weight.
@Toronto Personal Trainer Put simply, no. Diet and exercise go hand in hand. Diet without exercise leads to weight loss followed by regaining of the weight after you stop dieting. Exercise without diet can build muscle and cut some fat but if you continue to eat poorly, you will have to constantly up the aggressiveness of your workout to lose real weight.
@justex07 No! I am trying the paleo eating plan, but I’ll look into it! Looks like you are in mighty good shape!
@justex07 No! I am trying the paleo eating plan, but I’ll look into it! Looks like you are in mighty good shape!
@emilyleldridge I need to update it too. Created my own way of monitoring my progress, imagine that! http://t.co/1UGCmWej just started it 😀
@emilyleldridge I need to update it too. Created my own way of monitoring my progress, imagine that! http://t.co/1UGCmWej just started it 😀
justex07 Have you also looked at summertomato’s book Foodist?? I feel it’s also similar to 4-Hr Body.
Friedlt I’ll have to check summertomato’s book out. Thanks!