Many readers have lost 150+ pounds using The Slow-Carb Diet®. How can you lose at least 4%?
What if you could make dieting failure-proof? What if I could guarantee that you’d lose that last handful of abdominal fat?
Today marks my best attempt to do just that. The target is to collectively lose 1,000,000 pounds of fat in the next 28 days. Along with it, I’d like to offer a $1,000,000 pot — one of several incentives.
Based on behavioral change research (by people like Stanford’s BJ Fogg), as well as my own experimentation with thousands of readers, there are three critical ingredients typically missing from dieting:
– Stakes — Some type of loss-aversion and real accountability
– Rewards — Reinforcement from support groups and finances
– Minimalism — Doing the least necessary, not the most possible. The latter fails quickly.
I’ve checked off all three personally many times. Exhibit A: Fat “Peanut Butter Sandwiches” Tim versus current Tim:
But now it’s time to check off all three on a massive scale. I’ve never seen it done before, and that’s exciting.
From 10/23 to 11/16 — Game Time
For the next four weeks, from Tuesday, October 23rd to Friday, November 16th, I’m partnering with Lift and DietBet to create The 4-Hour Body Challenge.
When you diet alone, nobody’s holding your feet to the fire. There’s nothing stopping you from saying, “I’ll do it next month.” But when you compete with others, especially with money on the line, it focuses you on a goal like nothing else. It’s strict accountability wrapped in a game.
Here are the steps and prizes…
Step 1: Lift
Download Lift if you have an iPhone, iPad, or iPod (Android users, keep reading). Search for “4HB.” To search, click on the plus sign here:
Then, sign up for whichever 4HB habits you want. See the six below, The Slow-Carb Diet® being the most important. With no real promotion, the number of participants has exploded in our last 48 hours of testing:
If you’re on Android, you can use The 4-Hour Body App (though it has less community built-in), and all the below steps still apply. This challenge is designed for Lift but doesn’t require it.
Optional Step 2: DietBet
Optional but HIGHLY recommended: Sign up for The 4-Hour Body DietBet.
Even if you use a diet not in The 4-Hour Body, this is a powerful tool you can leverage for your own 4-week challenge. Vegans, paleo die-hards, and everyone in between — you’re all invited.
Studies have established that people work incredibly hard to avoid losing money. Much harder, in fact, than they will work to earn it. On this page, you can put your money where your mouth is.
To compete, players each add $50 to the pot, which is divided up among the “winners” at the end of the game. DietBetting is not winner-take-all like The Biggest Loser. Instead, everyone who loses at least 4% of their starting weight will get an equal share of the pot. DietBet supplies referees to verify weights using a photo-based weigh-in process.
If we can get 20,000 total people, which is totally achievable, that’s $1,000,000.
Here’s how the pot breaks down:
– 85% of the total is divided among the winners
– 5% goes to DietBet itself for credit card fees, etc.
– 10% would have gone to me but will instead be donated to The Gazzaley Lab, a cognitive neuroscience research lab at the University of California, San Francisco focused on studying the neural mechanisms of memory and attention, and how we might intervene therapeutically to alleviate memory and attention deficits.
DietBetting works. People, even wealthy people, keep their promises not to lose $50.
Since its launch in January, 33% of players have hit or exceeded their 4% weight-loss target, winning cash. On average, winners end up losing more than 8 pounds, roughly two pounds per week.
I think The 4-Hour Body team can beat all of those averages. If you’re up for some minimal stakes, which is massively to your benefit, sign up here.
Step 3: Educate Yourself
Use all the free tools and support at your disposal.
As a starting point, consider the forum 4HBTalk, which is extremely active with advice and community. Also be sure to read my previous posts on basics, like “How to Lose 100 Pounds on The Slow-Carb Diet” (features pics and case studies).
Of course, if you want to get uber-serious, I’d suggest reading The 4-Hour Body.
Optional Step 4: Automate Meals
If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, I’m piloting a Slow-Carb Diet® meal delivery service, licensed with permission to Evolution Meals.
There are only about 30 new slots per week available (it’s beta, after all), so first come, first served. You can sign up here. You can use code “SCD15” for $15 off your first order (no expiration date).
If you’re interested in licensing The Slow-Carb Diet® or its related trademarks, please fill out this form. Serious inquiries only, please.
Last but Not Least…
For the people who have the most amazing before-and-after transformations (take “before” pictures or you’ll regret it!), I’ll have many cool opportunities. There could be dozens of you involved.
The opps are top-secret for now, but they’ll be good.
For the one person who loses the most bodyfat percentage points (not necessarily total weight) by November 16th, I have another prize. I will fly you from anywhere in the world to San Francisco for a day with me, all expenses paid. We can hike Mt. Tam, check out my favorite restaurants, talk business, visit hot start-ups, grab drinks with my close friends… whatever you’d like. If it’s a weekend, I’ll also cover your hotel and meals for a second day of beautiful SF.
How to measure bodyfat?
I’d prefer that you use the most accurate tools, such as the below. Many of the above can be found at high-end gyms or nearby hospitals. No matter what, you must use the same tool (and ideally the same person) for your “before,” progress, and “after” measurements.
The most accurate tools:
BodPod (pay per session)
DEXA or DXA (pay per session)
Hydrostatic weighing (dunk tank) (pay per session)
Skin fold calipers – MUST use at least 7 points and ideally the Jackson-Pollock algorithm (pay per session)
BodyMetrix Personal (purchase) – This is the handheld ultrasound device that is used by the New York Yankees, AC Milan, and yours truly. It plugs into your laptop via USB. For 25% off of this device (so $100+ off), use code 4HOURBODY at checkout.
If you can’t find or afford any of these, just do your best to capture progress. For instance:
– Take good “before” pics (front, side, back) and weekly progress pictures.
– Take tape measure measurements before starting, then each week, per The 4-Hour Body instructions:
Get a simple tape measure and measure four locations: both upper arms (mid-bicep), waist (horizontal at navel), hips (at widest point below waist), and both legs (mid-thigh). Total these numbers to arrive at your Total Inches (TI). Changes in this total will be meaningful enough to track.
Regardless, eat smart (90% of fat loss), train well (10% of fat loss), and be safe, of course.
So what are you waiting for? Download Lift, sign up for the DietBet here if you can, and let’s get to losing 1,000,000 pounds!
That’s three entire blue whales, by the way. Or 35,714 honey badgers.
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Hi, Tim!
Nothing motivates most people like a challenge. My boyfriend and I are competing for a six pack, he’s used slow carb, I’m using slow carb inspired. Your work is super important and delightful to read.
http://fancymonstersabchallenge.wordpress.com/
That’s our challenge blog.
Lauren
Doing this…. have not dieted in years..and need to lose 50 lbs. Turning 37 next month and this was the motivation needed to start a diet and stick with it. A day with Tim!!
I am from Florida but I have lived in Goa India for the last 2 years. No fancy stuff here but can use a tape measure and I already borrowed my neighbors scale. Even though I am 3 days late.. I am doing it with a vengeance.
Hey TIm,
like your books and blog… Any chance you have been in Shanghai lately? A friend of mine said he might have seen you but wasn’t sure.
Great Social Challenge Idea Tim!
Dietbet: Check. (The pot is up to 26K and you can still join).
4HB app: Check. (Android Owner here).
4HB book off the shelf: Check.
Bod Pod: Trying to schedule an appointment, hopefully today. Took before and after photos and measurements in case the Bod Pod falls through.
The wife and I are doing this together which helps for some local support during those tough moments…
Ready to rock this out!
Tim!
Another brilliant competition – I love it!
Looking forward to a weekend in San Francisco with you… let the games begin!
Eric
Hey Tim,
I’m really excited by this challenge. I turn 60 at the end of November and I want to celebrate with a hike up Mt. Tam and some Tango dancing. We’ll have fun! I have a list of stuff I’ve always wanted to talk with you about so put your nerd hat on. I really want to win this!! I’m going to get my first BodPod readings this morning. Much more important numbers than the number 6 and 0. Right?
Thanks…as always for the awesome motivation!
Karima
Tim,
I am going to be the one hanging with you in SF. Just thought I would let you know ahead of time:)
Bill
Wondering if you’ve looked into the Raspberry Ketones for fat burning; any research or experiment results/knowledge?
Is it just another false fad?
Suzanne
Good afternoon Tim
For those of us all about the fat % loss for the chance to meet you, where do we send the transformation data??
Hey Tim!
I’m not particularly overweight. How about a similar competition for building muscle mass/reducing existing body fat percentage?!
Best!
Spencer
Hii guys, I am really exciting about the challenge.
It’s always crazy how much people’s faces change when they lose weight. Even Tim Ferriss!
My wife and I have used the Wii Fit program, which charts your body mass and weight each day. We used it for two years. My wife broke two legs and an ankle several years ago, was bedridden for six months and gained 60 pounds eating my cooking.
Using the Wii Fit program and watching our diet, she lost 50 pounds. In the meantime, I ate the same meals and lost 30 pounds. To exercise, since with broken legs she could not walk far, my wife rode a recumbent bicycle three hours per day, seven days per week.
According to Tim’s statistics, and my calculations, if anyone won the “bet,” it wouldn’t be much of a windfall. If each participant put $50 into the “pot,” it would require 20,000 participants to come up with one million dollars. If 33 percent of the participants win the challenge (as stated by Tim), that would be 6,000 participants and each one would net $155.
Obviously, the motivator here would not be the prize money, it would be the reward of losing the weight.
Post for anyone in the Hampton Roads area of VA. After researching trying to find a bod pod I think I hit the jackpot. VCU won’t let you use theirs, ODU cost 25 bucks, awesome but that is a crazy traffic drive from the peninsula, Langley AFB has one that you can use for FREE at the health and wellness center 757 764 6321. If you can’t get on base and really want use this resource reply to this post and I will try and help. They only provide this service on Fridays.
I would like to know if i can exchange a herbalife shake (3 spoons in order to get enough protein) for breakfast instead of eating egss, beans, etc.
Just today I decided to drop the extra eight pounds I’ve been carrying BEFORE Thanksgiving rather than wait until after the holidays, then I stumble onto your blog after an associate mentioned the Lift ap today. Love those moments of kismet disguised as coincidence!
Hope they can ship my BodyMetrix Personal overnight express…
Thanks for your ever-evocative genius, Tim.
Hello, Tim! After I read your book ‘The 4-hour Workweek’, a question emerged. You allot little time in the book to long-term planning. You just say one has to think of three concrete goals. Where do we go from there? How do you plan your goals? Thanks in advance.
Hey Tim,
What buy-in level do you think we would be at if the pot had been set at $25? Interesting to think of what the absolute best buy-in amount would have been for this audience.
LOve the bit about automating meals….I actually worked a deal with my tenant to prepare meals for me. Worked out fine and now she’s even helping take care of my kids ;p
Hey Tim!
I came in 3 days late, and I already lost 2 Kg. How is this possible… just by following the basic rules on your earlier post ‘How to Lose 100 Pounds on The Slow-Carb Diet’
I was waiting for the dutch translation of 4HB but is seems I need to rush to get
the original english version and to get my body fat scanned before it is gone ;D
Carlo
Is the bet available abroad?
Yep Carlos, just login to diebet.com and choose 4-Hour Body Challenge game. I am already 2.3 Kg down.
Download Lift. Check
Take measurements. Check
Stock up on veggies. Check
Buy The Four-Hour Body. Check
Take before photos. Yikes!
Interesting, I didn’t know about the “meet Tim Ferris,” part of the prize. You’re right, that opportunity is priceless.
When measuring your TI in four places, do you add the inches from the extra arm and leg? Or just the average inches from opposing limbs?
The part on minimalism (doing the least required) is quite counter-intuitive
me thinks you missed the point, Matthew… Emphasis on the word REQUIRED should clarify.
Hi Tim, this is a great idea and I can’t wait to see the result from people in the competition! Unfortunately I can’t participate because I need to gain weight. Is there a financial program that is available for people to use who want to gain weight?
I don’t have my copy of 4HRBody yet… what’s the deal with the cold showers?
Love your book!! I have had great success on the Slow Carb diet. I started Aug 4 and my weight is down to 125.2. My problem is bad breath. I went to the dentist this week, thinking the problem was coming from my teeth, but all is fine there. This is embarrassing—could it be from the diet? If so, what suggestions do you have? I need help with this.
Pat – I experienced this when I was taking the PAGG stack – namely the Garlic Extract part. If you’re also using those supplements, that may be the cause.
Hi Pat,
I experienced the same without taking PAGG. The bad breath is related to ketones that are developing in your stomach because of the reduced amount of white carbohydrates due to the slow carb diet. You loose fat and this fat is getting converted and ketones are developing. These get divided and sulfites come up which cause bad breath.
That´s at least what I learned 😉
@Tim: I hope my explanation goes along with your experience !?
Regards,
Sascha
Maybe your carbs are not high enough and you are in ketosis.
hey tim, any idea when the 4HB app will be compatible with jelly bean os?
Tim, I enjoyed the 4 Hour Body, and of course the 4 Hour Workweek. Now looking forward to the 4 Hour Chef. This past summer, I walked across Spain and finished in the best shape in a while. That and with hiking when I returned worked great. However, I would love to implement some of the dietary recommendations and discussion from your book. I would love to have more energy, especially in the mornings. I need to be creative for my work for longer periods.
Where do we send our progress photos and body fat measurements?
I had my body composition measured in BodPod, and I took a picture of the printout with results as a proof of my starting point.
This is amazing! This project I mean. When I was on a diet and I had to burn everything fat, it was really hard to remain focused because I was all alone. But this… I hope it helps as many people as possible, especially because they know they are not alone! Great job!
OK Tim, I’m in!!
Hi Tim!
I have a question regarding your take on losing BF with the supplement stack, mentioned in the ‘4-hour body’. Would it work on a lean bulk meal plan? Would I be able to lose, say 2% BF, with it, without actually having to be in a caloric deficit?
Hope you find the time to get back to me.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it enlightened me in so many ways!
Sincerely,
Richard
Hi Tim!
My question is a bit off-topic. I am about to make an iPhone app (kettlebell, hell yeah :)) according to your guidelines in the 4HWW. BUT! I had a great argument with the developers (or at least the guy who’s leading the development company and seems like an application addict) about the price how much should it cost. You say: keep the price high and prove the product is worth it. According to this I planned to price the app as high as around 50 USD. The devs say no frickin’ way, won’t sell a single copy like this. What do you think about it?
A bonus question: which crowdfunding site should I use to collect funds for this?
Thanks in advance for your answer!
Hi Csanak,
I think you know the answer, there’s only one way to find out…
If it doesn’t sell, then you can drop the price.
I’m going to vote, so at least you have some feedback; I would pass on a 50 dollar app. I don’t think There are many above 10 dollars. Oh, and if there are a bunch of free ones out, I would try those first.
Good luck.
I wouldn’t pay $50 for it when there are plenty of free resources online. The most expensive application I bought was around $18 (invoicing software for my company) but the functionality is insane… not sure what you’re planning on including with your application though… either way, how can anybody judge the value with such few details 😉
Hi Tim,
I just watched your appearance at the Joe Rogan Podcast, I just want to say that it was awesome (albeit somewhat technical at a few points), it was straight stimulating conversation for the whole 2+ hours and I loved every minute of it. I’ve been following both you and Rogan for a while so it was a lot of fun that you appeared at his podcast. You could tell Joe was really impressed by your knowledge.. Redban is just weird lol
Great Post Tim! I have tried the Slow Carb Diet before and it worked great. I’m looking forward to this contest, might be the kick in the butt that I need!
Somewhat related to this post: any idea when is Land Rush 2012 starting?? We’re getting close to the book release date and I’m excited to help Tim (and to take advantage of some special offers)!
Hi Tim. Great article! Good to see that your contributing to curing this obesity epidemic we’re experiencing.
I’m a fellow entrepreneur and I run a fitness organization in NYC. I think you’re brilliant. Would you consider being my mentor?
Hello Tim. Thank you for this blog post. I would love you to feature on my blog http://www.5thingstodotoday.com. It could be five things related to your new book out soon. Let me know what you think. Several successful authors have already contributed and I would really like if you would too. Many thanks
David
I did install Lift on my iPhone. And I used it. And I had to delete it. Why? It eats up all my battery… something is weird with it, at least on my iPhone4..
I’m still continuing the “struggle” 🙂 But I’ll just keep updating my blog instead – weekly.. 🙂
When is the final weigh-in day? The post says 11/16, but DietBet has 11/21 marked… so which one is it?
I’m down six pounds already… YES! Dovetailed your suggestions with JJ Virgin’s elimination plan (no eggs, dairy, sugar, corn, gluten, peanuts or soy) after I got wind of it at Brendon Buchard’s High Performance Academy two weeks ago.
Thanks again for rolling your bandwagon out into the sunshine, Tim. I’m wearing my favorite tight white dress to a meeting in Woodside today.
I’m trying to join on dietbet, but there’s no option to join. It stays it’s still open, but there is no “join this game” option. Any ideas?
Hi Tim,
This is such a great post and initiative. Too bad i didnt get in it on time. To you intend on doing it again in the future? If so, i definitely don’t want to miss it.
Regards
Pierre
I second that idea. Do it again near the first of the year and turn it into a 90-day challenge. That will give people a real leg-up on a super fit, super energized 2013.
Could work. The theory is there. Anything collective works well with people hence why diet groups and weigh-ins work or being accountable to your partner. Betting is heavily regulated in many countries.
Those who aren’t obese will lose a lot less so in fact someone who is very obese is much more likely to win than someone who has 14 pounds to lose.
Tim, I just wanted to stop by and post a picture of my results. In 4 and a half months I lost 41 pounds. I am getting my second DEXA scan tomorrow to see how actual fat I lost. Been hitting the Kettlebells pretty hard the entire time.
Not sure if a picture link will work in comments, but here goes: http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy171/thechristiancoach/4%20Hour%20Body/4HBSideView_zpsd96b3a1e.jpg
Bam! That is AWESOME! gratz.
Today is game-over day, yes? To whom do we submit the vitals?
Crap!!! I was going to Make Today my cheat day. Hmmmmm…..
Now I got to set myself up to take some PICs! Thanks for the heads-up Gigi.
What’s the move Charlie?
BTW:
24.6% (Holly Fat man) to 19.2% (getting there). So like 5.4% (all estimated) in 20 days!!! (started measuring 10/27).
I did great a few years back working off the 20 in 30 post. But of course I didn’t follow everything and I didn’t do the Cheat day stuff at all. Missed that stuff, I guess brain didn’t think it was important. WOW, was I wrong.
Last time from 5/29/2010 to 6/19/2010 I went from (again all estimated, but same navy body far calc. http://bit.ly/CXUwF) 26.4 to 22.6. That’s only 3.8% (which was great, but I was working harder WTF). I was probably only 60-80% there. didn’t know about PPAG, nor did I do 30 gr religiously every morning.
This time around the FHB was available to me, and I went for the full program. Oh, except for the PPGA, since I’m not good about taking pills. I’m actaully really lazy. Now I kinda wish I was doing that too…. Next time???
I can’t even believe it myself. I was doing great but I was actually working harder. Biking during lunch every workday. And a rather light program 3x a week with my old 15lb and 5lbs dumbbells. I did get a Freaking heavy (for me) 15kg kettlebell which I’ve done 4-5 sessions. Not sure, but my buns are Beach-Ball-ilicious.
It took me 98 days to get to 12% body fat. I’m going to try and see how long it takes me doing everything that Tim suggested. 4HB is awesome, and SCD works extremely well.
I’m so glad that I listened to everything this time:
Doing less is so much MORE! ;))
Diet Bet says the weigh-in is 11/21-11/22 so hopefully that’s the case.
Found this blog a little but here are my stats. I lost three pounds, 3.22 total inches. According to a Tanita body machine, lost 1.1% body fat. I have no access to a better body fat tester. Have pictures, excel and tapes to document.
Not sure where to post the results so will post them here:
October 24, 2012
BF%: 30.1 (Bioimpedance)
Weight: 241.2
Inches: 184.1
November 16, 2012
BF%: 26.6 (Bioimpedance)
Weight: 225.8
Inches: 175.6
Bioimpendance is not the best measurement but it is what I had around. I also took before and after pics, however when I uploaded them to the 4HB app, it took them out of my camera roll library…. So it appears they are stuck in there. If anyone knows how to “unload” the pics from there that would be helpful, or perhaps it is a bug. If I am able to extricate them I’ll post a link.
Either way, I am happy with the results and will keep on working it. Thanks for the contest Tim. Let us know if there are any next steps!
Hello 🙂
I just bought the 4 Hour Body book.
I’m uplifted by the book, but a little disappointed to find that the links to all the wonderful additional resources don’t work…
Is there any other way I can access the links please?
Best regards,
Christine
Me too!
Is there anywhere that I can find all the wonderful resources online mentioned in the book?
I’m now completely hooked on the Tim Ferriss life philosophy and want to devour as much as I can.
Yes the audiobook refers to PDF’s but they are unavailable online!
Hi all. I started out at 130 after two days of “freestyle eating” and this morning weighed in at 121. My measurements (girth total) went from 206 to 195, and my body fat percentage dropped from 25% to 20.5%. Woo-hoo!
Here’s my results for the body fat challenge part of things: 5.8%
Details are as follows:
My Diet Bet Profile where I’m tracking everything: http://www.dietbet.com/games/4319/player-profile?userId=8834
Oct 25th- 33% Body Fat – Picture here from my dietbet: http://images.dietbet.com/files/players/photos/4319/8834_2962_preview.jpg)
Measurements:
Biceps (both combined) 31 in.
Waist 51 in.
Hips 45 in.
Legs (both combined) 58 in.
Chest (bonus measurement) 51 in.
Nov 16th – 27.2% Body Fat – Picture proof (taken about an hour ago): http://images.dietbet.com/files/players/photos/4319/8834_3265_preview.jpg
Measurements:
Biceps (both combined) 29 in.
Waist 48 in.
Hips 44 in.
Legs (combined) 54 in.
Chest (bonus measurement) 47 in.
Total Inches lost including from my chest: 14.
Total Inches without chest measurements: 10.
Total lbs lost to date: 15.4
Total body fat % lost: 5.8%
Some progress pictures (missing this most current week, but will have those in just a few minutes):
http://images.dietbet.com/files/players/photos/4319/8834_3008_preview.jpg
I’ve been doing weekly pictures on my dietbet profile, but I have much higher resolution stuff from the entire process if you want. Hope this is enough to qualify me for the contest!
Where do we send before-and-after pictures and results?
What’s the real date for the end? Even the start of it all was one day later than what the blog post announcement was. So should it be today (17th?). Since we track it with DietBet, it’s misleading to ignore their countdown. Any clarification would be great.
Okay. So. I’m feeling a little orphaned on this thread, Tim. Maybe you lost interest when the snowball failed to grow to the size you’d anticipated? Then again, maybe it’s a BRILLIANT IDEA that just needs to be refined and crafted so as to generate the numbers needed to actualize your vision of a million pound march. I could easily get behind that initiative and, in fact, would love to join forces with you to make it happen. Please take a peek at the now defunct site, theovereatingcuredotcom and/or go to my personal site and click on “join us” under events and read about the flying geese launch.
A quick post to outline the progress I made over the period of the competition. I also kept a photo food journal using Evernote Food that I’ll share on my blog shortly. Link to blog post with before and after pictures below.
Days in competition: 22
BodPod BodyFat % Change: -.79
Caliper BodfyFat % Change: -1.02
Bodpod Scale Weight Change (lbs): -9
Caliper Scale Weight Change (lbs): -10.7
Average Bodyfat % Change: -.91
Average Weight Change: -9.85
http://blog.iupgrade.me/2012/11/20/results-the-4-hour-body-million-pound-march/
Made it! Down 14.5 pounds and a total of 7.5 inches.
Looking for a quick 30 g protein item that can be eaten within 30 min of arising and requires no preparation(wouldn’t be so bad if it tasted OK). Any help appreciated.
Final stats for the contest are;
Lost – 21.6 pounds
Lost- 22.6 pounds of fat
Gained – 1 beautiful pound of muscle.
I will post pics on dietbet. Thanks for all of the fun!
Linda
Who won?
🙁 * sad face … there is no app for the Blackberry …. will there be one soon ??
*hopeful face* :))
thanks for reading …
rose
I can’t join your dietbet, but I started the 4HB diet with my daughter on jan 2nd, 2013 … fingers crossed it works ….
Hi Tim,
When I read about the 15 minute orgasm I thought you were referring to Dr. Patti Taylor’s Expanded Orgasm.
Since it wasn’t I thought you might like her work on how to have orgasms that can last for hours.
Hey Tim,
My wife and I started on the slow carb diet on the 5th and I have lost 19 lbs and she has lost 10 lbs. We have a question. My wife just had our little girl 4 months ago. She is still nursing and wants to continue. Only problem she is having is that she is starting to lose Milk supply. We want to know what she can do to stay on the diet with the same results. But yet not lose milk supply. We tried adding one more meal to her diet so she gets more calories, but it doesnt seem to work or she just feels like shes eating way to much. Would you add more complex carbs? More Protein? Just need some insight, or if anyone else had had this same issue
Brady and Jenn
I tried 4hb, lost so much weight I scared my friends. I didn’t monitor my weight however, and proceeded to gain it right back, with interest. I’m now monitoring and watching my carbs and have lost 5% over 50 days and falling, steady monitoring is a powerful tool.
Hello Tim
Greetings from UK and congrats on the new book.
I have just bought the 4HB book and started the slow-carb diet. It has given me lots of energy to wake up in the morning and I have lost 1kg in the first week (down from 74 to 73). My target is to be below 70Kg and reduce 20% fat (22%-24% now…)
All in all, it goes fine because my breakfast has always had eggs – and I’m fine with meat/spinach combination. I’m in the 2nd week now and trying to fit the 4th meal in the day to avoid feeling hungry all day despite the lots of meat eaten…
A quick question: You say we should avoid white carbs; but at the same time you do not recommend in your favourite lists any brown bread or pasta (I mean the real wholemeal ones!). Is there any particular reason?
Other quick questions
– is dark (70%) chocolate good as dessert during the diet days?
– [Moderator: Link removed.] what is the recommended reps for pull ups to increase muscle gain?
– you put hummus as worrying because of overeating – but I could not find the recommended amount (e.g. for a snack with celery or carrots)
Many thanks!
B.N.
As a lawyer and person who has struggled with my weight my entire life, I was reluctant to even allow myself to imagine what Tim said was not only possible, but practically certain. My best friend bought the book for me and my wife as a gift, we read a few chapters and said we’d give it a try, together. After just 3 months my wife flew well passed her goal, lost over 25 pounds, and now is just maintaining. As for me, I’m down 55 pounds in 5 1/2 months, and I’ve never felt better or had so much energy. The sense of gratitude for what The 4 Hour Body has done for me cannot be fully expressed in the words of a blog comment (the only way I could figure out to possibly contact the author), so I’ll say just say, with the utmost sincerity and appreciation: Thank you!!!
Love the slow carb diet. Did it just for the month of January, 2013 and lost 20 pounds – 210 to 190. Feel great and sticking with many of the diet changes because it just feels better.
I wanted to start in on the Endurance 5K to 50K section now as I’ve signed up for a triathlon in Lake Tahoe in 4 months and really want to try a minimalist training approach to take it easy on my back and knees. (i’ve done many marathons, triathlons and even an ironman in the past, but it’s many years and the training for those took a toll).
However, the book said I’d find the Tim’s results in his blog here, but alas I cannot find any information on how he/the training regimen did in the race??
Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
When are you going to start another Dietbet.
Would be perfect after the Easter Eggs are gone!
Tell me how to get your protein drink. I’ve been eating 2 eggs, black beans and green beans for breakfast since August and follow the Slow-Carb diet throughout the day. I was out of town two weeks ago and could not stick to my usual diet. The protein drink would have come in handy.
Thanks, Pat
Hi Tim,
Just wanted to share with you. i am facing some rapid hair loss immediately when i stop the diet program, and the moment i begin it again it stops. Any thoughts on this as to how can this be controlled.
I really appreciate this story, but I’m having trouble. This is the beginning of my 6th week. I can’t eat as much as you because I work as a server and can’t eat after 4pm most days. I have been following the diet to the letter and going crazy on my cheat days. I haven’t measured myself again, but today (after a cheat day) I weigh 170.2 lbs. five weeks ago when I started I was 169.8 pounds. I was 162.2 the day before my cheat day. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I’ve tried to get help on the blog but the only people who answered me had never read the book and gave their own advice that totally went against the book. I need a way to eat enough, but be able to stop eating early. I can’t eat at work. Maybe some snack ideas that don’t need to be refrigerated and I could take something with me. What I really need is to talk to someone who has been through it and get some real advice
Kris, I’ve lost 100+lbs in the last 2 years since reading the book. I’d be happy to chat if you need some advice from someone with proven experience and success.
i’d prefer to not give out my email address, but if you use the contact form on my website (mitch zamara dot com) I’ll reply to you personally.
Do you weigh in right after you eat? If not try weighing in the morning every morning.
I have the book and I need your take on this. So, I’m 22, and unfortunately because of having bi polar, I have to take a medicine called seroquel. I’ve gone through almost everything, and this is the only med that has worked. And it makes a big difference, But where it completely fucks me is in the fitness area. Not only does seroquel lower my testosterone to about 300 (blood tested), but it fucks my metabolism such that I have a gut and is extremely hard to lose weight, and it’s hard to gain muscle. I can’t work out as hard as I used to cardio wise thats for sure. And I’m afraid of eating too much to gain muscle as it’s really hard to lose weight on this drug once you gain weight. My goal is to get a bit buff, but not too much, and stay lean/cut. Right now my goal is to lose my gut. I currently weight 187lbs at 5,9 1/2. That’s a bit too much for me, and most of it honestly is fat. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do about having to take the med. I definitely need it. Yet I want to achieve my fitness goals. Got any suggestions? It would be much appreciated.
This might work short term but will it work long term?
Losing weight is the easy part, keeping it off is the only part that masters.
I had lost 4 lbs in a whole day before being 5’1 and 107lbs i done it through my freshman year when i wanted to wrestle. How we did it was 2 hours of our workout and didnt eat anything after words. Some people spit in cups the day of training. The next early morning i weigh in after i peed and i barely make it. The weigh in was what got me motivated. Also making it to the tournament, the feeling you get when there are so many people around you and your the spot light. Its a high feeling indoors that made me exude confidence only because i went undefeated in JV my first year and that i qualified in state.
Where is the PDF for Occams Protocol? The audiobooks says to refer to it but I cant find it.
Hey Tim,
I’ve been on the diet for a while now, about two months (though I leave the legumes out and try to eat more veggies, as I am trying to combine with Paleo and Whole30), and I feel great and grateful that pretty much al my cravings are gone, but the weight is simply not coming off. Could it really be because I don’t eat the legumes? (I sorta dont like them) I even virtually stopped drinking alcohol (I had one drink of red wine this whole week) and don’t miss it, but as I said before, the weight is not coming off. I dont exercice (except for walking an hour or more every day), so I’m pretty sure I’m not packing muscle. So what am I doing wrong? I’ve counted my calories, to make sure, and I’m eating about 2300 a day (my BMR is 2122, with the walking it seems to add up to about 2500, so it doesn’t look to be a problem)
Thanx
I just saw the post about the 4 week challange, is it too late to enter? thanks