Thousands of people have validated The 4-Hour Body, ranging from elite athletes and Super Bowl NFL players, to “normal” people and the girl next door. Below is a small sample of success stories from male and female readers.
None of them had coaching from me — all results were from following the book. Be sure to read the comments, which include even more people who’ve lost 100-200 pounds, run ultramarathons with just 8-12 weeks of training, etc.:
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https://twitter.com/SamBenDavid/status/319181457178390528
Wow lost 10 lbs in 2 week following #fourhourbody #slowcarbdiet. Fitness Model Body & Motivation jumping to the roof. Thank You @tferriss !
— WE BELIEVE THAT (@webelievethat) March 29, 2013
@tferriss lost 40lbs+ on #4hb now reading #4hourchef and loving it. Time to deconstruct some things. #simplify pic.twitter.com/XPSQIILDtY
— Alex Vasquez (@alex_vasquez) March 27, 2013
@tferriss Started the slow carb diet in Oct 2011 at 360lbs. Today (5months off between)I'm 230. Diet alone+PAGG. Your book changed my life.
— Travis Heryford (@THeryford) March 27, 2013
Diet Update! 2 months. 21lbs down. #4hourbody. Thanks @nerdist for the pod with @tferriss. Inspired me years later!
— 🎃Tim Dubb🎃 (@ShutUpTim) March 23, 2013
Take the @charitywater challenge! I carried 67.9lbs as a reminder of 85lbs I've lost in the last 8 months. http://t.co/lL4TfyqkG1 @tferriss
— Jerry R. Reynolds (@jerryrreynolds) March 23, 2013
40 pounds down in 3 months. Feel like a million bucks. Trying for 60 in 6 months. Thanks @tferriss! #slowcarb
— Brad Kastelin (@Bradkast) March 23, 2013
https://twitter.com/KRUMLIFEDOTCOM/status/315286714379816960
https://twitter.com/jerryrreynolds/status/314909350781136897
https://twitter.com/SullivanJeffrey/status/311538813786800128
@tferriss LOST 30lbs IN 2 WEEKS , with NO EXERCISE, on TIM FERRISS ' slow-carb diet as described in his book #THEFOURHOURBODY! BOOM!!!
— James Meny (@JamesMeny) March 8, 2013
In the past two weeks my @tferriss Total Inches have gone from 195 to 183.5 – 11.5 INCHES LOST! Holy shit..this is working!!!!!
— Jason (BitBender) Brink (@BitBenderBrink) February 24, 2013
https://twitter.com/LMZzz/status/305547425316237312
@jr_matthews @tferriss Ha Ha!! Mine too!! Big Mac w fries, Dr. Pepper, cookies and ice cream. (Down five lbs in 14 days w no exercise at all
— Jon Ferguson Mohr (@jaymohr37) February 24, 2013
Incinerate your muffin top with a regular #kettlebell workout. #fourhourbody rocked my world! Works great with yoga too!@tferriss
— CardiYogi (@cardiyogi) February 12, 2013
Apparently @tferriss is having some doubters about #4hb ? I lost 39lbs in 4 months and have kept it off & built on it a year+ later
— Danny MAM (@jjbbatamworth) January 23, 2013
@tferriss below 110 pounds for the first time ever..thanks tim you're my blond angel!#4hourbody
— cathseas (@cathseas) January 23, 2013
Mad baking! Thanks, @tferriss – holiday #slowcarb cookies for all my personal training clients! pic.twitter.com/AubmeMWf
— Heidi Neilson (@Heidi_Neilson) December 18, 2012
#slowcarb diet for 9 days, down 8 lbs, down in body fat – feeling great. I have no idea how this body I drive works!
cc: @tferriss— Aaron Silber (@aaronlsilber) January 14, 2013
Plateaued on @tferriss #4hourbody diet for 3 months. Made one change: Cut ALL artificial sweeteners last month, and lost 10 lbs in 25 days..
— Greg Burkett (@ripfish) December 22, 2012
Lost 20 lbs this month thanks to @tferriss now time to tackle languages and learn everything I always wanted to learn using DS3!!!!
— #BadWitch (@AgentShawnee) December 19, 2012
https://twitter.com/SamBenDavid/status/319181457178390528
Wow lost 10 lbs in 2 week following #fourhourbody #slowcarbdiet. Fitness Model Body & Motivation jumping to the roof. Thank You @tferriss !
— WE BELIEVE THAT (@webelievethat) March 29, 2013
@tferriss lost 40lbs+ on #4hb now reading #4hourchef and loving it. Time to deconstruct some things. #simplify pic.twitter.com/XPSQIILDtY
— Alex Vasquez (@alex_vasquez) March 27, 2013
@tferriss Started the slow carb diet in Oct 2011 at 360lbs. Today (5months off between)I'm 230. Diet alone+PAGG. Your book changed my life.
— Travis Heryford (@THeryford) March 27, 2013
Diet Update! 2 months. 21lbs down. #4hourbody. Thanks @nerdist for the pod with @tferriss. Inspired me years later!
— 🎃Tim Dubb🎃 (@ShutUpTim) March 23, 2013
Take the @charitywater challenge! I carried 67.9lbs as a reminder of 85lbs I've lost in the last 8 months. http://t.co/lL4TfyqkG1 @tferriss
— Jerry R. Reynolds (@jerryrreynolds) March 23, 2013
40 pounds down in 3 months. Feel like a million bucks. Trying for 60 in 6 months. Thanks @tferriss! #slowcarb
— Brad Kastelin (@Bradkast) March 23, 2013
https://twitter.com/KRUMLIFEDOTCOM/status/315286714379816960
https://twitter.com/jerryrreynolds/status/314909350781136897
https://twitter.com/SullivanJeffrey/status/311538813786800128
@tferriss LOST 30lbs IN 2 WEEKS , with NO EXERCISE, on TIM FERRISS ' slow-carb diet as described in his book #THEFOURHOURBODY! BOOM!!!
— James Meny (@JamesMeny) March 8, 2013
@ArturoGil33 @tferriss Skip the cold-just walk in a swimming pool. I lost 80 lbs doing it like in Tim Ferriss #4HB http://t.co/tvb5VrvszE
— Sam Botta (@sambotta) March 7, 2013
@Pilgrimnow @tferriss it really does work. I’ve dropped 27lbs since december.
— Richard Felix (@rfelix) February 12, 2013
@tferriss Gained 20 pounds of muscle in 2 months with Occam's Protocol – went from 12 to 9% body fat as well 😀
— Dan Frenette (@DanRFrenette) February 12, 2013
Dropped 10 lbs in 11 days. Thank you @tferriss and the #4hb. Looking forward to a great cheat day tomorrow.
— Keith Laskey (@Keith_LaskeyGrp) February 1, 2013
@TimSuitsUp I've followed a vegetarian variation of @tferriss slow carb diet I made and lost 20lbs in 6 weeks.
— Tim Conley (@TimConley) January 27, 2013
@chadfowler @tferriss I did the diet around this time last year. I lost ~15lbs in 6-8 weeks. And I'm not a big person.
— 👻 Nick GOTHier 👻 (@ngauthier) January 25, 2013
@tferriss 1.5 kg muscle mass in less than 1 week! Thank you Tim Ferris!
— Peter Broere (@BroereP) January 24, 2013
@tferriss did you hear Joel McHale said he stays in shape using the Slow Carb diet on http://t.co/X6zSlb6o around 0:17:30
— Shawn Grover (@shawngrover) January 23, 2013
@tferriss I'm down 50 lbs on #4HB and my husband has lost 45. Keeping it off w/no prob. #noscam
— Stefanie Sanders 🌊 (@StefanieSand) January 23, 2013
@tferriss I didn't take part in the study, but I am down 50 pounds in less than three months using 4HB.
— Jeff J. Snider (@snidog) January 23, 2013
Read the book "4 Hour Body" by @tferriss I'm down about 45lbs from this summer
— Uncle Dunn (@Dunn_Right) January 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/ryanvantuyl/status/289764648700506113
@4hbapp @tferriss down 6.6 lbs and 1.3% body fat and it's only day 4. #SlowCarbDiet going to WORK!
— Pandalisa Rice (@PacBoyPanda) January 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/rmkinkade/status/289102490811641856
Following a slump over Christmas, I restarted #4HB Sunday morning. Lost 8lb already. Haha! #Winning with @tferriss
— Chris Scott (@ChrisScott83) January 9, 2013
@chwolf @tferriss Slow carbs work. However the best tip I've ever received from @tferriss is Cold Shower Therapy. #Addicted
— Robbin5280 (@Robbin5280) December 19, 2012
https://twitter.com/Tyler_Vin/status/281230221716385794
https://twitter.com/realandyluten/status/292315642432999424
@tferriss I received 4HB a little over a week ago and I already lost 7 pounds I think you just saved my military career, thank you man
— Jonathan Prewett (@Gimmegoodfood) December 11, 2012
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