First of all, I'm fat. Quite fat. Anything I can do to be less so will be a bonus to my health and well being. Secondly, I'm unemployed at the moment. I need a project, and it might as well be a project that helps me be more healthy and vital, rather than seeing if I can watch the entire first season of Glee in one day. I will not be posting my underwear pics on this site, or my weight, nor will I post my total inches or body fat percentage. If I LOSE inches and/or body fat %, and/or pounds, I will post what my losses are. If Tim Ferriss himself would like my stats, I will provide them to him. I was not able to do a super accurate body mass test like he suggests, because I'm broke, so my estimates were garnered from a health web site. Let's just say I'm at a higher body fat % than anyone he highlights in the book. I'm starting slowly, just focusing on the parts of the book that are about fat loss, or the slow-carb methods, and even then, I have not started cold showers or ice baths, or any supplements. I do play tennis 1-2X a week, and often go on walks, but I'm not adding any extra exercise, other than trying some of the suggested exercise on the cheat day in order to facilitate fat intake toward muscle building instead of more fat on the bod.
Some background on why I chose the 4 Hour Body as my method for my experiment: I have tried calorie counting on several occasions. This was doctor prescribed and directed, and it included me tracking (on paper and/or online) my food and caloric intake for many months at a time. I counted every calorie that went in my face, including "cheats" so as to be able to determine which cheats were the worst for me, and which were best, FOR ME. My most recent attempt at losing pounds with calorie counting was August 1-Dec. 19, 2010. I aimed for about 1300 calories per day on that plan (doctor recommended that level) and based on a BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) test that I had done about 2 years before (couldn't afford it again) I was assuming that my BMR is about 2000 calories per day. That is well below average, (consider that I am a large person) but not extremely low. By this calculation, if I was to consume 1300 calories a day in food, I would have a 700 calorie per day deficit. In the logic of diet land, that means about a pound to a pound an a half of weight loss per week, or roughly 6 pounds a month. Much to my dismay, In 4.5 months, I lost about 10 pounds, an average of 2.2 pounds a month. Not a week, but 2.2 pounds A MONTH. Frustrated and angry, I stopped counting calories and went back to eating what I wanted. I gained back 5 of those 10 lbs. between Dec. 19 and Feb. 15, the day I started 4-Hour Body.
Let's see if 4HB can help me?
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