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The Secret To Staying Skinny, Discovered In Singapore!

May 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Orchard Christmas Light-Up 2005I had the good fortune of spending the last few days in Singapore. It’s a beautiful place and one which offers inspiration to a host of good ideas. However, for me, the thing I noticed most was how few overweight people I saw. In fact, the whole time I was there, I spotted maybe 1 or 2 overweight people who were not obvious tourists. The fitness expert in me kept wondering; what’s their secret? What are they doing to stay this skinny? We’ve all heard about the French diet or the Med diet, but what about the Singaporean diet? So I paid a bit of attention and this is what I found: [Read more...]

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Troubles On The Way To A Smaller Waist Size: 4 Hour Body Update

May 13, 2011 By 3 Comments
This entry is part 14 of 15 in the series 4 Hour Body Diet

It’s been a few weeks now since I started on this new path with the 4 Hour Body diet by Tim Ferris and I’m having some issues.  The trouble started a few weeks ago when work went from busy to insanely busy!  We have a big board meeting coming up and a big new strategy to work out.  As a result, my workload essentially tripled.  To give you a rough feel for what it’s been like, for the last few days, my days have been meetings from 8am to 6pm and then 3 to 4 hours of doing actual work which I never get to because I’m in meetings all day.  Add to that my wedding preparations (yay!) and a full social plate and my calendar has never been busier.

Somewhere in the middle of all this, my ability to follow Tim’s strict rules went way downhill.  It’s impossible to get a good lunch when you’re having catered lunch meetings every day.  It’s impossible to get a good dinner when your VP of something or other wants to go out and have a working dinner.  It’s impossible to eat well when you’re COO wants to take a visiting customer out to dinner and drinks.  Actually, I suppose I shouldn’t say impossible because it’s not, but it’s much more difficult than it was before this. [Read more...]

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End Of The Experiment And Beginning Of A New Lifestyle

April 5, 2011 By 14 Comments
This entry is part 13 of 15 in the series 4 Hour Body Diet

I’ve been comparing the 4 hour body diet to eating healthy for several weeks now and I’ve come to the end of my experiment.  The end result was 6lbs lost, about a lb a week, but the lessons learned were far more important. [Read more...]

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Movie Review: Fat Head

March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

McDonald's Landmark SignIn 2004, Morgan Spurlock came out with Supersize Me, a documentary in which he ate nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days.  The results were less than good for Spurlock’s health and the movie came to be seen as an indictment of the fast food industry as a whole and McDonald’s specifically.  Fast forward a few years and here comes Tom Naughton with a response to that movie called Fat Head. [Read more...]

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A Story In One Meal: Tim Ferriss 4 Hour Body Diet Vs. Healthy Eating

March 19, 2011 By 4 Comments
This entry is part 11 of 15 in the series 4 Hour Body Diet

I was making dinner the other night when it finally hit me, I knew EXACTLY what the difference was between eating healthy and the Tim Ferriss 4 Hour Body diet.  However, before I let you in on that little secret, I need to fill you in on a bit of background.

My amazingly super awesome fiancé and I moved in together in January, right around the time when I was finishing up my first experiment with the 4 hour body diet, and we’ve been making an effort to cook more meals at home, something we’ve found to be fun and healthy.  Back then, one of my favorite meals to make was a a few shredded pieces of chicken breast, tossed in a pan with a few pieces of chicken sausage and then stir fried with cajun seasoning.  I would then add a bit of fresh greens and maybe some sliced up tomatoes and serve it up hot from the pan!  Yummy! [Read more...]

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Week 1 Results For Eating Healthy Vs. Tim Ferris 4 Hour Body

March 8, 2011 By 3 Comments
This entry is part 10 of 15 in the series 4 Hour Body Diet

Editor’s Note – This is the latest in a multi post series dealing with the 4 Hour Body Diet.  For more information, please check out the rest of the posts.

This is my first week of trying out a healthy eating plan compared to the Tim Ferris 4 hour body diet and I’m happy to say that the initial results are in.  I lost 1.5lbs this week, which is 1.5lbs less than what I lost on an equivalent week on Tim’s diet. [Read more...]

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4 Hour Body Diet vs. Eating Healthy. Winner Takes All. ROUND ONE!!

March 1, 2011 By 2 Comments
This entry is part 9 of 15 in the series 4 Hour Body Diet

I mentioned last week that I was going to experiment with healthy eating versus the Tim Ferriss diet but I think I forgot to clarify what exactly that meant.  Sooo….

Is The 4 Hour Body Healthy

First things first, I don’t believe the 4 hour body eating plan is unhealthy. I think it’s very restrictive but not unhealthy. It basically eliminates all junk from your diet for most of the week and that’s a great thing right there. It will end up with a very high percentage of calories from protein and fat but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, with the exception of the junk you eat on your cheat day, I think the 4 hour body diet is quite healthy. [Read more...]

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