DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! I am a completely untrained amateur and even I think this was a bad idea, but hey, all in the interest of science!
Since about the beginning of this year, I’ve been trying out a new diet called the The 4-Hour Body. You can find more details about it in these posts but to summarize, the 4 hour body diet emphasizes an almost complete elimination of carbs (Tim Ferris, the diet’s originator, calls it the “slow carb” diet), even fruits are not allowed, and a very high emphasis on proteins. It also includes a very interesting item called the cheat day, a single day a week during which you can eat anything you want. I saw some great results on this diet, about 3lbs lost on average per week. [Read more...]


