4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - You Dust Yourself Off and Try Again

Yesterday was the pits. Today I decided to redeem myself with my pole exercises. A shout out to Duke for the pep talk. Thank you! And instead of just going through the motion, I challenge myself to complete a full 10 reps per set. I only did 1 set of each exercises so I can pace myself to finish the entire pole strength routine. It was not easy. Especially after a day's work, I was tired but I wanted to compensate myself after a break down yesterday. Just so I can feel good about myself and that I accomplish something. Wednesday's workouts - Pole Strength Routine Pole Squat - 10 reps 2 sets Pole Plies - 10 reps 2 sets Pole Lunges - 10 reps 1 set Pole Leg Lifts - 10 reps 1 set Pole Single Leg Squats - 10 reps 1 set Pole Hold -...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Plateau & Off the Bandwagon

Today is Day 14. That is 2 weeks into the challenge and I am not doing as well as I should in terms of weight loss or fat loss. I have progressed yes, in terms of food choices and awareness but I cannot claim to be one of those people who can boast a 30 pounds in 30 days kind of weight loss. The last couple of days was tough in terms of diet, I was on a cheat day on Saturday and I was ready for no carbs again on Sunday, however I had a couple of lunch and dinner invitations and that really screws me over. I cannot resist some of the potatoes (and the pasta, and the pizza...) it was tooooo tempting, I just caved. I cannot just have a bite, it lead to two bites and then it was a slice of pizza..and then pasta. I remember telling myself...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 10 (Cheat Day)

As far as this diet goes, I had been pretty good in keeping up refraining from carbs. I try as much as possible not to stray to far from the goal. I have not realized that it was already cheat day today. It wasn't until I went to the supermarket and my fiance asked me if I wanted to have a bag of chips. I love chips but I haven't one since I started this diet. I don't know if my fiance was trying to be supportive or kind or disruptive because he was the one who reminded me of my cheat day today. It was a mix of feelings when I realized it was cheat day. I was secretly happy because I do want those bag of chips so it was very timely to give in to some junk. At the same time, if my fiance hadn't reminded me of my cheat day I probably won't have...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 8 (and 9)

Craving for carbs has been creeping slowly and I find that the more I resist the more I kept thinking about carbs like bread or pasta. So in order not to torture myself I will have a bite of a pc of bread or a spoonful of rice and chew it really slow. It just takes one bite and for the rest of the day I won't think of anymore carbs. This method helps me stick on this challenge more. Fat percentage hasn't dropped since 2 days ago and my meals has a lot more greens than it used to be and I am really happy about that. ...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 7

This is going to be a rather short post. 1 week into the challenge already and...I dont lose significantly a large amount of weight but I am very happy to announce that my fat percentage did drop a little. Yippee! And my meal for the day. This is the first day that I actually feel sick of chicken. It was wings the entire day! I think I'll have myself some nice meat tomorrow. &nb...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 5 (and 6)

After the cheat day, I decided to own up my reality. I still was a little bit apprehensive about finding out my weight so I purchase this fat meter to find out how fat I really am. Percentage wise. At least that will give me an indication if I am improving or not. And its easier to use than a fat caliper. http://tinypic.com/r/1oum4h/6 Shocking. I don't even know how accurate a fat meter is but still, shocking. Half of me is like fats. Eww. True wake up call. The good thing is, this slow carb thing is probably one of the easiest diet I have ever done. I do not feel deprive in any way. Which is a good thing. Here's what I ate the last 2 days. If you see potatoes or fries in there, it goes to my fiance. He has been very happy with the extra food. http://tinypic.com/r/1h59hi/6 http://tinypic.com/r/2q1ywqp/6...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 4 (Cheat Day)

I told myself it was too soon for a cheat day because I only started this challenge 3 days ago. But otherwise, I will have to wait for the next Saturday. Truth be told, I wasn't really craving for anything nor do I feel like I need to stuff my face with food. But I cave anyway, I chose to not have a full cheat day where I can eat anything I want. I just want to have a bite of maybe some fries and some ice cream here and there, it wasn't going to be an all-you-can-eat day kind of cheat day. Pretty much this was how my meals look for the entire day and I cheated with fries on the side.  I have not weigh in myself. I have this phobia that I might have gained weight or have not improve on the scale and if any of those happen I might...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 3

Day 3 was a slight improvement. I managed to have 2 softboiled eggs for breakfast. I love eggs so this was a nice treat. Before I slept the night before, I was already imagining eggs for breakfast which motivates me to wake up earlier in the morning. Food has such a powerful impact on me I suppose.   Lunch was another piece of roasted chicken. I realize I haven't been craving for carbs that much, occasionally I do wish for a bite of potato chips or fries but I thought I would save that for cheat day. For dinner, I had a mix grill of beef and seafood. I really appreciate that my family was supportive enough to have a simple grill dinner without carbs though we do have corn and we use a lot of butter. We also have a large serving...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 2

Another wet morning, which means another late morning which means no breakfast again. I really really really got to have the habit of getting up earlier. Waking up in the wee hours of morning is a real challenge as I am not a morning person at all though I do admire and aspire to be one of those early risers who wakes up do their workouts, eats their breakfast and plan for the day right.   For now, I am just not one of those. And this is not an early morning challenge though I will get to that soon. Not today it seems.   Lunch, is yesterday's chicken. I had half a chicken this time and because the sun was starting to come up I really do not want to walk out in the hot afternoon sun to get food. Also, protein is not cheap except...

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4HR Body Tim Ferris Slow Carb Diet - Day 1

This post is long overdue so today of all days I decided to just get on it.   Here goes, I am doing the 4hr Body no carbs for the next 30 days. I didn’t do any preparation nor was I prepared mentally. I figured if I am going to stick to this kind of eating into a lifestyle then it should be an easy and relatively simple to do. Otherwise, I wouldn’t stick with it.   I woke up late this morning so I had to rush to get to work. Which means, no breakfast.  Tim Ferris suggests having breakfast half hour after you get up. Time which I do not have. So that’s the first mistake I made (actually the fact that I didn’t plan for this means I plan to fail but I am determined to prove that wrong heh.) So no breakfast, I started...

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