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Bod Pod body composition review

11% Eleven per-freakin’-cent!!! I needed to get that out of the way first.  I’ll come back to it in a minute. My appointment was made for 9:30am.  Upon booking, I was given a few guidelines.  No eat or drink 2 … Continue reading

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Four Hour Body – Week 12 Results

It’s been 12 weeks on the Slow Carb Diet outlined in Tim Ferriss’ New York Times bestseller The 4-Hour Body. I lost 1.6 lbs this week!  I weighed in at 157.2lbs. I’ve lost 20.8 lbs in 12 weeks since starting 4HB. … Continue reading

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Second dry run pack

This morning I did my second dry run pack for our one month trip to South America. For fun, I jumped on the scale with loaded pack and hiking boots.  181.2lbs.  This trip has been a key motivator for me … Continue reading

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Week 9 Results

It’s been 9 weeks on the Slow Carb Diet outlined in Tim Ferriss’ New York Times bestseller The 4-Hour Body. I lost 1.8 lbs this week!  I weighed in at at even 160lbs. I’ve lost 18 lbs in 9 weeks since starting 4HB. … Continue reading

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PB and J (pushups, booze, and jogging)

Push-ups My last exhaustion test for week 6 was 43 consecutive pushups.  Not enough to promote me to the next week.  So I am redoing the week 5 program.  Each week has 3 tiers, bronze, silver and gold.  I did … Continue reading

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Week 8 Results

It’s been 8 weeks on the Slow Carb Diet outlined in Tim Ferriss’ New York Times bestseller The 4-Hour Body. I lost 1.6 lbs this week!  I weighed in at 161.8lbs. I’ve lost 16.2 lbs in 8 weeks since starting 4HB. I had … Continue reading

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3 Month Update

August 2nd marked my 3 month anniversary of weight loss and better health.  I can’t believe it’s already been a quarter of a year.  Time flies!  The progress has been slow, but steady, towards my goal of 12% body fat.  … Continue reading

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Weight Loss affect on Heart Rate

I bike to work most days.  It’s 15.8km (9.8mi).  My bike computer measures, among other things, my heart rate and speed.  For fun I plotted them on a graph.  Workout 1 (on the left) is the most recent, and workout 9 (on the right) … Continue reading

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Slow Carb Diet – Four Hour Body

Car update: A hose disconnected from the coolant pump, drained, and overheated.  Engine auto-shutdown before permanent damage.  Fix: $4 hose clamp.  My wife’s awesome co-worker diagnosed and fixed it in the hospital parking lot; grrrl power! Fast forward 5 weeks: I’ve lost … Continue reading

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