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What was your experience and opinion of Four Hour Body? I've heard recommendations for it, but its marketing speak of "AN UNCOMMON GUIDE TO RAPID FAT-LOSS, INCREDIBLE SEX, AND BECOMING SUPERHUMAN" has always turned me off to it before I started.

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I approached with the attitude if this random dude says I can lose 20 pounds in one month (more weight than I could conceive losing) I was going to do exactly what he said to see if he was right. And I loved it. Anyone I suggested the book to has told me it changed their lives. For me, I went from eating 2 super sized fast food meals a day to lean and local and I think the 4 hour body really helped to re-introduce me to eating correctly more than anything.

Don't let the marketing ruin the book for you. It's a great book, everyone exaggerates a little.

Tim Ferriss is legit. The marketing speed is definitely strong, but there's substance behind it. His four-hour workweek, for example, was showed me how to create a successful business I enjoy (and work more than four hours on).

I don't like the slow carb diet personally, but it's better than what most people are eating, which I think was his goal.

The four hour body is meant to be read in parts, I wouldn't read it cover to cover. Read it with an open mind. If there's something you disagree with or wouldn't want to do, ask why he recommended it, rather than trying to prove it wrong. (Though do try to prove stuff wrong....just not as a knee jerk reaction)

I did 5 weeks on 4HB (only 5 weeks due to my schedule, it's not easy when you have all 3 meals a day out of the house...), and felt fantastic. Circulation in my legs seemed to improve, more energy and lost about a stone in that time.

Regarding circulation in your legs, make sure to walk ~5 minutes for every hour you're sitting. It reverses the negative effects of sitting all day:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140908083748.ht...

I recommend it, but obviously it won't deliver on that type of hyperbole. I'm on month ~3 and I've lost significant weight but more importantly it's a very manageable diet that I expect to stick with.

His book is basically a glorified repost of exercise science and nutrition research, and not all of it is true. Like anything else, it works just fine but obviously fails to meet the hype.

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