I have both of his books in digital format. The 4 hour work week is why I'm a freelance editor. I work less than I did working for someone else and I make much more of the pie and I am happier. Sometimes the months are rough but it's expected and you save for those months.
The 4 hour body is a fun easy read. The foods made sense and the workout portion was interesting. The 15 minute orgasm chapter was a funny read but I agree the 4 hour work week was better.
Unfortunately, the diet stuff really isn't sustainable for much more than a month. However, if you can stick to it, you will lose 15-20lbs (and then gain it all back later like 99% of all diets)
Unfortunately, the diet stuff really isn't sustainable for much more than a month. However, if you can stick to it, you will lose 15-20lbs (and then gain it all back later like 99% of all diets)
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To Sumarize :
Rule #1 : Avoid White Carbohydrates
Rule #2 : Eat the same few meals over and over again
Rule #3 : Don't drink calories
Rule #4 : Don't eat fruit
Rule #5 : Take one day off per week and go nuts
The author lost 100 pounds doing this. Enjoyed this book and 4HWW. Author doesn't work much anymore but sure spends a lot of time on Twitter tweeting his days away. Book is similar to Body For Life in that you get the one free day per week but that day can also cause your body some issues for life imo.
Yep!
The author lost 100 pounds doing this. Enjoyed this book and 4HWW. Author doesn't work much anymore but sure spends a lot of time on Twitter tweeting his days away. Book is similar to Body For Life in that you get the one free day per week but that day can also cause your body some issues for life imo.[/SIZE]
Just released yesterday and I picked it up. I'll let you know how I like it.
Or I will watch his constant tweets or his and other spin off blogs for the coles notes on how to cook beans/lentils/legumes etc. He is down to 1 hour a week
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The book just helped me think about things differently. Time is more valuable than money. Dollars per hour > yearly salary. Experiences > money. Things like that. A real paradigm shift for me.
I quit my dead-end job and started working for myself. I make better money now in 1/4 or 1/3 of the time. I unfortunately didn't choose something that is easily automated, but I have plans and I'm working on them. I want to spend a year abroad and have my business running the whole time I am away.
I'd definitely recommend people read it and pick and choose what they want to take from it. It's one of those books that a lot of people hate on, but it put me on the right path, so...
Might help you decide if it's something you're interested in.
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The problem is in the end it is simple math.
If you want to lose 20 pounds you need to burn off 70,000 more calories than you intake with the corollary that the intake must be at least reasonably balanced to not lead to other problems. Having read more about his diet, it relies on supplements specifically because what he advocates eating won't get you the nutrition you need. The alternative is just eat a balanced diet and have a basic multi-vitamin.
Great you had success and you've kept the weight off but you did it because you did exercise and you did limit your calorie consumption. I don't disagree that some exercises are better than others and you get more bang for your buck. That is fairly obvious (more muslces engaged leads to more calories burnt). But to tell you the truth if you don't do cardio you likely aren't fit or healthy...even if your weight is down. You cardiovascular system needs exercise or it will deteriorate at a faster rate than for someone who does do cardio. The only way to do that is by getting the heart rate ramped up for extended period of times. I was fat and still am, however having done some pretty difficult (for me) cardio for 3 months I now have far better stamina in hockey than all the young whipper snappers who think they are in shape because they are skinny.
Yeah, I've never counted a calorie in my life, so I can't really comment on that sort of thing. I took multi-vitamins, but no other supplements. I did do some exercising, but not much. I think I pretty much agree with you. Whatever works for whoever is cool. I just went from working a physical job to working a non-physical job and put on a couple pounds. Probably also helped that at my heaviest, I probably wasn't even considered overweight. Lost some weight, gained some muscle, looked a lot better.
I'm just a really lazy cat who likes things laid out for me step by step by someone I trust, and that's why this book worked well for me. I also liked the stupid stuff like holding your breath for 3.5 minutes and whatnot. The diet I'm sure is similar to a million other ones, but what helped me a lot was that he tells you to track your progression. Weighing myself daily at the same time, body fat, and weekly photos. The change in the photos was amazing and very motivating. You don't see the difference from day to day, but week to week, month to month is pretty cool.
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On the surface, the book seems like a collection of cliches designed to fool the unhappy into believing they can be be happy.
Yes, like every other "self help" book ever written.
This 4 hour work week gimmick... Once again, what a load of crap. You guys do realize we live in a world where if you are working 4 hours a week, someone else is picking up your slack, right? I hate this so-called creative crowd. They don't actually produce anything. They just create a lot of "buzz" about what they say they can do. I'll take my actual 40 hour work week where I can feel, and see myself actually making a difference over this guy's TED Talk life.
Also, do you really need to read a self-help to figure out how to give a girl an orgasm?
Because FOX sucks, and I clearly have too much time on my hands.
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Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 5-Hour Body? Ted: Yeah, sure, 5-Hour Body. Yeah, the excercise book. Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 4... Hour... Body. Ted: Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going. Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a bookstore, you see 5-Hour Body sittin' there, there's 4-Hour Body right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man? Ted: I would go for the 4. Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 4-Hour Body. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 5-hour folk. Ted: You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that? Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 4 hours, we're gonna send you the extra hour free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B". Ted: That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 3-Hour Body. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses] Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 3! I said 4. Nobody's comin' up with 3. Who works out in 3 hours? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel. Ted: That - good point. Hitchhiker: 4's the key number here. Think about it. 4, man, that's the number. 4 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office. Ted: Why? Hitchhiker: 'Cause you're ####in' fired!
This 4 hour work week gimmick... Once again, what a load of crap. You guys do realize we live in a world where if you are working 4 hours a week, someone else is picking up your slack, right? I hate this so-called creative crowd. They don't actually produce anything. They just create a lot of "buzz" about what they say they can do. I'll take my actual 40 hour work week where I can feel, and see myself actually making a difference over this guy's TED Talk life.
Also, do you really need to read a self-help to figure out how to give a girl an orgasm?
lol this is exactly the kind of comment I'm talking about. People get so worked up over nothing. 4-hour workweek is the title of the book why? TO SELL MORE BOOKS. I think "four hours" was probably mentioned a total of twice the whole book? Since it was a best seller basically it's whole existence, it worked. Yes, the title was a gimmick. And?
Someone else picks up the slack? Not only is that no necessarily true (nor the point of most of the book), but so what? Does your boss work less than you for more money? Probably - that's life. You pick up his slack, someone will pick up yours eventually (except it sounds like you are not into that?).
Again, you seem to take an issue with Ferriss "creative types" and not the book. You think he doesn't see himself "making a difference" in his TED life? lol, dude the guy writes self-help books. He made a difference in my life, so that's one. He donates tons of money, and looks like he's living life how he wants to. Drinks some tea and wears some ####ing ugly shoes. He works many, many more than four hours per week. At one point, he didn't.
If you're happy working 40 hours every week for someone else, that is really cool and I truly am happy for you. It just wasn't for me. I see people working till they're 65 waiting for their pension, and then they can go travel. They can finally live their life when it is 90% over and they are too old to bungee jump. Pretty much my worst nightmare.
I mean, maybe people do need self help to get a woman to orgasm. I don't see how this is a bad thing lol. Are you anti orgasm? Are you some Don Juan that every woman melts at your touch? peter12inches needs only to look at a woman and instantly she shall orgasm. Some dudes dont' know how to make girls orgasm and would like to learn how, and somehow this is a bad thing and they should be mocked for it lol? It is actually pretty funny that someone could hate on this. I mean really, so what? Thank god I was not too cool to google "how to not suck at sex" at one point in my life.
Some people need to learn about clitorises, some people don't. Don't worry about it man, it's all good.
Long post, but I have had three too many glasses of wine and I am feeling a wee bit tipsy. TLDR: 4HWW worked for me! Sorry for the hijack.
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Yep!
To Sumarize :
Rule #1 : Avoid White Carbohydrates
Rule #2 : Eat the same few meals over and over again
Rule #3 : Don't drink calories Rule #4 : Don't eat fruit
Rule #5 : Take one day off per week and go nuts
The author lost 100 pounds doing this. Enjoyed this book and 4HWW. Author doesn't work much anymore but sure spends a lot of time on Twitter tweeting his days away. Book is similar to Body For Life in that you get the one free day per week but that day can also cause your body some issues for life imo.
Ouch, that would be near impossible for me, I was very interested in reading this.
It's quite simple really, he writes to his target audience - the lowest common denominator of people that are obese, lazy, unproductive, feels "overworked" and unfulfilled.
For those people, these books can be inspirational. For people that can find inspiration elsewhere, these books are useless. The "science" is garbage. The concepts are rudimentary at best.
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Time is more valuable than money. Dollars per hour > yearly salary. Experiences > money.
As you can see, most people, especially from the younger generation, already know this. If you're in the Gen Y crowd and don't know this, then these books are for you. For me, I've known this stuff without needing to pay a snake oil salesman since I was very young. The often ridiculed "broke student Europe backpacking trip" is one example where the older generation can't see the "experiences > money" concept, and for those people, I would absolutely recommend this book.
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Did you only do the diet portion or did you do other things in the book. He talks about a reduced exercise regime, but a maximizing of results. Also, what was your wifes take on the sex portion of the book....
We only really tried the weight-loss portion and my wife started doing the kettle-bell exercises. But no, we haven't got the the sex part of the book... yet
I play hockey 2 times per week (at least) and volleyball 1 night a week, I can't really do any less than that, but I'm going to try the kettle-bells at some point soon.
I bought the book last night on my tablet (Google play!). I have a few friends that have done this diet and have had terrific results. I'm looking forward to it.
Meh...$15, so we'll see.
I'll be sure to let you guys know it goes. I'll provide weight and messurements - before and after.
