From the end of March until July, both my girlfriend and I went on Tim Ferriss‘ Slow Carb diet described in his excellent book called “The Four Hour Body“. I’m posting our results here as the diet was very successful for us and I hope this will inspire others!

I started the diet with my first measurements on March 31st and my girlfriend Nanna followed the week after. Notice that Nanna also did waist measurements, which is why her numbers are higher than mine. Also notice that you can find all the numbers in the Excel found at the bottom of this post.

And our weight results – I lost 13,6 kg and Nanna lost 9,4 kg over the course of these 16 weeks.

I’d definitely also recommend taking pictures to follow your progress but don’t do like I did below – take them somewhere where the light source is above you, so you can actually see the contours in the photo. I think the below pictures would have looked much more significant had I done this.

For breakfast, I normally made eggs in the micro wave when I arrived at the office. I mostly added kidney beans and peas.

..and for lunch, a slice of ham with peas, kidney beans, lentils, spinach and whatever else I found interesting.

We’ve now stopped the diet and switched to a healthy way of living/eating and excercising a lot (which we did only in small amounts during the Slow Carb diet). And since we’re now used to a more controlled way of eating, this hasn’t been too hard to switch to.

A couple of notes on the diet in random order…

• It was easy – anyone can do it. When you learn to postpone all the bad stuff until Saturday you’re well on your way and be sure to measure/weigh yourself weekly.
• I have been overweight as long as I can remember! Don’t think you can’t get results if you’ve always been big(ish).
• We had our cheat day on Saturday and weigh-in/measurements on Wednesdays.
• I normally ate the same for breakfast and lunch during the week while Nanna varied for each meal
• We did not stick 100% to the diet but did the best we could (except for a birthday party we attended on a Friday and a skiing holiday/business trips)
• You will clearly see that what you ate before wasn’t good for you. I was never the first to mention when to eat lunch and I definitely ate less than everyone else for breakfast.
• I wish I had more data to see whether the up/down motion of my measurements would be consistent over a longer period of time
• I’ve never been in better shape than now! Running with 14 kg’s less really makes a difference (surprise!) – I run pretty much every day now, fx. http://runkeeper.com/user/LarsHenriksen/activity/46360355
• You will have to/want to spend money on new clothes! I’ve had suits retailored but I have lost too much weight for it to look good.Well, at least belts can get some new holes
• There’s a lot of info about the diet/recipes/4 hour stuff in general – have a look at Four Hour Body Recipes, 4-Hour Life, Slow Carb Foodie etc. (and of course follow Tim’s blog) and search around!
• If anyone have any questions about this, please post them in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them!

You can find all the numbers in this Excel called Diet Measurements. Here are the totals (note that it’s actually quite hard to measure consistently):

If you’re considering starting the diet, good luck! And lastly: Thanks a lot, Tim! Let me know if you drop by Denmark and I’ll buy you a beer (if it’s your cheat day)…