What Happened to the 4-Hour Body?

About 6 months ago I tried following the 4-Hour Body program by Tim Ferriss, and quite frankly it did not work for me.  To be truthful, I honestly believe that the program does work but it was too difficult for me to stick with it.  I was able to follow the program for 2 weeks and lost about 8 lbs, but the lack of variety in the diet made it too difficult for me to stick it out any longer.  The promise of the weekly cheat day was not enough to keep me motiviated.

Over the past few months I've been eating fairly well, but not as good as I should and I've been exercising fairly regularly, but am now ready to kick it up a notch.  I know, I know... this probably sounds like a "New Years Resolution" thing... but I have some additional motivation that I'm hoping will help me stick with it.  During this coming summer (2012) my son and I are planning on thru-hiking the 273-mile Vermont Long Trail (see my Long Trail Blog).  This is an undertaking not to be taken lightly, and I have to be in shape before that trip.

So I'm using the Long Trail hike as motivation to eat better and get in shape.  I will not be following the 4-Hour Body, but will Eat Clean by following the recommendations in Tosca Reno's books.  For exercise I'll be doing P90X.  P90X is an extremely rigourous exercise program.  I've tried it in the past, and managed to stick with it for 4 weeks.  This time I have to complete the entire 13-week program!  The most difficult part of P90X is the time commitment.  It's approximately an hour to an hour and 15 minutes, 7 days a week (day 7 is an optional flexibility routine).

I'm starting today (January 2, 2012) and will try to post to this blog each day.  I have to admit that the blog postings may not be the most interesting things to read, but I've created this blog to publicly commit to completing P90X, and to Eat Clean.  So, please, please, subscribe to this blog, and post some comments to help keep me motivated.

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Steve