Today marks week 10 of my Four Hour Body Slow Carb Diet experiment. If you've read my previous posts you'll already know that I have been sticking to the Slow Carb diet since June, and have been doing the exercise routine in the "Perfect Posterior" 3 times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays as suggested by Tim Ferris after the 3rd week of starting the diet. So it has officially been 7 weeks on the exercise routine. I have also now started my PAGG stack supplementation as of August 8th, 2011 along with a Calcium & Magnesium pill at bedtime, and a B Complex Vitamin at 4PM daily along with the PAGG, also suggested by the author.
Implementing the 3 components separately one at a time I believe has given me accurate data on how each one is performing for me. I have been keeping a detailed meal diary (with photos) of every meal taken in the last 10 weeks, as well as weight, bodyfat, bodymass, and BMI recording. This in conjunction with the circumference US Navy Bodyfat measurement test once a week, I have quite a bit of interesting data on how I have been doing following the Rapid Fat Loss stream of the book.
Before I post my results so far, I have to note which exact supplements I am now taking. Remember I went through weeks 1 through 9 without PAGG, just doing the diet and exercise, with only a Multi Vitamin & Calcium/Magnesium Pill taken 3 times a week to fill any missing gaps from the new diet. I will write about the details on my personal PAGG stack later on.
(NOTE: I have zero affiliation with any of the supplement companies I am using, there is NO hidden agenda whatsoever I want to make that perfectly clear as many people out there are pushing PAGG for commissions which is fine business practice, but leads to very BIASED opinions if your reviewing them!)
Ok here are my results thus far.
Week 10 results:
Weight Loss:
16.8lbs
Inches off Waist:
3
Inches off Hip:
2.0
Inches off Neck:
0.2
TOTAL BODYFAT Lost:
5%
(using the circumference US NAVY Method)
As you can see from the charts above, other then a few spikes, there has been significant loss of total weight and overall BMI. The Body Mass measurements have been erratic however and I take that from the gain/loss of water within my body as well as the nature of the measurements. I am sure if I were to get real body mass tests I would see the same gradual mass gains. How much muscle gain however will only be measured by my progress photos which I will be posting at the end of this experiment. I have taken photos of myself before and at 1 month intervals which I will compile into one photo to show visual example of my progress. I have to admit that I am not very impressed with the muscle gains thus far, and plan to implement some P90X exercise programs into the Four Hour Body workout to create a hybrid of sorts. I however won't be doing that until I finish this experiment fully to show true data.
Next post will be in detail on my PAGG stack! Along with exact costs I accrued and more real-time data so I can analyze the results of taking PAGG as the final step to this personal experiment! I have high hopes for PAGG as a natural supplement plan to take, lets hope the extra investment is worth it!
For now here is a picture showing exactly what products I chose, and the costs.
As you can see other than the Garlic, my PAGG stack is exactly what Tim Ferriss recommends and links to in his book. I have noticed he sometimes changes the links to different products as they become unavailable but as of right now I am accurately taking the Policosanol, Alpha Lipoic Acid, and Green Tea extract according to Tim. My only change was to the Garlic as the quantity I wanted was to match closest to 1 month supply. As most people who are going to try PAGG for the first time as a test will only want to try it for 1 month as it is expensive. (NOTE: Don't buy the Garlic-Gold product that I used, it has a very strong garlic odor and I highly recommend trying a different product. Stick to what Tim Ferriss links to at
fourhourbody.com/garlic if you want to try a safe odor-less garlic)
It's only been less than 2 weeks since starting PAGG, so I will be collecting more data, sticking to the diet and exercise routines within the book as usual, so I can write a more complete review on PAGG and how all 3 aspects worked for me, diet/exercise/supplements.
