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The Slow-Carb Diet™ Cookbooks — Available for 72 Hours 241 Comments
This will be my shortest post to date.
For fun (and karma), I've been quietly working to compile two cookbooks with simple and delicious recipes for The Slow-Carb Diet™.
Now, both volumes are done!
The Slow-Carb Diet™ Cookbook – Volume One
The Slow-Carb Diet™ Cookbook – Volume Two (includes recipes from Vol. 1)
Thanks to full-color printing through Blurb, the books are gorgeous. Volume 1 contains 50+ recipes and is printed in paperback to make it as affordable as possible. Volume 2 contains more than 80 recipes and is only available in hardcover.
They're not inexpensive, but 100% of my proceeds are being donated directly to QuestBridge, which helps put the smartest, low-income students in the US into the best colleges. I don't receive a single penny.
It's a highly leveraged program, and some of the brightest minds in Silicon Valley are advisors. $25,000 covers the cost of financial aid applications for 2,000 low-income high school students!
I hope you love the cookbooks. The goal is to make The Slow-Carb Diet™ more effective and fun for you, all while changing the lives of 1,000s of students. As a test, these books are available for the next 72 hours only, ending Tuesday, March 22, at 6pm PST.
Enormous thanks to all of the contributors, including chefs, foodies, successful readers, and friends like Mark Sisson, Darya Pino, and Jaden Hair.
Rock on.
(For those interested, I plan on posting further updates on the official blog of The Slow-Carb Diet)
P.S. Would you like to have your recipe in the next printing, with full credit and link to the website of your choice? If so, please click here! Also, Learn more about the slow carb diet in my upcoming book.
Posted on March 19th, 2011
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Any chance at a giveaway on these??
Afraid not for now. That would defeat the purpose of the fundraising. I do, however, understand that they're too expensive for many people, so no hard feelings if you can't do it.
Hey Tim, an e-book version would be killer. Perhaps a good low cost option.
Hope you're well.
Tim, I LOVE your book. However, I'M disappointed in my weight loss after 3 weeks being faithful, I'm down 2 lbs. I'd buy the cookbook, but why, if it isn't working. I had my Walt read the diet chapter & he said I was following the directions. I'm 72 and not very active; sew a lot therefore sitting a lot. I take 9 minutes (3-min. egg timer 3 turns) cold showers. Could someone suggest what I may be doing wrong? I've lost over 100 lbs by lap band but don't want anymore fills. I gained 18 lbs during the holidays and want to take it off; my size 8 clothes don't fit. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!
Just ordered mine … can't wait!
I'm very involved in many non-profits … glad to see you are 'paying it forward'! -
Tim, referring to your chapter on "reversing permanent injuries"
That chapter is awesome, you've really done everything! However If you update it i have 1 thing to add! Research "Core stability movement patterns"
I had 2 chronic (2 years) pains in my left rhomboid and left external oblique. I tried most of the things in your book. Finally, After 2 years, 1 thing saved me. I had a P.T. I was working with go to a golf seminar (PTI) and Gray Cook and his team created this in the last 2 years or so.
1 of these exercises is the gayest exercise i've ever seen. The other is "Rolling." This is the one that got my life back!!! It should be in your book. Here's a link-
You make me feel obligated to live, please contact me with your opinion, Thanks,Matt
Thanks so much, Matt! I'll check it out tonight.
@Bonnie Edmonds, if you want an answer to your question your better off posting in the forums instead of the blog, you can find the link for the forum under the resources tab of the menu.
Is chicken liver allowed on the slow-carb diet? This has always been my preference over the other meats listed. Just chicken liver and fish.
I've cut it for the time because I believe in sticking to the plan, but could you enlighten me further?
I have followed your book for 6 months. I am 54 years old. I would like some support. The first 4 months I just followed the program exactly not worrying about amounts of the allowed food. Then I added additional trainings. I am doing 3 circuit training days, one day of softball, a day of light yoga and a walk or hike. My body is definitely having hormonal stuff.
I don't want to critize your book but I have told many people to read it. I am a ritual person and find most days I eat the same thing as suggested in the book. The program has not worked. I started to measure the beans. Yes I eat beans usually with every meal. In 6 months I have dropped 15 lbs. I do have my cheat day. I take Cissus, green tea and other supplements. I drink the water with lemon when I first wake up and through out the day. Please help!
Are you making adjustments with your book? Do you feel you have made an error? -
Hi Tim,
I have had the opportunity to embrace The Slow Card Diet, perhaps with minimum success. I am a 44 year young female 5'6, weight 132, 23% body fat with a goal of losing the last 5-7 pounds.Tim, I just received my cholesterol results that are alarming to say the least as there is a significant spike in my results: Oct. 2011 Total was 206, HDL 70, LDL 132…Oct.2012 Total 266, HDL 86 and LDL 166. These statistics appear to potentially be linked to the excess lean meat consummation.
Do you have any recommendation as to methods to lower my cholesterol; I would rather not take medication.
Thank you,
Linda J. -
where can i buy the book to see them online? I can´t find them printed in my country (guatemala). thank you!
Hi Tim
Can I use peanut butter instead of almond butter that you recommend in your book before meals?
I'm sure it's a great charity, but like many folks today, i don't have a spare $10,000 to spend on a cookbook. Any plans on selling a version for non-billionaires?
This looks so cool. But on the Blurb site, the preview for Volume 1 and the preview for Volume 2 are exactly the same. Also why is Volume 2 twice the price?
We wanted to make Volume 1 as affordable as possible, which is why it's in paperback. Volume 2 contains 30+ recipes, in addition to all the recipes from the first volume.
Do they contain 2 completely different sets of recipes? Or is Volume 2 equal to Volume 1 plus an additional 30 recipes? I ask because the book previews show the same recipes in both books.
Sounds great! One question though, how many vegetarian recipes are in the cookbook?
Just had a peek at the books, why are some recipes repeated? Also curious why one is softback and the other hardback?
Some interesting and great sounding recipes
Hi. book 1 = 50 recipes and is in paperback. this makes it the cheaper option of £20.
Book 2 = 80 recipes (50 from book one, plus 30 more) and is in hardback. this makes it the premium edition, and so is almost twice the price at £36.
Are these going to be eventually available in electronic format? I'm trying to buy all my books there to cut down on clutter
I would love this in that format too.
Mainly because im in brazil, so its a lot easier for me to get a copy.
Do all of these recipes have the required amount of protein?
Thanks for this great resource Tim. I lost 12 pounds in 3 weeks on the Slow-Carb Diet after 18 months of continuous weight gain.
This diet is a winner, and the inclusion of beans and lentils make it much more manageable than the other (still very good) "Primal" diets out there.
I'm going to follow up on Josh's question though – will you release this in eBook/PDF format for us technogeeks?
Hi Sheraan (and all asking about ebooks),
No plan at the moment for ebook format, but I understand that makes it hard for some of you.
I'll explain the reasons another time (they're not all ridiculous), and my apologies for the inconvenience.
I just got the 4 HB book for my hubby and myself. You mention wine and beer. What about vodka? I drink vodka with club soda and a fresh lime squeezed in. Is this only for a cheet day?
Is Volume 1 a Subset of Volume 2 (like it seems..) ?
Searching through the previews it seems there are duplicate recipes in each volume. "Eggs that taste as good as bacon" appears in both. One volume has 50 and the other 80. Is one a larger compendium that includes the other?
Correct, Ed. Volume 2 contains all the recipes from the first volume, plus an additional 30.
I recently went on a gluten-free diet after I found out that I had an allergy. As a result, I have lost weight, especially around the mid-section.
On the sale site does economy postage mean surface mail?
Why is Volume 1 softcover, and Volume 2 hardcover, with no apparent options for alternatives for either volume?
Tim is a friggin GENIUS! He makes you anticipate what his next project will be and he NEVER disappoints. He is like Bradley Cooper in 'Limitless'… go see it…you'll agree.
Awesome! Thanks for allowing us the opportunity to help these students! (Trust me, I'm a scholarship kid that wouldn't have made it through college without the help of beautiful spirits who cared for the future!)
Oh, and the recipes are going to be awesome too
Dear Tim,
I realize you probably won't read this directly, but I just wanted to say as a Questbridge award recipient and big fan of yours, this is really cool. Thank you for doing something to make a real positive difference in the world.-
Thank you for your comment, Colin! I'm VERY excited about QuestBridge. This is a starting point, but I hope to do much more.
All the best,
Hi Tim,
Colin is my son. The second Questbridge recipient in the family. Colin is helping me with the slow carb diet. He bought your book. I have lost 5 lbs but have stopped there and gain a little after my cheat days. I am 5'4″ and 136 lbs. I am petite, just trying to loose the tummy fat. How do I know if it is fat or just lack of muscle. I have had 5 children. Also, with my cheat days I feel like crap. I think I am allergic to the white foods. They make my heart race and I don't feel good. I am starting to not want to do the cheat days but my son tells me I have to because I am a woman. Thank you so much for helping Questbridge. It is a wonderful organization!!-
Hi Vickie,
It's possible to do "cheat" day by just eating more of your usual foods, or by consuming yams, sweet potatoes, quinoa, etc. instead of junk food or processed food. I suggest trying that.
Best of luck and thank you for the kind comment!
I'm currently doing "The Last Mile", question: should the pAGG stack be included on this one to?
awesome stuff, just saying… I want to see Tim Ferriss do this next ( since I can not post URLs just look up on youtube "First man in space – Sky Diving from the Edge of the World" we all know Tim could do it, capture with state of the art cameras and thus produce quite possibly the greatest film and then tell people what its like to travel over 600 miles per hour through the atmosphere and what it is like to fall for 14 minutes.
I know this is does not appear to be related to the Slow-Carb Diet Cookbooks… or is it?
It is related because it is awesome and so is your products.
Alright, I am off here. I think I am just saying some silly things because I am in the transition period doing the uberman sleep schedule.
How about color correcting yellow toned photo under "Outsource Your Life". Notice it's been off-color for over a year. Can't one of your virtuals handle that? Good luck on all the Ferris Industries endeavors.
But… if the "cheap" version have almost half the recipes and costs almost half the price… ahn… is it REALLY cheap?
I am curious about the charity aspect, specifically: "$25,000 covers the cost of financial aid applications for 2,000 low-income high school students!" What exactly does that mean? My first thought is that they are being helped to fill out an application. I don't it isn't this specifically, I just don't like how most of these things work, nothing against this effort. If I wanted to put together a sort of scholarship, I wonder what it would entail.
Hi Dustin,
The problem is getting those qualified kids to apply to good schools. Those hard-working and intelligent students are out there (a lot of them), but they often lack the familial and social support that would encourage them to apply to the best schools.
Among many other things, QuestBridge organizes competitions with prizes to incentivize kids to fill out an application, which can then be submitted to many schools at once. Quite clever, and it works.
Hope that helps,
Thanks Tim. Even with all of the emphasis on education and college, I guess there still is a gap on the opportunities available for some students. My wife's nieces, for instance, did not think that they would be able to afford school because of what their mother told them, but considering that there are four of them, they should be able to get a decent amount of assistance.
Why 72 hours Tim. Esp. if it's not a 'special offer'?
i.e. so we take action.
I see a lot of potential confusion with the titles Tim & Charlie.
Perhaps a better naming convention would have been:The Slow-Carb Diet™ Cookbook – Volume One
The Slow-Carb Diet™ Cookbook – Volume Two (inc. Vol. One)or… Just:
The Slow-Carb Diet™ Cookbook
The Slow-Carb Diet™ Cookbook EXPANDED!-
Hi Matt,
Great call. I'll make this edit now. Sorry for the confusion!
You're welcome Tim.
(* blushes * like a 12 year old girl. Tim Ferriss took MY advice. Sweeeeet. )
Just received my cookbooks. Unfortunately I did not read that volume 1 & volume 2 were almost identical except for price & cover. While I know it was for charity I felt alittle disappointed and lighter in the wallet. Maybe I'll turn someone else on to 4HB and give them the cookbook.
Sounds neat!
But didn't you say you didn't like cooking in the book?
I usually just try to do typical recipes and eliminate, or substitute what is not a "slow carb" for one that is. That way you can have all your favorite foods, just substitute out the pieces you're not supposed to eat with better ones!
No electronic version? I don't mind paying the hardcover amount, for a good cause, but my iPad is my cookbook! Apologies if I missed it…but really, is there no ebook option?
Thanks for all you do!
So…any chance either, or both, will be available as an eBook download so I can view it on my iPad rather than a physical book?
Thanks for all of the great information in your book, "4-hour Body". I am just recovering from cancer surgery and it was a wake-up call to start taking better care of myself instead of everybody else. I will reccommend your books to all of my friends and hope that this cookbook will remain available again for all of us who just can't do it right now. I am sure that the recipes are wonderful and helpful just like the rest of your information. Thanks again, Tim. An admiring fan.
Thank you for the kind comment, Toni. As it relates to cancer (though this is not medical advice), I'd highly suggest you take a look at Dr. William Li and this tea blend:
http://www.harney.com/angiogenesisblend.aspAll the best,
$30+ for a cookbook is a ripoff! Learn to use a web browser people!
Its for charity….
Just bought mine, Tim, this makes my cookbook library complete! Down nearly 40 pounds so far, another 10 to go… Thanks for all you do!
Hi Tim,
Just wondering if Volume 1′s recipes are the same as the soft copy giveaway during your pre-order 4hw promotion back in December? (I was given a link to download the slow carb cook book back then)
You need a RSS feed on your slowcarb blog.
Hi Susan,
The RSS feed for the slowcarb wordpress site is available here: http://slowcarb.wordpress.com/feed/rss/
Got Vol 1 – thanks Tim and Charlie!
P.S. it's not being handled by Barnes & Noble is it???
Hahaha… no Barnes and Noble this time. They had their shot at fulfillment.
Have a great weekend!
I was hoping for a DVD. Why? Because I am so dangerous (started a fire in my apartment by mistake) and inept at cooking that basics are Russian Roulette.
I bought 4-Hour Body, started it January 1, and stuck with it religiously for over five weeks (exercise, too). Lost less than five pounds. Seriously disappointed.
Actually — finally — went to the doctor Thursday to see if there isn't something wrong. (My history is long and in the post in my signature link, if interested.) He did say the initial tests showed insulin resistance — they are running other tests this week. But I would think that the 4HB diet would be even better than Paleo for insulin resistance.
Anyone in a similar circumstance find a way to kick the body into gear?
I was on this diet about 7 years ago in 2004. It's actually a weight loss plan for morbidly obese patients awaiting heart surgery, that happens to work great for sugar fiends such as myself I had at the same issue of not losing weight. My naturopath told me to do cardio exercise for 30 min 3x/week and that helped my system understand what to do. Also, I was on a host of supplements Floradix for Bs and Fe, digestive enzymes, chlorophyll etc
Grapefruit in the morning might help as well if you saw Tim's Dr. Oz segment.
Nowadays I'm a lot healthier so as long as I eat the protein in the morning I can basically eat whatever I want though I have cut out fruit and opted for snacking on nuts instead. I've lost about 10 lbs in a couple months, which is good in my book, because I'm not very strict at all like I was and I'm 7 years older lol. I maintain a decent level of activity.
I hope that helps.If not, then the weight may have an emotional trigger. Fat is to protect us from the environment. If we understand that the world is safe and we have the coping skills to deal with whatever is put in front us we can let go of our need to be protected with fat.
In other news, I've never heard of Blurb, but.. wow, what a cool service!
And to Tim, thanks for your tremendous generosity. -
OMG! I started working on a cookbook based on the 4-hour body principles this month for me and my friends. We are all putting the your book to 'work'. They can't cook and I am an Iron Chef Ninja. Give me 4 ingredients and I can come up with 10 minute meals that any urban brutes can make, or dish up gastronomical 'show-off' delights. Collective consciousness at work?
Karmic Kapitalist in action (http://su.pr/2p70nC)
Great book, great cause, great idea.
A girl I met argued over 50c beers and $1 scallops that Bono should just give his riches to charity rather than raise money. But in a single concert he can raise $40 Million for charity. Why not use huge influence for good? Well Done Tim and other contributors.
Travelling and charity 'musing', so will wait till I'm holidaying home to grab a copy, so please make sure it's available after the 72 hour test period to purchase. Will the proceeds still go to Questbridge at that stage?
Also, would like an answer to Aiselade's question if possible.
Can't put a price on the results this diet rapidly promotes. Already ordered, need some new s#it to eat!
When we will have 4hb in Spain?
Tim does it again!
OK – I get the structure of the offer, but have a hard time shelling this much for a cookbook. What about this – I offer to preorder/prepay immediately about half that figure for the ebook when it releases (I am guessing maybe 3-6 months). The funds can still get to charity immediately, ebookheads can get their format (and an offset).
What say?
If you can't afford these books, just look the names that appear in the Table of Contents on google.
Many of these are exactly from recipe websites. eg the Omelet Muffin is from Mark's Daily Apple. They even used the same pictures from the website.
But please do buy the book. The book would be a great collection of recipes in one place and would make a great item on your coffee table.
Nice one Tim. Awesome complement to the 4 hour body! I'm wondering what was your diet in preparation for the RKC course?
Tim, I love you! You are genius. Godspeed and Pura Vida to you!
Hey Tim,
I just perused the cookbook sample and believe I saw cheese, sweet potato, and raisins listed as ingredients in some of the recipes. I didn't think those were allowed on the slow-carb diet. Are they?
Jo, I was just about to say the same. Tim, I think things like this are really important to address as it can add to readers confusion; people will take inclusion of an ingredient in this book as an indication that they are ok to eat, but the examples Jo brought up clearly are not.
Were the recipes reviewed at all before inclusion? I ask because the Chicken & Spinach Dhansak has made it into this new volume unchanged from the free book you released before, despite having turmeric missing from the ingredients, and no mention of spinach within the recipe whatsoever!
These criticisms aside, love the recipes, and think stuff like this is essential for keeping foodies like me on track!
Thanks for your continued efforts Tim.
Nathan- I was the creator and editor of the recipe book. I'm not sure how I failed to notice that the Chicken & Spinach recipe was missing spinach altogether, but I did. That's my mistake.
As for the ingredients that don't mesh with Slow Carb, I omitted them when I thought they'd clearly disrupt the diet. For instance, some people included tons of fruit in recipes they submitted, which I removed. But cheese is listed in the book a few times as "optional." In future editions, for clarity, I'll have to eliminate 100% of these ingredients to avoid confusion.
- Charlie
Great idea! This is like perfect timing for me. I'm down 49 lbs and 12 inches dice 12/20/10. I've also got 11 friends on the SCD.
Thanks for the book again, thanks for the tweet, and thanks for the new lifestyle.
And now I am anticipating sow variety in the kitchen! Cool!
I am looking for ideas, trying to " engineer my muse " I am dedicated to the slow-carb diet and am very creative with my own recipes, I am told my creations are fantastic! Does anyone have ideas how I can create a muse with my chef skills?
Hey Tim,
The cookbooks look fantastic! And I love that you're donating to such a worthy cause. I just have one humble suggestion. In 4HWW, you recommend that people check their email only once a week. But if they do, then some of your most dedicated fans will miss out on this offer. I think it would be wonderful if all of your special offers lasted one week, instead of just 3 days. Not sure if I'm the first to make this suggestion. Just a thought. Keep being awesome!
Hi Tim, awesome book. I got an ebook from you with some recipes, I forgot the name of that one but I tried couple recopies and need to open it up again.
Regarding the new blog, is there a way to email subscribe? I don't have an RSS reader or any of that fancy stuff. I like email updates. -
This will teach me to check out your blog once in a while. I almost missed it! My Volume 2 is on its way to the printers. Yay! I've read the book between surfs in Costa Rica, meaning: it must've been good, and starting to follow it properly tomorrow. Can't wait!
Why do you have a section for entrees and none for mains? Isn't an entree a smaller meal before you eat your main meal?
Will wrote: "Why do you have a section for entrees and none for mains? Isn't an entree a smaller meal before you eat your main meal?"Will, in (most) of the US, the word entree seems to have lost its true meaning (the small dish before the main meal) and now usually implies the main meal. (The reason for this strangeness is explained nicely in the Wikipedia article below)
The US uses 'first course', 'appetizer' or 'starter' instead of entrée, and the UK uses 'starter' (unless you're in a VERY good restaurant, then it's entrée). In Australia – a true multicultural nation with 'proper' multicultural food to match – as well as kick-arse coffee (let the flames begin!) we use it as the French do, to indicate a small dish before the main course.
Hope this helps,
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrée
Oh dilemma and a deadline! How cruel – so what have I gone for? I really don't want buyers remorse so I went for the full thing! I'm sure it's going to be tasty!
With this and Mark Sissons new Quick Cookbook I hope I'll have plenty of ideas.
Really exciting!
Hey Tim, will you post the background and results for your 72 marketing test? Interested to see what you are looking to find out.
Totally unrelated – have you done your ultra yet?
Are you no longer accepting Slow Carb Recipes? I have a GREAT, high-protein 3 minute snack that I would love to share with everyone…
I just tried to submit it and it said the form is no longer accepting uploads…
Jena -
Thanks Tim. I've known for decades that I need to be low carb. I didn't have words for it, just knew I didn't need many carbohydrates and felt good when I listened to that. This was before I got my nutrition degree(s) & while the food guide pyramid rolled out across the nation.
Now I teach my Acupuncture & Acupressure patients about this, but they often need resources for recipes, etc. I can only do so much. I'll recommend your books as they look helpful and I'm a fan of veggies for breakfast! It can only get better from there, yes?
Kara Sorensen
Tim, you're recipe submission form doesn't seem to be working. So here is a cracking, simple recipe to share. pm me for a photo for your next book if you like!
Dead Quick Stir Fry
This is a real quick stir fry, with loads of flavour from just a few simple ingredients. I find myself making this at least twice a week in some form!
King Prawns
Pepper (yellow or red)
chilli (fresh or puree
ginger (fresh or puree)
garlic (fresh or puree)
lemon juice (fresh or from a bottle)
mixed salad leaves (suggest spinach, watercress and rocket)
balsamic vinegar/ EV olive oil dressing
refried beans
salsa1. Chop the vegetables into strips
2 Heat up a wok with a little grapeseed oil in it.
3. Add onions and stirfry for a minute
4. Add prawns, then the chilli, garlic, ginger and lemon juice. stirfry for another couple of minutes
5. Add the rest of the veg and give a good stir (or flip if you're nimble enought!). continue doing this frequently for about five minutes.
6. At the same time, prepare a bed of salad leaves on a plate, and drizzle some balsamic/oliveoil dressing over it. Microwave/heat the refried beans, and add a spoon (or two) of it plus guacamole and salsa onto your plate.
7. Once the stirfry is cooked thoroughly, spoon over the top of the salad
8. Enjoy!Any of the meat or veg can be substituted with your favourites, keeping the rest the same to create a very different dish… eg
Strips of beef with onions, mini corn cobs and corgette (Zucchini)
Chicken with onions, Mangetout, Pak choi.if you're not a fan of refried beans, then adding tinned beans either to the stirfry, or as a side is great too.
active time 7mins
total time 10mins-
Paul- Thanks for the great recipe! The form is working again, so if you have any more recipes, please submit them through there.
- Charlie
They should not be called volume one and volume two. The names imply two sets of different content. The second book should be called "The Slow Carb Diet: Expanded Edition"
something like that. Or else your are going to get some people P.O.d who decide to buy both volumes and find out they only needed to buy one (not everyone who buys them will read this blog post right)?
Tim –
I am ready to order. Just would like to know what % of recipes in the big cookbook are vegetarian or come with recommendations to substitute meat for a non-animal based protein.Congratulations on this and also excited to learn about QuestBridge.
Hi Tim,
I tried to contact you through Amy which didn't really work out…
I just wanted to ask you to take a quick look at my german Blog. I posted the link of the blog in my username.
I would really look foreward to a short response via email. Tell me if you like it or what I could improve.
Thanks a bunch
Malte -
I tried to Chaunk it with you Tim but alas the form didn't like me…oh well just email me if you want to know how to make the most amazing beans, lentils, dal ever in less than 10 minutes and if you have four burners on your stove, four ways, if not well C'est la Vie!
Hi Tim,
I'm a supporter of all your published work so far but even if I don't need to lose weight (gain more muscle perhaps) would this book still be for someone like me?Thanks,
PS, I gave out signed copies of 4HB at Christmas parties this past year and they were a huge hit, everyone loved them!
I'm glad I made a visit to your blog yesterday and found those books. To be honest I'm a cookbook fiend, especially for low carb/primal type recipes. I bought the second one since well it has the first book included as well. It was a bit hard to pay $56 or so for it, but I'm sure it's worth it. Glad it's in hardcover too, it just feels more like a cookbook when it's a hardcover. Would have been great as an ebook too though, I think you'd get much more sales that way. Oh well, hopefully I'll have the book in my hands within the week. Thanks!
Everything looks amazing. My diet is so plain when following the Paleo guidelines. This will definitely help mix things up. Thanks!
Hi Tim,
I LOVE that you are donating the proceeds to encourage kids to continue onto higher education! It's a story I know too well as my parents, who are from HK, didn't attend high school due to the fact that they had to go work full time to help support their families. After they came to the US & I was born, financially it was a struggle for them & to be honest, college was the last thing on my mind when I was in high school. I was actually thinking about where I should apply for a job after graduation to help my parents, partly because it was an unspoken given (ironically, continuing the tradition I suppose).
Luckily, I had counselors who stepped in & helped me apply to various programs, so that I would have the opportunity to attend college (a scary prospect, since I wasn't in that mindset at all). That being said, college opened up a whole new wonderful world of learning & opportunities (studying abroad in England for a year, backpacking through Europe, etc.) and I realize these experiences that served to expand my world, never would have happened without help.
I am eternally grateful to all of those teachers & counselors who saw that I had more potential than I saw in myself at the time and wanted to say how wonderful it is that you are doing this, because sometimes a bit of outside intervention is needed to help you see what you never realized possible.
Just thought I'd share. Keep up the great work that you do and keep building up those karmic points!
Hey Tim,
Would love to send you my recipe. Dropped 2% body fat in 3 weeks eating the stuff. The form is no longer accepting any uploads though. Where can I send it?
James R Taylor
Hi James- I have no idea why the form wasn't working, but it should be accepting submissions now. Please try again!
- Charlie
Thanks for the reply Charlie. It seems if you enter too much text in the yield field you might get a non descriptive error that says the form is not accepting any more uploads.
Figured this out and submitted the form successfully. Thanks!
Didn't fine another way to ask question, so I'll try here
I'm 5′ 7 1/4″ (171 ?m), 146 lbs (65.5 kg), white woman, 32 years old. I need to loose 6 lbs. Two weeks of slow-carb diet (exactly as described in book) give me absolutely zero effect. From this morning I started "Last mile" from Tim. Hope it can help. But… I'am absolutely shocked by size of portions. 4 ounces of chicken or fish – it's tooo much for me six time a day. And I caunted one meal as 400 kkal. It means I'll have smth like 2400 kkal per day? My normal amount is smth like 1500… So I'm little bit scary. But I try it till next week.
I just don't know – may be this high protein diet is for bodybuilers only?!
Tim I would like to see a slow carb restaurant open up. prob be the healthiest restaurant in any city!
my question is if I am working out everyday, doing one-two body part/s per day (ie biceps and wrist,) and not more than 5 exercises at 2 sets each part and doing 6min HIIT (30 secs at 6 speed and 30 secs at 15 speed), am I doing too much?
i have seen good improvements and my body fat is at 15% and while my weight hasnt dropped (1.75 cm and 75kg), my chest, biceps all have more definition.
FDar a high protein diet is what you'll usually find in a low carb eating. It keeps you full longer and it's better for you in general. It's not a "bodybuilder" diet, everyone needs protein. You'll realize how much easier it is to maintain a lean figure if you eat the proper amount of protein. When you eat low carb you have to eat high protein and high fat, which is better for you anyways, in order to have the energy. If you drop carbs, fat will go up. If you drop the fat, then carbs usually go up. They're sources of energy.
Hi Tim,
Sorry you must tire of always going back to 4hr body stuff….
I am on my second stint of slow carb, I did 4 weeks (no supplements), had a week off (I say week off, I still ate ok avoided many carbs that I used to eat and didnt do a binge day). This 4 weeks I am trying it with the PAGG stack, just to see…
I am sticking pretty religiously only had 1 little wobble consisting of a bottle of wine and then some chocolate…sorry!
Weight loss has been good, first stint 98.4 – 93.2, I am currently 91.8 after first binge day of second stint, aiming for 85ish.
My question really is I don't seem to be going down much in body fat percentage as measured by my scales (every morning at the same time as soon as I wake up…I started around 31% and this morning I was about 30% (after 5 weeks of the diet). Am I expecting too much?
Cheers, I enjoy your writing style and while I am still sceptical of what's going on it's pretty interesting to try.
This website generates a list of recipes from a list of ingredients to include or exclude.
Does anyone know of others like this?
Brilliant! Loved (and starting to live) the 4 hour workweek, just about to kick myself into shape with the 4 hour body – perfect timing, I've got a fridge full of veg, and was wondering what on earth to do with it…
Thanks Tim, your books have serious life-changing potential!
I JUST finished reading the section on slow-carb from your book. I've been doing low-carb for about 3 months now and this sounds far easier to follow (and less bathroom runs). These recipes will help a lot as I've been trying to figure out how can I use this diet with P90X. Thanks Tim!
The omelet muffin sounds kind of good, a little bit different but that's the idea. I agree with the comments about the digital format, would be much better for myself and I'm sure others. Looks great though, Tim.
Just bought my copy! Excited to try some new recipes and also to help support QuestBridge.
I'm sure the cookbooks are great & it's certainly a worthy cause – just not crazy about the idea that the people who will benefit probably couldn't afford the books.
Let's be careful not to make good health & nutritional information "elitist" but open to all.
Tom, I applaud your caring spirit, but I think you miss two mighty big points:
(1) In almost EVERY case, the beneficiaries of this form of fund-raising (i.e. "a proportion of profits will be donated to blah blah blah") cannot afford the book/product/meal/event/raffle which is being used to raise the funds and promote the cause. That's the point. Those who CAN support those who CAN'T. Nothing elitist about it!
(I for one don't want to raise money for someone who can AFFORD lifestyle books! esp. in Australia, where I live, where books are often more than twice as expensive as they are in the USA).
(2) The programme Tim is supporting will give these students a chance at a better life, and a better income. And they in turn, will (hopefully) partake in fund-raising events just like this, and help others less fortunate than them! It's a circle of kindness. Cool!AND LET'S NOT FORGET….. this isn't even a "proportion of profits" fund-raiser. Tim is donating ALL THE PROCEEDS. As Tim said: "I don't receive a single penny."
If that's elitist, then I want to be an elitist scumbag of the highest order.
PS: I can't afford this book, but have encouraged others to buy it.
Why can't I afford it? because I gave up everything – job, girlfriend, friends, work contacts, belongings – to rush back to Aus from Scotland to be my Mum's carer during her difficult, final 6 months battling lung-cancer, and I've struggled to rebuild my life since Mum died. But people, not unlike Tim, have helped me along the way, and made it just that little bit easier through generosity of spirit, time, and money. We need more Tims and less petty fear of abstract nonsense.
Hi Tim,
I've been following the diet for 3 weeks now, and I've … gained weight! About 5 pounds (I started at 125 pounds and am 5'4.) I usually have peas, beans and turkey/egg for breakfast, mexican food for lunch (with no rice, tortilla nor cheese), and about the same thing for dinner. I snack on almonds (just a handful of them), and exercise at least 3 times a week. For my cheat day, I have bread in the morning, some ice cream in the afternoon, and pizza for dinner. Never really went crazy.
I wouldn't mind the weight gain if I could associate eat to muscle gain, but it's not the case: I can definitively tell I'm getting heavier ….
Could it be because I drink diet soft drinks?
I'm getting really frustated and upset.Any comment will be greatly appreciated!
You didn't say your age, so that could be the case. I am 53 and I just look at food and gain weight. Something to do with estrogen and the thyroid blah blah. Anyway, this is what I discovered.Yes, only drink one diet drink a day, I cut mine with Perrier so it lasts longer and isn't so sweet. You have to take a good vitamin, it's a woman thing, seriously it really helps. I have to measure. I know. It would be nice to be like Tim, that athletic monster, but we have the wrong equipment. We like to keep fat. And get a kettleball. I have days when I'd like to heave that sucker at my husband who loses weight lifting a paperclip but what can you do, again the damn hormones. 1/3 a cup of beans is considered a serving, so you could have 2/3 at breakfast and lunch and probably be OK. Dinner is really iffy for me. If I eat beans, dal or whatever I eat 1/3 only. If I am stuck I eat none. I track everything like a weirdo, or Tim haha. But it helps because I can see what happens. Did you measure? I gained weight but lost inches first month. At 53 I feel very excited to lose 4-5 lbs a month-ARGH! My husband drops 20 and he is older.So not fair. We excercise like nuts and do not have crazy DGW days…it's not fair but we do get to have babies and wear pink and purple eyeshadow…hope this helps- hang in there do not give up, our bodies are different! SLOW carb is good- and slow haha.
Yes – often so much harder for women to loose weight. In past 30 days I have been working out hard and consistently. While have lost ZERO pounds, I have lost 3 1/2 inches off my waist – and similar losses on other body measurements. So figure there are body composition changes going on.
Hi Gina and Liz,
Thank you for your input! I'm 30 yo, and exercise regurlarly. Since starting the diet, I also included the use of a kettle bell (of 20 or 25 pounds, 3 times a week). I try to eat enough calories every day to keep my metabolism high, and also because I feel that otherwise the 4HB will only be a normal low calorie diet …
I wish I had lost inches or body fat % but it's not the case …
I'll try to limit the diet drinks to one a day or none. I'll give another week, and if there's still no change for the better, I'll just conclude the slow carb diet doesn't work for me. So upsetting when some of my friends lost so much weight on it!!!
This is a great idea! I actually thought you were not really interested in cooking and good food Tim…(looking at your slow carb breakfast on youtube…) funny, to see how you always and again create something new. I love the not-for-own-profit approach as well.
I will post this on my German blog on the 4-hour body as a way to do two things: learn to cook slow-carb and improving English. -
Why is the cost of these cookbooks so high?
I am a 59 year old man, not particularly out of shape, but I was heavier than I wanted to be. I have been working the 4 Hour Body for 8 weeks and I have gone from 194 to 173 and I LOVE it!
The question is "What's Next?". What is the maintenance plan to maintain the weight I am, still eat well, but not as regimented as on the plan.
Thanks Tim. Glad to help and lose weight at the same time. I bought 2 of each due to confusion of labels or impatience by too frequent web purchaser. Hopefully, two is better than one for the kids. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is great! I just started reading the 4 Hour Body. This will be a nice addition to the book, finding good recipes can be a pain in the ass.
I tried to submit my Chaunk recipe tips but alas I was rejected. Seriously I can make like 5 types of dal to die for in 30 minutes or less that last you all week…and are delicious. Chaunk is where it's at! I hope you honor the Chaunk in your cookbooks! If not, well, I'll have to gather the will to try again..but I have Punjab , Madras, Guilty Gringo etc. recipes that are lovely…
I am off to Costa Rica to have a medical tourist vacay,thanks to my husband who lost a tooth!(a front one) . You inspired us! Muchissimas Gracias!!
On the last video I saw with you and Kevin Rose you seemed interested in the possibility of making money from iphone/ipad apps. This cookbook seems like an excellent opportunity for an app, and perhaps add some how-to videos.
Just ordered mine…and five of MY recipes are in it! So excited~ thanks for the opportunity Tim.
Thank YOU for helping put this together, Sommer!
All the best,
Well if one is interested in healthy living and helping others, the buy decision is a no brainer. It's a win win decision.
Riley -
any chance this might get pushed out a little longer. I want to buy this but just can't right this second. thanks!
Hello, I am into the 4 H B diet for my 4th week with not so good success…the weight is absolutely like cement and not getting the hint! I am 51 years old, 2 years into menopause and need to connect with others like me to find out if my stats are like theirs…or what they did differently.
please help me connect with others like me!
Thank you,
I wrote to a gal voicing similar concerns a few posts earlier; but here goes my 2 cents. 53 year one of these days menopausal, pause already! OK we are not like Tim- sniff. But this does not mean we throw the baby out with the bath water! The slow part is dead on based on my experiments of one- we need high protein complex carbs i.e. beans! Why? because they help with the insanity of cortisol gone mad in our besieged menopausal bodies. We need shortcuts because we are probably at the height of our careers juggling the kitchen sink of womens lives, kids, parents, husbands, career, retirement , college, steps, lovers (haha) etc. SO we need a plan we can live with that is slow to digest, not insulin crazy, we need high protein because we are trying to rule the world and we need patience. I measure, I graph, I track, I weigh, I obsess granted, but it works( slowly oh so slowly ) and at this point I have teeny victories. We are not on a "diet" this is how you will eat forever. I have decided to have a love affair with dal, of which there are tons of varieties, spices-no calories there, and my kettleball, I also take a womans supplement that really really helps and I do lots of yoga. 1/3 a cup of beans at each meal is a good start. Add another 1/3 if you are hungry. When a plan says no weighing or measuring my anti authoritarian nature acts like I won the lottery and I will eat TONS- seriously I can eat my husband under the table…so I have to learn what a "normal portion is" and I track every little thing. I also walk an hour a day, ride my bike about an hour to and from yoga and do an hour of yoga and lose about 4-5 lbs a month. Yup. And I friggin kettleball. It's love hate. I hate it but my metabolism loves it…hang in there, we only slow down more. We are fat storage units. Men are fat burners. The Yin and the yang, the dang yang (!) but power to the Yin! Oh and dal may be my husband but asparagus/spinach are my mistresses.
Agree with you Gina. If there is enough interest (and "customer demand") based on blog comments, perhaps next version of Tim's book (or even a mini-Blurb book 'add-on") might include more info on women and hormonal differences that may effect the timing of weight loss. Just have to stick with it – like you say.
@ Patty, Gina & Liz — I'm 30 and cannot (and would not) discount the hormonal issues postmenopausal women encounter when losing weight, but periodic bouts of weight gain from anti-inflammatory/steroid meds have given me a lot of experience with stubborn weight.
From my experience, legumes are useful for staving off fatigue, extreme hunger and ketosis symptoms, but they do limit the rate of weight loss.
If a well-hydrated, non-overtrained person with normal thyroid function is not losing weight eating protein+non-starchy veggies+legumes, then the carbs are the culprit, and I don't think being male or female changes this.
On the other hand, including legumes prevents me from seeing a person eating a bagel and thinking 1) I would gladly murder them if I could eat it without breaking ketosis and 2) I need another nap, during which I could expect lurid dreams about starchy foods. That was a near-daily occurrence on the VLC way of eating I used to lose weight after my first stint on prednisone.
Soup, crock-pot recipes and big batches of stir fry in the fridge/freezer are the only shortcuts I've found for whole-food eating. Precombined foods almost always include a processed corn or soy product.
Best of luck to you!
Since you are publishing this yourself, how about considering a volume III, with only the vegetarian recipes? I'm a vegetarian and I hate buying cookbooks where I know that I won't use 75% of the recipes. But if I could but just the 25% that I could use, I'd be a lot more open to buying new cook books!
Tim – I agree with Sarah (but I did go ahead and buy Volume 2 already). I would be happy to volunteer time to help put together vegetarian and even vegan version cookbooks with you and others if there is demand for such. Thanks again.
If you're getting good results with a veggie/vegan 4HB modification, perhaps you should do your own blog recipe project.
For most people, eggs and lean poultry are absolutely fundamental to carb-restricted ways of eating, and I don't see how a person could comply with the soy and dairy prohibitions on a vegan mod of 4HB. The book's data set is not from a vegetarian/vegan application of these ideas, so it would seem misleading to imply equivalent results.
Liz, could it be the 4 hour Bit-ch? I actually was going to buy that domain but realized it would upset my dog. As for veg/vegan I will do a day or two sans meats when the arthritis gets unbearable, seems to calm things down gives me a meat breather and I push past the plateau for the next 1/4 pound loss….my husband is now down 20 today and I hover around 9 ish. Sigh.
/sigh this is the 2nd time I've come to an American blog to find out about a Canadian site thanks lol
You should have had Colin post about his Questbridge experience. Then launch into the details. I was sad about the headline too
I hoped for something like $1000 for dinner or about $1/recipe? Deciding on the perfect fundraiser for students
Take careS
Just ordered my Copy..
Thanks Tim, For creating another valuable way for us to Donate and yet receive a reward in return.
BTW add me to the "let me know when you have an ebook version" people.
Who the &*$# wants papers books!?! Actually, I wonder how many people are buying the book in paper form simply because there is no "e" option.
(Oh just read that and it sounded angry or something. Totally not the case.)
I already bought my copy, but anyone who can't and is looking for recipes, try any South Beach phase one recipe and omit dairy. Love 4HB, but this diet isn't that revolutionary.
Hi Tim,
Sorry as I have a question that is unrelated to this post, but is relevant to the 4HB. I'm struggling with cervical spine degeneration/herniation as well as stenosis. This is causing spinal cord compression and serve pain in both my shoulders and intermittent numbness in both arms/hands. I've seen 3 spine surgeons and 1 alternative therapy specialist. The surgeons all want to remove 2 of my discs and fuse 3 of my vertebrae together, ultimately eliminating me from most of the activities I enjoy today (in particular brazilian jujitsu). The alternative "non-surgical" therapy specialist tells me "I'm too far gone" for any type of disc rejuvenation therapy. But I refuse to believe this…..I'm still in my mid-thirties!
So my question is did you have any success with biopuncture or prolotherapy for your cervical degeneration issues? I saw that the Egoscue method was listed as a "fix" for cervical issues but I was hoping there was also some injection therapy techniques that also resulted in localized healing.
Thanks so much,
Damn just missed it! I have about 4brazillian ways to cook lentils and am sick of every one of them I'm hoping you have something cool in there for that. I'm sure it sold well and hopefully earned a ton for the fundraiser. It'll be interesting to see how it sold as well just to test the market. Can't wait to buy a copy, party on!!
Hi Tim,
I'm another QuestBridge Scholar who was thrilled to see the scholarship featured on your blog. Both QuestBridge and your blog have been transformative for me: QuestBridge for sending me to Wesleyan University on a full-ride and your blog for laying the foundation of how I work out and use my time. I owe my success to both resources.
If you decide to write more about QuestBridge or your work with education reform, I'd gladly share my own experience with the program. Thank you for this fundraiser. The money really is going toward something worthwhile.
All the best,
Leonid Liu -
Is it just me, or is the book not available on Blurb any more.
Maybe I'm missing something, but it's not showing up in the links, or a search on Blurb.
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I was wondering if you speak to those who are on the road and how to maintain the good eating habits or better yet, suggestions for some of the fast food locations.I live outside of Boston and usually drive 1hr to get to networking events. I'm hitting up several events in one night and find on the drive home I am hungry. Stopping at the rest stop, there's usually a store and McDonald's. I haven't been able to make the healthiest of choices to stay on the slow-carb diet. Can you help a brother out?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Your Ambassador and fan,
Mike Bruny -
Hi Tim (and the world)
This is a bit (more .. ok, ok! … completely :P) off-topic but it's been itching me to give you a hint about this from the first time I've come into contact with you Tim. Your karma-enhancing move here gave me the opportunity to come forth.
Back then when I was 16-ish I came across (through my brother) someone I consider to be my first truly mentor (with Tim being the second) – this man: http://www.lazarevsn.com/ (I couldn't find the English version of the site but since Tim can handle German it's good enough, sorry for you others) and his first two books. Later I managed to get hold of the rest (and he's still writing – Yay!), all twelve. In short – this book changed my life, I'm not talking about the – You Can Be the Man You Always Wanted to Be in 5 Easy Steps. No. He helps people see the Bigger Picture, not just the Big Picture. Most important of all it helped me understand why stuff happens.
I bet you all wondered why is this world the way it is, why some get to be born rich, while others feed on garbage … something seems to be screwed up … really, come on we were supposed to be 'equal' … good deeds have to bring good rewards, good people live and die of old age happy in their beds etc… why is this not happening, is God not doing his 'job'?
However you can understand that, you can learn to see the real going of things and, most importantly you can start to be a better Man. As far as I'm concerned I'm the last man alive to say the above – I literally have it all in my face yet I'm a lazy good for nothing f^^& that doesn't know what is good for him. I hope you all can do a better job than me.
For the record: I'm in no way connected with the man in question. He is no preacher for a spiritual liberation movement, nor an ascended guru from heaven above, he's an ordinary man doing what we should all do: extraordinary things. I don't get any cookies for posting these words (maybe some karma points, hopefully), I'm just trying to be a good citizen of our global village and tell you all what worked for me.
Thank you so much for your time.
PetePS: beware of the trap – reading those books with your rational mind is like using algebra to explain art, you can only go so far with it. Try to feel them with your heart. Works faster and much better
In the new book you say to not eat Navy beans, I would like to know why this is. I am in the Navy and will be stationed overseas, we eat alot of Navy beans in the Navy, how can I get around this. I also think it is not very patriotic of you to disregard Navy beans.
Thanks Lauren for the thoughts. I am very interested in the potential of NSAID usage causing stubborn weight loss. Years of distance running and maternal arthritis cause me to reach for Diclofenac at times. I think hormonal fluctuations are really the key issue but can't prove it. The data is so crappy. But one does read about the effects on the thyroid of menopausal hormone sputtering, and my eyebrows fall out every so often so I am guessing it's the darn hormones, not the beans. Still unless you want to delve into thyroid meds..yech…one last tidbit. It may be hard to lose weight with a hypo-thyroid but a hypo thyroid is linked to long life…so I am now going to have a nap and one of those sexy starch dreams!
I was wondering if future versions might also include suggestions for ordering from common restaurants or fast food places? I know its not too difficult to pick the right foods when ordering, but I think there are many times when people (myself included) don't realize that certain restaurants have options that would work or are plain just unaware of good places to eat when following the slow carb diet.
Hi! My copy of the 4-hour body check came in the mail today – extremely excited! Had a quick browse and this is JUST the book I have been looking for for years.
Regarding the cookbook – is it still available to buy?
I just missed them… Any chance these will be available again sometime soon?
Utterly brilliant Tim. Your penchant for making money is unsurpassed.
I like your diet. it works.
I have two questions. I keep hearing about a carbohydrate hypothesis, i.e. most grains are not very good for human consumption or even animal consumption. They tend to make things fat and sick. Do you think it is the legumes, or the cutting back of grain based carbohydrates that accounts for the wonderful changes produced by the slow carb diet?
secondly, have you ever tested or considered a zero carb high fat diet(no carbs no insulin production.) ?
Thanks for all the great books.
Jeff -
LOST 26 POUNDS on the diet!!!! Thanks…keep writing….or better yet hire some good writers and keep the advice coming. Seriously, changed my life since your first book in more ways then I can explain. I own a Media company now (thanks to you) if you ever need anything I owe you huge (www.CivilizationMedia.org).
Nice work! And thank you very much for the kind offer.
I have started the slow carb diet for 5 days and alost stopped going to the toilet !! All I am producing is small rabit droppings and only every other day !! This is unusual and worrying for me. Is this usual Tim ?
Yay- Super excited!! Volume 2 was just delivered to my desk!
Bit of a downer to come across the blog post and find the offer expired.
(So I do understand that it's a marketing test, that Cialdini-style exploding offers maximize yield, etc etc. But am still a reader interested in buying one and not able to.)
Still haven't received mine, about how long did it take? I'm assuming it was only a few days considering how short that deal was left available.
Jonathon- It takes 8-10 business days for the book to arrive. Blurb takes awhile to print.
I ordered both books on the 23rd and received them today. I think that is a great turnaround. I also just purchased without really realizing that they were the same, but the books are great and I will make a gift out of one of them. It's a great cause and the recipes are really easy and they seem pretty tasty, so I don't find it to be a big deal. "Expanded edition" may have made it a bit clearer though, I do agree with that. However my question is:
Most of the recipes have nice little blurbs under the names making it seem personal with good photos, and just a few have no description or blurb at all. Why omit the descriptions on them? Also a lot have no photos. For someone who is not good in the kitchen, (I am a horrible cook) a pic is always a good thing.Thanks for doing this Tim, this book will be a great help and I love anything for a good cause
Thanks for the info, I'm not in any rush to get it. I have like 10 different cookbooks, but I always get excited to find a new one, even if they are just a compilation of recipes from others.
Tim or Charlie, would you please provide an update with the numbers sold, amount raised, etc.? Thanks, patiently waiting for my copy of book 2.
Hi Tim,
My cookbook came today and I am thrilled – thank you.
Simplicity yet with (community like) commentary.
Now I just need an app to send a grocery list to my phone. Are you or someone else on this blog done with that yet?
Here is my REAL unrelated question:
Regarding the kettlebell swing. I love the kettlebell swing but I am not confident about the angle of my feet during the exercise.
(And, I wonder if it should be different for women and men)
Should my toes be pointing straight forward and my feet completely parallel? Or should the feet not be parallel and (if my feet where the hour hands of clock) the left toes pointing toward 11:00 and the right toes pointing toward 1:00. Or should the feet be doing something completely different.
Must admit I'm a bit disappointed to miss this offer, guess I'll have to pay closer attention to your blog and hope to pick it up at some point in the future.
I've thoroughly enjoyed the practical and well researched advice in 4hb and lost 8 kilos in two months. Keep up your good work, Tim. Reliable advice is surprisingly hard to come by. I wish I could pre-order from the next batch, just out of gratitude.
I followed (and had great results with) the slow carb diet since January. I've had to stop, however, due to the fact that the beans SEVERELY agitate my irritable bowel syndrome. I've tried to work through it but the pain has become so intense I've had to stop. Are there any work arounds wherein I can still follow the slow carb diet without lentils/black beans/pinto beans? This diet/plan has been a really tremendous tool in controlling what &how I eat and I'm really down about having to give it up.
I sent a really cool physicist (don't get to say that very often) over to this site after talking to him about 4HB on the plane. We talked about Stephen Hawking, radiation , and the 4HB. I'd say you were in pretty good company Tim! Has he made his way here yet?
Joe have you tried cooking with epazote? Or also asafoetida? If you go to a good Indian Grocer they call it "hing". Also tricks like, rinsing, and using a bit of baking soda help. Epazote though is very good tasting as well in most all beans if you ask me. Just a thought…
Loved both your books. Am a vegan and confused about the slow carb diet…the book says to eat proteins, veges, and legumes and get rid of fruits and white carbs. But your vegan examples both in the book and online make fruit smoothies and use rice and organic breads…how does that go along with your slow carb ideas?
Confused in Atlanta -
I just received my cookbook, and I have to be honest I was expecting more. I opted for the second version, and I'm wondering how small the first one was compared to this one if the second version is supposedly both books in one. I know it was for Charity, but I wish I would have received more for my money.
"I just received my cookbook, and I have to be honest I was expecting more. I opted for the second version, and I'm wondering how small the first one was compared to this one if the second version is supposedly both books in one. I know it was for Charity, but I wish I would have received more for my money."
I agree with this poster. I was also amazed how many of these recipes essentially have Tim's seal of approval for the SCD, considering the ingredients used.
Still a loyal SCD follower!
Please consider reading The Hundred Year LIe – http://amzn.to/gQMJYB – as you help others with weight loss. I have no affiliation to the author. I think it's a message that needs to be spread far and wide and you could do that. I have read in many, many places that recovery of health, which is the purpose of weight loss, can be impeded by toxic burdens. This author does an excellent job of reporting in a factual, well researched way just how different our environment is today than 100 years ago – and then follows with actions we can take. Again, the author hasn't a clue who I am. I am only sharing because it relates to your topic and I feel the message is too important to go unnoticed. Thank you!
Just started reading your book. You say no dairy or soy. What about almond milk and coconut milk? I do a lot of Thai cooking.
This is a little off topic, but since the contact page instructs one not to use it unless you plan on bank rolling a small revolution in a third world country I decided to post a question here. I have been wondering since rediscovering the role of Glut 2 and Glut 4, if there has been any work done regarding the ammount of glucose it takes trigger beta cells to produce more insulin and if it is possible to blunt the potential change across beta cells to prevent insulin secretion. I will appologize in advance I am a lay person and I might be missuing or misunderstanding terms.
I've googled as much as I can, and I'm BEGGING you for a simple "yes" or "no" as I've found conflicting info from others…
Can we still enjoy a cheat day while doing Occams?
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Awww – I missed out on the offers. Always looking for good ways to liven up breakfast eggs
Hi tim id love to buy The Slow-Carb Diet™ Cookbook – Volume Two but it says on blurb it costs 10.000 USD thats TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS… is this a joke or what ? i was prepared to pay extra for charity… but this is not a charity thats a nonsense… did you sell a single copy for 10.000 USD ? do i get a personal delivery from You for this price
RV- This promo lasted only 72 hours. The books are no longer available for sale… unless you want to shell out $10K
Hi Tim,
I'm interested in getting your cookbook … however when I follow the link to the Blurb website it shows the price of the book to be $10,000! That's right, when I add it to the cart the price is Ten Thousand $ for one copy. I've read other comments/posts from people that mentioned the price should be more like $56.
How/Where to I buy your new cookbook for the "real" price?
Arturo- This was a promotion that only lasted 72 hours. Sorry, but the cookbooks are no longer for sale!
Well… I think if Tim wanted to raise more money for his charity he would make the book available again.. or maybe make it available for an unlimited time..i think he is cheating his charity to be honest..
chrisitne: i think he is cheating his charity to be honest
just plain logic… who do you think will most likely buy this cookbook, the tens and hundreds maybe thousands of humble diet followers around the world, a crowd of dedicated followers paying 56 USD each OR is there gonna come some crazy millionaire who rides Rols Royce and just out of pure fun, because he just has nothing else to do than loose weight and despite owning an army or personal trainers and private cooks on his ranch in Dallas he googled out this 4HB blog….
in my opinion if you want to make charity Tim you can either charge small fees for things of everyday use like a cookbook and the numbers will add up preciselly becuase its a product everyone following your diet WANTS to buy…
or you go and search for wealthy donators, but its strange to ask 10.000 USD for a block of soap or toothbrush because if anybody will give you 10.000 USD they wont do it beacuse they want that book anyway…
Hey Christine and Rostavanek,
We have no intention of withholding donations from charity. In fact, we really pushed Blurb to lower their margins for this particular deal, just so we could have more of the money from the cookbooks donated to QuestBridge. This was a limited time offer to get people to purchase the cookbook, and we sold more than a thousand copies in 3 days. We don't expect anyone to buy a single copy at $10K, but we do want both of the sales pages to stay up (i.e. the links to remain active). Hopefully that makes some sense.
There's a bit more to it than that, but consider this: why would Tim donate 100% of the proceeds for this cookbook to charity… only to withhold money from them? Doesn't make sense
Thanks for your support!
ok you say you and Tim have your reasons to leave it as it is now… i would be the last to disagree with Tim :))) i understand that you more or less "parked" the book on blurb… i sense there is also an economical side with significant publishing charges from Blurb for printed book… so i propose an electronic version (PDF) of both books sold through a simple eshop here on this very blog and you can accept PayPal only to minimise costs from VISA, Mastercard fees and card security… i still think Tim is cheating his charity at this moment and ignores great donation potential of growing followers who would love to buy an electronic version of the cookbook… as much as i like a nice printed book its an unnecesarry luxury in your situation, you should go electronic and PDF precisely because you want to cut costs and donate as much money to charity… there is no easier way than combination PDF / PayPal / Delivery via Download… cheers
Believe me, we have thought of this There's a reason we're doing it this way, I promise. And it's not to withhold valuable content from readers or to "cheat" a charity out of donation money (which is an unfair thing to say, as Tim raised thousands for QuestBridge and doesn't intend to stop donating in the future).
There's more to come on all this, so stay tuned!
- Charlie
Thought this could come in handy for some:
MealSnap – > http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/04/05/too-lazy-to-count-calories-now-you-can-just-take-a-picture-of-your-meal/
Thank you Tim for all of the wisdom!
Hey Tim,
On January 3rd, I started my weight loss quest to lose 40 pounds by my 60th birthday which is June 14th.
After 8 weeks and only 7 pound weight loss, I decided to go on the Slow Carb Diet – that was approximately 5 weeks ago. I must admit, I have been very disciplined and I have not been cheating (the cheat days makes that possible), yet I only lost an additional 5 pounds.
– I drink the ice cold water in the morning
– my coffee – I replaced milk with cinnamon and vanilla extract
– I am doing moderate exercise
– my cheat day starts with my normal breakfast of eggs, lentils & veggies
– I eat 6 Brazil nuts a day. I just added almonds.No doubt – I have gained muscle and the fat loss is visual,
I started a video weight loss blog, and on video 9 I introduce The 4 Hour Body… http://mlmwiseguy.com/my-weight-loss-journey/
I am sticking with it, and once I have my Nuclear Stress test next week and get the green light, I will up my exercising.
Thanks, and any feedback and comment would be appreciated.
Hi Tim;
I wanted to tell you about my latest experiment of one for all the women over 50 who want to follow a 4HB plan. Take your axillary temp for 5 days. If under 96.6 then get a good Thyroid Supplement. I went to my local health food store and found one -email me if you want the ingredients/amounts. It takes about a week to kick in, but you will know it does when you strt feeling normal and the weight starts to come off but the temp will confirm it. WOW. I went from tired and down and kettleball assasination fantasies to happy, losing it and loving the KB. I track weight, exercise and food daily- so I only changed that one variable. WOOOOHOOOO Costa Rica here I come dusted off the ole bathing suit, life is looking good finally!-
Gina Mo – Link to an email address? re thyroid supplement you are using Thanks
This is probably grossly off-topic, but I've never seen this addressed in FAQs or anywhere else in a specific way. Can fat loss be achieved without PAGG at the same rate? Penniless college student here– I'm okay with the Slow-Carb diet, but am cringing at the thought of shelling out the already reasonable price.Thanks in advance!
Hi Tim,
I just received both books today and they look great! Volume 2 is really nice!
I ordered them the instant they were available, so I missed the fact that Volume 2 was Volume 1 + some. I guess Vol. 1 will be a nice present for someone
One suggestion:
Living in Europe, I would love to see metric measures for the ingredients (oz, lbs / cl, ml, kg) and oven temperatures (C / F).Thank you for providing such a lot of great recepies! I can't wait to get started
If you would like to sell or donate one of your volumes I would LOvE that since I missed the offer by a day and was very disappointed as you can imagine. If so: firstname.lastname@example.com
Thank you and keep up the great work Tim!! I saw you @ summit and your speech on the beach was empowering
Can you put the recipe books on sale again please, i really need recipe ideas
well at least at a price under $100 -
I started this program Monday at 151 lb, today is Friday and I have lost 5 pounds. I have been successful in the past by calorie counting but somehow got off track when I had a leg injury and I started eating all the time and several candy bars a day. I am 48 and I want to lose this excess fat. I would have killed for sweets this week so needless to say I cannot wait until tomorrow!!! I do Zumba, belly dance, ballroom dance and with the warmer weather will be back to bicycling so I am active but I know I have been overeating but I really do feel full on this program.
I am also a very picky eater so my meals have consisted of bacon and egg whites for breakfast, carrots and celery mid morning, chicken breast and green beans for lunch, salad for afternoon snack and beef/hamburger for dinner. I also tried the slow carb black bean brownie recipe.
I just wanted to say so far I am happy with the results.
I was diagnosed with type2 diabetes in November 2007 and since that time, I have struggled to control my blood glucose levels. Needless to say, I have tried every eating plan – including vegetarian and vegan but with no success. The doctor just keeps increasing my medication levels (aagh!)
I just wanted to say a big thank you Tim, I think you have literally saved my life. After only 5 days on the 4HB my glucose is steady and I am loosing inches and weight and feel energetic enough to get through each day without any nanna naps at all.
Thank you so much. I will continue on the diet with the aim of reducing my medication as much as possible (can let you know how I go as I am tracking everything in detail). If I am successful, then you need to get this message out to all those fellow sufferers. This debilitating disease affects millions worldwide and is a silent killer.
thank you, thank you, thank you. Let me know if there is anything at all I can do to help you.
Hi Liz,
Thank you so much for your comment — please keep us posted on your progress!
All the best,
Binge Day, Binge Day (to the tune of "School Days")
Binge day, binge day,
It's-like-my-jaw's-unhinged day.
Six days of the week I deny my urge,
Today is the day to indulge and splurge!
Cookies and pastries and pizza pie,
So many ice creams I'd love to try!
This one day a week,
I eat everything fried!
And drink me a beer (or six).Binge day, binge day,
It's-like-my-jaw's-unhinged day.
I walk around naked; no coat, no sleeves.
And Kettlebells leaving me gasping to breathe.
Those god-damned beans I eat every day,
Farting so much I might blow away.
Icepacks are Hellish:
They work (I pray).
I'm eating a whole bag of chips.Binge day, binge day,
It's-like-my-jaw's-unhinged day.
A mountain of beans I eat each week,
And bacon, and omelets, and slabs of steak.
My belly is shrinking, my chins are gone,
My pants are too huge, they're falling down!
I measure my weight:
I shrink, not grow.
Let's snarf up a doughnut (or six).Binge day, binge day,
It's-like-my-jaw's-unhinged day.
Twenty pounds down and forty to go,
Slowly but surely, I'll get there, I know.
I'm feeling much better from day to day,
My snoring, my reflux, are going away.
My wife, who was hiding?
She came out to play!
We're rutting like newlyweds..-(c) Chris Pagel 2011.
Thanks, Tim, I owe you my health.
Your book 4HB covers ALOT of area's any suggestions on where to have my 6ft5 450lb (unmotivated) son start?
Just a shout out Tim.
Thanks to visible results of my being on SCD both my parents, 2 uncles and 1 aunt have decided to give it a go. Also my little brother is pissed that I'm 30 lbs heavier than him and have a smaller pants size so I'm pretty sure he'll be the next to take control of his body.
Thanks, from the family.
Clicked the link to the cookbook (http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2032416#comments) wanted to purchase volume 2 but the price is listed as $10,051.69. Live chat with a rep for blurb and they said the price was what it cost to make a book using their service. Requested verification of the price and they said contact author. So is the book really $10,051.69 now? Thanks for your time.
Hi Chi,
We wanted to leave the page up, but the sales period is over, hence the unusually high pricing. Hope to have more news soon…
yeap i think the best news for all parties would be an electronic PDF version sold via your blog (Download) and payed via PayPal and you can set the price anywhere you want and make some $$$ for charity… because now the income is probably 0,- this is relatively easy to set-up and zero-maintanance, just a steady charity income forever… cheers
I just looked on Blurb at your book – you do realize that the list price is over $10,000.00 for one copy, right? I don't know many books that cost 10 grand. Seriously?
I purchased and read "The Four Hour Body". Good read, great information. I have recommended it to a number of friends.
Can you elaborate on what if any grain or bread works in the slow carb diet? Yams? Sweet potato? Corn? Whole Grain?
Geoff -
Hello Tim,
I'm wondering if you've done any research on the concept of carb back loading. From what I've read, it involves avoinding carbs during the morning (during periods of high insulin sensitivity) until after a resistance -trainig workout. After the workout (ideally later in the day) carbs can be eaten freely until bedtime.
On Page 104 #3. You mention an extra dose of PAGG on binge day. Do you mean PAGG instead of AGG before breakfast or a 5th dosing. If 5 which PAGG or AGG? I weigh 200. I'm eating well on binge day, but I eat every 2 hrs instead of 4 and I eat pasta, bread, cereal, milk, fruit, sweets.
Geoff -
I am down 32 pounds in 6 weeks. Thanks! Does anyone have any good seasonings or spices that are 4HB friendly? -
Tim, my publishing company offers print on demand, full color, extremely high quality and reasonable cost. I sent Charlie an email with details. Just FYI. Trying to get this info to the right place! I've also written a slow carb cookbook that will be published within 2 weeks. I know you're not endorsing books but would love a comment on it if I could send a copy to you.
White carbs? Whole grain bread?
Second PAGG on binge day? 5 doses or change morning AGG to PAGG?
Citrus? OJ, Grapefruit, lemon or lime in water OK on binge day only?
I just started the diet 2 days ago – found it in Woman's World magazine and have been telling all my friends about it – but have a question:
After I eat the early lunch, I am NOT hungry for the late lunch and indeed have no appetite for about 12 hours, so I go straight to the dinner meal. What to do about that? Is it okay for me to skip that meal?
Also, I prefer my coffee/tea with a little fat-free cream…is that permissible?
Also, I have chronic fatigue syndrome (for 4 years now) and am desperately hoping this diet will fix that. Anybody have any experience with that condition? I really am quite tired of sleeping 20 hours a day! As a singer, I need energy, and am hoping the cessation of sugar and the increase of protein will work to increase energy levels!! Not to mention help me lose some weight – about 100 pounds worth…
Hi Tim,
The book currently sells for US$ 10,000 on the blurb website. Is that right?
Kay -
I just started the 4HB this week. I don't have a problem with eating beans all the time, I always thought my problem was too many beans! I cook almost 3 meals a day, 6-7 days a week. So coming up with some creative ways to stay on this plan won't be a problem.
I haven't gotten all the way through the cookbook, but before I started the book I would make a Huevos Rancheros without the tortilla. So fried eggs, with a spicy refried bean over top with a salsa or homemade ranchero sauce. I would add a bit of sour cream or my fav-goat cheese. I think I will be removing that and adding avovado (which is easy since we have about 10 of them fall off our tree weekly), but it was delicious!
I hope to find the book, I was at Barnes and Nobles yesterday but I didn't go looking for it.
Anyway, so far I feel great!
Thanks Tim!
Hi Tim
Just a quick email to thank you ! as you have been an huge inspiration to me over a very difficult year.
Here are my recent blood tests before and after I read your book the four hour body.
before= Weight 102.3 kg after= Weight 87 kg
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)
before= 4.15 after=3.17HDL Cholestrol (mmol/L)
"Good cholestrol"
before=0.56 after=0.92HDL ratio "Bad cholestrol"
before=7.4 after=3.4 !! yipeewaist circumference
before=102cm after=89cmI measured all my progress via photos and diary.
Thanks again
How much is the Cook Book. surely it is not $10,000.??
My only problem with the slow carb diet was I run a lot and was losing energy and couldn't finish my runs. I didn't try eating brown rice though as you suggested in the later chapters where you discussed working out. I plan on trying again
I agree, the price of these is pretty steep for a cook book. Aside from that, I loooove your material. Keep it up man!
I won $550 through a weight loss challenge at work. I lost the majority of the weight following this diet – and I barely did any exercise. I lost 33.6 pounds in 7 weeks! I went from 209.4 to 175.8 pounds.
I'm still doing the diet because it's so easy and I've got several others doing it now too. Now my goal is to gain muscle, but keep the fat off.
Thanks for this Tim!
Hey, will a smart person please tell me why tim said that the china study- in linking animal protein to cancer- was not quite right?
Hey Tim,
thanks for all the inspiration! I'm trying the slow carb diet, but it never last for more than a few days.My biggest problem is this:
I can't find any list of slow carb ingredients. It would be great to have some (crowdsourced) site where you can find all "good ingredients" and make a list of them when going to the supermarket.What do you think? If there's some site like that, please, let me know.
Have a great day!Jan
I've published a cookbook for (PDF download or spiral-bound book) using all these ingredients but I don't know how to let Tim's readers know about it. I don't know what a spammer is but I'm pretty sure I don't want to be one!
It seems a lot of folks are looking for recipes. You can find my book if you do an online search for "melodybooks mini carbs"
Hey Melody,
thanks for your suggestion, 5$ for 60 recipes is adequate to me, but maybe that's the problem why your comment could be found as a … well, self promoting.
Anyway, thanks, will consider the PDF version.
I was interested in one of your cookbooks. I work at a local High School and I only have time to watch Dr Oz in the summer. I saw the show featuring you and your book and I downloaded it on my nook after being engrossed in it for days I went and bought the hardbaack because I had trouble thumbing back and forth in the pages when I needed to. I am apparently behind the times. I have been doing the slow carb diet for a week and have had no change. I have Hoshimito's (?) Thyroidits but my hormone levels are under control with medication. I still have to wonder if this is having an effect on the outcome. What is your opinion and are there any adjustments I can make. I have also done 2 sessions of the kettle bell swing and the other exercises featured in the book. I weigh 245 (arghh !) and I am 5'10″ (female- don't let the name fool ya!) Help me if you can!
Can anyone tell me if mayonnaise can be used? I have tried searching for the answer but had no luck. When you look at the ingredients is seems like it would be ok but want to make sure.
Yes it is, i saw a Slow Carb Diet meal with Mayonnaise.
My husband and I are new to the 4 HB – have been doing it for 2 weeks with the PAGG. I have a few questions.
1. RE PAGG Does anyone know why it is important to take one day per week off? Take only 6 days not 7. Also – why is it critical to take a week off every 2 months? Just curious.2. I see that red wine is ok and anything is ok on cheat day but vodka seems less sugar etc. than red wine – anyone have any info on that? Not mixed with fruit juice etc.
3. I see that protien bars (and shakes) are ok in the gaining muscle and weight sections but not on the slow carb diet. My husband does brown bag lunches and is eating protien bars. Still losing but I am wondering if they are ok on the diet. I eat one or 1/2 of one when I need a snack sometimes. We use the low / no sugar high protien type like Pure Protien and Think Thin. Any input is appreciated.
I, too, want to know if sweet potatoes, great northern beans(white), corn, corn meal, grits, rasins are allowed. Is there a list?
Hey Tim, I want to thank for creating this book. It has helped me a lot to finally put an end to my body fat. I have an incredible physique now. Almost reaching to the best shape I've ever been.
However, I've notice something that I dont like because I love to live this diet lifestyle. I suffer from migraines because of my neck. But I noticed that when I am on my cheat day, I dont suffer from neck pain. But during the whole week, I can even stay on the computer more than 30 minutes and my neck is killing. I've noticed this pattern now.
What do you think is the possibility of this and if so… What adjustments do I have to make so that I can remain with this diet.
Thanks a lot.
Hi Tim,
Price for the cookbooks is messed up… Each selling for over US$ 10,000… I think there might be an issue with Blurb.
Hey Tim, Raphael Caldas is right. The Blurb website has your book selling for over $10,000.00. While the ultimate value it's worth by making my nutritional goals easier and more delicious is probably well over that amount, I'm wondering if you could inform Blurb about this mistake so I can make a purchase! I love the diet- on the 4th week right now- but I'm running out of ideas for dish combinations and recipes on my own.
Appreciate it,
price is indeed showing up quite high,
are these recipes going to be a subset of the 4hour chef or is it completely unrelated? -
ifind it very annoying that there is sooo much detail on some information and so little on others. ie, there isn't enough information on food choices – i wish i had been the editor on the book! i want more specific food information for the scd. tim?
Hey Guys,
got a question. I have a lot of variety in my diet (is that a problem because it's still low or no carb) but a few minutes ago i read that Tim reccomends raw almonds. Coincidentally i ate some at the time and on the back it says 9g carbs.
Isn't 9 a little bit to high for the diet? I'm curios because a lot of stuff i want to eat is around that.
Sorry for my unfluent english and I'm not sure if i made up some words.. but I'm from Germany and my English got a little rusty.
But still rock on maan i love this ^^
Hi Tim,
Thank you so much for your contributions. Your book absolutely changed my body and my life. I went from 5'11″ 205lbs around 17% bodyfat to 195lbs at 8% bodyfat!! My bench went from 235lbs to 300lbs!! I look great and the diet is very easy to follow and has become my lifestyle. I do have one side effect though. My girlfriend tells me that my semen now tastes awful. She jokingly describes it to poison. lol But this wasn't the case before the SC diet. I have heard from many other websites that I need to eat "healthy" to improve semen taste: lots of fruits and vegetables and avoid red meat. This is contrary to the SC diet, and I have fallen in love with the Slow Carb lifestyle and how my body looks… do I have to give up my six pack to have decent tasting semen again?
Please tell me there is a hack to achieve this result without sacrificing my lean body?
Also, I'm 26 and work out three times a week. Kettlebell swings, myotic crunch, cat vomit everytime. Chest and Bi's once a week, and back and shoulders the other day.
My basic diet goes like this:
4 whole eggs, cheese, salsa, chorizo, tortilla, whole milk, spinachLunch:
grilled Chicken, spinach, milk or waterDinner:
Chicken, salmon, steak, or ground beef
black beans.Also: coffee often, and beer or vodka around three times a week.
Is anything in this diet making my semen taste poorly that needs to come out? or is it missing something that should go in?
Please update the prices on blurb. They are both more than $10,000.
I am trying to determine if you consider quinoa as a grain, or a seed. Can I have it daily or only on cheat days? Also, are garbanzo beans forbidden on every day, other than cheat day, or do I just need to limit the the quantity as my legumes/beans?
Thanks for the inspiring book. -
Is the Slow Carb Diet cookbook Vol. 1 & 2 available anywhere? -
Hi there
I (female, 23 years) have started the SLD 5 weeks ago and lost already 4% of body fat in total 27 cm around my waist, buttocks and legs.
I have a question with regards to Lentils:
Are Madras Lentils (from Tasty Bite) allowed?
Thank you so much for your help!
I appreciate it.
I'm 77 and just started your 4hb diet. When you say eat the same thing every day, do you mean to choose the ingredients that you will use all the time, mixing and matching them to add a bit of variety?
My goal is to lose 30-40 lbs, but at my age, I'm afraid I'll retain the belly fat and just lose from face, arms and legs (which are not fat). Do you have any stories of older people doing this diet and how it turned out?
Any suggestions?
Thank you.