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We finished the first draft of the infamous "challenge builder". The big idea is that you can post your favorite workout routines receipts and other tricks that can help others. Things only Laura used to be able to do in the past. Now you can do it too. People that are on level 2 and up helped about 10 people or more wil...

Just thought it would be cool to have the ability to have a public or private visual food diary feature on this site. Idea from http//4hourpeople.com/question/673

How about a section of FAQ so that everyone will have a reference and we won't get so many repeat questions?

I added ability to quick-link with name and hashtag similar functionality they have at twitter. You can now add at sign in front of any member name e.g. 4hourbod to link to people in your posts. You can also add hash in front of words to link to any tag page e.g.protein. Play with it tell me what you think.

I was doing amazingly well and three weeks into the SCD. And then I went to the cottage. My cheat day turned into a weekend.. and then week... and then week and a day. I need my resolve back!

I hate my body. I'm 16 and I've reached over 300 pounds. 314 to be exact. I hate myself for not being able to show the bit of self control needed to say no to that extra piece of cake. I've come to envy the world and everybody around me because all of them are thin something I don't even know if I'll ever experience anymore...

So like I said I started this diet about 3 weeks ago. I was doing fabulously! I was so stoked and excited about how easy it was. I even recommended this book to some friends and all of them are now starting. Anyway back to my story. After realizing that eating so much food in the morning was rather difficult for me I deci...

I'm wondering if members' names could be tagged with something that shows how long we've been part of this site or how long we've been doing SCD or The Last Mile Occam's etc. I see a lot of newbies answering questions recently and while I definitely love their enthusiasm and willingness to help I wonder if it's a l...

I talked to Laura and we are playing with an idea. I would love to hear your opinion on it. How you like idea of having simple buddy matcher. Kind of what they have in rock climbing gyms. If you have not been to those it is something that allows people to match with partner so they can climb together. If you are more body...

It'd be helpful if at the end of an answer there was a little feature that said where the answer came from. for example source -I did this. -4 Hour Body book -I have six pack abs -Tim's Blog -I know a guy... -educated guess -i lost 70lbs of fat n 4 months -suggestion -website url -i read it somewhere but can't remember -...

I read the 4HB and even tried slow carb diet in order to look human for a Caribbean cruise I was getting ready to go on but I never really felt the motivation to take good care of myself. Taking a step back to a few decades ago has it been that long? in my twenties I was bulletproof eating and doing as I pleased whi...

I have struggled with weight my whole life but a year and a half ago I decided to make a change. I did a diet that was similar to the slow-carb diet but it lacked sustainability. I hear Tim Ferris on the Joe Rogan Experience and was instantly blown away by his immense knowledge. I got the book and love the diet so far!

I was just wondering since I'm always looking up questions on my phone when I'm out and about if you guys were planning on making a mobile site any time soon. If not it might be a good idea to look into it. That is all

Hi 4 Hour Nation We got over-energized from cheat day and your before and after pictures and been hacking for 2 nights. Check out results on your profile page. Some of you went out of way to help others and will find little gratitude awards there. You can also find our community star mentors on the home page. It's our wa...

As it is I am getting a lot of email notifications about questions I am "Following" but not really interested in. Is there a page where I can go in and take care of all of them at once while still keeping the ones I am interested in?

Bunch of new features went out this weekend... as usual I will let you have fun finding it all. Hint Big part of it is popular demand driven and related directly to these good people http//luv.4hourpeople.com/question/1761/where-are-you-from Special thanks to "Karaoke" LA Shane and all others from that thread for star...

Hello I saw an interview Tim did on the Dr. Oz show and looked him up online and I am VERY interested in starting this diet. It seems to emphasize the low/slow carb point of view which I nice. I already started cutting white carbs out of my diet and felt a definite reduction in bloating. I'm interested in all the tips the ...

To all of you that have enough of expert votes 10 total or 5 per certain category you should now have access to approval pages We badly need your help as we can't keep up with new members and some of them end up waiting even up to 2 weeks to get approved. Reason why we are doing this is with new members to ensure that...

I'm entering my 10th week now and I feel great! I've gotta say I have not been completely on the wagon all the time though I think I do pretty good for the most part. Even so I've lost a total of 14 inches at last count! I definitely feel and see a difference. I'm down to a pant size that I haven't seen since high school -...

For those of you that use twitter a lot I added little helper. You can now login with your twitter account. It is also good way to have fallback login method if you forget password or something else happens to your account. How to do it Go here http//4hourpeople.com/connect.twitter/ Twitter will ask you if it is ok ...

Simple tech question here just wondering how I reply to comments in a thread I have started... the comments option doesn't give me enough space! Thanks for you help!

It'd be nice to just POST something and it not have to be a question...I keep posting things that aren't really 'questions" but its nice to get feedback etc. I'm not by any means suggesting that 4hourpeople.com become facebook but it would be nice to be able to just make a post or notes or something like that Also a b...

Hi everyone it's my 16th day on the SCD and I am so excited! A little about me I'm a 50 year old woman yikes! but most people think I'm about 40. Lol. I've always been thin 115-120 lbs and some people may think I still am. About 3 years ago due to my hormones changing and my thyroid taking a major dump I gained abou...

Wondering if it's a good idea to take cinnamon daily or just on cheat days?

I started my quest for new health and Ryan Reynold's body in late March 2011. Being over fat most of my adult life it was time for me do something. I had already lost 45 pounds and made my own version of the SCD before I read the 4 hour body. The book was more inline to what I had observed in the wild than what traditio...

Hey there - After years of simply being neither unhappy nor content with my body I simply let things stay the way they were convinced that I couldn't build muscle. After reading Tim's book and getting over some insecurities I've decided to push myself to a new physical mental and spiritual peak. I'm hoping to learn a lo...

Feel free to sing that title It's probably going to be in my head the rest of the day! After a long undisciplined hiatus I'm officially back on SCD--for REAL this time no "just a nibble/spoonful/morsel" I'm a 26 year old female 5' 5" today's weight 133.8 yeah--I'm that anal! last body fat was 25. I'm super excite...

Hi I'm a 28 yo female 5'9'' and was 220.6 pounds when I started. After my first week on the diet I lost 6.7 pounds and had my first cheat day yesterday where I gained back 4.1 pounds. I'm joining the forum so I can share my story but also be motivated by others! My goal weight is 160 pounds and I'm hoping to make signi...

Its hit me. I'm tired of being fat. I'm tired of having my back start to ache after walking a block. I'm tired of getting winded after climbing 10 steps. I'm tired of not being comfortable in my own body and hiding myself in even bigger sizes than I need to wear. The one thing my fiance wants is to dance at our wedding and...

Hi! I've noticed a lot of half answered questions confused answers and general muddle on the topic of occam's diet. I think there should be a separate section just to deal with the topic of food while on OP. Thanks!

I want to post my before picture but 4hr people asked for the url. So how do i upload it up then?

Based on Mags great feedback we created a tool called the Fatburn Tracker that will allow you to track your weight and body fat every day as well as set a target goal and monitor your progress toward your goal via a progress meter. Once we have enough people using it we'll be able to display the total pounds of fat lost ...

Not so much a feature as an observation but I don't think the "open" button works properly. When selected my impression is it would bring up the questions that do not yet have answers to them. I find it doesn't really function well though... It seems that I still find a lot of unanswered questions just from the randomize...

Hi all I've started using the FatBurner feature on this website but getting confused with the body fat reading and its telling me my body fat is -903.7 and I have no idea what that means. How can I possibly have a body fat percentage that is a minus and such a big number Also the graph isn't showing anything. Any adv...

Hello everyone I Just started the Slow Carb experiment on Monday. I've been exercising CrossFit 6 days a week 3 days on - 1 day off for about 6 months. I've lost 35 lbs from 202lbs to 167lbs and dropped from size 36 to 32-31. I drink Progenex Recovery for my post-work recovery I was wondering if any of you guys have...

Hi all I have two small children that need most of my attention in the morning. it is difficult to get my breakfast in before 30 min passes there is no way I could get a workout plus breakfast in before the 30 min mark. How important is it that I do these exercises b/f breakfast? Also for those of you with small chi...

Hey 4hourPEOPLe My name is Alex I'm a sophmore in college currently living in champaign urbana IL I'm excited to join the forum and get some help on my new lifestyle. so many of your posts have already inspired me to continue on I've been on my new "diet" for about a week now and i was wondering if anyone could look ove...

It's not a big deal well maybe it would be to him! but I noticed that Tim's last name has been spelled wrong many times here. One example is the site description that welcomes people on the home page. It is not Ferris but Ferriss. Thank you!

I am female 5'7" and just shy of 200 lbs. A couple of years ago I started kettlebell training and workout 4-5 times a week. Put on 20 lbs. of muscle maybe more and am really strong as a result. Still the fat just lies there on top of everything. Just heard about this approach from a fellow kettlebell user and it makes a...

I think it would eliminate a lot of confusion if the whole idea of adding people to teams before their posts are visible were clearly explained before a user starts trying to post maybe an explanation after they make their Member Intro? Also I think that a list of teams you are on should appear on the profile page.

kinda skeptical yes but i think it's worth the shot...

OK guys some new code is out run for cover! We had a coding blast fixed a bunch of small bugs you guys reported and added a new "team page" we promised a long time ago. How does it work? 1. People that have helped a lot of members have been awarded a status of "The Coach" 2. Others can join their team if they like them...

We people behind the site code are back from the jungles of Costa Rica where we been for last 3 months without much internet access. If you have some things that are broken on site or have some ideas how to make it better please let us know. Until I hear from you we will make the challenge builder so those of us that f...

I've noticed a lot of people with sleep problems here. It would be nice to have a separate section for that instead of having the posts scattered about off-topic polyphasic sleep etc. Is that an option? Anyone else interested in that?

I think it would be fun to have an off topic section where people can discuss funny things relating to their 4HB experiences share interesting links or have other discussion that doesn't quite fall into any of the existing categories. To keep things civil I propose that everything must be at least somewhat related to ...

The categories of 4HPeople are all very specific which is a good decision. Yet some questions are difficult to assign to one of these categories for example what if you want to optimize your mineral values for good bone health? These could be summed up as "human" instead of "super human". What do you think?

Took us a while but we got follow feature finally done this weekend. You can now follow questions you care about and get notified when there is an answer. As always test it enjoy it comment on it help us improve it with your own ideas.

Been coding whole weekend and my mojo took a vacation. So instead of me mumbling about new features lets play easter eggs. Once you find what these new features are post them below. Winner gets 2 cheat days. Oh and happy mothers day to all that selflessly give life and love.

Let's see who finds this weekend features first. Again winner gets 2 guilt free cheat days.

After few people commented that fat burning algorithm is somewhat forgiving and in light of the little challenge we have set up for our friends. Read here http//4hourpeople.com/question/2667/is-this-possible I went and talked with my friend profesional nutritionist to find out why numbers get wrong for people that are on...