4 Hour Body Shopping List - Tim Ferriss

The Four Hour Body

The 4 hour body is not just a diet which is great to lose weight, feel great and get some really impressive results; it is also a an awesome "spark" to change your eating habits while doing so. Here's the best groceries shopping list you'll find anywhere online.
I started getting into healthy nutrition back in 2007 when after a lifestyle change I lost 100lbs. It was great to find the The 4 Hour Body because it confirmed what I had been doing for years. You can find more tools that I used here.
This 4 hour body shopping list includes both foundation items and weekly items – the stuff you buy the first time you shop, and what you buy most weeks. The key is mixing all the ingredients in different ways to always have a new amazing meal. 

4 Hour Body Shopping List

Foundation items (buy the first time you go)

• Quality olive oil (a good friend of mine from Italy makes this :) )
• Mexican spice mix (easy way to enhance things)
• Sea salt (or Himalayan pink salt)
• Black pepper
• Coconut oil or  indian ghee
• Lemons – for drinking water and dressing

Weekly items

Protein

• Chicken breasts
• Canned tuna in water
• Eggs – get 3 dozens – free range, avoid "added Omega or Vitamins", quality is key.
• Lean ground beef (grass fed)
• Steak (grass fed)

Vegetables

• Spinach (fresh and frozen)
• Frozen green beans
• Brocolli crowns
• Cauliflower
• Red Cabbage
• Red pepper

Legumes

Allow 1/2 can for 1 meal. Multiply out number of meals – usually it's 28-3=25 meals per week. Mix between canned beans and red split lentils (1/3-1/2 cup per meal).

• Canned beans – Red Kidney Beans, Black Beans, White beans
• Red split lentils – dry

Healthy Fats

• Avocado
• Natural butter(Grass fed)
• Almond butter (every 2 weeks)

That's it!
Wasn't this the easiest groceries list you could ever find?
Not to mention how it will improve your body and well-being. Now you're ready to become The 4 Hour Chef... :)
Also, a collection of readings recommended by Tim Ferriss.

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