Anyone else here follow "Warrior Diet"?

**gmtkd** · 07-01-2012, 01:54

I was just curious if anyone else on this forum follows "The Warrior Diet"
It's from a book by Ori Hofmekler. I'm sorry if I spelled his name wrong.
It's basically light an raw all day then a big dinner at night in the right order
(salad, meat/veg, carbs or not)

**TonyU** · 07-01-2012, 09:30

Hehe, sorry. I happen to be one of those rare people that can follow the "seafood" diet. Every food I see I eat.

**Tripitaka of AA** · 07-01-2012, 10:11

Personally, my diet consists of lots of chocolate, some very easy-cook stuff and an occasional feast of whatever takes my fancy, when I can afford it. If I was trying to market it, I would have to find a catchy name that somehow associated it with an image that was attractive and inspiring. That is the part I'm having trouble with, at the moment I'm calling it the "Fat Lazy Slob Diet", but the test results from the focus groups are not encouraging.

**rainesr** · 07-01-2012, 14:31

I basically combine his ideas with the paleo diet, but I eat my large meal a bit early and have a snack later because of my workout/Martial arts schedule.

I first tried his diet some time back and it worked for about two or three weeks, when I added strenuous workouts I started to get too hungry before the end of the day. Adding some meat earlier during the day helped a lot.

I am a huge fan of the small fasting period and the order of foods he suggests, greens, vegetables, meats, then carbs.

~Rob

**gmtkd** · 07-03-2012, 23:47

My favorite thing about the warrior diet is how it fits with my schedule. However, I admit I modified it significantly to make it fit my schedule. If I understand it correctly, officially one should spend 8 or 10 (waking) hours on the undereating phase and 4 hours on the overeating phase. Since I eat after evening classes at my dojang, I spend 14 (waking) hours on the undereating phase and 1 hour on the overeating phase.
I'm sure there are lots of people it wouldn't work well for, but I've never felt better. I have foucus to "go" all day long.
You know what I think the trick is to the order of foods? I think it's eat the healthiest thing you've planned for the meal first, 2nd healthies thing 2nd, etc so that way you eat more things that are clearly healthy and less that are questionable, then you are full byu the time you get to the unhealthy stuff.

Not that it matters Rainesr, but I remember now that it took me months to get where I wasn't hungry later in the day.

Tripitaka of AA: Changing your diet can change your life, ya know!

**Tripitaka of AA** · 07-04-2012, 06:59

Yeah Marcy, I hear that. One day, when it is all too late, I will probably be kicking myself for not realising it sooner. Sorry to be so frivolous earlier.. it was the name "Warrior Diet" that got to my funny bone. All praise to those who care enough about their bodies and what they put in them. I'm just the laziest chap in town.

**TonyU** · 07-04-2012, 11:11

Originally Posted by gmtkd

Tripitaka of AA: Changing your diet can change your life, ya know!

Why I always say get away from the word or thought of diet. It has the connotation of temporary short term goal. Healthy eating should be a long term lifestyle change.

**gmtkd** · 07-05-2012, 23:19

Originally Posted by TonyU

get away from the word or thought of diet. .

Diet actually means daily plan of what to eat. It's too bad the word has come to be thought of the way many people think of it these days. If you fail to plan what you will eat, you are planning to fail your body.

**Webmaster** · 07-06-2012, 06:23

Originally Posted by gmtkd

Diet actually means daily plan of what to eat.

Not quite.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/diet?s=t

Never the less, the term has developed a negative connotation these days because it tends to mean to eat in a manner that deprives the person of certain foods in order to lose weight or for health reasons on a short-term basis. I agree with Tony on the use of the word lifestyle is far better. For instance, I follow a primal or low-carb lifestyle, not diet.

**gmtkd** · 07-07-2012, 01:51

Well, I'm certain that the history of the word diet leads towards "daily plan of what to eat." What is it they call the history of a word? Entimology? Ediology? Etimology? Whatever.

**Abbax8** · 07-07-2012, 08:56

Originally Posted by gmtkd

Well, I'm certain that the history of the word diet leads towards "daily plan of what to eat." What is it they call the history of a word? Entimology? Ediology? Etimology? Whatever.

http://etymonline.com/

Dennis