Warrior Diet - One Month Transformation (Before/After Photos)Booyah! I have officially completed my goal of one full month on the Warrior Diet–and the results were beyond what I expected. My results have included weight loss of over 8 pounds, as well as pretty significant strength gains: Click to Enlarge. Click to Enlarge. Benchmarks and Results: While I am pleased with the aesthetic outcome, the benefits have gone far beyond the tangible. Let me take a minute to reflect on the various effects I have noticed this past month: Energy- Levels. I believe this happens for a couple of reasons: partially due to the increase in ghrelin, and partially due to the fact that you aren’t spiking your insulin all day long with starchy or high- glycemic foods, which can screw with your blood sugar and energy levels, and lead to frequent energy crashes. Lastly, whenever you are fasting, the things that you DO put into your body are absorbed and utilized more efficiently. In this case, caffeine from coffee, tea, etc will have an amplified effect. I have never felt that I NEED coffee, I just like the taste, along with the routine aspect of it. On this diet, I recommend drinking your coffee and tea without sugar, and staying away from energy drinks all together, in order to avoid the aforementioned sugar crashes. Liberation and productivity! My current routine has been: wake up, eat 3 brazil nuts, drink a cup of coffee, throw a one ounce package of almonds in my pocket in case I get hungry later, head out and stop at Mc. Donald’s for an unsweetened iced tea, and get to work for the day. My appreciation for food has really increased, and I find myself experimenting with new flavors and enjoying the process of cooking. I also don’t have to hold back. While I tend to eat pretty clean (few grains and few sweets), I get pretty ravenous and go to town on whatever I choose to eat that night–and I don’t limit myself nor feel badly about it. Just last night I ate nearly two pounds of pulled pork from Whole Foods. Not to mention a massive protein shake with peanut butter and a a little bit of dark chocolate, a bowl of raspberries, veggies with cheese sauce, and a huge bowl of gourmet popcorn. Weight has come off almost effortlessly (while increasing strength). And in those cases, strength and muscle mass suffered. In my current Warrior Diet plan, I am only doing cardio twice a week, for about 2. Weight has come off on nearly a daily basis, and my strength has increased fairly significantly over the past month. Overall sense of well being and happiness. As kids, we would get excited about the simplest shit and could hardly contain it. But as we get older, these moments are few and far between. ![]() If you have a friend that IS excitable and enthusiastic, I bet you notice it, and also would bet that you enjoy being around that person. Sure enough, I found a potential linkage between ghrelin (the hormone that increases during times of fasting) and Dopamine! Not only that, but studies have shown that a lack of Dopamine can lead to Parkinson’s Disease. Therefore, pretend your maintenance calories are 3. ![]() If you choose to eat four 7. HOWEVER, the reason that the Warrior Diet is superior, is that when you wake up in the morning, your body is in fat burning mode. In most eating plans, you sabotage this as soon as you eat breakfast–especially since many of us eat starchy, high- GI breakfasts that include bread, cereal, oatmeal, etc. The Warrior Diet EXTENDS the fat burning window throughout the course of the entire day, until your feast begins in the evening. It is extremely easy to follow. But once you get over the hump, you won’t be battling hunger pangs all day, because your body knows it will be getting its nutrients and calories in the evening, and starts expecting it. And without constant changes in blood sugar, you will have less cravings. Throughout the month, I have had very little to no cravings for any sweets. Of all “diets” I have ever tried, this has by far been the easiest to stick to without faltering. It doesn’t really. It is really just a change in your eating structure. Trust me when I say it will be difficult to over eat your daily calories in such a small window of time. Therefore it doesn’t really take any EFFORT to restrict calories, it more or less happens naturally. Cons. The main downfall of this diet for me is that it is sometimes difficult to consume enough calories, especially going grain- free like I have been for the most part. I have had to rely on some calorie dense foods to fill in the gaps, such as peanut butter, coconut milk, olive oil, etc. I don’t feel badly for eating these things at all–but my point is that it sometimes takes a concerted effort to make sure I am getting at least 2. The reason I target that number is because I want to continue gaining strength and muscle. For someone with the sole goal of losing body fat, this may not be a concern or obstacle at all. Going Forward. Even though my one- month experiment is complete, I have no plans to discontinue my Warrior Diet. It has totally changed the way I look at food and nutrition, the daily “template” better fits my lifestyle and natural hunger cycles, and I love the effects it has had on my body–both tangible and intangible. I can see this being a permanent lifestyle change for me moving forward. The only reason I could see myself deviating from this plan, is if I decide to strive for more muscle gain. I am down to about my college- sophomore body weight (although now stronger), and I don’t really desire to lose any more weight. I will now try to tweak the Warrior Diet (possibly by reinstating grains and increasing carbs) for more of a muscle gain plan and see what kind of results I see. I will keep you updated on my progress. If you have any questions, advice, etc about the Warrior Diet, please post them in the comments section below!
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