The Warrior Diet-Applying an Old Warrior-Lifestyle to Modern Life

Applying an Old Warrior-Lifestyle to Modern Life

The Warrior Diet is a book, a lifestyle, and an idea by Ori Hofmekler. Looking at Ori, there's no doubt that he's doing something right; he's lean and muscular and vital, much in the Bruce Lee-style.

The Warrior Diet is basically this: fast for 16-18 hours of the day, and eat a singular, large meal consisting of healthy things, lots of protein, unprocessed carbs, fruits, vegetables, and the like. If you must eat something during the day, make it live fruit or vegetables, whenever possible.

Ancient warriors did all their work during the day, taking little or no time to eat (hence the fasting during the day), and eating one large meal at night, presumably an animal they had killed while hunting during the day (hence the 'overeating' phase of the plan, the one big meal at the end of the day.)

It's definitely an interesting idea. In Ori's book, named after the diet, he backs up his claims very nicely. A lot of people say that fasting during the day is a bad idea, and that it won't work, that it's bad for you, etc.,
Ori has a different outlook. Maybe I'm just weak-minded, a human sheep, or gullible, but Ori presents a compelling argument.

So compelling, in fact, that I have started the diet myself, and have to say, it works nicely. During the day, minimize your eating, do all your working out, 'hunt', if you will. During this time, your body is burning excess fat as energy. You're getting leaner. Obviously, don't allow yourself to get hunger pains or anything like that. (I've found that a handful of almonds and a tall glass of water is very effective at staving off hunger.)

I've been using the Warrior Diet myself for about two months, and it works for me well. A lot of times, you might not be able to work out or anything because you're bloated from lunch or breakfast an hour or two ago. If you aren't working out because you've overeaten earlier, you're doing yourself wrong in two ways: you're not getting stronger, though you could've, and you're getting fatter (even if slightly.), which could've been prevented.