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"What does a warrior eat?". That may sound a bit silly in this time and age, but the question still applies. Nowadays when people think "warrior" they probably think of athletic icons, people they see on television, the gym rat who is always at the gym, and a whole slew of other images of "warrior" that bombard us each and every day. While it may be true that those people are at the peak of athletic excellence, they are often the most un-healthy people out there. Between all the chemicals they put into their bodies, and the nutritionally shallow foods most of them eat, they are really not the ones we should look to for a model of how a warrior eats.

A warrior only eats things that are natural, whole, and nutrient dense. Lots of fruits and vegetables, plenty of plant based fats and protein, moderate amounts of lean animal protein, and water. In short, a warrior only eats things that will help him to be more healthy, and not things that will passively kill him.

This page of my blog is dedicated to articles reviewing diet books, warrior worthy food ideas, and my ideas on diet.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Day 6- The weekend warrior

Well here's something interesting, I got on the scale last night before going to bed because I was curious about eating all that pizza for dinner the earlier that night. I was back up to 176 lbs, thinking "oh great, all that salt killed my weight loss". When I got up this morning and weighed myself I was at 172.6 lbs, exactly what I was the day before.

I learned two things from this.

1. always measure yourself at the same time in the day, you'll go crazy if you don't.

2. you can totally pig out on the worst kind of food and still not gain weight.

good to know, I don't plan on hogging out every night, but every once in a while its kind of fun. ^_^

Today I'm doing the water fast again (since I screwed it up yesterday, but at least I learned that having sugar on an empty system really does slow you down)

I worked out at about 11am this morning, felt great through the whole thing.

HIIT training on the track

Bench press

Decline press

Pec Deck

Abs

Leapfrogs

now I'm sipping on a protein shake