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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.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Day 14- Half way there

I haven't been updating as much as I used to because frankly, there's not much to say.

I read the "ABS diet" and I learned about some intriguing ideas. One of them being the eating six times a day. I'm still being faithful to the warrior diet as far as not eating high glycemic foods during the day, but I do have two snacks between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner. I'll eat some cheese, or some a handful of nuts and some fruit. I've been able to control my eating habits at dinner a little more now that I'm getting more stuff during the day to keep me satisfied.

For breakfast every day I'll have a strawberry smoothie with whey protein powder and flax seed oil. I drink that after my workout (still working out on an empty stomach)

Snack is usually something along the lines of some string cheese and an apple.

Lunch has been steamed vegetables lately, still lovin' my vegeatable steemer (co-workers aren't though)

another snack at around three o'clock

then I eat dinner around six.

I've started training for MMA, so I'm learning lots of groundwork (because all I've ever done has been boxing) so that's a lot of fun, and a lot of work.