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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.

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Day 26

Had another hard class last night, I ate a big meal after class (about a half hour before bed again) and I have to say, that does the trick. I've always been indoctrinated that you're not supposed to eat during the two hours before you go to sleep, but there seems to be an exception in my case... The difference is night and day, I feel 100% better in the morning after a hard night of MMA when I eat a big dinner. Now I'll admit, these are some of the hardest workouts I've ever done... I don't think the same would be true if I was just going to the gym and doing half an hour on the treadmil or whatever, so it depends on the intensity.

On the diet front everything is going good, I really haven't had trouble sticking to the plan. Sometimes on a day I'm going to MMA class I'll eat some nuts for lunch instead of steamed veggies, but that's still a "plant based diet" so I'm not really breaking any rules. I would like to have the bulk of my daytime diet come from vegetables because I don't really eat that many in the evenings, but I'm not against eating nuts every once in a while.

Since I'm going to be in a fight next month I'm just going to roll this 30 day thing into next month, but I am going to lift my "no-sugar" ban for valentines day, because my girlfriend is an amazing cook :)