Has anybody here tried the Warrior Diet? I didn't know which secton to post this in, but his seemed like the best place. Basically, you eat whatever you want but you eat it all once a day, at night. There have been many studies recently in mice that show this style of eating increases life span and reverses aging processes. The originator of the diet basically says that our bodies are built to instinctively eat late at night and that not eating during the day gives our digestive system time to rest and allows our bodies to heal themselves rather than digesting. This was hard for me to swallow at first because I was in the Zone mindset of eating every few hours. But now I think I am going to try it because the science is behind it. Anyone tried it and have advice for someone just starting?

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http://www.warriordiet.com/

Here's the official website. I hadn't heard of this before Anna - thanks for letting us know.

Alice

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lc since 12/18/01

Wow, I like the sound of this one. That is when I am most hungry at night and that is when we have all been taught NOT to eat.......I will follow the link and get back to you on this one.

love Louloo. x

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Hi Anna,

I have printed of all 40 odd pages from the link that Alice posted and I am going to sit down in a minute and read through it. I will get back to you when I have done a bit of reading.

Take care,
love Louloo.

PS have you actually started this diet yet?

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Hi Anna,

Have you started the WD yet? I am still reading and it is really, really interesting. With all my stomach problems and the fact that I prefer to eat in the evening, I am tempted to give this a go.

Reading the comments they do not advise buying the book, but they do an e-book and I am really tempted with this.

I would not go mad on the carbs though, it is a downward path for me that one, I have been there too many times to eat carbs again, but the rest is so interesting.

If you could share your views on this, I would love to hear your comments and whether or not you have started this WOE.

Bye for now,
love Louloo. x

Hi everyone,

I have been experimenting with once-a-day eating as recommended by the Warrior Diet. I've been doing it for about a week. I have to say that the first two days I was starving during the day, but by the third day my body had adjusted. I normally love to eat my biggest meal at dinnertime, so this diet *seems* perfect for me. Only time will tell, I guess! I do find that I have more energy. I am one of those who gets super tired during the day if I eat lunch, even if it is a low-carb meal. A couple of days, I have eaten fruit during the day but for the most part I've just been drinking water. Today all I had during the day was a non-fat decaf latte and I felt fantastic. For dinner I had a big, healthy meal and I feel totally satisfied. If any of you decide to try it, I'd love to hear how you do on it. I feel like I'm doing a lab experiment on myself or something!

Anna

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Wow! Anna, that's great. You're right about the "experiment." I was hoping you and Louloo would try it first lol.

It seems like a great approach for those who prefer to eat at night anyway. Louloo's right - we're always being told how important breakfast is and to eat lightly in the evening. I am going to read up on it and see how you guys do and then maybe try an experiment of my own.

Anna - are you sticking to paleolithic foods? How low carb are you being in your evening feasts?

There is a bit of a linkage with this concept and one of my favorite books, "Lights Out," by T.S. Wiley. LO thinks we need to live more by the sun and minimize our use of artificial lighting, especially to go to bed soon after dark. This may not sound supportive of WD eating at night, but one of the statements in LO that sticks in my mind is that dusk is the universal dinner hour in traditional pre-artificial lighting cultures.

Yes, I know that farm cultures had their big meal - dinner - at midday, and they're traditional and existed long before artificial lighting became common. Still, I have this image of the cave clan gathering at dusk to eat the food they hunted/gathered during the day, while eating lightly (a few leftovers and a few leaves or berries perhaps) during the day. It really makes sense for paleo in my mind.

I think I'm talking myself into trying it - but not immediately. I'm going to do some thinking and planning first.

Anna - please keep us posted - I, too am fascinated by this.

Alice

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Hi Anna and Alice,

I have already said to Alice that I have tried this WD for 2 days, and I wasn't hungry at all.

I did eat a few nuts and a small slice of cheese the first day, mid afternoon. But I think it was more habit than hunger.

The evening meal I had meat, veggies and followed it with a few nuts and some dark chocolate.........I was so full up but I slept really well those 2 days.

I cannot digest lettace so I only had the tomatoes with a bit of pepper and radish and cucumber for the first part of the meal, then I ate my veggies and followed with some lean pork loin chops.....then dessert, yummy........

I have blown it today because we had to take our guests out for a lunch time meal, but I only ate 2 small slices of pizza..............I won't be eating again until a lot later, but it won't be a cooked meal tonight, just some cheese and nuts.

I would like to hear about your eating plan Anna. I think also that Alice might have a go at this......read all the info first. I am hopeing to finish the reading tonight, then I might buy the e-book.

Remember Anna that it says in the book that you are not to go on a water fast..........eat a small amount of protein or fruit and veggies during the day.....that will go straight through the system without causing any damage, or very little anyway.

Take care,
love Louloo. x

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The following is copied from another thread:

I'm going to read up on the WD and think about giving it a go. It would fit into my crazy schedule. My dh gets home from work about 8 or 9 pm, sometimes later. So I have dinner late anyway. I like to get up early for my exercise walk, so I'm getting ready for bed by ten even though the rest of the family stays up later. Does the WD discuss going to bed shortly after eating? Do they think it's ok? And you say one should eat lightly a couple of times during the day? I can imagine critics saying it's a low-calorie diet in disguise because one wouldn't be able to eat a day's worth of calories in one sitting. What do you think about that?

When you two started, did you take a couple of days to transition, or did you just change straight away? I wonder how long would make a good test - at least a week I imagine.

I better get to my reading!

Alice

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I just jumped in with two feet as usual, no hanging about changing over slowly for me, LOL.

What about you Anna?

love Lynn.xx

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Hi, I don't post much. Just wanted you to know I've been following your posts! I hope you'll let us know how you are doing. I want to try this after my baby weans himself. (I imagine it would be perfectly healthy to do it now, but since I've been nursing him, I'm starving about twenty hours of the day!)

Hope it's going well.

Cassandra

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Hi Cassandra,

You take care if you are nursing that you are getting all the nourishment that you and the baby need. Try reading up on everything that you can find about the Warrier Diet then when you are ready to start at least you will be armed with all you need to know.

Take care and keep watching this space, LOL

love louloo. x

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Please don't take this wrong, but eating once a day is (sooner or later) going to cause your body to shut down. I too used to eat something similar to this diet... not called that, but actually some quack doctor told me to try it...

I read where your body "adjusted" to not eating during the day - well, I just want you to understand that this adjustment could very well be your body slowing down and waiting for that one BIG meal, so it can store as much as possible to get it to the next feeding... we are made for survival... and our body is very good at it. If it thinks you are not gonna get food for long periods of time, it will not metabolize much of what you do eat, because it fears no more will be coming.

I initially lost about 25 pounds on my diet... and then gained back all of it and then some... I was at my wits end and went to another doctor, who put me on an eating plan of 5-6 small meals a day and the weight started coming off again!

Please be careful. You may be psyched at the initial results, (as I was) but it's the long term that you need to worry about. Take what you are eating in that one meal, and break it down to eating every 2.5 to 3 hours and your body will burn it all, because it knows it will get fed often! Then see how much energy you have!!! Also, know that the body can only metabolize about 4oz of protein at one time, and will store the rest as fat. I eat about 2-4 oz of protein, with every one of my small meals... it's really working... I have lost about 35 pounds since January, and just started the really LOW carbs (atkins variation) this month because I am seeing that my body has learned to adapt to what I was eating...

Good luck to you... and I hope I didn't offend you who are doing this diet... I just cringe when I hear the "one a day" because I am living proof of it's failure in the long run!!!

God bless!!!

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Start - 5/15/04 - 268.5
current - 260
Goal - 150(?) or size 10
height - 5'3

Hi Julie,

It's ok I think most of us that was initially interested in this diet has come to our senses already....we are mostly stricking to what we know works for us. But it was very nice of you to post with your story, we really appreciate it.

What are you following now? it will be nice to hear from you again,
love louloo. x

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Hi Louloo...

I did the 6 week body makeover from january of this year until this month... when I noticed that the carbs were effecting my ability to lose this weight. So I took their principals (eating 5-6 small meals, drinking at least 100oz of water and daily cardio) and applied it to the Atkins plan. I also took their principal that our body cannot metabolize more than 4oz of protein at one time.. and so I eat about 4oz of protein with each of my 5 meals...

I have been doing this for 12 days now and I have lost 8.5 pounds!! I am very happy!!! And the fat in my diet is helping me to not crave the carbs!! I only eat green, leafy, and raw veggies for my carbs... and I don't limit my intake of them. I am loving this way of eating, and I feel wonderful!!

Thanks for the warm response... I usually don't like to "down" someone's attempts at weightloss, but this one is just bad news... and I know how horrible it felt to go through all I went through just to gain back that plus more!!

take care and please keep in touch!! We need each other to get through this... no one understands like another "struggling" dieter.

Julie

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Julie

Start - 5/15/04 - 268.5
current - 260
Goal - 150(?) or size 10
height - 5'3