The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse for High Energy, Explosive Strength, and a Leaner, Harder Body

The Warrior Diet is a variation of an intermittent fasting regime that’s based on eating one large meal a day and some food combining. The original copyright date is 2003, which is about 10 years ahead of the time when intermittent fasting became wildly popular. So the book used to have a good deal of novelty going for it. Now its main claim to fame is a loose and poorly defined association with Warriorhood. Author Hofmekler, for example, offers a “new definition” of a warrior as “an instinct that is deep within us all.” Huh? Towards the end of the book he makes a grand attempt to use the history of ancient Roman warriors to explain the relevance of his diet. While this info was somewhat interesting, it missed the mark for me. I very much appreciated Hofmeker’s authentic voice, and I definitely believed his claim that he walks his own diet talk. That said, I personally found his diet program hard to follow. There were many variables and a heavy reliance on supplements. Because the foods on his diet have no added sugar (although fruit juices are ok), no flour and no starches, it probably works just fine for weight loss. The only features, however, that were really interesting to me were some of the food combinations and the timing for consuming them.

I was looking forward to reading this book but I was left hungry for more in-depth information. I agree with the principles of the diet but I find the book lacking in science based information. It’s definitely not directed at women, which further disappointed me because I’m a very active woman (weightlifting and cycling) and it seems most standard diets are geared toward sedentary people. I was already doing OMAD and the book definitely gave me a few new insights and advantages to eating less frequently.

I finished reading The Warrior Diet a few weeks ago, and it works. I have found that I did indeed get used to eating only one big meal a day and that my frame has gotten a lot more wiry, and my muscles are much more defined. The Warrior Diet is easy to read, and all the difficult terms are explained. It's not a difficult diet to follow at all because you are allowed to eat whatever you want (besides anything with refined sugars and any artificial stuff).

In the past, I haven't had much luck with diets. I'm usually looking to drop that extra ten pounds or so, but I've tried Atkins, South Beach and The Zone diets with little success. The Warrior Diet is different. By changing the times that I eat (along with dropping highly refined foods), I've made steady progress towards my desired weight while maintaining high energy. It took me a week or so to transition into the system of fasting during the day and feasting at night, but once I got used to it, I found it to be almost a matter of instinct. After just a few weeks, I'm starting to lose that stubborn belly fat and I don't feel like I'm starving all the time. I am also following the exercise guidelines. This isn't a "Lose Weight While you Sleep," plan and it isn't a magic pill. It's just another approach to eating that seems to make a lot of sense.

While I do understand that not everyone will enjoy this diet, or even benefit from it, in my life it has altered my health and energy dramatically. I have tried eating the "clean" bodybuilders diet for the last 2 years to put on size. I have done my cardio, intervals and slow paced mileage. I don't care about that anymore. I want to feel alive, primal, loving, and in tune. And for me this diet is a cornerstone of that lifestyle. I have never felt the need to write a review of a book, this is my first, and it deserves to be read at the least.

I've read the other reviews and really don't want to be negative, but I've just got to say that everyone's BODY is different!!!!!! Speaking for myself, I've been following the -guidelines- for a year and I've lost 60 pounds!!!! This is a basic common sense "diet." All he's saying is eat healthy, watch your portions and exercise. The nutritionist I saw before I started the diet said the same thing. Ori says in the book to eat something during the day if you're hungry!!!!! Its just that over time, you'll find that you don't need to eat as much. On the exercise front, I joined a gym and specifically go to Spinning classes which was recommended to me by a former U.S. Marine. I recommend this book as a guide because of what its done for me. The key thing to acknowledge is that every BODY is not the same. You should do what works best for you!!!

i made a review on this diet about a year ago. I dont know how to remove it, so ill add a positive review. It turns out i was doing the diet totally wrong and that is why i was losing muscular mass. I am currently following this diet and i am much leaner. Heres a tip to maximize weight loss: Before your "meal" make sure you do ANY kind of workout to promote digestion and anabolism. It really helps. The thing this book didnt touch on isa that you need to work out before your meal or it is possible the food will just turn into fat.