The Warrior Diet Discussion Thread

[Joe]

Guys many of us are on the Warrior Diet and as far as I'm concerned it is quite possibly in the infancy stages for powerbuilders, body builders and powerlifters alike. This thread is not a Q & A thread, but this thread is for people who are running it to discuss their experiences and what they have done to improve or perhaps what they've done that didn't work. Hopefully after quite some time we can accrue a lot of good info in this thread and use it to our advantage.

Please state

Age
Training Experience (state beginner, intermediate, advanced as well)
Length of Warrior Diet
Goals (fat loss, lean massing, etc)
Supps
Somatotype (endo, meso, ecto etc)
BF (guys if you can't accurately or honestly give a close % please say something to the effect of chunky, lean, or overweight , etc.) Any adjective will do, but please be honest, it doesn't help anyone by skewing your stats.. and please remember calipers and electronic testers can be WAY off.)
You can also state your before and current bf..This is a lifestyle diet, so there is no after to me.

Note anything else...tips for healthier eating if you've got them. Anything that can we can all help each other out with.

[Joe]

I will start

I'm 24 years old
I've been on the diet for about 10 days now
I started at about 11% and I'm still there at the moment
Ive been training 10 years, I'm an advanced lifter
I'm an ecto-meso
My goal is recomping.


Guys this is how I've been running it

Wake up

first meal

organic coffee, organic salad with LIGHT dressing, and then 1 scoop of protein

second meal

is at work and it ends up being a handful of berries and that's it. sometimes an apple

third meal

is some more organic salad, some berries too and another serving of protein shake

the all out gorge

i start out with a BIG organic salad, berries, i throw in beans, or lentils, tons of meat (which I rotate), sometimes organic RAW dairy, and nuts

the second element I add is a protein brownie which can be made several different ways and I often rotate ingredients... a big bowl 2 scoops or protein (which i rotate), 2 table spoons of almond butter, or cashew butter OR peanut butter..the stir kind as the no stir throws in canola or palm oil.. then I add in wheat germ, ground cold milled flax seed, fenugreek seeds, and maybe I mix in coconut oil as well. A drop or two of stevia for flavor

If I'm still hungry after that I snack on fruit and at the end of the night I'll whack back 1 more serving of protein.

I really try and eat live veggies and replenish the digestive pool.

One trick I have is buying maca powder or 100% cocao powder both have a TON of nutrition and minerals packed in them. A lot of times i'll throw a serving into my protein shake and then 1 drop of stevia for the flavor and I think that beats the piss out of te artificially sweetened protein shakes you get.


Supps: Multivitamin, Ginseng, dandelion root, digestive enzymes, rhodiola rosea, magnesium, zinc, and mass amounts of green tea.

I will update progress.

[Shawn Bellon]

Keep us posted.

[slyfox115]

Age: 25
Training Experience: Advanced
Length of Warrior Diet: 2 months
**This is more of an intermittent fasting type diet, but the concepts are similar***
Goals: Fat loss
Supps: TP Multi, Fish Oil, ZMA
Somatotype: Endo-Meso
BF: 12%

Typical Day:

8am: Double shot americano with 2 tbsp cream

11am: 170g Chicken
1 cup berries

5pm: Train

7pm: Feast
300 grams cooked ground beef
Broccoli or Spinach
1/2 Package dreamfields pasta
1/2 cup alfredo sauce
1 package SF pudding (mixed with 2 scoops casein in it)
1/2 cup almonds

Then if I wanted a treat I would have it after. I always ate until I was full, not until I felt like I was going to explode. Strength stayed the same but my bodyfat dropped quite a bit. I ALWAYS had a a couple dirty feasts during the weekend that would involve polishing off half a pizza and half a cheesecake .

Currently I have changed my methods a bit. A few weeks ago I simply wasn't hungry during the day anymore. So I cut out the undereating meals altogether.

Adjustments made to reach 7 or 8%:

8am: Double shot americano with sf syrup

11am: Low carb monster

5pm: Train

7pm: Feast
300 grams cooked beef
Broccoli or Spinach
4 slices bacon
2 TBSP Coconut Oil
1/2 cup almonds
3 whole eggs
A protein shake later if Im still hungry

Is it lower in calories? Yes, but I am still having some HUGE dirty feasts during the weekend, which bring my totals to a level my body can handle and still lose fat. I have seen the fat drop faster with sticking with more of a paleo approach like I have been the past couple of weeks. Understand though that my main goal right now is fat loss. If my strength stays the same or even minimally drops I will call it a success.

Notes:
* I always train in a fasted state
* I always take BCAAs during the workout

[Joe]

Tanner have you gotten ample fat loss so far? My feasts are dirty during the weekend as well

[Shawn Bellon]

This is something Wes made for me. Because of my schedule etc it never worked well. Now I am using it and we will see:

20 grams combined Amino’s
Twenty minutes later 4 grams fish oil
25 grams protein powder
1 cup berries or 20 grams LOW GI carb equivelent
180 cals protein
36 cals fat
80 cals carbs
Total 296

Do that 3 times a day.

On a training day, skip one of those meals and do:
5-10 grams glutamine and 5-10 grams EAA’s at the start of the workout.
20 grams BCAA’s during

PWO 50 grams waxy maize or dextrose, 50 grams protein drink.

Every night meal should be:
225 grams of protein
225 grams carbs
125 grams of fat
Total cals for the night meal 2725, this will have to be spread out over two meals unless you can be a total pig

Total on a non-training day:
3813

Total on a training day
4077

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +

I will alternate with the Paleo diet which I like alot.

[Lift-Eat-Sleep-Repeat]

This is the EXACT way Wes wrote it out for me, except my nightly meal is greatly different. I am a smaller height guy and have different goals but the daytime and pre/post workout he laid out works great. I will post up my info after my workout shortly.

Originally Posted by Future

This is something Wes made for me. Because of my schedule etc it never worked well. Now I am using it and we will see:

20 grams combined Amino’s
Twenty minutes later 4 grams fish oil
25 grams protein powder
1 cup berries or 20 grams LOW GI carb equivelent
180 cals protein
36 cals fat
80 cals carbs
Total 296

Do that 3 times a day.

On a training day, skip one of those meals and do:
5-10 grams glutamine and 5-10 grams EAA’s at the start of the workout.
20 grams BCAA’s during

PWO 50 grams waxy maize or dextrose, 50 grams protein drink.

Every night meal should be:
225 grams of protein
225 grams carbs
125 grams of fat
Total cals for the night meal 2725, this will have to be spread out over two meals unless you can be a total pig

Total on a non-training day:
3813

Total on a training day
4077

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +

I will alternate with the Paleo diet which I like alot.

[heavyset]

Guys, I don't want to make this a Q&A like you wished, but for the sake of discussion...

Quickly: I've been on WD for a week now. I'm following it exactly as Wesley had layed it down for me two weeks ago. I'll post info after a month or so.

Anyway, when are you taking all your supps/vitamins? I use Multi, D3, calcium, magnesium and HCl. I take them ALL during my ONE big meal. I was just wondering am I ODing vitamins? Apologies if this wasn't the right place to ask.

[MD50]

Originally Posted by heavyset

Anyway, when are you taking all your supps/vitamins? I use Multi, D3, calcium, magnesium and HCl. I take them ALL during my ONE big meal. I was just wondering am I ODing vitamins? Apologies if this wasn't the right place to ask.

From my understanding this is the best time to take the vitamins you mentioned...

[Shawn Bellon]

I listed what Wes recommended I take.