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ChadTower:
Coincedentally I've been thinking of doing this again. I ran a Warrior Dash in June and was disappointed in my cardio. I could stand to get my bodyfat down to less than 20% again too.
shmokes:
I've been combining it with the Warrior Diet (though I haven't always followed it as strictly as I should). It is essentially a long period of undereating (skip breakfast and lunch . . . snack on raw fruits, vegetables and nuts to take the edge off hunger when necessary), and a short period of overeating (big dinner).
It's a diet that is meant to be sustained indefinitely. So far I'm a big fan. I've been getting great results and I have a lot more energy throughout the day. The after-lunch crash has so far been entirely a thing of the past. I am alert and feel great (though I'm sometimes a bit hungry) throughout the day. Then at night I tend to eat a lot. I haven't found it to be very difficult, surprisingly. I've lost a lot of fat over the last month, though I haven't dropped any weight. But I've been doing p90x, which is a lot of resistance training, so maintaining my weight makes sense. I'm actually hoping that I'll start gaining weight before long.
Anyway, the diet seems to work really well and has benefits aside from just physical health. And it's not hard. Probably everyone here knows that the easiest way to skip lunch is to first skip breakfast. It's when you've eaten breakfast that you find yourself starving to death by 11 AM. Dealing with the hunger during the day is actually far easier than dealing with simple cravings triggered by being around others who are eating tasty things. So that takes a bit of willpower. The diet also cuts down on grocery bills a bit, and gives you more time in your day (specifically the time you typically spend eating breakfast and lunch).
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shmokes on July 10, 2011, 05:04:04 pm ---It's when you've eaten breakfast that you find yourself starving to death by 11 AM.
--- End quote ---
I have always found the exact opposite to be true. If I eat a good breakfast I want a much smaller lunch. If I skip breakfast I end up eating 1200 calories at lunchtime.
shmokes:
Interesting. Pretty much everyone I've ever talked to about it has said they are affected by breakfast the same as me.
Dartful Dodger:
Congrats. I’ve been starting P90X every other month for a year.
My biggest problem with sticking with it is exactly what motivates you to stick with it. After 3 weeks I look and feel as good as I’d expect to look and feel after 90 days, so I quit.
I went on a beach vacation a month ago, so I started P90X 2 weeks before the trip.
After a week at an all inclusive resort I'm over due for my next P21X.
I’ve been horrible with my eating. The first time I did P90X I followed it’s diet by the book, but after a dozen or so times of doing two weeks of it I’ve realized I can eat like a pig and as long as I do the work outs I won’t look like one.
I have noticed that lately I’ve been doing fewer and fewer pushups when I start the program.
I’ll read up on that Warrior Diet and try it the next time I start up P90X.
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