Re: CR/F-F/etc Warrior Diet and exercise

[Guest guest]

How about Warrior Diet if you don't do exercise and have a fairly

sedentary life? I can't imagine gaining muscle if you don't do

anything to create muscle in the first place. I know he recommends

exercise 3 to 4 times a week but some people just can't motivate

themselves to exercise so is WD not for them?

Filippa

> Eating a big breakfast is NOT the Warrior Diet in any way.

>

> You will not lose muscle if you undereat during the day. Rather,

you will

> start gaining muscle. Undereating stimulates growth potential,

which is

> activated by overeating. The anabolic cycle can't be completed

without the latter

> part, and has an extremely low potential without the former part.

>

> Why don't you split breakfast in half and eat the other half for

lunch? The

> WD doesn't mean eating nothing for as long as you can, it means

undereating

> for 20 hours and overeating for four hours. Undereating just

means eating less

> than you normally would. Ideally you eat very small amounts and

most

> importantly you don't eat high-glycemic fruits, starches, or

sugar, but you start by

> just eating less.

>

> Eating a giant breakfast to try to hold you over through lunch

seems rather

> anti-instinctual. It would be more useful to eat whatever stops

your immediate

> hunger for breakfast and nothing more, and don't eat until you get

hungry

> again, but eat as soon as you do, and again, nothing more than

what you need to

> stop your hunger.

>

> Chris

[Guest guest]

The fasting/feasting process may still be beneficial from a health

perspective, though. If it suits your lifestyle, I say go for it.

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> In a message dated 10/14/03 10:03:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> filippa91@y... writes:

>

> > How about Warrior Diet if you don't do exercise and have a fairly

> > sedentary life? I can't imagine gaining muscle if you don't do

> > anything to create muscle in the first place. I know he recommends

> > exercise 3 to 4 times a week but some people just can't motivate

> > themselves to exercise so is WD not for them?

>

> If you're not exercising, you're not really doing the WD ;-)

>

> Chris

[Guest guest]

> If you're not exercising, you're not really doing the WD ;-)

I agree with this- however I found the WD to be very helpful for me-

to gain weight! I would think if your goal is to lose weight (body

fat) on the WD, exercise would be necessary. However if you actually

need some body fat, you can do the WD without exercise. I guess this

wouldn't apply to many except for underweight females.. since men

need very little body fat.

On a side note, I noticed that along with gaining much needed body

fat, I also gained muscle without exercising. It is visible, and I am

much stronger. Now I'll really be doing the WD when I start

exercising..

> In a message dated 10/14/03 10:03:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> filippa91@y... writes:

>

> > How about Warrior Diet if you don't do exercise and have a fairly

> > sedentary life? I can't imagine gaining muscle if you don't do

> > anything to create muscle in the first place. I know he

recommends

> > exercise 3 to 4 times a week but some people just can't motivate

> > themselves to exercise so is WD not for them?

>

> If you're not exercising, you're not really doing the WD ;-)

>

> Chris

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Couldn't you build up to it?

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>

> >> > How about Warrior Diet if you don't do exercise and have a fairly

> >> > sedentary life? I can't imagine gaining muscle if you don't do

> >> > anything to create muscle in the first place. I know he

recommends

> >> > exercise 3 to 4 times a week but some people just can't motivate

> >> > themselves to exercise so is WD not for them?

> >>

> >> If you're not exercising, you're not really doing the WD ;-)

> >>

> >> Chris

>

> However, if you DO the diet you may find you have more energy and

thus move more (even if you aren't doing crunches). I get a LOT of

exercise just doing house stuff, though I don't usually call it

exercise. I find now that if I eat a " real " lunch I feel sedated --

kind of like if I sleep all day I feel just awful. I don't do the kind

of " Warrior exercises " Ori recommends -- at my age and state of being

I CAN'T do anything near that -- but I can do Taekwando move and weights.

>

> -- Heidi