For those interested, the book is called The Warrior Diet by Ori Hoffmekler and I got it and read it about six months ago since I’d heard it was about the same as what I had discovered on my own…
http://www.amazon.com/The-Warrior-Diet-Biological-Powerhouse/dp/1583942009
This is a very, very old plan, as stated - as old as humans have been humans - with the newer measures being johnny-come-latelys to the diet world. Yes, Ori’s is basically the same as mine, only my plan is much more structured, reserved for the morbidly obese who need to lose a bit faster than others and who struggle with metabolic complications.
I structured my plan to account for insulin resistance, pituitary issues, and those who won’t jump into “eating right” mode, as well as for bingers who need a little extra help in the beginning. I was a binger, a compulsive eater who would eat until I thought I was going to have a stroke. So I put this together to be simple and fail-safe, as a last-ditch measure at a normal life. That is why my version of the plan is more tailored to the broken, to the sedentary, to those who have been totally defeated by years and years of losing control and have given up like I had. I was so out of shape at first that just getting up and walking around was about all I could do. Two flights of stairs had me beat, like totally whipped. If someone had told me then to start eating fruit, I’d have wanted to cuss them out. I was that desperate, so I put this together and tested it and chronicled it into what you’ve been made a part of.
But that is my only real gripe with Hoffmekler’s book…it’s tailored for the active people who just need to lose a few pounds to firm the waist. He just doesn’t address the problem people who most need to benefit from it. The writing style is okay, but he speaks only to that audience for almost the whole way through. But to offset that, he goes into great historical detail on OMAD as it was practiced by elite Roman soldiers and Macedonian and Grecian meals and eating habits. Really good information, it is. I do recommend it.
The truth is, eating better and exercising are just WAY OFF for some people. You add those in after months of getting comfortable with the change. And it’s natural at that point, never forced. But by all means, tailor the plan to your liking. You’ll still kick butt and take names, so to speak. Like me, Ori talks all the time in his articles about how hard it is to keep his bodyweight up. I have now taken up strength-training and running and the firming-up process is yielding noticeable improvements almost every day. Every other workout, I’m going up 10 lbs in what I can lift and can sustain my level of activity longer.
And as you guys who have started are seeing, it’s amazing how much time non-OMADers spend per day just eating and digesting their food! You always have more day with one meal.