I know, I know – We all hate when friends on Twitter post what they had for lunch.

Well, when you’re a fancy-pants, award-winning personal fitness trainer , people actually do want to know what you’re eating.

So here’s what’s recently gotten me leaner than I’ve been since my second child was born …

ASIDE: As the ever dutiful husband (the women in my dorm at Duke nicknamed me, “The Perfect Man” – thank you very much), I played along with my then-pregnant wife’s cravings for ice cream and giant bagels.

Later, I gave in to the “You-Did-This-to-Me-So-You’re-Not-Allowed-to-Stop-Eating-Until-I-Stop-Eating” looks at the dinner table.

Then I had to switch to working out late at night after everyone went to sleep which not only threw off my sleep patterns but made my workouts less fun since I had to turn the AC/DC down to a level Angus would certainly deem blasphemous.

I’m currently combining Geoff Neupert’s Kettlebell Extreme (sorry, it’s not available to regular folks yet – just us fancy, well-connected, big shot trainers) and Ori Hofmekler’s Warrior Diet which I read what feels like a milion years ago. My interest in his philosophy has recently been buoyed by discovering more about intermittent fasting and its benefits on brain health, anti-aging and fat loss.

Basically, I’m cycling my carb intake from day-to-day and including a “cheat day” and a fasting day. (There’s more to the so-called Fasting Day than simply “not eating,” but I don’t want to give away Geoff’s secret.)

ANNOUNCEMENT: This marks the end of Cheat days. It’s not Cheating if it’s part of the program. In fact, the HYPER-CALORIC DAY – the new official name (you’re welcome) – is the most difficult day for me. I actually enjoy a big,  fresh salad more than pizza. Bread and pancakes make me sleepy. Desserts make me feel bloated and lethargic. And since I, like most non-whites, have lactose intolerance – well, let’s not even start on what ice cream does to me.

I realize the rest of the world “cheats” on Saturday and fasts on Sunday, but, as a go-getter Type-A, I learned about the program on a Thursday and starting right away. That left me with Tuesday as the Hyper-Caloric day and Wednesday as the fast day.

So here’s the schedule …

• Sun: each feeding: protein, veggies
• Mon: each feeding: protein, veggies, starchy carbs
  post-workout shake
• Tue: Hyper-Caloric
• Wed: fast (with a bonus)
• Thu: each feeding: protein, veggies, starchy carb
  post-workout shake
• Fri: each feeding: protein, veggies
• Sat: each feeding: protein, veggies, starchy carb
  post-workout shake

Favorite proteins: EAS Protein Powder (only because it’s ridiculously inexpensive at Sam’s Club), salmon, bison, grass-fed burgers and steaks, shrimp, scallops

Favorite veggies: onions (which may have estrogen-reducing properties – important for both men and women trying to lose fat), Swiss chard (not nearly as popular as it should be and one the the most nutritious foods available), spinach, red peppers, broccoli

“Favorite” starchy carb choices: Again, I don’t like the way the yummy ones (bagels, pancakes) make me feel, so I’m stuck with steel cut oatmeal and quinoa – both of which I force down the way we used to drink the old fashioned protein powders years ago or Tab in its early (pre-Diet Coke) days.

Here’s the Warrior Diet influence …

I don’t eat until after I work out.* (No, I’m not recommending you try this yourself unless you’ve read the book!) Basically, you earn your meal – much like our ancestors (once upon a time) worked to hunt for food then got to enjoy that food. Then they didn’t eat much again until after the next successful hunt.

(*Okay, I do pop some BCAAs and a vitamin C shortly before workouts.)

It’s tough when you work out around noon like I do, but I’m happy with the results so far. (I guess I would have been one whiny, grumpy irritable cave man.)

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I’m not the type to post cheesy, shirtless pictures. [Sorry, ladies – I guess I’d be out of place in Congress), but I can tell you I’ve lost over an inch off my waist and have more definition than I can remember. I’ll keep you updated.

So – what and how do you eat? More important – Why?

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