Mark Gaughan: Dion Dawkins feels fit, trim, and he's ready to make Bills' haters eat their words
Dawkins had lost 40 pounds earlier in the offseason. He has been strictly following an eating regimen laid out by the team for the past six months, since the start of March. He’s in great shape and ready for the start of his seventh season.
He gained an added 40 pounds from his 330-pound playing weight during late January and February.
“I was like 370 by the start of March,” Dawkins said. “I was kinda binging as comfort. Dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner. It caught up quick.”
Dawkins met with Will Greenberg, the Bills’ assistant strength and conditioning coach and performance development coach.
“I started drinking a ton of water,” Dawkins said. “I would drink 100 ounces of water before I would eat anything, before I would put any food into my body. Every day. Then I was doing two Chipotle salads a day, like 600 to 800 calories a day. That’s it. If I needed a pick-me-up, I’d have a protein bar for 200 calories.”