Starting on the zone dietHeard of the Zone diet? You divide the food you eat into food blocks and stick to a fixed proportion in order to lose weight.
Starting on the zone diet
I have been off my diet for almost half a year. First it was a
prolonged flu, then a series of other excuses.
When I got on the scale again, I had a fright of my life. I had
gained 7 kg! I'm too embarassed to post my weight here though.
Time to drive test the zone diet.
What is the zone diet?
The zone diet classifies your food into 3 types of blocks.
The carbohydrate block,
the protein block and
the fat block.
Each type of food is classified as either
most favorable,
moderately favorable
or least favorable.
1 mini-block of carbohydrate is 9 grams, which is about half and
apple.
1 mini-block of protein is 7 grams, which is 1 ounce of beef
1 min-block of fat is 1.5 grams, which is 1/3 teaspoon of olive
oil.
A zone-perfect meal would balance your carbohydrate, protein and
fat, in the ratio of
1 block of carbohydrate : 1 block of protein : 1 block of fat.
You will get 40% of your calories from carbohydrate, 30% of your
calories from protein and 30% of your calories from fat.
How does the zone diet work?
The goal of the zone diet is to balance your metabolism. As you
enter the zone, you will experience
Mental clarity due to balanced blood sugar levels.
Peak performance in your daily activities as your body
increases the level of oxygen transferred to your muscle cells
A leaner body as you lose excess fat.
No more hunger pangs.
Sounds great to me.. The toughest part in any diet, is the
discipline though. The will to stay off chocolates, sweets and the
like.
Then again, there are some really yummy sweets for anyone on the
zone diet. Imagine chocolate mint bars and other goodies like that that are great for your diet.
Check out these zone diet snacks. 
Zone Perfect All-Natural Nutrition Bars, Chocolate Coconut Crunch Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items. 
Zone Perfect All-Natural Nutrition Bars, Chocolate Peanut Butter Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items. 
Zone Perfect All Natural Nutrition Bar, Chocolate Raspberry Supreme Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items. 
Zone Perfect All-Natural Nutrition Bars, Chocolate Almond Biscotti Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items. 
Zone Perfect All-Natural Nutrition Bars, Fruitified Apple Cinnamon Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items. 
Zone Perfect All-Natural Nutrition Bars, Fruitified Banana Nut Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items. 
Zone Perfect All Natural Nutrition Bar, Chocolate Caramel Cluster Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items. 
Zone Perfect All-Natural Nutritional Bars, Chocolate Caramel Cluster Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items. 
Zone Perfect All Natural Nutrition Bar, Double Chocolate Zone Perfect Shop the drugstore.com travel store for suggested carry-on personal care and beauty items.
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