dutchgirl and ColleenM - questions for you two

RhiannonW

Cathlete
ColleenM -
You mentioned on the BFL diet, you only have to eat 2 servings of veggies per day...is that TRUE? If so, sign me up(lol). I have a hard time getting veggies in.

dutchgirl -
Are there any ready-to-eat staples for The Zone? I considered doing this diet, but it requires you to prepare most all your food. How do you have time to do that?

thank you both.
 
Hey Rhonda,

Hope you don't mind my jumping in here--I just sent Colleen an e-mail asking about her BFL experience. Maybe she'll just post here.

However, I do want to address 2 servings of veggies a day? THAT'S BAD! Our bodies need more fiber than that. Veggies can be easy to get in if you eat them raw. Just pack them for snacks during the day.
 
Here are some things that Zone Perfect makes: protein bars (very yummy), protein drink mix, premixed protein drinks, pancake mix, muffin mix, macaroni and cheese, crunchy snacks that resemble potato chips and such (quite crunchy but very tasty), and when I last looked they were also launching a line of frozen entrees. But it actually really easy to eat 'the Zone way' without much preparation. Here is an example of a typical day for me. Breakfast: a Zone or Balance protein shake, a large glass of water, vitamins. First snack: low carb yogurt (usually the store brand is sufficient) or a Zone protein bar, more water. Lunch: turkey sandwich on low carb whole wheat bread made with lots of turkey, some cheese, all the fixings, a piece of fruit or 1/4 of a cantaloupe or other melon, carrots or celery, diet soda, a small piece of chocolate cause I love it so, more water. I typically have a hard time eating all my lunch and so the carrots or celery gets pushed back to snack two. If not, snack two: some cottage cheese on a wasa toast, water. Dinner: a piece of chicken, pork, or beef cooked however, a large salad to start, some veggie to go with the entree, low carb hot chocolate for dessert. I highly recommend getting at least one of the Zone books. It will really help you to a) figure out approximately how many protein, carb, and fat blocks you can eat based on current weight and goals, and b) learn how to ready food labels the Zone way so that you came wade through ready made or prepackaged foods to make good choices. It doesn't take long to learn and once you get the hang of it you'll never cruise the grocery store in quite the same way. Hope this helps.
Sabine
P.S. The website to check out Zoneperfect food is www.zoneperfect.com.
 
Yep, only 2 servings of veggies. You "can" have more if you are so inclined but you only need 2 servings of veggies. Up until BFL I could barely tolerate veggies, but actually since being on BFL and having them twice a day, I've learned to be more creative in how to prepare them. I'm finding they aren't too bad after all. Don't get me wrong, they wil never be my favorites <G>! As far as fiber, if you are following BFL strictly, you will get enough fiber in because you aren't eating processed carbs...oatmeal, beans, lentils, etc. and you can have fruit also as your carb.

I also did the Zone for awhile and you can use pre-packaged foods. Certian lean cuisines and healthy choice frozen meals are pretty close ratios, some of the progresso soups and low fat chilis work quite well too. If it were a 3 block meal, you would look for a meal with:

27 grams carbs
21 grams protein
4-9 grams fat

Certain fast foods meals are ok also. I think the chicken soft taco at taco bell and the bk broiler chicken sandwich (no sauce) are close to zone ratios.

Colleen
 

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