hi I am new and not sure what to eat. Yes I have read the books? not still in a fog. so what does a normal day look like
Here is what I think
oatmeal
eggbeaters
nuts


chicken
raw veggies
apple
(fat)??? nuts


dinner

proterin
salad
fruit
fat????

snacks??? bars or what??? Im confused on snacks

Hi I guess my last post wasnt written very well. I would like someone to share with me what they eat for a day. I am trying this diet cause it looks so much better than others. I didt he atkins.... I was one of those whose chor. went up and got awfully ill... so I quit. I waited a while then did wwatchers for 3 months and ran 3 miles plus each day and lost only 5lbs. but a heard from a friend that her friend etc... says this is great. I read the books but did not buy the new one about Omegas 3 ??? do I neeed to get that book at this point? thanks

Mart, I merged your posts together so we wouldn't have two threads asking pretty much the same question.

I would help you out, but I haven't read The Zone. Hopefully someone will come along this weekend to help you out.

Mart, Like agonycat, I have not read any of the Zone books, however I think that this post may help you:

Sample Menu

Nat

All of the books have sample daily menus to use as a guide.

Snacks are one block and contain 7g P, 9gC, 3gF. A 1/2 Zone or Balance bar is one block.
Here are some ideas.
You can create an infinite variety of your very own Zone-favorable snacks. Pick and choose one item from each food group below to create a one block snack.

PROTEINS:
· 1/4 cup of low-fat cottage cheese
· 1 oz. part-skim or "lite" mozzarella
· 2 1/2 oz. part-skim or "lite" ricotta cheese
· 1 oz. sliced meats (turkey, ham, etc.)
· 1 oz. tuna packed in water
· 1 oz. low-fat, part-skim, or "soft" cheese

CARBOHYDRATES:
· 1/2 apple
· 3 apricots
· 1 kiwi
· 1 tangerine
· 1/3 cup "lite" fruit cocktail
· 1/2 pear
· 1 cup strawberries
· 3/4 cup blackberries
· 1/2 orange
· 1/2 cup grapes
· 8 cherries
· 1/2 nectarine
· 1 peach
· 1 plum
· 1/2 cup peaches
· 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
· 1 cup raspberries
· 1/2 cup blueberries
· 1/2 grapefruit

FATS:
· 3 olives (green or black)
· 1 macadamia nut
· 1 tablespoon guacamole
· 3 almonds
· 6 peanuts
· 2 pecan halves