Monthly Archives: June 2009

My Personal “Zone”

My basic Zone is 17 blocks. That breaks into three 4 block meals and snacks of 1 and 2 blocks.

Adjusting this for an “Athlete Zone” I remove half the carb blocks and add 3 fat blocks for each carb block removed. In my case I cut 8 carb blocks and add in 24 fat blocks. I also use a 4 times fat multiplier so my 17 fat blocks turn into 68. Adding 68 and 24 you get 92 fat blocks. So my average day looks like this:

Carbs = 7 blocks, Protein = 17 blocks and fat = 92 blocks.

I have no trouble getting my full protein and in fact will sometimes go over if we grill steaks or something else I want to keep eating. I actually have to work pretty hard if I want to get my “allotment” of carbs. I will have a little fruit at lunch and a 2-3 block salad with dinner. I have just about eliminated grains from my diet (more on that another day), sugar is mostly non-existent so I get the majority of my carbs from leafy green and some colored veggies.

Keep in mind that these aren’t really blocks per se. A Zone block is made up of carb, fat and protein so when I say I have 92 fat blocks I’m not really speaking Zone language correctly.

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