On Track!

I am now into my 3rd day of “The Zone”.  I have stayed on track really good for the past 2 days.  I took in 18 blocks for both days.  I am eating anywhere from 6 to 8 small meals a day. 

I have planned and prepared my meals for today which consists of 6 meals and a total of 16 blocks.  I have left myself 2 remaining blocks for the day that I will use for a snack before bed.  This usually consists of a glass of red wine, cheese and almonds.

 I am already feeling better and anxious to see what happens with my fitness performance in the next few weeks.  I haven’t hit any PR’s lately for my benchmark workouts and I am hoping “The Zone” is just the thing I am needing to set some new ones.

I’m Back!

I’m back in “The Zone” and ready this time to go a full month.  I officially started back yesterday.  I had a total of 18.  I was planning on staying at 20 blocks a day but 18 felt pretty good.  I think I will stay at 18 for the beginning to see how I feel and increase it to 20 if I think I need to.   

 As for today I have planned and prepared a total of 6 meals consisting of 17 blocks total.  I have left a one block snack that I can make before bedtime that will probably consist of a glass of red wine, an ounce of swiss cheese and 3 almonds.  I had this for a 1 block snack last night and found it quite tasty! 

 The main foods I eat and make my meals with consist of these:

1. Eggs
2. Swiss Cheese
3. Broccoli
4. Chicken
5. Tuna
6. Blueberries
7. Strawberries
8. Apples
9. Oranges
10. Kidney Beans
11. Pita Bread
12. Oatmeal
13. Soy Burgers
14. Red Wine
15. Almonds
16. Peanut Butter (all natural)
17. Skim Milk
18. Cottage Cheese (2%)
19. Plain Yogurt (mix of whole and nonfat)

I will keep you informed!

This has been a pretty good week so far.  Yesterday was a 20 block day, which consisted of 6 meals. 

I always get up early in the morning to plan and prepare all my meals for the day.  So I have a total of 5 meals planned and prepared with a total of 15 blocks.   Today I am taking a group of members from The Center (where I work full-time) out to eat for lunch.  It is going to be a mexican restaurant but I plan on staying in “the Zone” as much as possible.  I will let you know how it turns out.  I will try to get in a 5 block meal so I will have a total of 20 for the day.

 I did the hero workout ”Badger” last night and felt really good.  I believe I should see a big difference in my fitness performance in a short period of time if I keep strict with my Zone requirements. 

I urge everyone that wants to optimize their performance and weight loss to give this a try for 2 weeks.  

It has been awhile since the last post.  I am going to take another shot at this “Zone” nutrition plan but with a different approach.  I will try not to bore you with all the meals I eat and the exact amounts.  I will try to make this as interesting as a nutrition blog can be. 

The power outage we had last week messed up my “Zone” program a little.  I still tried to stick to it as much as possible but it was hard for me to weigh and measure like I should have.  As they say with “The Zone”; if you mess up don’t worry about it just get right back on track, so that is what I am doing. 

I started back strong yesterday.  I did really good with weighing and measuring everything I ate but I did have a few extra blocks of carbs in the evening from some holiday spirits.  Not counting my extra carb blocks from my evening night cap, I believe I was around 18 total blocks for the day.  I am shooting for 20 blocks a day but I can live with 18.  All in all it was a good day for my “Zone” program.

Today is going good.  I woke at 4:00am to spend 1 hour preparing all my meals for the day.  I have made a total of 6 meals for the day with a total of 18 blocks (4,3,2,4,2,3).  I will probably have a 2 block snack when I get home to make it a total of 20 blocks for the day.

I honestly can tell a difference in how I feel since I have been incorporating “The Zone” into my nutrition program.  I haven’t kept it exactly perfect but it is very close.  I am anxious to see what happens after a month. 

My nutrition was already pretty clean with mostly whole foods; however, I am realizing my portion sizes we a little larger than I needed and I no longer can eat half a jar of natural peanut butter and honey in one sitting.     

4:45 AM
Breakfast
2 Whole eggs
2 Egg Whites
1 1/2 cup Broccoli
1 oz Swiss Cheese (1 1/2 slices)
8 Almonds
7 Walnuts
2/3 cup oatmeal
1 cup skim milk in coffee

Total= 5 Blocks

8:00 AM
Snack
2 ounces canned Tuna
8 Baby Carrots
4 tsp walnuts

Total= 2 Blocks

10:30
Snack
1/4 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup blueberries
1/4 cup plain whole milk yogurt
1/4 cup plain fat free milk yogurt
3 almonds
3 walnuts

Total Blocks= 2

12:00 PM
Lunch
1 Soy burger
1/2 Pita Bread
1 1/2 swiss cheese slice
1 1/4 cup broccoli
2 ounces chicken breast
1 Apple

Total Blocks= 5

3:00 PM
Snack
1/4 cup cottage cheese
1 cup strawberries
1/4 cup plain whole milk yogurt
1/4 cup plain fat free milk yogurt
3 almonds
3 walnuts

Total Blocks= 2

7:30 PM
Snack
1/2 Pita Bread
1 oz Tuna
1 oz deli turkey
6 almonds

Total Blocks= 2

9:00 PM
Snack
1/2 cup blueberries
1 TSP peanut butter
1 1/4 cup broccoli
2 oz deli turkey
5 olives

Total Blocks=2

Total blocks for the day = 20 for day 2