Cranberrycat 
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| 09/21/2009 3:49 PM |
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Hi, Joanna!
Nice picture! I love camping. One of my favorite things to do. I just hate it when my weekends fill up, and I can't get out to go camping.
To add to Sue's reply, I can give you a solution to the "dry" muffin. If my memory serves me, I think that the recipes call for protein powder. What I generally do is sub in some of the protein powder with cottage cheese. I basically take all of the wet ingredients and blend up in blender, including the cottage cheese. Then, add to the dry ingredients. No one can tell that there is cottage cheese in there, and the muffins come out moist.
I haven't made muffins for a long time, but please DO NOT use paper liners. The muffins will stick to the paper, and it is a huge mess! I have heard some people say that the silicone muffin tin works well, and maybe the silicone liners probably work well, too. The aluminum liners work for me.
Also, I can't recall off the tope of my head how much cottage cheese I have subbed in, sorry! |
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Cranberrycat
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joanna
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| 09/25/2009 12:27 AM |
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Hey Cranberrycat & Sue
The muffins tured out good. Thanks for the tip about NOT using paper liners, too. |
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joanna
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| 09/25/2009 12:35 AM |
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| I am running an 18K trail run race on sunday and want to know how I should do my meals and snacks, before the race, during, and after. It starts at 6am. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks so much! |
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Sue K
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| 09/25/2009 7:00 AM |
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Glad you like the muffins!
On the day of the race, eat as you normally would in the Zone prior to the race, stay hydrated with water, and eat at least a 1 block snack shortly after you finish the race. It's not that long a distance, and since you have a fast time, you'll be done in a bit over an hour. |
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sue
Lost 100 lbs 15 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil. ZoneFast 1-2-3 is the best!
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Cranberrycat
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| 09/25/2009 10:33 AM |
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| You're welcome (on the tip about the liners). Believe me, I speak from experience on that one (and it wasn't pretty, either). |
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Cranberrycat
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joanna
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| 09/25/2009 12:00 PM |
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| Wow you have great expectations for me...it is a trail and I am allowing 2 hours to complete it :-) So, just have a normal block breakfast and a one block snack when I finish the 11 miles and forgo the oranges, etc at the finish? |
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Sue K
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| 09/25/2009 4:31 PM |
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Hi Joana, I'm basing my info re your timing on your previous comments to me. I could be mistaken (I haven’t checked our previous exchange about your running), but as I recall recently you told me you were running 6 miles in about 45 min, a faster time that I had attributed to you then, hence my current comment. Based on your previous timing stats I assumed you'd be done by an hour and a half. Regardless, yes, eat a breakfast that you know keeps you solidly in the Zone. Decide what foods to eat for your Zone balanced to breakfast on race day based on you how you felt and performed after specific meals you ate prior to your most recent training runs for this event (I'm assuming you would have had a few 9 or 10 mi. runs in the past few weeks). Remember to hydrate with plain water, not carb drinks.
If you choose to eat the oranges offered at the finish, eat them in Zone balance with protein and fat. Note that I suggested eating at least a 1 block snack, not to limit it to 1 block. You wouldn't need to limit it to that, though I wouldn’t advise you to eat a lot right away immediately upon finishing.
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sue
Lost 100 lbs 15 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil. ZoneFast 1-2-3 is the best!
To view my before/after pics and meal photos click on this picture
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joanna
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| 09/25/2009 7:39 PM |
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| Thanks Sue! This race has some serious elevation but it is in a beautiful part of Malibu CA by the ocean. |
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Sue K
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| 09/25/2009 9:49 PM |
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| You're welcome. Have a great run Sunday! |
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sue
Lost 100 lbs 15 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil. ZoneFast 1-2-3 is the best!
To view my before/after pics and meal photos click on this picture
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Cranberrycat
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| 09/26/2009 9:08 AM |
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| I am not a runner, so I wouldn't even think of running that! But, it does sound gorgeous, and I bet that if I was running, I would probably be tempted to stop often for pictures! |
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Cranberrycat
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joanna
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| 10/03/2009 4:45 PM |
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| I just got the book ZONE PERFECT COOKBOOK by Kristy Walker and it has some great recipes. My question is the nutritional data is listed as (example) 3 protein BP's, 3 carbohydrate BP's, 3 fat BP's. Is that the same as Dr. Sears blocks? Also, is zoneperfect the same as the zone? The cookbook came out in 2003. Thanks for the insight. |
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Sue K
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| 10/03/2009 4:57 PM |
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Hi!
No, Zone Perfect is not the same as Dr. Sears Zone. Barry Sears' company is Zone Labs, Inc. Barry Sears wrote a cook book many years ago with the title ZONE PERFECT MEALS IN MINUTES, which is a Dr. Sears Zone/Zone Labs, Inc. book, not a Zone Perfect company book. I have no idea about the book you've mentioned. I'm not familiar with it.
How was your race last weekend? |
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sue
Lost 100 lbs 15 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil. ZoneFast 1-2-3 is the best!
To view my before/after pics and meal photos click on this picture
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joanna
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| 10/03/2009 5:27 PM |
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Race was great; the view was inspiring. But the marine layer of fog was so heavy you could only hear the ocean. It was a steep big rocky trail vertical climb for at least 4 to 5 miles, the "rolling" climbs and finally the last 2 miles a descent.
So, do you think the cookbook recipes will be ok to use? They seem the same as Dr. Sears. I got all of Dr. Sears books used on Amazon, and it was suggested (by Amazon) to get that cookbook. It endorses the same ratio of pro/carb/fat as Dr Sears, and even mentions fish oils. |
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Sue K
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| 10/03/2009 5:37 PM |
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Too bad it was foggy.
I can't comment on the book or on its recipes because I've never seen it. Considering the recommendations I usually get on Amazon, I wouldn't use them as a basis for determining how Zone friendly the book is. |
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sue
Lost 100 lbs 15 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil. ZoneFast 1-2-3 is the best!
To view my before/after pics and meal photos click on this picture
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Cranberrycat
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| 10/04/2009 6:20 PM |
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Joanna,
If you want, perhaps you could post a recipe for us, we can tell you if it is a recipe that follows zone guidelines or not. At the same time, you can tell if it is a "good" zone recipe book by checking out the P/C/F balance, and checking the ingredients to see whether or not they are favorable or not.
I use recipes from all sources, making some modifications to fit zone guidelines. As well, I have also noticed recipes FROM the zone books that DO NOT necessarily follow guidelines. They may be balanced, but do not always use zone-favorable ingredients.
So, no matter what recipe book you have, you will need to use your own common sense to determine if the recipe is "zone favorable", and your own experience after eating the meal will tell you if the meal keeps you in the Zone. |
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Cranberrycat
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joanna
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| 10/10/2009 12:19 PM |
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| Cranberry Cat, your idea is a great one! If any of the meals seem questionable, I will print them for you'all to check out. I have been very sick with the flu for the past week and fell hard off the Zone and into Carbohydrate Comfort. My weight is higher than ever, but that is partially due to no exercise. I bet I would have healed quicker if I had Zoned through the illness. |
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Sue K
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| 10/10/2009 12:59 PM |
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| Feel better soon Joanna! |
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sue
Lost 100 lbs 15 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil. ZoneFast 1-2-3 is the best!
To view my before/after pics and meal photos click on this picture
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Marge
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| 10/10/2009 7:06 PM |
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Caution! www.formulazaone.com has a label calculator - but it does not substract the fiber from the carbohydrates to determine the carbohydrate blocks as we do in "The Zone"!
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joanna
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| 10/28/2009 12:13 AM |
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| Has anyone tried the new bread products? If so, are they worth buying? They look good - especially the plain bagels and the cinnamon rolls. Also wanted to know about the sweet/salty nutty Zone bar (how it tastes). Thanks. |
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joanna
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| 10/28/2009 12:14 AM |
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| Had to comment Sue on a very cute baby picture from your 10/10 post! :-) |
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