Hi again,

I must be missing something because some of the meals on the Women's 7 Day Meal Planner don't make sense to me. I'm expecting 3 blocks each of protein, carbs and fat because that's what it says the typical woman should eat.

For the chili lunch day 5, I count 4.5 blocks of protein for the ground beef, and but only about 2 blocks of carbs (1 for the kidney beans, about .7 for the tomatoes, and about .2 for the onion), and 3 blocks of fat. I thought they should both be 3 blocks (or at least make the carbs and fat blocks match the protein blocks).

And the cheeseburger lunch on day 3 has 3 ounces ground beef and 1 ounce cheese which I think is 4 blocks protein in a meal with 3 fat and 3 carbs.

I can't tell if I'm not understanding this or if I'm trying to hard to make everything come out to 3 blocks, but I thought that the point was supposed to be that all 3 be equal numbers of blocks.

Hi Pam,

Ground meat is 1.5 oz for 1 P block.  For future reference, here's the Zone Food Blocks list:  http://www.zonediet.com/Tools/Quick...fault.aspx 

Here's a quick block analysis of the chili meal in the Woman's 7 Day Meal Planner.

Lunch: Chili (Meat or Vegetarian)

Ingredients
1 teaspoon olive oil  (3 F blocks)
4 ½ ounces lean (less than 10%) ground beef (substitute ground turkey or 1 cup vegetable protein crumbles*) (3 P blocks)
¼ cup yellow onions, peeled and minced (negligible amount of carbohydrate)
1 teaspoon chili powder, or to taste
½ teaspoon garlic powder, or to taste
½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper, or to taste
1 cup salsa or stewed tomatoes with liquid (2C blocks)
¼ cup kidney beans, drained and rinsed (1C block)
sprinkling of low-fat Monterey Jack cheese (optional) (negligible amount of protein)

Total 3P blocks, 3C blocks, 3F blocks


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sue
Consultant of Zone Labs
Certified Zone Affiliate

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!

View my Zone Fast 1-2-3 meal photos here:
http://s531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/SueK24/My%20ZoneFast%201-2-3%20Meals/

View my classic Zone meal photos here:
http://s531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/SueK24/?start=0

Thank you! That really helps to see it laid out like that. Hopefully once I start doing this I won't be so confused.

Pam, you're welcome.  It's even easier to use the plate dividing method, no blocks involved, and it works great.  It's the way I lost 100 pounds.  You can find it here:  http://www.zonediet.com/Tools/Quick...fault.aspx

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sue
Consultant of Zone Labs
Certified Zone Affiliate

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!

View my Zone Fast 1-2-3 meal photos here:
http://s531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/SueK24/My%20ZoneFast%201-2-3%20Meals/

View my classic Zone meal photos here:
http://s531.photobucket.com/albums/dd352/SueK24/?start=0

This link will bring you to the quick start quide which amoung the many helpful tabs is the block chart...

http://www.zonediet.com/Tools/Quick...fault.aspx

How do you get access to the 7-day meal planner (mentioned here https://www.zonediet.com/registration-page?returnurl=https://www.zonediet.com/tools/zone-membership).

New to the zone, starting out with the hand-eye method and trying to learn to calculate blocks. My husband started with me as well so also knowing the differences between my portions and his.

Thanks!

Hi Just joined & can't find the 7 day meal planner either? Looked everywhere....can some one help me find it?:confused:

Thank you for your question...

7-Day Meal Planner was a term used at one time with our Zone Foods


It should read "Food Journal" http://www.zonediet.com/tools/food-journal

I will contact are web site professionals and let them know. Thanks again

Melissa,
There used to be a page on this site that had a men's 7-day meal plan and a women's 7-day meal plan (this existed even before the Zone Foods were introduced). It wasn't a food journal, but basically a meal plan that one could follow when just starting out in the Zone.

You can find some meal plans if you check out some of the Zone books. You can probably borrow a book from the library. Most of the books contain meal plans and/or recipes.

A good resource, and the cheapest, is the paperback version of, "A Week in the Zone".

Hi Tech Support

Is there any update on the Zone foods that were going to replace the Zone 123 foods?

Nothing official yet.. But just between you and me... I smelled something cooking the other day :-)