Hi! I've just started the Zone on Monday and so far so good. However, I think I need to do some adjusting. For example, after my lunch (six slices of turkey, one whole egg, salad, and a piece of fruit...and oil and vinegar dressing - 3-3-3), I was hungry two hours later!?!?! So, I ate half a Zone Perfect Bar....I was still hungry during the afternoon. Now, I'm thinking I need to do some adjusting because the same thing happened after my supper (Chicken, broccoli and califlower - oil and half a grapefruit)....I ate my snack pretty early..... I don't know what I need to do.... Plus, should I be eating my lunch and only 4 hours later my snack? or only 2 - 2.5 hours later? I'm pretty active although I didn't do any activity yesterday, so why was I so hungry? thanks.

Are you truly eating enough vegetables? Have you read the following thread? http://forums.drsears.com/viewtopic...mp;start=0 If you post your diary precisely, I'm sure Sue will observe things about it that you did not know. Best wishes, Charlie

thanks. I think I eat enough vegetables... If I have 3 ounces of proteine, I eat 1.25 cups of broccoli and 2 cups of cawliflower plus 1/2 grapefruit for dessert! Isn't that 3 blocks of Carbs? For lunch, I have a salad (1C), one boiled egg (1P), 6 slices of turkey (2P), one apple or two clementine oranges (2C)...and of course, my fat! any suggestions?

For salad, it depends on what's on it. Enough lettuce for 1 C is like 10 cups!!! You need to make sure you have enough veggies on it to make up. There is a link somewhere to a good salad reference--I think it's in the tools or something. (Sorry I am no help!) I use chickpeas on my salad to boost the C. :) Ronica

[quote:4240be0a91]If I have 3 ounces of proteine, I eat 1.25 cups of broccoli and 2 cups of cawliflower plus 1/2 grapefruit for dessert! Isn't that 3 blocks of Carbs?[/quote:4240be0a91] Only 2. The three cups of broccoli/cauilflower is 1 block, the grapfruit is another. Make sure you are using the most recent block guides (ie from Week-in-the Zone, this website, Omega-Rx, Anti-Aging Zone). Are you hungry and focused? Then that third carb block is needed. If hungry and sleepy and since you meal is already a carb block short, be sure you are getting enough fat (9g for a 3 block meal). Fat slows the entry of carbohydrate, blunting the insulin response, and controlling your blood-sugar for longer periods. [quote:4240be0a91]For lunch, I have a salad (1C), one boiled egg (1P), 6 slices of turkey (2P), one apple or two clementine oranges (2C)...and of course, my fat![/quote:4240be0a91] Make sure that salad is truly one block--it takes a lot of veggies to make a block, especially when using the most recent block guides. And make sure you are adding enough fat. Give us a better idea of the type of hunger you are experiencing and we can assist you further.

I think I haven't been eating enough Carbs...seems like I'm always eating!! I think it's mostly bordom or just habit to snack in the afternoon around 2h30! If I eat my salad at noon....is 3pm too early to have a snack?

[quote:e5d4e251f7]If I eat my salad at noon....is 3pm too early to have a snack?[/quote:e5d4e251f7] I guess that depends when you eat dinner. I eat my lunch at 12 also, and am totally ready for my snack at 3 pm (although I agree, there is a psychological component to that, it's not like I'm starving!). Then I eat dinner at about 6 pm. If your snack will hold you until dinner, I say eat it when you feel like it.

I just want to say that not all information is consistant in the Zone books and website. First, in Mastering the Zone, it says that 11/4 cup broccoli is 1C....and two cups of cauliflower is 1C. On the website, it says that three cups of broccoli is 1C!?!?!?! I was following the book...which is why I wasn't eating enough carbs. As for my 3pm snack, thanks...I will have it, guilt free ! haha. I eat dinner around 5pm...before I go Kickboxing. thanks

[quote:f02966ec58]I just want to say that not all information is consistant in the Zone books and website. First, in Mastering the Zone, it says that 11/4 cup broccoli is 1C....and two cups of cauliflower is 1C. On the website, it says that three cups of broccoli is 1C!?!?!?![/quote:f02966ec58] Go by the website. Enter the Zone did not subtract dietary fiber in computing carb blocks. Mastering the Zone only subtracted soluble fiber. The newest block guides subtract all dietary fiber leaving only the insulin-stimulating carbs in determining carb blocks.

Thanks Scott. I guess I haven't been eating enough carbs. I just purchased "A week in the Zone"...and I find it very helpful (and cheap)!! thanks.