New to the Zone, in the Boston area. Also, wondering if anyone is going on the Zone Cruise from Boston to Bermuda? It looks really great.

Hi Michele,

I was in Boston today. :)

I even happened to be in Danvers earlier this afternoon, very close to the Zone Labs home office.

(I live in CT)

Hi Sue,
I have read so many of your posts. You have done so well with this! That is so amazing to lose that much weight. I just started over the weekend and lost 4lbs, I am thrilled. No carb cravings and I feel so good. I am considering the cruise in July, have you ever done it?

Hi,

Thanks Michele. Congrats on your first weekend in the Zone. To be honest, I didn't ever expect to lose 100 lbs when I started eating this way. I've always been interested in eating to acheive optimal health. The weigh just kept coming off, one pound after another, and voila! Took about 2 yrs to lose it. I still keep my fat pants on the shelf fo the kitchen closet (the same very same jeans I'm wearing in that before pic).

No, I haven't been on a Zone cruise, but I've read about them. Sounds fun, but boats and I don't mix, don't ask! lol (but it's not funny!)

Boats and ships are pretty different! lol! We have looking at this cruise anyway so having Dr Sears teaching would be a great way to vacation. I posted my story under the weight loss thread. I am very health conscious but got really off track with eating and I am at the time of life where your body wants to hold onto fat to prepare for menopause. I lost another pound this morning but it's the mental clarity and focus, not to mention energy that is really great now that my insulin levels are stabilized. I upped my Omega's to 3 to 4 grams from 2 -3 and decreasing the AA will help. I love the support of these forums, I know it will keep me on track. Thanks for posting the breakfast suggestion. The only cereal I ever eat is steel cut oatmeal and I always add protein powder. I usually just have a protein shake with berries. I know cinnamon is great for blood sugar stabilization, does tumeric help with that too? Also, do you use virgin coconut oil and can we use that for a fat block? I haven't read anything in Dr. Sears books about it. Thanks!

You're welcome. Yes, isn't it amazing how differently you feel eating this way? Turmeric inhibits the enzyme that makes AA. It's explained in "The Anti-Inflammation Zone". I have seen Barry Sears discourage the use of coconut oil (articles on DrSears.com), but I haven't seen specifically virgin coconut oil addressed by him. You might try submitting a qn about it to "Ask Dr. Sears" (on DrSears.com).

Hi, I live fairly close, in Nashua, NH - just North of Boston area.

Hi John,
Nice to meet you! I am just south of the NH border in Haverhill (Bradford) and my husband's business is in Nashua so I know it well. I have read many of your posts. How long have you been doing the Zone? I am in the first week but able to stick with it and down 5 lbs. I love my energy level and focus. It's amazing, last night I had something going on and only got about 3 hours of sleep but I don't feel it at all. Have you ever gone on the Zone cruise out of Boston?

Hi John,
Nice to meet you! I am just south of the NH border in Haverhill (Bradford) and my husband's business is in Nashua so I know it well. I have read many of your posts. How long have you been doing the Zone? I am in the first week but able to stick with it and down 5 lbs. I love my energy level and focus. It's amazing, last night I had something going on and only got about 3 hours of sleep but I don't feel it at all. Have you ever gone on the Zone cruise out of Boston?

hi Michelle
Im new to the zone. Havent even started yet. Getting ready to shop. I live in the North End. Im excited about starting. i have never written in a forum before, but I really think reading and writing will be a big help. I need to do something different this time. I'll talk to you soon

Hi there Michelle,

I'm in Sudbury and have been zoning now for 60 days and loving it.

I haven't been on the Zone Cruise, but a friend at work is going out on that same cruise when it leaves for Bermuda the next week on the 20th. I keep kidding him that he's going on the Zone Cruise and there will be nothing to eat but oatmeal, salad and fish oil. He's about 270 lbs and plans to eat his way to Bermuda. He doesn't think I'm very funny.

You'll find everyone here very helpful.

Best of luck!
Rich

Hi there Michelle,

I'm in Sudbury and have been zoning now for 60 days and loving it.

I haven't been on the Zone Cruise, but a friend at work is going out on that same cruise when it leaves for Bermuda the next week on the 20th. I keep kidding him that he's going on the Zone Cruise and there will be nothing to eat but oatmeal, salad and fish oil. He's about 270 lbs and plans to eat his way to Bermuda. He doesn't think I'm very funny.

You'll find everyone here very helpful.

Best of luck!
Rich

Sorry for the double post

Barbara - North End? very cool. We'll be there for dinner tomorrow night on our way to the Celtics game. Probably our favorite area to eat in Boston.

If you're anything like me or my friend who suggested the Zone to me, you'll spend the first week in a slightly confused state and you'll go food shopping every night. Don't be discouraged. After the first week, it will become much easier. Make sure you have a solid plan for breakfast. That seems to be the hardest for some people. I don't do oatmeal or yogurt. the first week I made egg whites every day. Now I have either the Zone cereal, muffins from a recipe on the zone site, or a 2 Zone Perfect bars (one at 7 and one at 10). I find the Zone Perfect bars are very similar to the Zone bars, much cheaper, and they work great for me.

Rich

HI Michelle,

Are you still out there ? Just found this old post.

I am "born and raised" in Haverhill. Mom lived there about 65 years in same house at corner of Chestnut and Mill st.

I am now in Hampstead. Wife works in N Andover, daughter just graduated from Bradford Christian Academy.

Stumbled into/onto The Zone after a heart attack about 10 years ago - best thing that ever happened to me - lost 100 lbs and very healthy. With the exception of ONE of my friends who runs the Boston Marathon every year they have all put on much weight and their health problems have started errupting.

We ought to get together for a "Zone" meal at Uno's.

E.Wally

Hey Greater Boston Zoners !

I've discovered a fabulous Zone Friendly Restaurant in Boston :

FIRE & ICE

Check out the web site : http://www.fire-ice.com/

How does that opening photo look to you ?

Check out the "menu"

and

"How to assemble a meal"

Let's set a night and have a big Zone Zoo-tritional Bash !

...from the "END"Zone

E.Wally

ewally@verizon.net

Hi~
I'm not from Boston, but go there often and am excited to hear about FIRE & ICE! I'm in boston tomorrow, and will try to check it out if I can!

Anyone out there from Southern Maine?

Lynne

Hi Lynne!

I'm not from Southern Maine (I'm in northern CT), but I love to go there. When one of my daughters was going to Colby I fell in love with Maine. I was in Kennebunkport a few weeks ago and might be in the Portland area for the day in about a month.

Hi, Sue ~

There are some great shops, restaurants, history....and beaches in "the 'port"! Wouldn't it be fun if we just happened to meet! I'm in both places very frequently: if you stumble across a great Zone-favorable reataurant (etc)....please let me know? I'm finding being stranded at feeding-time (my grand-daughter has a very strict eating regimen) is harder to do than I thought....for me, at least!

Someday maybe we'll happen onto each other! Stranger tings have been known to happen!

Happy visiting next time you're in my little corner of the world! It's a terrific corner to come to!

Lynne

Yes, wouldn't it be funny! I like the clam place by the little bridge (not zoned, haha!).

Portland's a great place, too. My daughter got married in So. Portland at the fort (forgot the name, but you probably know, oh! Preble, that's it!) at SMCC (do I have those letters right? lol). It was beautiful! But they happened to have the traveling Vietnam wall memorial there that weekend, so it was a bit bizarre to hear names of all who died constantly being called out in the distance all through the wedding ceremony. This trip up, if I go, I'll be spending the time at someone's house seeing my daughter and my baby grandson while they're there for the day. Some great places to eat there, but none that I've found any more "Zoney" than others. Oh, I take it back, there was a place I ate at the day before the wedding, or I should say they ate at, I was very sick all weekend...ended up having one of my kidneys resonstructed,a few months later...not fun...long story for another time (crazy medical things happen to me!). Anyway, the restaurant was on the street that faces along the water, and besides the indoor part of the restaurant also had outdoor deck/patio dining on the second floor. Great food!

So you'll have to put your picture up here, or I won't know you when I run into you! My favorite place to eat in all of Maine is Bob's Clam Hut in Kittery! :-) Definitely not Zoned! You can actually get tuna salads there, and other Zone fav. food, but that's definitely not what I go to Bob's to eat!

Lynne! I totally forgot! Bob's comes in second place, for me, to the Lobster Shack by the two lights in Cape Elizabeth (you must know it).

Sue ~
I DO know the Preble fort...but don't have any stories as good as yours re: your daughter's wedding there! At least, it was one more reason for her wedding to be "unforgettable"!

Also love the clam place by the little Kennebunkport bridge & Bob's is a local favorite (in fact, an everyone's favorite!).

Keep in touch when you're up my way......I'lltry to do same (as I just discovered a long-lost friend in Cpnnecticut)!

Lynne

Long lost friend in CT, what a coincidence! I will keep in touch. Have fun with the Zone!

Thanks for the "fun in the Zone" good-wish. Keep me posted!

Lynne