I know that the ideal snack is a Zone favorable one but there are ocasions when protein is not readily available (at parties or get- togethers). In general, I have noticed people put out chips and nuts for guests. I know that chips are going to alter my insulin levels, and from what I have read, nuts won't. So is that the better choice? How much will it affect your weight loss to eat a bit of excess favorable fat?

Thanks for your help?

It will be ok in terms of stored fat loss to have a few extra nuts, but that won't be a substitute for a Zone balanced snack. Try not to go overboard on the nuts because the more fat you eat, the less you will need to tap into you stored fat.

Once a month I go to different houses for our Bunco group and I am the only one on the Zone. No one does Zone meals nor do they even understand what The Zone Diet means. I have been buying the mini-Zone bars and I put them in my purse. When I need a snack, there it is and I am not tempted by the potato chips. I have made myself some lunchmeat wraps in the past and put them in a baggy, but this take preparation and can get messy. The little Zone bars are much easier. Most the time people think I am caring around mini-candy bars. Egg whites from hard boiled eggs have become a quick snack to add protien during the week. I make them at the beginning of the week and pick away at them as the business of the week continues. These are the snack tricks that have saved me from falling off the wagon.