I was told about this diet while on Holiday in India. Now back in England, I was wondering if anyone had tried it over here. My husband and I need to looses some weight and have tried every diet under the 'sun' !!! Thank you.

I don't know if she is still around, but we did have an active forum member from England. Hope she sees your post, so that you can link up.

Welcome Barbara!

Lots people all over the world do the Zone. If you do a search of these forums you'll find threads that contain tips from Zoners in England. They mention specifics about foods, various shops where you can find Zone friendly ingredients, about ordering products from this site,etc.

Here's one of them:
http://www.zonediet.com/Community/F...fault.aspx

Hey, I have just seen the post.
I am Spanish and I am doing the diet here in Spain but I am moving to the U.K. in September, I have tried googling the diet in the UK to see where I can buy some of the products but there is nothing soI was wondering if Barbara you ever got any information or in contact with someone about it.

Thank you very much.

To buy products call our int'l order desk 1-978-539-0100 ext 2001 or email: ptampone@zoneliving.com ask for Patty.

I live in the UK and I simply follow the Classic Zone which does not require anything yuou cannot get here

I'll be in England as of September... :-)

If you are in the UK, post here!
At the moment I feel like this is a completely American phenomenon, with everything geared towards American conditions.
Let's figure out how we can stay in the Zone just as effectively as the Yanks on this side of the Atlantic :-)
For example - what's the best brand of Fish oil on sale in the UK and how do I get hold of it?
And I struggle with the imperial measurements in the Zone books, since I am not British originally. Really wouldn't mind a version of the book that uses metric..

Hi Hannah,

The Zone is practiced by people worldwide and Dr. Sears' books have been translated into many different language. It has especially large followings in Italy and Japan. I was just looking at an Italian Zone cook book the other day. I don't speak Italian, but the meal photos were fantastic. Zone Labs ships Omega RX all over the world. You'll be hard pressed to find a better fish oil. Omega Rx is the best of the best that exist today.

Originally I was reluctant to buy the Zone Fish Oil trhough this website as the shipping cost to UK is high. But when I calculated price per serving using other brands and trying to achive the same amount of EPA/DHA I decided to order 4 bottles in one order. It works out overall about the same.

Sorry, forgotten to say - I live in the UK and follow the Zone. Either at a glance method or I have kitchen scales which can swicth between ounces and grams. As a rough guide I used 30 g to 1 ounce when I buy fish or meat over the counter

Hi Bozena, thanks for the feedback!
How long did it take when you ordered from the US and did you have to pay any customs fee or import tax?
I was tipped about a reseller of Dr Sears in Sweden where I am at the moment. Just placed an order with them, yesterday and I expect delivery on Monday.

Seems a bit strange that there is a reseller in a smaller country like Sweden, but not in the UK!
I haven't checked what the American prices are, but I paid about £35 for 120 capsules and got free shipping.

30 gram to an ounce makes perfect sense. That means that the recommended size of the zone meail protein for women serving is 90 gram.
One of these days I'll learn Imperial but at the moment I just blur out if somebody mentions an imperial measurement to me and I don't have the patience to sit and run figures in a converter.
A kitchen scales with both measurements seems like a great bet, in fact I think I have one in the UK, just not where I am at the moment.

Thanks for the tips!

Hi Hannah - it took around 2 weeks I think. I think it worked out to be about the same (in £'s) as with other online shops (other brands of FO) so I thought why not Zone. The shipment is pricey but it worked out to be about the same. No, I did not have to pay customs duty.

When I buy chicken, fish or meat I usually make sure it is around 100-120 g (3-4 oz roughly). I mostly use at a glance method now, and measure things exactly only when using various sources of proteins for the same meal e.g. for lunch I have some soup with added cooked chicken and greek salad with some feta cheese or breakfast when I have cottage cheese/protein powder/yogurt + fruits shake.

It is relatively easy for me as I like the Zone favourable foods anyway. Foods in the UK seem to be better quality I think, in comparison to the US. Cows for instance, are mostly grass fed, therefore dairy and beef etc seem to good choices. So you do not have to worry about half of the issues which people raise in these forums. Also, as far as I know, we do not have so many foods with high content of modified corn/maize which dr Sears think are responsible for such a growth of obesity etc in the last 25 years in USA.

I am not religious about the sizes and food choices but I try to be in the Zone. I feel good so I assume I am pretty near the target. If I feel that my clothes become tighter I got strickter with the diet for 2 weeks. I noticed when I (very occasionally) go astray for a day I suffer bad stomach pains. That puts me back on track.

Good luck!

The actual conversion is 28.35 - so 30 g is close enough, i use 30g on my not too accurate non-digital scale...

Thanks for the inspiration Bozena! I don't want to be "religious" about it either, and like you, I like the food choices in the Zone too, it's just more proteinsthan I normally eat but I've enjoyed eating lots of fish since I started the Zone.
However, I DID get an autoimmune disease which involved a rearlly scary inflammation (acute arthiritis to the feet - they looked horrible and I could hardly walk). So I suppose there is good sense in me taking it very seriously indeed.
It's genes though, with autoimmune disesases and my diet was never particularly out of control... But I am hoping I can control it for the rest of my life, by being "in the Zone".

Interesting comment about the food quality in the US vs UK! I never knew any of that although I have been puzzled by all the mentioning of corn in the zone books.... In the UK I feel as if the media are being very hard on people; always on about how Brits eat worst of all Europeans, etc etc.
It's true, I think, that some Brits have awful food habits, but just as many don't! Very high quality food, excellent supplements etc, etc is available for those who want it - at least in larger cities.

One of my biggest challenges with the Zone diet is that I am quite badly allergic to milk, and can't tolerate Soy very well either. In my "pre" zone life, I had to stop soy lattes because they always give me spot! Ugly red spots on my face an chest.
And it feels really challenging to eat as much protein as the zone requires, I don't care much for red meat or chicken and I feel I can't very well stuff myself with fish every day! Or can I.....

Was meaning to read the Zone books this weekend, but something came up, so it's still outstanding.

Thanks John, for the correct gram to ounces ratio!

I could eat salmon every day (or in fact any fish apart from sardines etc which have way too many bones!) but I like chicken cooken in variaty of ways. I am not allergic to any food really, at least did not notice. Unless I am to "bad food" as I suffer bad stomach pains most of the time I suddenly go and eat stuff I dont eat every day like lots of wheat based products: cake, baguette etc.
I think Brits eat badly but not because the food is bad quality but because they make bad choices: lots of processed food, lots of breads, lots of chockolate bars etc. Almost everybody has been raised on careals + milk breakfast and this is considered helthy choice which we, Zoners, know is bad for you. People do not eat right amounts of proteins either (too much or too little for a meal) and they snack a lot. But you can eat right if you want to. Food which you can buy in the supermarket is OK, plenty of fresh and raw stuff. Milk, butter and yogurt come from grass-fed as in Europe that's how the cattle is raised. Of course, fish and meat is usually farmed (intensive) therefore not trhe best choice but you can find wild caught or organic as well. It is not as good as 40 years ago but OK I think.
People generally eat too much for meals or too little. And we know that this is bad for your body. When I was a little girl we had meals 3 times a day and sometimes some snack at 4pm or so. We did not eat between meals, when you were hungry you were asked to wait till dinner! Meat portions were much smaller (meat was probably more expensive relatively) - I would say around 3oz as recommended by dr Sears now. Vegetables were natural, sausages were made of genuine meat and not protein fillers, strawberry jam contained actual strawberries and wheat was not GM. Breakfasts were dairy based (not cereal based) - I still remember picking wild mint and my Grandma would chop it and mix with cottage cheese for breakfast! At least in Poland where I grew up...

Interesting to hear about the eating habits from your childhood. I think mine were similar, but we had oatmeal porridge for breakfast (in Sweden). I refuse to believe that oatmeal porridge made from water and oatmeal is not healthy!
Zone or not, that's good enough for me, particularly without anything sugary on top.

I imagine Polish food as quite healthy, in general. I imagine lots of veg, potatoes, cabbage, soups and stews - although I've never been to Poland so I have no experience.
It's probably healthier than deep fried *everything* a la UK... I read something about people in Eastern Europe generally having much better eating habits today, than Western Europe, since US style fast food was introduced much later, when the awareness of how unhealthy it it is, was already higher. Plus more markets with fresh produce etc.
Either way, you certainly notice a difference in the size of the average persons waistline in the UK vs Russia, for example!
Sweden is somewhere in between, but many of our traditional dishes are rather unpopular - people prefer pizza, pasta or stir frys instead.
Things are changing although the diet is still healthier than the UK. Probably more in the zone due to the popularity of fish. The fact that there are potatoes with everything might ruin it though!

Meanwhile I have discovered that the staff canteen at my work serves a perfect Zone meal for about £4 !
Not bad! As much fresh veg as I like is available, along with a different type of fish every day. Today I had cod. They even have zone friendly sauces and dressings available!
It remains to be seen how I can handle staying in the Zone once I return to the UK.