I'm getting a little confused with the grocery additions I think...

Yesterday I had a Bagel with Light Cream Cheese for breakfast - I counted this as two blocks even though technically the cream cheese had enough fat for an extra block.

Was this correct?

This is what my day looked like yesterday, and I'll admit I had a few problems with it:

B: Multigrain Bagel with 2 Tbsp Light Cream Cheese - 2 Blocks

S: Whole Zone Brownie - 2 Blocks

L: White Sandwich Roll piled with Romaine Lettuce, 4 Slices of Roma Tomato, and about a 1tsp-1 1/2tsp of Mustard, 4 Olives (I was starving) - 2 Blocks

D: 1/2 Pizza Crust with Tomato Sauce, 1oz. Feta Cheese, 4 Olives and ~1/2 Cup Green Beans - 3 Blocks

S: 1 Package of Zone Granola - 2 Blocks

I possibly waited too long to have my brownie because after I ate my brownie I was hungry about 2-3 hours later...I had to end up waiting a little bit after I got hungry because I was at work and couldn't just eat right then and there.

So I had my Lunch of the White Sandwich Roll, but that only held me for 2 1/2 hours about...

After I had my Pizza though I was good to go, ate the granola later on before I left work as my snack before bed and I was fine

I think I'm counting these meals right...I was trying to follow more of what is on the 2 week meal planner for the SuperZone Foods, but maybe I'm not doing something correctly?

Please help!

Also...Just looking at the Meal Planner again - Is the Ham Sandwich with Mustard Caper Butter only 2 blocks? And the Granola with Milk or Yogurt is 3 blocks?

Hi Jennifer, We don't count blocks on the ZoneFast Program, it's based on calories- we tried to make it very simple. The grocery additions is what you utilize for direction along with... http://www.zonediet.com/TypicalZone...fault.aspx

So following that, depending on meal timing, a woman would have 1 Snack per day, and could have...
B: Multigrain Bagel with 1 1/2 Tbsp Light Cream Cheese (ok, Just switch Cream Cheese to 1 1/2Tbsp)

S: Whole Zone Brownie (ok)

L: White Sandwich Roll piled with Romaine Lettuce, 4 Slices of Roma Tomato, and about a 1tsp-1 1/2tsp of Mustard, 4 Olives (May want to add 1 oz Protein)

D: 1/2 Pizza Crust with Tomato Sauce, 1oz. Feta Cheese, 4 Olives and ~1/2 Cup Green Beans (could have whole pizza)

So to any of the foods(don't think blocks now) you can add according to the grocery additions(see for serving size)... (Up to 8 servings per day-non starchy veggies), (1 serving per day-legumes), (1 - 2 servings per day-fruit)
(1 servings per day, optional-dairy), (No more than 3 servings per day-condiments), Use less protein: You don’t have to add extra protein to a ZoneFast™ meal, as the Zone Foods will supply all your daily protein requirements. If you do, use only small amounts of extra protein, 1 oz. like a condiment. The ZoneFast Program takes into account that you would utilize 3- "2block" and 1-"4block" items for a woman. A man would add 1-"2block"item daily.

I understand your confusion because you are counting blocks, which you can do but then you would disregard the grocery list and utilize the "2 block food items" add to that another 1 block C/P/F, for a 3 block meal or build it to a 4 block meal (depending on how you break up your daily blocks). If you have 3 block meals, then this is where 1/2 a pizza would come into play because you start with a 4 block pizza crust, to that you would add 2 blocks C/P/F.

I hope that helps, bon appetit! Congrats on winning the contest

The light has clicked on...lol

I think I have been making this more difficult than it is then because I have been attempting to make sure I get enough blocks with my Zone Foods, and really I need to just go with the meal planner/grocery additions.

I attempted this morning to plan out my meals for the day based on the Meal Planner, and I think I definitely was going in the right direction based on your response.

B: I had a Zone Bagel with 1/2 Tbsp of Natural Peanut Butter (I realized after I ate everything that I could have had more PB on my bagel - I misread the meal planner because I looked at the 1/2 tbsp of "butter" next to it and was thinking that was the peanut butter...So next time I'll up to a full tbsp)

L: Flatbread with 3 Tbsp Hummus (The meal planner shows 3tbsp of Hummus, but the Grocery additions page shows 2tbsp of hummus...does this matter?)

Items I haven't eaten yet, but plan to:

D: Pizza Crust, 1oz. Goat Cheese, 4 Olives, and ~3/4 tsp EVOO with Salt and Pepper Mixed in to brush on the crust and drizzle over the top (Very similar recipe to the Margherita Pizza)

S: 2 Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies (Love these!)

I think I am doing alright...I'm feeling better than I was yesterday because I didn't wait to eat as long today, so I think that is definitely helping.

I am still so shocked and super excited about winning the Zone FB Contest - I received my items this morning! It really made my entire week! :-)

Hi Jennifer, Your menu looks pretty good. Just remember when utilizing the grocery additions list you should plan out your day so you know how much of each group your adding.
B: Zone Bagel with 1/2 Tbsp of Natural Peanut Butter (subtract 1 condiment from your grocery additions now you can have 2 from this group for the rest of the day) If you put 1t PB you would have 1 condiment left for the day. Does that make sense?

different B: Zone Bagel with 1 1/2T of light cream cheese and sliced strawberries(subtract 1 condiment and if you use 4 sliced strawberries 1/2 fruit, from your grocery additions now you can have 2 condiments for the rest of the day and 1/2 a fruit.

L: Flatbread with 3 Tbsp Hummus -that's ok but I would change it to 2T like the grocery additions list recommends(that takes care of your legume group for the day) I would suggest throwing on some baby spinach, a few mushrooms and sliced tomato, or veggies that you like and roll it, yummy (that adds up to maybe 1or 2 servings of veggies so subtract that from the daily total.

D: Pizza Crust, 1oz. Goat Cheese, 4 Olives, and ~3/4 tsp EVOO with Salt and Pepper Mixed in to brush on the crust and drizzle over the top (the olives & EVOO add to 1 condiment)

S: cookies,You get it.

Personally I like to add more fruits & veggies but your doing fine. I just had Lunch, a pizza on flatbread w/ 1t red sauce(w/ red pepper flakes & garlic added), then I coverd it w/ 2 layers of spinach and sliced 3 cherry tomatos a couple slices of onion and 1oz of sliced fresh mozzarella. This is a favorite of mine so I have a small jar of sauce at work in the fridge and bring the add ons in a tupperware container then assemble it at work, 450 for 5-7 min. I'm lucky we have a toaster oven.

You don't have to be percise just know the basics of how much of each group to add from the grocery additions.
That list say 2T of Hummus you used 3T, that's fine. Keep it up.