Hello everyone!  I am joining you because I am searching for ways to improve my health as I age.  I started reading Dr. Sears' books 15 years ago and the first thing I did was to add Omega RX to my diet.  For the first couple of years I did a double dose of about 10 grams per day, since then it has been 5 grams per day, all these many years.  I am still taking fish oil but switched to a less expensive brand last summer, about 4 grams daily now.

I played with the Zone diet for a bit but eventually went a different route which has involved, over the last ten years, removing sugar and white flour from my diet, increasing my protein, and eating 3 well balanced meals a day.  I could see my health improve at first, but lately I feel like I'm losing ground and imagine I need to pay more attention to insulin control.

I'm grateful that I don't have any big health issues but I have a lot of little ones -- things like increasingly sore joints, itchy skin, hair loss, brittle nails, more allergies, high cholesterol, overweight, cracked and bleeding heels, vaginitis, occasional episodes of GERD, sinus infections, mild sleep apnea and some serious late afternoon fatigue.  All together they tell me I need to make some changes.

Making big changes though never seems to stick for me, so I'm hoping I can approach this in a consistent, moderate way.  I'm thinking that I can, at least to begin, use the eye-ball the plate method of 1/3 low fat protein, 2/3 favorable veggies with maybe a touch of fruit added in.  Then I'll refine as I go along, but the whole idea of learning the blocks kinda turns me off. 

I am reading lots of the messages here for encouragement and I'm excited to see changes.  I'll keep you posted.

EvaLynn

Hi EvaLynn,

Nice to meet you!  I lost 100 pounds 16 years ago with the hand/eye method (aka eyeball).  I've  been in the Zone even since and I've kept the weight off permanently.  I'll be happy to help if you have questions.  Good luck!    

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sue
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Lost 100 lbs 16 yrs ago, off BP meds, thanks to the Zone diet and Zone fish oil.   ZoneFast 1-2-3 is the best!

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Hi Joy,
I think the zone will help you a lot with your health issues but it will not happen overnight it takes time. I can address your cholesterol issues because I had that issue and am still battling with it. I was able to get a 20 point drop in my cholesterol using the zone in one year. I went from 241 to 221. My main goal though has been weight loss and that has been much slower for me. I basically did it by following the zone diet and taking the zone supplements. I have bought a number of the prepackaged zone foods because I tend to like to eat big portions of foods rather than small portions of the protein, carbs and fats necessary for a balance diet. I take the cholesterol support tablets and think they helped me. This diet is big with fish oil and although I have taken them for many years I switched to the zone fish oil recently and feel that has helped me with my cholesterol but more so with my appetite suppression. Reading the books help because after sometime you realize it is the best source of information on how to do this diet correctly with the forum right behind.

Welcome aboard! Make use of the forum - it has been a great source for me for information and support since I started on the Zone in September.

Joy ~ your complaints sound like mine. How're you doing, six months later?