Sue,
I havn't had any grains besides the steel cut oats. I'd love to try adding the zone friendly breads back into some meals, but I'm afaid I will start craving bread again. But the cinnamon rolls sound delish!:unsure:

Hello everyone,

I lost 40lbs on the Zone diet about 6 yrs ago, but stress, bad habits, and life have gotten in the way and I've managed to gain it back. I started the zone again last week, and have already lost 6 lbs. I love getting ideas from other people and would love to see this thread keep going. My go to breakfast: Chobani greek yogurt (this morning it was Strawberry) with 2 tsp. almond slices - 2 block breakfast.

Though I (we) usually avoid grains, I had some Zone cereal left over from a recent business trip.
So, I had 1/2 cup (2 blocks) and a little milk (1/2) block.
After working out this morning (Heavy Lifting) and a small intermittent fast.

Hi Tracie.

Unfortunately the Zone breads aren't available at this time I hadn't eaten grains in years either, and I've had no cravings with Zone breads. In fact, I stay in the Zone better with them than with my best Zone meals. They're amazing. You might want to try some of the Zone cookies. They're made wth the same molecular baking process as the breads were. Our favories varieties are Chocolate Chunk and Chocolate Chip.

Hi Susan,

Congrats on a good start. Hope to hear more from you!

My yummy breakfast: fat free plain Greek yogurt (with added cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg), blackberries, wild caught salmon and a very small handful on Trader Joe's Monkey Business Trek Mix (peanuts, cocoa nibs, bananas and cherries), big glass of water.

My usual YUMMY strawberry smoothie (alas, using unsweetened plain ff yogurt!!). Definitely makes a difference!

Ooh...great topic. Thanks for all the ideas. I'm struggling with what to eat for breakfast and there are some great ideas here.

I had some scrambled eggs (whites) and I was starving a couple hours later. I need some carbs and definitely some good fat.

Hali

Cranberrycat, could you put your smoothie recipe link on here? :-) Thanks!

I thought I had it under the classic zone recipes, but I don't see it... hmmm

My base recipe (before I tweak it):

2 cups frozen strawberries
1/2 cup plain fat free yogurt
1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese
2 tsp olive oil
7 grams vanilla or plain protein powder

Now, because I am carb sensitive, I end up tweaking it for my needs, basically cutting the strawberries to 1 cup. Since I take my fish oil at the same time as my smoothie, I don't increase the fat, but if I were not doing that, I would increase the olive oil to 2 2/3 tsp.

oops, forgot to put some instructions in there...

I usually zap the strawberries for about 30 sec in the microwave, this basically just makes the strawberries more "blender-friendly", but the strawberries are still frozen.

I add everything to the blender and run it until blended through. It is thick, you can stand a spoon up in it. I almost have to eat it with a spoon!

Merci beaucoup!

Today's breakfast was rice pudding (made with Zone Orzo) topped with blood orange flavored olive oil and blackberries. Delicious!

Breakfast this morning, 6 egg white omelet filled with sauteed zucchini and baby bella mushrooms, topped with a little of my favorite pasta sauce and some Zone Olive Oil.

Hali, you're welcome! (don't know that in French LOL)

My breakfast: strawberry smoothie (again). Really, I have this most days.

Friday, 11 May 2012:
Smoothie (9:30 am):
Ingredients:
Filtered water, 0.5 cup
.
F:
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1 tsp, 40cal 5gF
Chia Seeds (1 oz, 28g, ~2 Tbl), 1 tsp, 45cal 3gF
.
C:
Mixed Berries, 0.5 cup, 35cal 6gC
Maple Syrup, Organic, 1 tsp, 17cal 4gC
Blueberries, frozen (unsweetened), 0.5 cup, 40cal 7gC
.
P:
Jarrow Formulas Whey Protein - Unflavored (1scoop = 1 serving), 85cal 1gF 18gP
.
P & C:
milk, 2%, Organic, Stonyfield Farm, 0.25 cup, 33cal 1gF 3gC 2gP
Yogurt Stonyfield Farm Plain Low fat, 0.25 cup, 30cal 1gF 4gC 3gP
.
Total: 324cal 11gF 26gC 23gP = (Blocks) 4F 3C 3P

Omelet -

1/2 onion, sauteed in Pam (1C block)
Add one tomato (1/2 C block)
Add 1/4 Ezekiel sprouted tortilla ripped into small pieces (1/2 C block)
Add 2/3 cup egg whites (2P blocks)
Add 2 low fat string cheese (2P blocks)

Side Dish

2 tbsp tomato paste (1C block)
A little Kraft Parmesan

I added 2.5 tbsp of olive oil to the above dishes to get my 12F blocks

Dessert -

140g strawberries with a little unsweetened almond milk (1C block)

I have the above breakfast 3 times a week.

my usual strawberry smoothie...

I had an early meeting at work, so my schedule has been thrown off by my "earlier than usual" breakfast.

I tried soy burger crumbles for the first time. They were pretty good, just a little dry by themselves, so I add tomato paste.

Warmed in a pan ---

-2/3 cup soy crumbles
-1 egg white
-2 tbsp tomato paste
-1/2 can water chestnuts
-EVO added after cooking for fat blocks

1/2 block carrots & 1/2 block cherry tomatoes

1 block strawberries in unsweetened almond milk

4P / 4C / 8F

I put a bunch of people in the Zone the other day...

Turkey bacon slices, scrambled eggs with peppers/onion/mushroom, and oatmeal.

...we had a sleepover Friday night, one of my youngest daughters' friends came over. Guess her daddy was lonesome (LOL) and so he joined the party and slept over in the back yard in our pop-up camper. Someone asked about who cooks breakfast when we go camping, and they all pointed to me! So, I got right into the spirit and cooked up a typical camp breakfast.

i just had soda crackers and green tea sweetened with Natvia (natural sweetener)

I had my usual smoothie: blueberries, 1/3 banana, peanut butter, yogurt + cottage cheese and protein powder. Flavoured with cinnamon and cocoa.

As I am stuck in y weight I tried to drop anotheer block C from my breakfast this morining so it was 3P eggwhite 1C berries and 3F almonds. I wonder if it is correct to drop up to 2 C from a meal of 3 bolcks.
Anyway I felt great and not hungry. I had my snack of 1P 1C 1F after my workout while I was still ok.

Monia, dropping more than 1 carbohydrate block from a 3 block meal takes the P/C out if the range of the Zone (the range of ratios is is 0.6 to 1). Stick with a minimum of 2 C in a 3 block meal. Due to your previous diet plan, your body may take a while to adjust before it lets go of the excess stored fat. Give things some time.