Looking at zone diet menu before starting the diet is an important step, because right there and then you can asses if you will last being in the zone. If you will not like the food of the diet, you cannot just learn to eat the right foods, you have to like it before you can start. What you can do if you do not prefer the foods of the zone diet is do a preliminary taste test of the food, by cooking the foods yourself or cooked by somebody else based on a zone diet menu. This will prepare you of what to come, and a little taste of a healthy life.

Do a three day trial of the foods. Here is an example for a day:

* Breakfast:
o White of the eggs, any green vegetable omelet, prepared in olive oil
o Any meal of oats kind, maybe cereal or others
o A serving of fruit, mango or banana

* Lunch:
o Chicken breast steamed or broiled
o Olive oil salad dressing of mix green vegetables
o A slice of apple

* Dinner:
o Grilled salmon with lemon juice
o Any vegetable, sautéed or steamed
o Berries, preferably 10 pieces

* Snacks:

* A single serving of fruit
* Oatmeal
* Yogurt non-fat or not

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Girly a zoner for just a month talks about her bad experiences before getting in the zone:

“ever since I was young weight has always been a struggle for me, I always end up eating more than my metabolism could handle…at age 5-14 I was overweight, and after that I had a little epiphany and just put my foot down and started dieting vigorously…then after college and got a job, it all got back again, the weight and the fight…maybe because I had the money to spend this time and cant contain myself on my own…I started getting help through work out and yoga, but unfortunately none of it helped, because after a few weeks I started eating back to my old self again…this was before I entered the zone diet program…

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There is not much variety of zone diets out there, of course the original is Dr. Barry Sears Zone Diet which is backed up by a lot of references like The Zone: A Dietary Road Map, Mastering the Zone, The Soy Zone and etc. But there are some resources on the net that is spreading lately, which is having the idea of making your own zone diet meals and plan. Fortunately though, all “zone diets” follows the main theme, which is the 40:30:30 ration of carbohydrates, protein and fat.

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Bill a physical trainer from Baltimore, shares his experience and tips with zone diet:

“in my profession being fit is a requirement, and I have to admit that I always eat huge amount of food, that I don’t really know if its good or bad for me…when I started noticing gain weight, not muscle weight but fats…so I started to search for ways to counter this for I know that my diet needs changing but not compromising the amount that I crave…zone diet is just perfect for me, I could eat my amount and be healthy at the same time…

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