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Familiarize
yourself with the 3 main aspects of the Zone Diet weight loss plan
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Do not recommend the use
caffeine-containing beverages, such as coffee and tea, as caffeine have
negative effect on insulin level. Switch to decaffeinated beverage or limit
the intake of caffeine-containing beverages to 1 cup a day.
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Drink enough water, a minimum of eight 8-oz
glasses/ 64-oz of water every day. Water is the perfect drink, essential
for all body functions and has no calories.
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Recommend eating 5-6 meal a day with fewer
calories.
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Make a schedule for your meal plan. Shouldn't
go more than 5 hours without eating. Eat within 1 hour of getting up. Take a
snack 30 to 45 minutes before going to bed. This will balance you insulin
during night sleep.
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Exercise on a regular basic.
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Eat more fruits and vegetables, and less
refined food.
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Get your support group. Get
along with people who have gone through the same trials and problems to give
constant support basis.
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Prepare yourself with an eating plan and progress chart for evaluation. This
will help in monitoring how well and efficient the plan is doing
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Make a realistic weight loss goal. Ensure that you are fully committed to your
weight loss plan
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Healthier ways of preparing your food: - Instead of frying your food try
switching to roasted, grilled, braised, baked, steamed
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Learn your food nutrition fact labels. This is very important so that
you can familiarize yourself with carb counts and understand how your body respond to each individual food is a
key to success in your weight loss and maintaining weight lose plan.
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Increase nutrient intake through vitamins and other supplements. We need to eat
foods rich in vitamins, antioxidants, photochemical and minerals. Unfortunately,
the modern food supply is often devoid of these sources of life due to
processing, poor farming practices, polluted air and water, the use of
pesticides and other damaging chemicals, . There is no doubt that there is a
direct relationship between the composition of the food we consume and the
composition of our body
