The Lazy Zone Diet

The zone diet follows a formula. 40% of your calories should come from carbs, 30% from protein, and 30% from fats at EVERY MEAL. The thing about the zone diet is that it really isn't that different from what dieticians have been telling us all along. Trying to limit your fat intake to 30% of calories is tough, so you could almost consider this a low-fat diet.Also, the zone limits the amount of food you can eat by counting the number of "blocks" of carbs, proteins, and fat. This is similar to methods used at weight watchers. For this reason I don't really consider "The Zone" to be a fad diet, more like a healthy way of eating.But let's be realistic you came to this website because you want a fad diet style plan. "Just give me a five-seven day long diet plan and I will follow it" you say. Alright, that seems reasonable. I will give you a week long menu plan if you leave me alone and support my sponsor by clicking here and shopping around a little. I wrote this plan to meet the needs of everyone. Some meals are bought at McDonalds, many use simple ingredients, and you even get to go to a real restaurant on the last night. I hope you like it.Here is The Lazy Zone Diet:
Day 1:Breakfast:1 Meal replacement bar (pick your favorite, the Zone bar would seem appropriate but others (slim fast, power-bar, balance bar, Cliff Bar, Bag of M&M's (just kidding about the M&Ms))2. Coffee, diet pop, whatever else but no sugar or creamer.Lunch:1. Lean Cuisine Meal2. 1 slice of cheezeDinner:1. Quarter Pounder or Grilled Chicken Sandwich - neither with mayonaise (from McDonalds)2. Side Salad3. Fat Free Dressing
Day Two:Breakfast:1. Fruit Salad2. 1 cup unsweetened yogurt (not-non-fat)3. 1 oz. Nuts (almonds, peanuts, cashews, macadamias, etc.)Lunch:1. Deli Turkey or Roast Beef Sandwich with Lettuce, tomato, cheese, and barbecue sauce on Whole Grain Bread.2. Diet pop or bottled water.Dinner:1. Large Bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup (choose your brand)
Day Three:Breakfast:1. McDonalds Fruit and Yogurt Parfait w/Granola (yesterday was a pain in the ass).Lunch:1. Fast Food Salad (no fried chicken pieces allowed only grilled chicken)2. Low-fat Dressing3. Small hamburger (no mayo)Dinner:1. Lean Cuisine Dinner2. 1 oz. nuts or one tablespoon of peanut butter
Day Four:Breakfast:1. Small omelet made with egg whites2. 1 slice of wheat toast (unbuttered)Lunch:1. The Biggest Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich you can possibly make on Whole Grain healthy Bread2. Tall Glass of Milk.Dinner:1. Stir-fried Chicken and Vegetables2. 1/4 of a container of White RiceIf you get this from a chinese take-out you only get 1/2 of it. The other 1/2 is tomorrow's lunch.
Day Five:Breakfast1. Meal replacement barLunch:1. Leftover stir-fried Chinese food from last night.2. 1/4 of the container of white rice. Throw the remaining 1/2 container away before you start eating.Dinner:Healthy Choice Dinner
Day Six:Breakfast:1. McDonalds Fruit and Yogurt ParfaitLunch:2 BLT sandwiches - no Mayo.Dinner:1 baked chicken breast2 cups frozen broccoli2 pieces of toast
Day Seven:Breakfast:1. 1 cup Whole wheat cerel2. 1 Spoonful of peanut butter3. MilkLunch:1. Sandwich made with leftover baked chicken, Healthy Bread, Cheeze, lettuce, tomato, bargecue sauce.2. Small bag of pretzels, or baked chips.Dinner (going out):1. Grilled Shrimp salad from a restaurant.2. Lowfat dressing3. Unbuttered dinner roll, baked potato or rice pilaf.
Note: If you want to continue to use the lazy zone diet you can substitute any one breakfast, lunch, or dinner but you cannot eat a breakfast for lunch or something like that.

Atkins

South Beach DietWhat to do:The Atikins diet plan is a low carbohydrate method. The avoidance of carbohydrates in your diet is structured to keep your body from adding weight. The method includes eating less than 20 grams of carbohydrates per day.Free Meats and Cheeses:The following meats and cheeses have no carbohydrates. Using the atkins diet plan you may eat as much of the following items as you wish.Meat Fish Fowl Shellfish Eggs CheeseBeef Tuna Chicken Oysters Scrambled Aged & FreshPork Salmon Turkey Mussels Fried Cow & GoatLamb Sole Duck Clams Poached Cream CheeseBacon Trout Goose Squid Soft Boiled Cottage CheeseVeal Flounder Cornish Hen Shrimp Hard Boiled SwissHam Sardines Quail Lobster Deviled CheddarVenison Herring Pheasant Crab
Not Bad Vegetables:A serving of these salad vegetables has 10% or less of your daily carbohydrate limit. Therefor you can eat up to three cups of these without worry.
• Lettuce• Escarole• Arugula• Endive• Radicchio• Chicory• Sorrel• Mache• Bock Choy• Chives
• Parsley• Cucumber• Radishes• Fennel• Peppers• Celery• Jicama• Alfalfa Sprouts• Mushrooms• Olives
Other Vegetables:These vegetables have more carbohydrates than the ones above. You'll want to limit your intake of these to about 1 cup per day.
• Asparagus• String beans, wax beans, etc.• Cabbage• Beet Greens• Cauliflower• Chard• Eggplant• Kale• Kohlrabi• Tomato• Onion• Rhubard• Scallions• Leeks• Spinach• Summer Squash
• Zucchini• Okra• Pumpkin• Turnips• Avocado• Bamboo Shoots• Bean Sprouts• Water Chestnuts• Snow Pea Pods• Sauerkraut• Collard Greens• Dandelion Greens• Broccoli• Spaghetti Squash• Celery Root• Brussel Sprouts• Artichoke Hearts• Hearts of Palm
These foods are high in carbohydrates and should be avoided:
• Breads• Cereals• Grains• Sugars• Candy• Pasta• Rice• Anything with Flour• Non-diet soda• Juice• Fruit• Potato (potatoe if your name is Dan Quayle)• Chips• Alcohol• Beer (dammit this diet is no good!