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!

3 Days Diet

Instructions:Drink 4 glasses of water or diet soda per day.You can add herbs, salt, pepper, lemon, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard & ketchup to your foods.
DAY 1BREAKFASTBlack Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal1/2 Grapefruit or Juice1 Toast with 1 Tbsp. Peanut ButterLUNCH1/2 Cup of Tuna1 ToastBlack Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or EqualDINNER3 Oz. any lean meat or chicken1 cup green beans1 cup carrots1 apple1 cup regular vanilla ice cream
DAY 2BREAKFASTblack coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal1 Egg1/2 Banana1 ToastLUNCH1 cup cottage cheese or tuna8 regular saltine crackersDINNER2 beef franks1 cup broccoli or cabbage1/2 cup carrots1/2 banana1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream
DAY 3BREAKFASTblack coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal5 regular saltine crackers1 oz. cheddar cheese1 appleLUNCH1 boiled egg1 toastblack coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or EqualDINNER1 cup tuna1 cup carrots1 cup cauliflower1 cup melon1/2 cup regular vanilla ice cream

Oven Fried Chicken

Great tasting baked and flaky chicken that's under 250 calories and 6 grams of fat. You won't miss your fried chicken with this great tasting low fat, low calorie recipe.
3
large garlic cloves, minced
1
teaspoon olive oil
1
cup unseasoned bread crumbs
2
tablespoons yellow cornmeal
1
tablespoon grated lemon rind
1/2
teaspoon salt
1/2
teaspoon black pepper
1/4
cup Dijon-style mustard
2
tablespoons water
1
tablespoon honey
6
boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 - 1/2 pounds
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F, with a rack in center. Spray a rack set in a shallow baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
Combine garlic and oil in a small nonstick skillet. Saute garlic over medium heat until slightly softened; do not brown. In a small bowl, combine garlic with bread crumbs, cornmeal, lemon rind, salt and pepper; mixture should be fine and uniform. Transfer to a shallow dish. Set aside.
In a shallow soup bowl, stir together nustard, water and honey.
Piece by piece, coat each breast with mustard mixture, then crumb mixture, turning several times and pressing crumbs into surfaces. As each piece is complete, place on prepared rack. Sprinkle lightly with 2 tablespoons remaining crumbs.
Bake for 20 minutes, or until chicken is crisp and juices run clear when it is cut in the middle. Serve immediatelyPer Serving: calories: 250fat: 6 gcholesterol: 77 mgsodium: 421 mg; protein: 31 g carbs: 15 g

Pot Roast with Vegetables

Who said you can't eat pot roast and lose weight? Enjoy your roast beef with vegetables all for under 400 calories. Thrown in 1 cup of light ice cream for dessert and you have a delicious meal with dessert that's under 520 calories. You can also take leftovers to lunch or serve it the next day. Our roast with veggies is the perfect, healthy meal for the family. The oven cooking bag is the secret to a juicy and tender roast.
If you're cooking for yourself, buy a one pound roast instead of two pounds and cut below ingredients by 1/2. Use leftovers for lunch, snacks, and the next day's meal.Your serving should be 4 ounces of roast. That's about 4 good slices which is plenty. Eat your portion and no more! Save the rest for lunch, next day dinner or other family members. That's the secret to losing weight.Prep Time: 15 minutesCook Time: 1 hourServing sizecaloriesfatRoast Beef (4 0z) 250 11Potatoes ( 1/2 cup peeled) 60 0Other Veggies (1/2 cup) 30 0Total340112 pound bottom round or rump roast (trim the fat!!!!)1 Oven Cooking Bag2 medium potatoes (peeled and quartered)1 green bell pepper - chopped2 onions - thinly sliced10 baby carrots4 celery stalk - sliced1 garlic clove - chopped1 teaspoon dry mustard1 teaspoon dry thyme2 cups tomato juice1 lemon - squeeze juice from lemonStep 1Place roast in shallow roasting pan. Trim and remove all fatSqueeze lemon over roast and pierce with a forkPreheat oven at 350 FStep 2Place roast in oven cooking bag according to instructions on bag.Cut and peel potatoes and arrange them around roast. Also arrange carrots and onions around roast inside cooking bag.Put celery and bell pepper on top of roast.Sprinkle dry mustard, thyme and garlic over roastStep 3Pour tomato juice around beef in bag.Seal bag and cut slits in bag for ventingRoast 1 hour at 350 FStep 4Remove from bag and let stand 5 minutesCut into slices and enjoy. You will have natural gravy from the meat juices that will smother the vegetables for a delicious meal.