Meal Timing in The Zone

One of the most important aspects of eating successfully in "The Zone" is meal timing.

You want to make sure you keep your Glycemic Index under control ... because when you let your GI get too low that is when you start to get hunger pains / carb cravings and that is when you are more willing to cheat.

Each meal you eat should keep you sustained for at least 4 hours and snacks should last you 2 hours. If you are hungry before that you need to make some adjustments to what you are eating.

I've been doing a 4 block Zone Diet that I am no going down to a 3 block Zone Diet.

Here is my approximate eating schedule and menu:
- 5:45AM Breakfast
-- 3/4 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil [3F]
-- 1/2 Cup of Egg Substitue [2P] w/ Spinach [1C]
-- 3 Pieces of Turkey Bacom [1P]
-- 1 Orange [2C]
- 10:15AM Lunch
-- 1/2 Head of Lettuce [1C]
-- 1 Cup of Celery / Carrots [1C]
-- 4oz of Deli Turkey Meat [2.5P]
-- 1oz Low-fat Cheese [1P]
-- 2 tablespoons of Salad Dressing [3F]
-- 3 Dried Apricots [1C]
- 2:00PM Snack
-- 3oz Deli Meat [2P]
-- 6 Olives [2F]
-- 6 Dried Apricots [2C]
- 5:00PM Dinner
-- Zoned 3 Block Meal
- 9:30PM Snack
-- 3oz Deli Meat [2P]
-- 6 Almonds [2F]
-- 1 Orange / Apple [2C]