The Zone Diet Review
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The Zone Diet is different

Here is my Zone Diet review. With so many different diet programs from which to choose, when I came across The Zone Diet, I had to find out what made it different and why I would want to choose this program above the others.

Like most women, I have tried many different diets without success, so I was rather sceptical about the success rate of yet another diet program.

The key to the Zone Diet is a balance of hormones that occurs as you eat each meal.

The program includes a balanced ratio of carbohydrates, fat, and proteins that allow you to eat foods that have the ability to control the insulin production in your body. In addition to weight loss, Zone is an excellent diet for those who wish to avoid heart disease, diabetes, and other types of conditions that are the result of poor eating habits.

Unlike other diets I had tried, the Zone Diet consisted of a low-carbohydrate plan without excessive amounts of proteins like many other plans. You also need to keep meals at about 500 calories and snacks 100 calories or less. You are allowed plenty of fresh vegetables, fruits and nuts, leafy green vegetables, and sufficient protein, but you need to use mono-unsaturated fats, avoid processed foods, and limit your salt intake.

This combination is supposed to keep insulin and glucagon in balance so that you can lose both fat and weight. I wasn't sure it made sense to me how it could work, but I had tried so many diets that didn't work, it wasn't going to hurt to try another one. I was still trying to lose the last 20 pounds after the birth of my youngest child three years prior when I began the Zone Diet, so I was desperate by that time.

Even though I wasn't sure about the ability of the program to work, I followed all of the directions and did exactly what I was supposed to do. I won't say that I never cheated, but I limited the amount of times I swayed from the foods on the Zone diet.

I also added an exercise plan to my program and discovered that I was able to lose 12 pounds within the first month. Needless to say, I was ecstatic, and my husband encouraged me to continue. He had never complained about the extra weight, but he knew I wasn't happy with myself and needed to get rid of the extra "baby weight."

It took an additional three weeks to drop the remaining eight pounds, and I could finally fit into the clothes I had worn before I became pregnant with my three year old. I felt good, I looked good, and I was pleased with my accomplishment.

It has now been one year, and I've kept the weight off. I won't say none has crept back on, but when it does, I go right back on the Zone Diet and take it off.

Review by Sally Foster

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