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How The Zone Diet Works

The Zone diet is a weight loss plan that pays close attention to food intake and physical activity to achieve results. It is a lifestyle-changing program to get people to shed pounds and become physically fit. The main aspect of this diet program is the food plan developed by the biochemist named Barry Sears.

The theory behind the diet focuses on the impact of carbohydrates on the body’s insulin levels. Eating too many carbs causes the body’s blood sugar levels to spike, which causes the body to produce insulin, a hormone that reduces blood sugar levels by causing the sugar to be stored as fat. It is believed that by eating the right foods, blood sugar levels can be regulated to keep insulin levels in “the zone,” a range where the body is supposed to burn more fat and stop storing excessive fat.

The plan balances protein and carbohydrate consumption in a 3:4 ratio, meaning 30% of your calories will come from protein and 40% from carbohydrates (another 30% typically comes from fat). It is crucial to keep track of calories on this diet, with most meals not exceeding five hundred calories each and snacks no more than one hundred calories each.

Under the diet program, you eat five times a day (three meals and two snacks), never going more than five hours without consuming food. If you sleep eight hours per night, this means taking breakfast within one hour of waking, taking lunch within five hours of breakfast, a snack within five hours of your lunch, dinner within two to three hours of your snack, and a late night snack just before going to sleep.

The majority of foods eaten on the Zone diet program include lean cuts of meat, such as chicken or fish and other sources of protein, lots of fruits and vegetables, and a small amount of carbs. Breads, cereals, potatoes, sugar, and rice are the types of carb rich foods that dieters are to avoid eating, but can enjoy occasionally. Dieters must also stop eating pre-packaged foods and high sodium foods.

Physical health is another important aspect of the Zone diet. The plan suggests moderate intensity physical activity for thirty minutes a day, six days per week. Exercise is supposed to enhance the effectiveness of the Zone program. Other things that are supposed to increase the effectiveness of the diet include taking vitamins and nutritional supplements.

The Zone plan is effective for many people trying to lose weight, but it takes a big commitment. The reason why this diet and most other diets don’t work is because many dieters give up before they are able to see results. Many people struggle to stick with any type of diet plan because of food cravings, uncontrollable appetites or eating habits, or a simple lack the motivation to lose weight. Weight loss hypnosis is perfect for solving these problems and supplying the motivation to stick to a diet plan such as the Zone plan.

Hypnotherapy is frequently used with dieting because it does a lot to increase the effectiveness and success rate of diets. Among the many things that hypnosis programs do is help promote positive thinking, especially to counter negative thoughts. Hypnotherapy is a powerful stress reducing tool as well, helping us cope with our stressful emotions and relieve tension. As a stress reducing tool, it calms the mind, helps you develop strategies to manage stress, and increases your self-confidence to motivate you to shed weight.

Weight loss hypnotherapy can also be used to treat the mental obstacles that keep people from successfully dieting. Take for instance dieters who can’t regulate their food cravings and appetite because they fight with “emotional eating.” People who experience emotional eating compulsively eat food in response to their emotions, such as when they are sad or depressed. Hypnosis can be used to break the bonds in our unconscious minds between eating and our emotions. This way, people are freed of their compulsive eating habits and able to stay on complex diet plans such as the Zone diet plan.

Motivational hypnotherapy has become an extremely popular and successful weight loss aid to use with weight loss programs because motivation is integral to success for most dieters. Hypnosis taps into the power of the unconscious mind to naturally focus our thoughts on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. These programs help dieters explore their reasons for wanting to diet and exercise so dieters automatically feel motivated to stay with their diet.

A hypnosis CD program is a powerful motivational tool that will help you “stay in the zone,” get physically fit, and experience natural appetite suppression without pills. Through using hypnosis, we can think more positively and focus on improving our health.

Alan B. Densky, CH has invested over 30 years specializing in weight loss. He offers several ways to lose weight, including diet CDs and video hypnotism to lose weight DVD. Visit his hypnotherapy CDs website for Free hypnosis newsletters, videos, and downloads.

- Alan B. Densky, CH