Summer Diet Challenge
We will be starting our summer 8 week summer challenge on June 8th. The options are as follows:
- Zone Diet – everything based on “blocks” per day, NO food prohibited
- Zone Diet Paleo – “blocks” only using Paleo friendly foods
- Paleo Diet – nothing processed, no dairy, no grains
- Primal Blueprint – some dairly allowed
What Is a Zone Diet Block?
One Zone diet block contains 1 mini-block of each macro nutrient: carbohydrate, protein and fat. But they don’t weigh the same.
- 1 block of protein = 7 grams
- 1 block of carbohydrate = 9 grams
- 1 block of fat = 1.5 grams
Seven grams of protein, 9 grams of carb and 1.5 grams of fat form 1 Zone diet block. One block of Zone food offers a balanced 40-30-30 ratio.
With the Zone diet block method there’s no further need to count each gram of macro nutrient. Dr. Sears and other zone nutritionists offer ready-made lists of the weight of one block food. For example, we know that 1 oz. chicken breast equals 1 block of protein, 3 cups of cooked broccoli is 1 block of carb, and 1/3 tsp. olive oil equals 1 block of fat. To create a 4 blocks Zone meal we just have to multiply quantities of each macro nutrient by four
CrossFit Journal Entry:
**To figure out how many BLOCKS a day you are to consume we base it on your daily PROTEIN blocks needed and to do that you will need to know your current bodyweight along with your bodyfat. Use the calculator on the link below to find your protein needs:
If you need 13 blocks of protein then you also need 13 blocks of Carbs and Fats for each day as well.
