The Zone Diet And How It Works Great

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 diet program to help people lose weight and get in better shape. The main part of this diet program is the set of eating guidelines developed by the biochemist named Barry Sears.

The scientific theory of the diet looks at the effect of carbohydrates on the body's insulin levels. Eating too many carbohydrates causes blood sugar levels to rise sharply, which in turn causes the body to produce insulin, a hormone that lowers blood sugar levels by causing the sugar to be stored as fat. It is thought that by consuming the right foods, blood sugar levels may be regulated to keep insulin levels in "the zone," a range where the body is thought to burn more fat and stop holding onto excessive fat.

The program balances carbohydrate and protein consumption in a three to four ratio, meaning 40% of your calories will come from carbohydrates and 30% from protein (another 30% typically comes from fat). It is important to keep track of calories on the Zone plan, with most meals being no more than five hundred calories each and snacks no more than one hundred calories each.

Under the eating plan, you eat five times each day (three meals and two snacks), never letting more than five hours pass without having a meal or snack. If you get eight hours of sleep every night, this means eating breakfast within an hour of getting up, eating lunch within five hours after breakfast, a snack within five hours after your lunch, dinner within two or three hours of snack, and another snack right before going to bed.

Most of the foods eaten on the Zone plan include low fat cuts of meat, such as fish or chicken and other sources of protein, plenty of fruits and vegetables, and a limited amount of carbohydrates. Cereals, rice, sugar, breads, and potatoes are the kinds of carbohydrate rich foods that dieters should avoid eating, but can enjoy once in awhile. Dieters must also stop eating pre-packaged foods and food with a high sodium content.

Exercise is another fundamental aspect of the Zone diet. The diet recommends moderate intensity physical exercise for thirty minutes a day, six days each week. Physical activity is supposed to raise the effectiveness of the Zone diet. Other enhancements to the diet include taking vitamins and nutritional supplements.

The Zone diet works effectively for many dieters, but it requires a big commitment. The reason why this program and most other diet programs fail to work is because many dieters give up before they are able to see improvement. Many people fight to stick with any type of diet program because of cravings, out-of-control appetites or eating habits, or a lack the motivation to lose weight. Weight loss hypnotherapy is the solution for solving these problems and supplying the motivation to stick to a diet plan such as the Zone diet plan.

Hypnosis is commonly used with dieting because it does a lot to increase the effectiveness and success rate of diet programs. Among the many things that hypnosis programs do is help promote positive thinking, especially to counter negative thoughts. Hypnosis 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 come up with strategies to manage stress, and increases your self-confidence to motivate you to lose weight.

Weight loss hypnosis can also be used to directly treat the mental obstacles that keep people from losing weight. Take for example people who cannot curb their cravings and appetite because they have a problem with "emotional eating." People who are emotional eaters compulsively eat food in response to their emotions, such as when they are feeling sad or depressed. A good hypnosis CD program can break the bonds in our unconscious minds between eating and our emotions. This way, people do not have to struggle with overeating and are able to stick to complex diet plans such as the Zone diet program.

Motivational hypnosis has become a popular and successful technique to use with weight loss programs because motivation is essential to success for most dieters. Hypnotherapy programs tap into the power of the unconscious mind to naturally focus our thoughts on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. These programs help dieters remember their reasons for wanting to diet and exercise so dieters automatically feel motivated to stay with their diet program.

Hypnotherapy is a motivational tool that works to help you "stay in the zone," get physically fit, and experience natural appetite suppression without pills. Through hypnosis, we can think more positively and focus on having better health.