17 September 2008

The Snack.....

What are you guys eating for your zone snack? Have you found a "bar" that is zone friendly yet? For you going on the adventure race this weekend here is a quick portable snack to pre-pack:
1 Whole wheat tortilla (13g carbs) (1C)
1 Cheese stick (1P)
1 tbsp peanut butter,(5Fat) roll it all up together and you have a quick filling snack. Wash down with water.

Dr. Barry Sears says in his book "Enter the zone" that we should be eating within an hour after waking and 4-5 hours between meals and have snacks 2 hours before and after meals. Also eating a zone favorable snack after dinner (2 hours)or right before you go to bed will allow your pancreas to release the Human Growth Hormone(HGH) to repair and heal your body while you rest.

I have a 2-4 block snack every night of
1/2 cup of frozen blueberries (1C)
1/2 cup StoneyField Whole milk plain yogurt (1C,1P)
tblsp of organic natural Smuckers peanut butter (5 fat)
and 7grams of Vitamin shop vanilla protein (1P)
Mix all together and enjoy.

I have talked with a couple of athletes at our gym that will have milk and either nuts, or peanut butter as a snack. I like it is as well. I am curious to what everyone is eating for their snacks whether it be mid morning, mid-afternoon, or post dinner snack. How many blocks per snack, and how many snacks a day are each of you consuming? post to comments.
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4 comments:

Aaron said...

I haven't been very faithful to the zone but one of the snacks I do like alot is a 1/2 cup of grapes, a 1 ounce piece of cheese, and a few nuts for the fat.

When I went home last weekend the grocery store actually had a few "Zone" bars in the checkout line. I didn't buy any as they all contained peanut butter, but they were supposed to be 2 block snacks.

17/9/08 11:18
Jason said...

Just to make sure they are truly "Zone" bars and not the other Zone bar(rip-off) divide the protein by the carbs and if it comes out to be in the .75 range then they are zone friendly bars. You can use that formula for anything that has the protein and carb content on the package. You will find most food falls into .6 or below.

17/9/08 12:48
craig kaufman said...

jason, i bought one of rip off zone bars. and it was nasty tasting to boot. damn hustlers...

this is my favorite snack, but not sure how zone friendly it is. basically i live off this snack/meal and it is a great preworkout meal also.

1 piece sesame ezekial sprouted grain bread. 2 tbspn coconut oil for fat. (spreads on like butter)
raw honey (to make it taste good and get a little energy burst) and raw almond butter (protein? and fat)

grade it out for me. how many blocks is it?

17/9/08 22:41
Jason said...

Craig,
Ok, assuming the Ezekiel bread is the size of 'normal' bread, than with a little guessing here it is,
the almond butter is a fat
the bread would be 2 blocks of carbs and the honey is a carb also, and only half a tablespoon at that.
so here it is:
Protein 0
Carbs 4 (assuming 2 tbls of honey)
fat 12
Dont sweat the fat, you can double the amount of fat to protein you eat with the amount of training you do. the carbs though you need to keep them even with the protein. ALWAYS. So you actually can eat your favorite snack but you need 28 grams of protein or 4 blocks of protein to match it. I will post something more about this tomorrow.

17/9/08 23:05

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