Zone Meal Timing

Meal Timing: 

Meal timing is critically important for staying in the Zone, just like taking a drug. Following the Zone, you try to eat five times per day (three meals and two snacks). Plan your day accordingly, just like you schedule appointments so you never let more than five waking hours go by without eating a Zone meal or snack. A typical meal schedule might be as follows: if you wake up at 6:00, then eat a Zone breakfast by 7:00. Five hours later, it’s noon, and time for lunch, which will be another big meal. Most people won’t eat dinner before 7:00, which is more than five hours after lunch, so have a snack in the late afternoon. After eating your dinner at 7:00, make sure you have one final late-night snack before you go to bed, because your brain still needs blood sugar during your eight hours of sleep. That’s a typical day in the Zone.


TIMING OF ZONE MEALS --  MEAL TIMES ARE APPROX. TIMES!!

Breakfast:  Within 1 hour after waking, 7:00 A.M.

Lunch:  Within 5 hours after breakfast, 12:00 P.M.

Late-afternoon snack:  Within 5 hours after lunch, 5:00 P.M.

Dinner:  Within 2-3 hours after snack, 7:00 P.M.

Late-night snack:  Before bed, 11:00 P.M.