Customer Reviews

The Zone : Enter the Zone... the Diet That's Sweeping the Country! (AUDIO CASSETTE)

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I started The Zone in August and didn't have much to lose--about 7 pounds. I lost it within a month and was thrilled. However, if I ever deviated SLIGHTLY from the Zone (i.e. a glass of wine without having protein with it) I would instantly gain five pounds. It was very stressful getting on the scale each morning. My weight has NEVER fluctuated this much.

Also, I have gained back all the weight I lost and have been trying for one month to lose it again (being a PERFECT Zone student) and have had no success. I realize that MANY MANY people have had success on this diet and if you had asked me two months ago I would've given it five stars! But I really think the diet messed up my metabolism. Just a warning!

Dr. Sears has done an excellent job in researching his material and putting things into layman's terms for the general public to understand. Once you realize what the calorie, protien, carb and fat grams are in each food, you start to realize just how MUCH you need to eat to get there. No wonder you're never hungry! And the calories eaten are not drastic either. I have found some low-glycemic protien bars (Pure Protien) that I combine with my food to have a 'dessert' often.

I checked the health food store for one of his Zone bars and found it - only to be completely shocked that one of the first ingredients in the bar is high fructose corn syrup - the most high glycemic compound on the planet! That's like eating concentrated sugar!! I can't believe he would put something like that out on the market and pass it off as being 'healthy' and 'in the Zone'. His name is even on the package. I was hoping to write him a letter, but see this might be the only way he'll get the message. The diet is great - however - you need to plan your meals ahead of time to determine your food count, etc. But, it really works. JUST DON'T BUY THE BARS! (This review regards the hardcover book - Enter the Zone)

After "Zoning" for 6 months and initially losing weight and feeling good, I started feeling dizzy and very hungry all the time. My doctor said it was a result of my diet, and that it wasn't worth getting sick and ruining your health just to lose weight and try to look better. Since then I have educated myself a lot more. It may be necessary for some people to go through the Zone fad on their way to healthy living. But there is a huge amount of solid scientific literature pointing toward what the healthiest way to lose weight and keep it off is. I learned too late that this book had been debunked by everyone in the health and science community as being totally one man's theory with no science to support the conclusions. It's amazing that some "experts" profit off of unsuspecting people in this way.

When a person first goes on the Zone diet he or she may do it to loose weight primarily. This is what I did. But after loosing over thirty pounds and rediscovering the lean body I had as a young man, I also began to see that this diet is the natural way to eat. Subtle but profound changes in the way I feel have convinced me that I have discovered a vital life-long relationship to food. After six months on the diet, headaches now are rare, and sleep is so deep and refreshing.

I feel ripped off. I feel like I just paided for some one to sell me something. If you are interested in getting this diet, Don't buy the tape. It doesn't give you the diet. It only sells you on the diet. Then you have to buy another book to get the diet.

This book follows the same diet guidlines that my diabetic dietician suggested. It goes into what it means to stay balanced and feel good. I have been on a similar diet for quite some time and feel that the results are fabulous. My sugar stays close to normal, I am much smaller, and I feel great.

I've tried all the diets. The last one, the low/no fat diet put on several pounds of fat and reduced my muscle mass to nill. I looked a mess. All the diets say you won't be hungry, you'll lose only fat/not muscle, you'll look healthier, etc., This is the only one that says it truthfully.

It teaches what is going on in your body on a molecular level. Numerous types of hormones control everything in your body (sleep patterns, libido, energy, skin, hunger, etc.,). They reduce in middle age due to diet, not age! You don't want a high amount of hormones, you want a balanced amount. So taking a hormone pill is not going to help. This book shows you how to bring everything back into balance through diet.

Try it, for your self-esteem and your health, both physical and mental.

The diet regimen described in this book's program doesn't promote a high protein or a low calorie diet as two of the reviewers stated. I don't know what book they were reading but they are dead wrong in my opinion. This is a sensible balanced diet with enough variety to supply the micro nutrients as well as the correct proportion and quality of macro nutrients, imo. I am very active mentally and physically. I am on it for health and lean muscle weight gain and I feel great even though I am post heart transplant with only about 30% kidney function.

Not a "high-protein" diet, this is a refinement of the classic "block" system for balancing a diet. It also has a tech support line, for questions about the diet. Easy to follow, too.

I am a true believer in the writings of Dr Sears!! In six weeks, I lost 27 pounds and have kept the weight off!! I was not obese, and I weight train and do cardio work four times a week. Enter the Zone and the cookbook have changed my life in a positive way. I was in the military and would always go on the "wrestler's diet" of sweating and abusing diuretics to make my "quarterly weight." No more pain or suffering as I now know how to eat!! The USDA's food pyramid is a prescription for failure!! Thanks Dr Sears!!