Just discovered your blog. Very nice. It seems that we have a lot in common.

I wanted to let you know what I found to be helpful when doing The Zone. First, I actually started with a book called “The Formula”, which is 40-30-30 based nutrition (like the Zone), but is a bit less calorie restrictive, and a bit more reasonable for real life. I think you’d probably be a “C” or “D”, which would be something like 1700 calories per day. With all the activities you do, that seems a bit more realistic (Dr. Sears is a self-proclaimed “Very Low Calorie” advocate).

After doing the Formula for about a year (I’ve been following it as a lifestyle now for something like 5 years), I decided to start building my own recipes. What a chore with all the math, so I decided to build a website that made that chore much easier. If you want to give it a try, let me know and I’ll comp you a membership.