002 Wake Up Clear-Minded and Energy-Filled

Enter the Zone (before bed)

In his book Enter the Zone, Dr. Barry Sears, PhD advocates specific portions of fat, protein, and carbohydrate in a meal or snack. He calls each portion a “block”. A block of protein contains 7 grams of protein; a block of carbohydrate contains 9 grams of carbohydrates; a block of fat is 1.5 grams of fat. To determine numbers of blocks a food contains you can look at its food label or here’s a link https://catalystfitness.typepad.com/files/food-block-guide.pdf for some pre-measured protein, carbohydrate, and fat blocks and sample recipes.

If you’re rolling your eyes and thinking to yourself, “I will never do this. That is way too much trouble to keep track of all those portions”, you are not alone. It might feel like that but in reality just start small. Just start with a single one block snack before brushing your teeth and going to bed. Take it from Dr. Sears, see if he’s on to something.

Try it. See how you feel in the morning.

Pro Tip:

Eat a “one block” snack before bed.

Below is one of my favorites:

1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese, 1/2 teaspoon peanut butter, 1/2 cup grapes.

Bon appetite and bon soño!