M.S.
You need to eat breakfast. Check out www.zonediet.com it's a free service to use and you can print out a list of snacks - note: the zone diet is diabetic friendly. I'm going to paste the zone snack list below. If you want more meal ideas (like breakfast (-:, visit the site and click on the eating tab then woman's 7 day menu planner. Best wishes! M.
Easy Zone Snacks
Snacks are like mini-meals on the Zone Diet. Each one contains a small portion of protein, carbs, and fat. You can create an infinite variety of your very own Zone-favorable snacks by mixing and matching 1 protein, 1 carbohydrate, and 1 fat choice from the lists below.
PROTEINS
• 1/4 cup low-fat cottage cheese
• 1 ounce part-skim or "lite" mozzarella
• 2 1/2 ounces part-skim or "lite" ricotta cheese
• 1 ounce sliced meat (turkey, ham, chicken)
• 1 ounce tuna packed in water
• 1 string cheese
• 1 1/2 ounces deli meat
CARBOHYDRATES
• 1/2 apple
• 3 apricots
• 1 kiwi
• 1 tangerine
• 1/3 cup "lite" fruit cocktail
• 1/2 pear
• 1 cup strawberries
• 3/4 cup blackberries
• 1/2 orange
• 1/2 cup grapes
• 8 cherries
• 1/2 nectarine
• 1 peach
• 1 plum
• 1/2 cup peaches
• 1/2 cup crushed pineapple
• 1 cup raspberries
• 1/2 cup blueberries
• 1/2 grapefruit
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 2 cups sliced celery
• 4 cups sliced cucumber
• 2 red or green peppers, raw
• 1/4 cup hummus
• 1/2 cup salsa
• 1 1/2 cups snow peas, raw
• 2 cups cherry tomatoes
FATS
• 3 olives (green or black)
• 1 macadamia nut
• 1 tablespoon guacamole
• 1 tablespoon avocado
• 3 almonds
• 6 peanuts
• 2 pecan halves
• 1/2 teaspoon almond butter
• 1/2 teaspoon natural peanut butter