paleo(whole9 style) or paleo-zone

[Evan Peikon]

ive been eating paleo for a while but in zone proportions... my question is has anyione gone from eating paleo-zone to just paleo/ how were your results. Im at my desired bf% and dont want it to go up, which the zone helps accomplish. However, counting blocks etc is quite annoying.
so overall who eats regular paleo and how has it helped your performance opposed tor zoning. and do the top games competitiors follow zone or simply use paleo?

[Evan Peikon]

by whole 9 style i mean meals in the following format

3 meals that consist of:
1 full palm sized serving of protein
1 fist sized fruit serving
1 handful of nuts
fill rest of plate with veggies

and 1-2 snacks as needed
1/2 portion stated above

[Eric Montgomery]

Counting blocks is an unnecessary hassle for most people, and there's no guarantee that 40/30/30 is the ideal ratio for you. I did the Zone/Paleo thing for awhile and was a lot happier once I stopped weighing and measuring everything, and I also got a lot bigger, stronger, and better-conditioned when I quit following Zone portion limits and just started eating however much I thought I needed.

Depending on your goals and methods of training you may need more or less of one macro or another. I think the Whole9 approach is pretty solid though I'd recommend not relying exclusively on nuts as your fat source.

[Evan Peikon]

For breakfast and lunch I'll be using nuts as my fat source, and for dinner I'll be using an avocado

[Rebecca Roth]

Originally Posted by Eric Montgomery

Depending on your goals and methods of training you may need more or less of one macro or another. I think the Whole9 approach is pretty solid though I'd recommend not relying exclusively on nuts as your fat source.

There are separate measures given for multiple primary fat sources in the whole 9 template including nuts/seeds, butters, oils, coconut milk, coconut flakes, olives, avocado.

[Katherine Derbyshire]

Originally Posted by Evan Peikon

so overall who eats regular paleo and how has it helped your performance opposed tor zoning. and do the top games competitiors follow zone or simply use paleo?

I would be extremely shocked if any of the top games competitors follow the zone, especially if they do so as originally written. (As opposed to increasing blocks, adding multiples of the base fat blocks, etc.) I would be surprised, though not shocked, if any of them follow a strict paleo diet.

Katherine

[Lauren Mackenzie]

Originally Posted by Katherine Derbyshire

I would be extremely shocked if any of the top games competitors follow the zone, especially if they do so as originally written. (As opposed to increasing blocks, adding multiples of the base fat blocks, etc.) I would be surprised, though not shocked, if any of them follow a strict paleo diet.

Katherine

Can you elaborate on this a little bit? Sorry, I'm just new to the whole paleo thing and am just curious as to why games competitors wouldn't follow a paleo diet!

[Katherine Derbyshire]

Originally Posted by Lauren Mackenzie

Can you elaborate on this a little bit? Sorry, I'm just new to the whole paleo thing and am just curious as to why games competitors wouldn't follow a paleo diet!

The difficulty in getting enough calories and particularly enough carbs to support that amount of training.

Katherine

[Steve Liberati]

What is Whole9 style?

[Evan Peikon]

It's just the aforementioned meal template style I stated above. Thevactual foods you eat are regular paleo philiosopy