TX,

As a past Zoner and current Atkins follower, have you considered dropping a block of carbs and adding a block of fat? That should help lower your carbs to Atkins maint. level--a very heathy place to be!

I beleive that there is nothing more heaty than the Zone diet with ultra refined fish oil supplements. It's just a bit too labor intensive for me.

I found that the appetite suppression with Atkins was most helpful; on the other hand, I was often slightly hungry on the Zone, despite eating 90% veggies and fruits as carbs (4 block system).

HTH