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Submit a Recipe
Do you have recipes you’ve made up using Plan Z ingredients? Or have you adapted a family favorite to the Plan Z guidelines? We’d love you to submit recipes of your own creation.
Just make sure you tell us what ingredients you used (don’t forget to include how much) and what steps you took to make your dish. If we publish your recipe, we’ll give you credit on our site! We also need to know if this was adapted from a cookbook and which one.
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We know many of you have experienced delicious results on Plan Z. Now’s the time to share it! In the process you’ll inspire others to take control of their health just as you have. Special bonus – each person who sends in a success story will receive a $25 credit to be used on anything Plan Z. Include candid before and after pictures or a video story and you’ll get a $50 credit.
Success stories may be used for Plan Z marketing purposes, so please do not include anything you are not comfortable sharing! Even if you haven’t lost all the weight you want to lose yet, you can still send us your story! We would love to read about your progress. Besides, every round of Plan Z counts toward your healthier and happier future.
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Z3.5: ZReboot 3.5 Recipes
Asian Barbecue Salmon (Roasted or Grilled)
Ever made your own BBQ sauce? Here's a quick, easy and delicious recipe for a home made option.
Crispy Chicken with Summer Sauce
This dish will remind you of chicken Parmesan but this has a lighter sauce made with summer veggies. It's easy to make and can be…
Low Carb Berry Coffee Cake
For breakfast in the morning or with a cup of tea in the afternoon, this low carb coffee cake hits the spot. I made mine with…
Potatoes Brabant – Air Fryer
Potatoes Brabant are super-easy to make in an air fryer. The dusting of grated Parmesan cheese helps keep the glycemic uptake…
Banana Peanut Butter Bars
The best news is Bob’s Mill has come out with a “superfine” grind almond flour. It makes baked goods so tasty you’d hardly tell…
Marinated Flank Steak – Air Fryer or Grill
Flank steak needs to marinate to give it full flavor and to make it tender. It just needs a little attention to make it shine. I…
Low Carb Foldover Quesadilla
I have done these with a crowd at a party and laid out all the ingredients. Each person took a plate, a tortilla and went around…
Upside Down Tamale Pie
In a regular tamale pie the cornbread is usually on top, like a crust. This low carb tamale pie actually has NO CORN in it. I…
Chicken Enchiladas Suizas Casserole
This is my favorite dish to order in a Mexican restaurant. Trouble is they wrap it in several rolled-up tortillas. This is much…
Puff Pastry Quiche
I serve this with a side of crispy, oven bacon. LOVE it for brunch or even dinner. It’s easy to assemble and comes out of the…
Curried Shrimp
This is a very versatile dish! it can be made spicy with the addition of cayenne. You can serve it with rice or with a side of…
Low Carb Banana Bread
I eat very few bananas these days because as they ripen their carb count/glycemic index load goes up. So this is a treat. Don’t…
Beef Stroganoff
This beef stroganoff can be eaten out of a bowl like a thick soup or stew. Or you can serve it with a side of veggies. Or if…
Blueberry Lemon Tart (Three ways with other flavors)
Change up the fruits and the flavorings and this can be several desserts. Think strawberry with almond, or orange with…
Caramelized Onion Pie
Caramelizing onions makes the natural sugars in the onion come to the forefront. No more bold onion taste. Just dreamy flavor.
Fruit Bowl with Luscious Lemon Cream Z3.5 Version
This stuff is addictive and so refreshing. RARELY do I take seconds on a dessert. With this one I did.
Lockdown Chili (Z3.5 Version)
I thought – what better time to have a spicy chili than when I am in lockdown, practicing social distancing.
Beef Stew in a Dutch Oven
I’m Irish, so beef stew was a staple in our family. Trouble is there are so many carbs in most beef stew recipes. So with this…
Peanut Butter Craisin Granola
Craving breakfast cereal? Try this instead! Have it with unsweetened coconut milk or as a YUMMY parfait.
Mongolian Beef
There's no need to order out! This tastes better than any take out I’ve had!
Cheesy Hash Browns with Sour Cream
This is perfect for a buffet table. Everyone will rave about your contribution. If you want to keep the portions lower, consider…
Pumpkin Pancakes with Pumpkin Spiced Whipped Cream
Hot off the Griddle. “Zolafied” pancakes. If you want your kids full and focused before school give them these instead of……
Butternut Squash Puree by Chef Josh
Cooking does not have to be complicated. In this recipe Chef Josh shows us how to make a simple and delicious puree using…
Z3: ZReboot Recipes
Grilled Shrimp “Scampi”
Grilled shrimp is a delicious summer treat. Enjoy this easy and tasty recipe!
Tipsy Plums with Sweet Cream
A simple, tasty seasonal desert.
Creamy, Cheesy, Garlicky Shrimp
This dish tastes very much like Shrimp Scampi that you might order in an Italian restaurant. The addition of cheese takes it over…
Lamb Kebabs (Z3 Version)
A ZReboot version of a ZReduction classic. If you like lamb, this recipe is a home run.
Roasted Carrots
Roast carrots are easy to make and taste good every time. If you can splurge on fresh herbs, it will be well worth it.
Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Pepperoni Bits (or Bacon)
Another Happy Healthy Holidays classic. This is so easy it almost feels like cheating.
Dave’s Grilled Anaheim Peppers
This recipe was submitted by dieter Dave, who is an avid gardener and serious grill-master. He grows his own peppers and likes…
Crab-Stuffed Mushrooms
My husband found this recipe and made it for me. It was delicious! I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Caramelized Pears (ZReboot Version)
A no sugar variation of my caramelized pears recipe. Still very yummy!
Shrimp Scampi (ZReboot Version)
What will take the longest with this dish is peeling and taking the shells off the shrimp. You want fresh shrimp though and I’ll…
Lemon Bars
I found a recipe online for keto lemon bars. I "Zolafied them" and made them for a party. Wow.
Hot Wing Dip
Most folks think of chicken wings as being a guy thing and even a sport fan thing but anyone can love this dip! I served it as a…
Italian Sausage Soup (ZReboot Version)
This simple Italian Soup is packed with flavor and convenience. It travels well and heats in the microwave too. Leftovers are a…
Asian Chicken with Veggie Slaw (ZReboot Version)
This looks like a lot of ingredients, but you’ll see it’s sort of a dump and cook recipe. Not difficult at all. If you love…
Melon Mandarin Salad
A tasty fruit salad that is a breeze to make and a unique way to round out a meal.
Italian Sausage and Zucchini Bake
This is sort of one of those dump casseroles that come together quickly and doesn’t require a lot of effort or dishes.
Burger Stuffed Onions
Truth be told I made this dish for my husband. He LOVES roasted onions. I had a craving for a burger, so this fit the bill. How…
Chicken and Green Chiles Casserole
This chicken casserole will remind you of chilies Rellenos. If you like those you’ll be a big fan of this low-carb dish. Simple…
Chicken Scallopini
A traditional Italian meal made the Plan Z way. My husband declared this one of his favorite meals of the year.
Cajun Butter Steak
My version of this steak is done by searing and roasting the meat. You can also choose to do this on the grill. Choose your…
Lemon Brownies
I found a classic Southern Living recipe and took out all the sugar. These are amazing – even if I do say so myself!
Cognac Truffles
If you don’t use liquor in your cooking you can leave that out. You can also flavor them with stevia flavorings. You could have…
Creamy Cajun Shrimp and Sausage “Stew”
I’ll admit it. I found this inspiration recipe online. I did not have to change it up much to Zola-fy it..it is soooo good!
Cheeseburger Casserole
I found this recipe online. I didn’t have to do much to make it Zola. It tastes very much like a cheeseburger. The way to make…
Z2: ZReduction Recipes
Blueberry Sauce
A delicious sauce to pair with your favorite dessert.
Outlaw Chili Verde
This award-winning chili recipe won best Verde Chili by the International Chili Society in 2018. "Texas Chuck," the creator of…
Tuna-Salad-Salad
Tuna salad on top of a salad? Let's do it!
Tuna Salad
Dieter Sarah eats tuna salad to help her lose weight on ZReduction. This is her "magic" recipe.
Oven Roasted Okra
This delicious recipe was submitted by dieter Nicole. She served it with pork chops and roasted tomatoes. Thanks, Nicole for the…
Roasted Tomato Sauce
You’ll think you’re eating at an Italian Grandma’s house when you taste this.
Smoked Salmon Salad
Since leafy greens are unlimited you can double (or triple) the amount of greens used in this recipe if you want to make it…
Roasted Lemon Chicken
When you are in the ZReduction portion of Plan Z you will not be eating the skin of the chicken or any of the dark meat. Breast…
Grilled Eggplant
I have decided the grilled Chinese eggplant tastes better than potato chips! Even better than French fries! And it’s so easy.
Dieter Claire’s Taco Seasoning
From Dieter Claire: Make this in bulk and store it in a jar. It's less expensive than taco seasoning packets and has no fillers.…
Sun Dried Tomatoes
No need to salt them. No need to season them. They will be delicious and have PLENTY of flavor.
Tuna Nicoise Salad
This is a low carb potato-free tuna Nicoise that is a-ok for ZReduction.
Sweet Tea (the no sugar way)
The good news is you can have your sweet tea and drink it, too. I’ve come up with a new recipe and had it rated and perfected at…
Roasted Sea Bass
Easter is the perfect time to make this. Sea bass is probably the most wonderful fish on the planet. It's taste is…
Lockdown Chili (Z2 Version)
What better time to have a spicy chili than when I am in lockdown, practicing social distancing.
Raspberry “Ice Cream”
Dieter Margaret offered up a GREAT idea! I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream – and we are on a diet! BONUS!
Roasted Red Pepper and Beef Chili
Okay, so I opened my pantry and saw a jar of roasted red pepper strips. I thought… I could make a new chili with these! So here…
Tomato Cream Sauce
This sauce is so versatile. Serve over cooked chicken breast (or tenderloins) or fish of any kind. Even use it as a pool of sauce…
Italian Sausage Soup (ZReduction Version)
This simple Italian Soup is packed with flavor and convenience. It travels well and heats in the microwave too. Leftovers are a…
Tarragon Mustard Shrimp
This dish made a wonderful lunch salad entrée in our Plan Z kitchen. I think it would be GREAT as an appetizer at a cocktail…
Chicken Breasts with Zola’s French Pan Sauce
This is my favorite new creation. I think I have made this three times in the last two weeks and that’s pretty much a record for…
Pork Loin Roast with Red Pepper & Spinach Stuffing
The flavor and aroma of this dish will bring a little bit of the Italian countryside to your dinner table. Try it out tonight…
Coffee-Crusted Steaks with Tomato Salad & Caramelized Onion “Jam”
Coffee on a steak? Heck yes! This combo is a steak-house classic that will leave your mouth watering for more but won't keep you…
Asian Balsamic Glazed Salmon
A tasty dish you can have on the table in under thirty minutes!
Plan Z Success Stories
Plan Z Success Story
Ken Lost 57 Pounds
About 6 or 7 years ago, I grew a beard in order to cover up my chubby face. . . At that time I weighted 244 and I made a deal with myself that I was going to shave my beard when I got to 200 [pounds]. Well, year after year after year, not only was I NOT losing to 200 I was gaining weight. A few weeks ago [after doing Plan Z] I hit 200 and I shaved the beard that morning.
Trust me, if you do it, immediately, you're going to be happy that you did. Not in a week, not in a month, not in 6 months but in a few days - because you're going to lose a couple of pounds and after that you'll be excited. This is by far been the best thing I have ever done for myself, ever.
More Success Stories
Biggie’s Favorite Recipes
“I never felt like I was truly dieting because everything I would eat tasted great…I never got frustrated where I would with other diets because I was consistently losing weight and I was consistently eating good food.” - Josh "Biggie" Ellinger, Greensboro, NC
Ex Tennessee Ball Player Loses 46 lbs on Plan Z
Ken in Tennessee lost over 40 pounds on Plan Z. Learn what he did to make his Plan Z Dieting experience so successful in this fantastic interview.
Dieter Rhonda Talks about Her Plan Z Experience
In this interview, Rhonda shares her successes and setbacks. Learn how she lost 45# very quickly and how quickly those pounds can come back if you don’t follow the “rules” of ZReboot. Hers is a cautionary tale with a (spoiler alert) happy ending.
Aleese Lost 45 Pounds
Thank you to Zola and the entire team at Plan Z! Having my daughter hug me and say ‘Wow, Mom! I can put my arms all the way around you now!” was worth its ‘weight’ in gold (pun intended!). –Aleese
Dorien Lost 125 Pounds
Dorien had almost given up hope. She did Plan Z after losing 110 pounds with gastric bypass surgery and gaining most of it back. Now she’s lost 125 lbs while on Plan Z.
It’s a Whole New World
"It's a whole new world! My life's back! That's the best part. I feel like I got my life back," says Dieter Dave after he lost 58 pounds on his first round of ZReduction.
Losing My Gut
Brownie from WERK sings a funny song about his weight loss.
Alyssa Lost 247 Pounds
Chris, our VP of Anger Management, offers up an interview with Plan Z Dieter Alyssa. Dieter Alyssa not only feels that Plan Z has improved her life, it may have saved it. She’s down 152#. Come listen to this heartwarming tale of weight loss and restored self-esteem.
Harry O Lost Over 150 Pounds on Plan Z
Harry O, the radio show host for KLSS Star 106 in Mason City, IA is one of our most successful dieters to date. Harry O lost over 150 pounds on Plan Z by Zola and has KEPT THAT WEIGHT OFF. He now wears a size 34 jeans. He is saving over $7,000 a year in medication alone and his C-PAP machine is collecting dust in his closet because he no longer needs it!
Pastry Chef reaps the benefits of new food habits
Dieter Ashley is a professional pastry chef. She has made some major life adjustments because of her involvement with Plan Z. And she is reaping the benefits. Her story will inform and inspire you toward your own diet success.
Chris, our VP of Anger Management talks with Dieter Insider Christie
Dieter Christie is going to tell us her Plan Z story. She reached her goal in two rounds of Plan Z and has now maintained her perfect weight for over a year. On this call she’ll describe her road to success and explain how she maintains her weight in ZLife.
Meet Paul, our 100 pound loser
Dieter Paul is our latest 100# loser. He'll share his secrets and insights in the interview. Hint: No more 32oz Mountain Dews in the afternoon.
Ron Lost 69.1 Pounds
In today’s call Chis talks with Dieter Insider Ron, on how he finally feels he got his life back.
I’m not intimidated by my scale anymore
Chris talks with Dieter Lucy about how she has spent 10′s of thousands of dollars on other diets trying to lose weight before finally getting it, thanks to PlanZ by Zola and the education.
Beverages
Good for You Hot Cocoa
On Christmas Eve I come downstairs and make a cup of cocoa. I though it time to share my favorite hot cocoa recipe. Happy holidays!
Zola’s Flaxseed Disguised Smoothie
I loved Plan Z dieter Steve’s idea of a smoothie incorporating flaxseed, so I invented one of my own too. Very similar.
Smoothies
It’s a great way to get your flaxseed oil on ZReboot.
Strawberry Spiced Shake
A cool treat for a dessert drink.
Frozen Lemon-Limeade
If you blend this with ice you get a nice frozen drink to sip on.
Blueberry Shots
Serve in small glasses and you’ll feel like you are having a very sophisticated after dinner drink.
Cranberry Lime Iced Tea
Perfect for ZReduction. This iced tea makes you feel special.
Redneck Mojitos
This refreshing recipe was submitted by Plan Z dieter Debbie. It's a nice treat on a hot summer day. Thanks Debbie!
Cinnamon Water
People on Plan Z who drink 100 - 125 oz of water per day lose 30% more than those who drink less than 70 oz.
Creme Soda
When in a restaurant, order a glass of plain club soda and keep your stevia with you. You can make your own cream soda on the spot!
Raspberry Smoothie
What a great idea! Dieter Linda came up with a YUMMY non-dairy raspberry smoothie.
Chai Tea
A takeoff on the famous Starbucks recipe with the sugar GONE but just the taste still there…
Zola’s Fresh and Golden Margarita
Today is National Margarita Day and in true traditional for those of you in ZReboot 3.5 or ZLife here is Zola’s preferred blend.
Sides & Veggies
Sea Salt Crusted Snow Peas
You won’t ever need potato chips again.
Cauliflower Mac and Cheese
You know how you can eat mac and cheese and not even use your teeth? This had the same result. BIG YUM!
Roasted Garlic
You could also add some of this roasted garlic to a batch of cooked green beans or asparagus for a nice flavor combo.
Broccoli Cheese Soup
I designed this broccoli cheese soup for the average cook. It only takes a few minutes to chop the veggies and then put it in the pot and let the magic happen. All you have to do is stir it. How easy is that?
Celery Salad with Dried Fruit, Nuts and Parmesan
Well, of course I’m not the only one who every dreamed of a celery salad so I found all kinds of them and formulated my own, simple version. Turned out great.
Sweet Onion Casserole
This is a super easy side dish that can be mixed up in a flash and then baked. It will go well with any piece of roasted meat and can work on a buffet for a party.
Zucchini Fritters (or Pancakes)
Fried till golden using coconut flour.
Veggie Drawer Quiche
Everybody needs the perfect recipe that uses up the little leftover bits of vegetables you have in the drawer. Instead of letting them go to waste, you can whip up this quiche. I served it for dinner. You can serve it for breakfast, lunch or dinner! Some people even like it room temperature or cold.
Chunky Cajun Peach Sauce
You can reheat this to serve or you can serve it room temp or cold. Just depends on the time of year you make it. In the summer it would be great cold.
Exotic Teriyaki Mushrooms
These mushrooms are a super side dish. Perfect for a quiet dinner for two. Or make a giant bowl and serve on a holiday.
Brown Butter-Sage Cream Sauce
Best served over ravioli; especially a pumpkin ravioli or a butternut squash ravioli.
Cooked “Carpaccio” Salad
I did a cooked variation of this dish and served it as an entrée. Loved it.
Exotic Peach Relish With Your Choice of Protein
This peach relish tastes a bit on the Indian-side. I had mine with salmon but you could serve it over chicken or pork, too. Plus it tastes fancy enough for company.
Zucchini Noodles (Zoodles)
You’ll never miss the pasta if you start serving these with your Italian dishes. They are pretty, too!
Sauteed Spinach
Since spinach is an unlimited, you can have as much as you like. It doesn't count towards your veggie portion which means you can have this and another veggie, too. YUM!
Cauliflower Mash
The touch of nutmeg in here really makes the dish. Try this as a substitute for mashed potatoes. It’s really quite delightful
Buttered Mushrooms
Dieter Rebecca first had this warm and rustic side dish while in Ireland on a road trip in 1994. These mushrooms where in every Irish B&B Dieter Rebecca visited. She loved the recipe so much she recreated it for Plan Z! Hope you enjoy.
Fried Eggplant with Tomato Sauce
This dish takes a humble vegetable like the eggplant and turns it into a crunchy, warm and Italian inspired meal. Big yum!
Parmesan Crust
This crust can be used with any kind of a savory dish. This is going to be a super-popular recipe.
Mushroom Spinach Quiche
We had this quiche as a vegetarian entrée for a light dinner. My husband loved it so much he had it again the next morning for breakfast.
Entrees
Air Fryer Green Beans
Dieter Debbie has mastered air fried veggies on ZReduction, and shared this with the Plan Z Facebook group. It's simple, and delicious and can be ready in a jiffy. We're posting it here for everyone to enjoy. Thank you, Debbie!
Cincinnati Chili (EASY)
This is a famous chili that probably should not even be called a chili. It was invented by two brothers who emigrated from Europe in the 1920’s. Of course, they lived in Cincinnati. When finished this will look sort of like chili but it’s served on spaghetti. There are no beans and it’s not spicy. It’s flavorful for sure, but not “hot.” Don’t let the list of ingredients throw you off.
Leek Tart
This Leek Tart makes for a lovely dish cut into wedges and served on a holiday buffet. You can also enjoy this as a light entrée with a salad.
Italian Shrimp Cocktail
This is what I call cheating when I’m in a hurry. I use my favorite bottled Italian dressing as the marinade and everyone thinks I put so much effort into this really pretty dish.
Rotisserie Chicken Tacos
In a hurry to make dinner? These tacos are quick and easy. Depending on how much preparation you do in advance, this dish can meet that goal in 15 – 25 minutes!
Angela’s Shortcut Ratatouille
When you need some serious cold weather comfort food, ratatouille hits the spot. This shortcut ratatouille-inspired recipe was submitted by dieter Angela. She Zolafied the original recipe and created a delicious ZReduction veggie sauté that can be made in less than half the time of a traditional ratatouille.
Shrimp in a French Lemon White Wine Cream Sauce
This is an elegant meal you can serve to company or even just for a romantic meal at home. I served this with haricot vert (roasted French green beans). That kept the meal totally low carb.
Dieter Angela’s Ground Turkey “Meatzza” Crust
Angela says, "I love pizza, so I was looking for alternatives. I was disappointed to find cauliflower crust is not much lower in carbs than a traditional pizza crust. I came across that recipe for a meatzza crust and was pleasantly surprised. It satisfied my pizza craving, and I could have a slice of pizza without needing a fork! For those pizza cravings, here’s a recipe for a meatzza crust."
Braised Red Cabbage
For all you cabbage lovers out there, this recipe is a ZReduction take on a German classic. While you can whip this dish up in about 30 minutes, red cabbage tastes sweeter the longer you cook it -- so if you are on ZReduction and like your cabbage a little sweeter, cook it low and slow until the flavors mellow and meld to your liking.
Shrimp Tacos with Lime Crema
These taste so fresh! They remind me of the best tacos I had in Cancun.
Chicken “Chimichangas”
At first you’d think chimichangas would be high carb. The good news is they have low carb tortillas at the grocery store that taste the same as the traditional. Look for the low carb versions.
Healthy Orange Creamsicle
We have to thank Dieter Claire for inventing this recipe. She modified the fruit parfait recipe and developed a strawberry "ice cream" recipe and this recipe with frozen mandarin oranges. She says, “it’s like an orange creamsicle.” YUM!
Grilled Asian Salmon
When my husband is in the mood for Asian food, this is his favorite dish: It’s a super easy dish, so it doesn’t take much to talk me into it.
Southern Tomato Pie
Two things I love about living mid-South: fried green tomatoes, and tomato pie.
Super Easy Kung Pao Meatballs
This meal comes together in a MINUTE – or at least it feels like it. I made this for Saturday night movie night and it was a hit!
Strawberry “Almost Ice Cream”
Dieter Claire invented this recipe by modifying the fruit parfait recipe and adding extra frozen strawberries. She says, "it's as close to ice cream as you can get." We agree.
Grilled Shrimp “Scampi”
Grilled shrimp is a delicious summer treat. Enjoy this easy and tasty recipe!
Blistered Tomatoes
Sometimes the simplest things are the best. I am offering up two options for grilled veggies.
Instant Pot Italian Chicken with Gravy
A delicious recipe submitted by Dieter Claire. Does this take longer than sautéing in a pan? Well yes, but the chicken that comes out is soooooo tender it's worth the time. We completely agree, Claire, thanks for sharing!
Cocktail Sauce
Shrimp cocktail is a simple snack on ZReduction. If you plan to eat it regularly, you might want to consider making your own cocktail sauce. It's quick, easy and delicious.
Soups & Stews
Curried Asparagus Soup
Serve in soup bowls with a protein of choice. In Z2 this is your veggie portion. You can have plain salad greens on the side if you need more. It’s very filling though.
Easy Gazpacho (Cold tomato soup)
This is super easy! Lovely in the summer when it’s hot. I served this with a simple grilled chicken breast.
Spicy Sweet Real Tomato Soup
This recipe was contributed by Plan Z dieter Debbie. Garnish with fresh basil for a unique and special treat.
Mediterranean Stewed Shrimp
This is an amazingly easy dish to make that is comforting and can be fancy enough to serve to company.
Roasted Red Pepper Soup
This soup can be served hot or cold.
Tomato Soup
Talk about easy to make. This soup is done in a flash. If you’re like me you’ll make a triple batch. You can freeze the portions.
Pepper Soup
You’ll never eat Campbell’s Tomato Soup again! This is so EASY!
Roasted Asparagus Soup
Season to taste. I put a fair amount of pepper on top. My husband loves pepper on top of soup. Garnish with the asparagus tips and serve with a protein.
Italian Meatball Soup
So today you can “Enjoy a Bowl-a-Zola.”
French Onion Soup
This will taste pretty darn official!
Chili Con Carne
This is a meaty chili with some veggies tossed in for crunch factor. Makes a satisfying lunch.
Creole Seafood Stew
When I made this Creole stew, I used some “aristocratic” ingredients (shrimp and lump crab meat) but you can certainly make it easier on your budget by making a “Cajun” version.
Cioppino (Seafood Stew)
Plan Z dieter Karen has taken the classic Italian seafood dish cioppino and turned into a Plan Z recipe. Thanks Karen!
Tomato Shrimp Chowder
Talk about easy to make. This dish is done in a flash. If you’re like me, you’ll make a triple batch of the tomato base. You can freeze the portions.
Chicken Meatball Soup
With a salad, bread sticks and fruit, dieter JoAnn found this to be a very satisfying meal.
Chicken and “Sausage” Etouffee (Cajun Stew)
Two of my favorite Cajun dishes are etouffee and Marengo. Like lots of Cajun food they are basically stews. Simple, flavorful meals.
Mayan Chicken Stew
This is an amazingly easy dish to make. On a diet like this Mexican or South American food would not normally be possible but this tastes authentic and has no rice or potatoes.
Italian Crock Pot Chicken
You can also have a salad on the side with a few bits of celery and cucumber.
Tomato Basil Soup
Tomato basil soup is very easy to make. It comes together in a flash. The addition of cooked chicken elevates it to a one bowl meal.
Shrimp and Chicken Creole
This tastes pretty darn authentic. Creole… or low country food. If you want it spicy you might consider adding a bit of cayenne (1/4 tsp) or the same amount of red pepper flakes. An final alternative would be to put a bottle of Tabasco on the table for people to add their own.
Starters, Salads & Sauces
Blue Cheese Dressing
The first time I made this, I put it on top of a wedge salad...and felt like I was eating dinner in a steakhouse. It's that good.
Luscious Lemon Cream
So light and decadent - YUM! Serve with fruit, or any other dessert for extra special deliciousness.
Barbecue Burgers – Zola Style
There’s no way to use a commercial sauce for barbecued meats. They ALL have copious amounts of sugar in them. I know. I checked every bottle in the store, so I set about to come up with a rub and a sugarless barbecue sauce for Plan Z.
Italian Green Bean Salad
This is a fun, colorful side dish to a plain piece of meat. This goes together so fast! You can even make it in the morning and finish assembly just before dinner.
Alfredo Sauce
You can serve this over baked chicken, or make “fettuccini” alfredo with zucchini noodles.
Raspberry Coulis
Raspberry coulis is often used by dessert chefs to decorate your dessert at a restaurant. They put a swirl of it on your plate or maybe drizzle it over the top of the dessert. You can be fancy or plain as you wish.
International Steak Marinade
A great but simple marinade contributed by Dieter Insider Amy.
Gene’s Ketchup
This recipe was submitted by dieter Gene. A delicious and easy ketchup without sugar!
Mexican Chicken Salad
If you are going totally low carb you can serve this over lettuce. Bib lettuce would look nice.
Bacon-Apple Chicken Salad
Everything’s better with bacon. Right? Enjoy this crunch-filled chicken salad. Serve on top of salad or toast one piece of a low-carb bread, butter it and serve open-face.
Aujus (Sauce for Beef Dishes)
This is a super simple version I made up for a quick weeknight meal. It only takes a few minutes to make and really ramps up the flavor of your beef cut.
Pumpkin Spiced Whipped Cream
Serve this on your pancakes instead of syrup. Or if you want some syrup just do a teeny bit; like a capful. And use REAL maple syrup. No diet syrup. A bit of the real stuff is better for you.
Chunky Cajun Peach Sauce
You can reheat this to serve or you can serve it room temp or cold. Just depends on the time of year you make it. In the summer it would be great cold.
Creamy Dessert Sauce
I love this sauce over the inside out apple pie. YUM.
Mexican Seafood Salad (the Z3 version)
The design of this dish is for fancy food for a hot day. You can make this much simpler and less expensive by using less expensive seafood and fish options.
Zippy Orange Salsa for Grilled Fish
This is a Mexican-style sauce. The sauce is definitely served cold and makes a great contrast to warm fish. You can also do this with chicken if you prefer.
Exotic Peach Relish with Your Choice of Protein
This peach relish tastes a bit on the Indian-side. I had mine with salmon but you could serve it over chicken or pork, too. Plus it tastes fancy enough for company.
Brown Butter-Sage Cream Sauce
Best served over ravioli; especially a pumpkin ravioli or a butternut squash ravioli.
Cooked “Carpaccio” Salad
I did a cooked variation of this dish and served it as an entrée. Loved it.
Brown Butter-Sage Cream Sauce Ravioli
Best served over ravioli; especially a pumpkin ravioli or a butternut squash ravioli.
Appetizers
Pinecone Cheese Ball
The pinecone idea is unique, festive and delicious. I am going to lay out a simple version and then give you suggestions for variations.
“Chex Mix” Nuts
These nuts taste eerily like the ones in the famous Chex Mix only I left off the Chex and the pretzels. They were a huge hit!
Sea Salt Crusted Snap Peas
A variation of my sea salt crusted snow peas recipe - but with snap peas!
Russian Traditional Salad
This delicious recipe was submitted by Plan Z dieter Bruce. Bruce says, "We saw this sixteen years ago on a trip to visit our daughter in-law. They keep it from day to day and just add to it when more is needed."
Cinnamon Tangerines
This simple recipe is the latest from the Zola Test Kitchen. Try these! I got some really juicy tangerines (that were very easy to peel) at the grocery store yesterday.
Bacon Avocado Toast
Making avocado toast is a very free-form exercise. You can build it the way you want to; that's what makes it so easy - and delicious!
Strawberry Milkshake
I think this makes a beautiful, refreshing dessert. If you can’t get fresh strawberries go ahead and use frozen. Slices are best so they don’t get caught in the blender. For a special occasion top it with whipped cream!
Sea Salt Crusted Snow Peas
You won’t ever need potato chips again.
Monster Mouths
A ghoulish (and healthy) Halloween snack idea.
Corn Dip
I came up with this recipe at the end of summer. I took what I call an “inspiration” recipe and Zolified it so we can enjoy it. It’s really tasty.
Cinnamon Buttered Pecans
A tasty snack - perfect for a road trip.
Peach Parfait
The parfait is a serious twist on a Cooking Light recipe I came across, so I need to give them credit but I also wanted you to know it's light and rather healthy.
Jalapeno Popper Crisps
These easy to make Jalapeno poppers are Z3 friendly and only take 15 minutes!
French-Italian Mushroom Tart
You can use the recipe as an appetizer or a brunch entrée or even a lunch or light dinner served with a salad.
Peanut Butter Yogurt Swirl
This recipe works for breakfast or for dessert. Really satisfying! A great treat and super fast!
Parmesan Crust
This crust can be used with any kind of a savory dish. This is going to be a super-popular recipe.
Butternut Squash Fries
You will not believe how easy these are to make and how wonderful they taste! Once you start eating these “fries” you’ll never miss the other ones.
Oshkosh Guacamole
Add zip to your chip with Dieter Carolyn's version of guacamole. The secret she says is using lime instead of lemon!
Cinnamon Nut Granola
Most granola you buy at the store has about 35-45 grams of carbohydrates per serving. This one has about 9. Your tummy will love this and you’ll be healthier for it.
Apple “Popcorn” with Toppings
Going to the theatre or the movies? Pack this in a zippered baggie. The crunching of the apple won’t be any louder than the crunching of the popcorn. It’s a BIG YUM.
Desserts
Sugar Cookie Wedges
At a dinner party you can cut this into wedges and serve them on little dessert plates. My guests commented on how GREAT it was to be given a small dessert instead of the traditional, large one.
Eggnog Cheesecake with Gingerbread crust
Most often a cheesecake like this has a crust made out of gingersnaps. I’m making mine this way and you’ll swear you’re eating a gingerbread crust without all the sugar.
Bittersweet Chocolate Torte
I hope you will like this recipe as much as we did.
Monster Mouths
A ghoulish (and healthy) Halloween snack idea.
Nut Crust
This gives you a crunchy bottom similar to a graham cracker crust.
Chocolate Ganache
Sinfully delicious...with only three ingredients.
Frozen Yogurt Bark
The final product must be eaten right out of the freezer. They melt fast but they are a fun treat.
Fluffy, No Bake Lemon Cheesecake
I came up with this recipe as a tribute to Dieter Ron and his wife Jean. This darling couple drove from Wisconsin to Chicago just to meet me and my team.
Peach Parfait
The parfait is a serious twist on a Cooking Light recipe I came across, so I need to give them credit but I also wanted you to know it's light and rather healthy.
Zola Pops
This recipe was contributed by Plan Z dieter Amy from Chicago. Good thinking, Amy! Great idea!
Rhubarb Bumbleberry Dessert
In spring I always get a hankering for rhubarb. My mother used to plant it and I loved picking it in the warm sun. Usually I’d make a rhubarb strawberry crisp but on ZReduction that’s out of the cards. So I had an idea to mix the rhubarb idea with the Canadian idea of a bumbleberry pie.
Raspberry Coulis
Raspberry coulis is often used by dessert chefs to decorate your dessert at a restaurant. They put a swirl of it on your plate or maybe drizzle it over the top of the dessert. You can be fancy or plain as you wish.
Grilled Peaches
I adapted this recipe for Plan Z from one of Bobby Flay’s ideas. I love a good grilled peach in the summer. Even if you have a crowd over for a barbecue you can grill up a bunch of these in a jiffy and everyone will enjoy a healthy dessert.
Lemon Mousse Torte
This is light, fluffy and super smooth. For a “fancy” dessert, this one is easy to make. Just take your time and follow the directions. You’ll need a few pieces of equipment too but nothing super expensive.
Java Fluff
If you are a coffee-flavored dessert lover, your dream boat just docked!
Brownies “Palmer House Style”
This is a VERY old recipe… in fact, this is the FIRST recipe for brownies. Brownies were first invented at The Palmer House Hotel in 1893. So these won’t be like the ones in a box mix.
Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
My version here is perfect for ZReboot 3.5 and ZLife, sweetened with stevia, and you have your options of flour to make the crumbly aspect of it.
Creamy Dessert Sauce
I love this sauce over the inside out apple pie. YUM.
Pumpkin Chiffon
Feed this to the kids (and adults) instead of ice cream.
Snickerdoodle Pie Crust
You’ll be amazed! When this comes out of the oven, it smells just like the famous cookie! Use this in any pie that does not need to be baked.
Zola's Blog
Zola: CEO & Chief Dieter
I was a formerly frustrated dieter until I developed my own diet. Plan Z is successful because I took what I learned (along with all of my diet failures) and developed a program that truly works. Now I'm living ZLife and lovin' it.
Hints for Traveling While on ZReboot
YES - you can travel and not gain weight. Just be smart about your food choices and weight gain won't be an issue. Here are some ideas:
Does Wine Make You Fat?
Dieters lose about 60% less weight when they drink wine on ZReduction. Is it worth it?
How to Cheat on Your Diet at Thanksgiving
Remember, the average American gains at least 7 pounds over the holidays. You don’t have to follow the crowd.
How to Zolafy a Dessert Recipe
I’m one of those lucky people who can read a recipe and taste it in my head. I hope you are one too, but if you’re not, with a few guiding steps you can learn how to do it...
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The Path to Becoming Non-Diabetic
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The Only Chocolate You Should Eat
Want to eat chocolate and stay healthy? Dark chocolate is your best choice.
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Why Resolutions Fail
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Brain Gunk
New studies have been published to show that obesity harms most organs in your body, and your brain is no exception. The researchers have also found that getting rid of excess fat actually improves brain function.
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How your waistline can expose your health risk
If your waist to height ratio shows your waistline equals 80% of your height, studies show you will live (on average) 17 years less than someone whose waist to height ratio falls at the 50% number.
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Sloppy Christmas
This makes quick work out of feeding a crowd of people who arrive at different times.
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Holiday Aromatherapy – Simmering Spices for Your Kitchen
This isn’t a recipe for food you can eat. This is a recipe for making your house smell wonderful for the holidays.
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Christmas Shopping
What I thought I’d do today is lay out how I organize myself to keep my shopping stress down during the holidays. Maybe some of what I do will help you too.
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My Favorite Appliance
Gone are the days when I would regularly pull out my big food processor, or my massive mixer, or my mondo blender that could mix up 12 cups of liquid in an instant. Even my bread maker is gone. I’ve kept my food processor and massive mixer but I…
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The Art of the Antipasti Tray
What's antipasti? An appetizer usually consisting of an assortment of foods, such as smoked meats, cheese, fish, and vegetables. Sounds like a low-carb platter of perfection, doesn’t it?
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My Cooking Mentor
My mother would have turned 101 this year. I still miss her although she’s been gone for decades. At parties, people often asked my mother if she taught me to cook. “Not like this”, she’d say. What she meant was she never taught me to be a gourmet…
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Hopeful 2021
Consider applying these ideas to your daily life. Most of them are helpful ideas for overall health/immunity and not just a plan to try to keep from getting COVID-19.
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Time to Start Digging Out
I don’t know about you, but I’ve gotten into a rut since this whole COVID thing started. Really, I've gotten into a bunch of ruts. As things start to loosen, it’s time to start brainstorming how to get out of the ruts without endangering our…
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The Best of the Pandemic
It’s been a long year, with lots of cooking. That leaves me with lots of time to design recipes. These three are the best of the pandemic...so far.
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7 Reasons to Diet with a Buddy
When you’re on a diet, having a strong support system can mean the difference between success and failure. We have a major league support team at Plan Z, but if you can add a personal support network to that and buddy up, the benefits are even…
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COVID 1 Year Later
People ask me all the time how we are coping with the pandemic. It has its positives and negatives for sure. Now that we are one year into this, I thought I’d give you some insight into our world.
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Your Support
As I look back over the past year I have so much to be thankful for. Thank you for being the most wonderful clients we could ask for.
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Diet Advice Gone Wrong
When I was a young teen in the early 70’s, I can remember coming to breakfast one morning and my father was sitting at the end of the table crabbing about his breakfast. My father had eaten the same thing for breakfast for decades. Two poached…
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The Sweet Smell of Garlic
My first bite of roasted garlic was quite the surprise. The squishy garlic was no longer pungent. It had taken on a smooth texture and aroma. Almost sweet. I didn’t even feel like I was going to get bad breath from it. It had a whole new flavor…
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Enjoy the Super Bowl Without Gaining Weight
Here’s how it works: You set up a chili buffet with all the fixins. Chili tastes better the day after you make it, so you can prepare it ahead of time and reheat on game day. When you set up the buffet, the chili can be kept warm in crock pots, on…
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How Fast Can You Lose Weight and Stay Healthy?
Those who say you can only lose 1 – 2 pounds a week and diet safely are using methodologies that generally can only produce 1 – 2 pounds of weight loss per week. That doesn’t mean that’s the only healthy pace at which you can lose weight.
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A CDC Thanksgiving
This will be a Thanksgiving that will go down in the history books for folks all over the country. Do your duty to protect those you love and even those you haven’t met yet. It’s just one day… during one very crazy year.
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Tea Breads
In my mother’s Betty Crocker cookbook (written in the 1950s) they were generally categorized as Quick Breads and then further categorized as Tea Breads. Imagine things like apricot nut bread, date nut bread, orange nut bread, prune nut bread,…
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Celebrating Halloween COVID-Style
There are ways to celebrate Halloween safely without all the candy.
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The Vegetable That Tastes Like Candy
This squash is chock-full of fiber and has 30% fewer carbs than potatoes. I’m going to try to convince you to serve this at your holiday table this year instead of potatoes. Butternut squash is versatile, too. You can roast it; you can puree it, put…
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Toys for Halloween
I don’t give out candy on Halloween anymore. I give out toys! The kids love it. They like to see something different in that basket. When they dip in, I tell them they can pick a toy or even two. They giggle like crazy!
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My Favorite Time
Fall is my favorite season of the year. Hands down. Nothing can beat it. Nothing even comes close. I am loving this year’s fall – immensely. What do I love about fall?
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We’re Moving!
We will process and ship orders until Tuesday, October 13th. Until that date, I am extending our current sale pricing. If we can ship it to you, then we don't have to pack (and unpack) it for the move. So everybody wins.
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Introducing Chooey
Chooey's journey from the side of a Tennessee highway to the center of my heart.
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The Story of Slab Pie
I read up on the history of slab pie and learned a few things. The originals were probably two-crusted pies; top and bottom. They were meant to be cut up and eaten out of your hand, so you didn’t need a fork.
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How To Tell If Your Wine Is Corked
Ordering wine in a restaurant can be an intimidating experience. Knowing how to spot a corked wine can make the whole process easier on the nerves.
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Making Sweet Tea
The average recipe for sweet tea contains 8 cups of water and a cup of sugar. A single cup of sugar contains an astonishing 200 grams of carbohydrates! Most humans can’t eat more than about 80 grams of carbs per day before they’d be setting…
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Sweet Dreams Tattoo
I wrote a little while ago about how our little cross-eyed kitty had suddenly turned blind. She had kidney disease and high blood pressure too. The kidney disease is what really took her.
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The Story of Potatoes Brabant
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Mexican Food In Summer
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The Munchies
It really doesn’t matter when you eat. It’s what you eat and how much you eat during the entire day that matters.
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Tattoo’s Blindness
Our kitty Tattoo turned 20 years old a month ago. That’s the equivalent of 96 in human years. Way to GO Tattoo!
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World-famous Virus Expert gets the Virus. Read his story.
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Coronavirus Has Brought Back Carbs!
The coronavirus outbreak has proven what we’ve suspected for a while. We turn to carbs in a crisis.
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How I Construct a Pandemic Menu
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Mother’s Day in a Time of Global Pandemic
We want nothing more right now than to be able to hug our mothers on Mother's Day. It’s just not a smart idea this year. So, I’ve come up with a few ideas to celebrate her day in a new way.
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Five Last Minute Ways to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
These are things you can put together in a jiffy to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
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It Started with A Cough
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I Hate My Mask
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FAQS
HOW MUCH DOES THE PLAN Z DIET COST?
A Plan Z membership costs $19/month. For your materials, you can purchase a starter kit for as little as $237. Your starter kit includes the four phases, the Plan Z manual which walks you through the program day by day, three bottles of ZR50 Crave Control spray, access to the Plan Z recipe and blog site, daily coaching emails, and the support of the Plan Z staff and coaches. If you would like to start with 6 bottles of Crave Control spray, your initial order would be as low as $353 plus $19/month. Plan Z members can purchase spray and receive coaching as long as their membership is active.
Plan Z costs a fraction of what it costs to be overweight. Health economists for the Centers for Disease Control say that obesity costs overweight people an additional $1470 per year in increased medical bills and medication costs. Losing weight can actually save you money and aggravation.
There is no comparison when it comes to the speed at which the weight comes off on Plan Z. No other diet gives you the structure that makes this a plan for life and not just another diet.
OTHER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ORDERING & PAYMENTS
If you have more weight to lose after your first round, you have the option of joining ZClub. ZClub is a monthly or annual membership only for returning Plan Z dieters. ZClub members have access to the Plan Z site, the recipes, 2nd Tuesday calls, coaching, AND you can buy spray as you need it.
ZClub not only makes it more flexible and affordable if you have a lot of weight to lose, but it also allows us to continue to provide you with recipes, education and the information you need to help you stay focused amid all the food traps that bombard us every day. And if you veer off track, you can get the spray you need to maintain your results without breaking the bank.
We want to be here to support you all the way through your weight loss goals, getting you to a healthy weight you can live with. ZClub is only available to Plan Z participants who have previously participated in the diet at the full price or at the Buddy System price. We recommend people come to us with one round in mind because after that round is over, you’ll be happy to pay for the next one. You’ll see the value.
Please give us 2-5 business days to process your order. All orders ship from Zola Headquarters in Chattanooga, TN. Of course, shipping times vary by location, but most orders in the continental US will arrive within a week of when they are shipped.
Need to ship to another country? Call our office at 800-255-9853 for international pricing and ship times.
Yes! All transactions on our website are ssl encrypted for your protection. You can also call one of our customer service representatives at 1-800-255-9853 if you would prefer to place your order over the phone, or if you have questions about Plan Z.
If you have an obesity related illness and your doctor recommends you lose weight, Plan Z is likely covered by your insurance. Ask your doctor to give you a letter of medical necessity on their letterhead saying they recommend Plan Z. Click here to download a sample form of what the letter should look like. Or you can have them fill out this form. Take both forms to your doctor and let them decide which one they prefer to use. Submit the paperwork and your Plan Z packing slip to your insurance company for reimbursement.
If you are overweight and struggling with obesity related health issues you can use your HSA (Health Savings Account) or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) debit card to pay for Plan Z as long as it has a MasterCard or Visa logo on it. Just make sure your doctor submits a letter of medical necessity (or this form) to your insurance company so that the charge is approved. Keep a copy of your itemized Plan Z receipt for your records.
All insurance plans are different. If you are unsure if your insurance covers Plan Z check with your insurance provider before ordering.
THE PROGRAM
The ZR50 Crave Control spray is a homeopathic spray designed to relieve the discomforts of dieting. When you go cold turkey off of sugar, artificial sweeteners and preservatives, your body rebels.
For starters, most people get a headache. Others start to get the jitters. It might get so bad their hands shake. That makes it difficult to type or do other hand-work. Some get achy. Some experience slight nausea. Pretty much everybody gets crabby. And the cravings. For many, they can be overwhelming. All of this adds up to an intolerable situation for the dieter and oftentimes for those around them.
ZR50 is designed to eliminate, or at least ameliorate, all of these conditions. It helps keep you on an even keel as you go through Plan Z so you can diet comfortably and successfully.
For medical information about the ZR50 Crave Control spray and its ingredients, please go to our medical professionals page.
You have to unlearn the bad diet advice you’ve been fed for years. Our so-called “obesity epidemic” in the USA is only about thirty years old. We started to fatten up in the early 1980s shortly after the U.S. Senate passed its Dietary Guidelines for America (1977). The government advised us to reduce our fat consumption from 40% to 30% and replace the fat with carbohydrates.
Food companies jumped in and started making low fat, “diet” foods filled with enough sugar and high fructose corn syrup to make them palatable. We know that sugar is a main contributor to obesity in America but food manufacturers have not backed off on using varying forms of sugar in their recipes.
When we got fatter, they replaced natural sugars with artificial sweeteners, unnatural flavorings, and preservatives. These things reduce the natural sugar content in foods but they wreak havoc on your metabolism. And we still didn’t lose weight.
So, the “experts” told us that we needed to exercise more. What a monumental mistake. The problem is, while exercise may burn calories, it also stimulates hunger. After an intense workout your body will need to replenish the calories it just burned. How does it do that? By sending you signals that you’re hungry and you need to eat!
Today, Americans spend billions on diet foods and health club memberships – more than they ever had in the past. And yet, between 1998 and 2008, the number of “clinically” obese Americans grew 37% according to the Centers for Disease Control.
We now know fat doesn’t make you fat. Complex carbohydrates and sugar make you fat–especially the highly processed white carbs and the high fructose corn syrup that’s in most processed foods. These are the convenience foods that fill the shelves of our grocery stores.
Knowing why we get fat in the first place is the first step towards keeping the weight off. Plan Z takes a completely different approach to weight loss: we work on your body and your brain.
Yes. You can do this diet easily at work. We know you have to go to work so we have a Zola to Go! section on our member site with recipes for planning, preparing, and packing meals and snacks that travel well. We can accommodate you even if you are traveling back and forth between two cities as you prepare for your wedding day. We’ve helped pilots, flight attendants, and even traveling salespeople lose weight while on the job. We’ve even helped a company of firefighters lose hundreds of pounds together.
Do you travel? Do you go out for meals? We’ll show you how to stay on Plan Z while eating in restaurants. Plus, Plan Z is totally family friendly. Your family can eat the same food you do–they’ll just have different portions because they’re not taking the ZR50 Reduction formula. No need to make your “diet food” and then make “regular” food for your family.
Have kids? Kids LOVE the food. You choose what you want to eat every day from Zola’s approved food list. This way Plan Z becomes part of your thinner lifestyle. You can set an example for your children and pass on valuable eating habits to them. We even have recipes for things like healthy chicken nuggets and tiny meatloaves.
You are a unique individual, but you are not so unique that the laws of science don’t apply to you. You are not an impossible case. You just had the wrong information until now. We believe if you had the right information you’d act on it and you’d likely be thinner than you are right now. But there is too much misinformation in the diet market place. Here’s why: Kraft makes South Beach Living packaged food, Heinz processes Weight Watchers food, Unilever owns Slim Fast, Kellogg’s owns Kashi Go Lean, Stouffer owns Lean Cuisine, Con-Agra owns Healthy Choice. Their so-called “diet” foods are filled with starch, sugar, artificial flavoring, and high fructose corn syrup.
Those ingredients have contributed to America’s obesity epidemic and along with American companies like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s (and many others) they are exporting our obesity epidemic to the rest of the world. Their business plan and packaged foods keep you dieting and buying their foods for the rest of your life. My business plan is to help you break the endless cycle of weight gain and help you move forward into your new life.
Obesity is a disease of fat production, not of overeating. If it were a simple math problem of calories in and calories out, we would all be thin. On conventional diets the first ten or twelve pounds come off and then you hit the wall. Your metabolism slows down. You’re hungry and irritable. You tough it out a few more weeks or you quit and the weight comes roaring back.
Your health is one reason to lose a lot of weight! Obesity causes or exacerbates all of these diseases:
- Hypertension (Zola was on blood pressure meds until she developed and did Plan Z. After losing 28 pounds the first month she was able to come off the meds completely)
- Type 2 Diabetes — One Plan Z Insider called us to say he was off his insulin on day four (with his doctor’s blessing!) of his ZReduction phase of Plan Z. He’d been on insulin since 1999!
- Coronary heart disease
- Heart ailments
- Angina
- Stroke
- Gallstones
- Gout
- Sleep Apnea
- Osteoarthritis
We don’t make medical claims, but many of our dieters report they are making fewer claims against their health insurance. Conventional dieting keeps most of us on a perpetual cycle of losing and gaining the same 13-20 pounds for the rest of our lives. Diet companies win when you don’t lose enough to stop dieting. My plan helps you lose weight and keep it off.
When are you going to get to the part where you tell me I have to get on a treadmill for an hour a day or this won’t work?
I’m NOT going to tell you that. I’m going to tell you to go walk the dog, or if you don’t have a dog, just chill. NO EXERCISE on ZReduction. Let me be clear. I think exercise is great. I think it’s important. Right now my exercise regimen includes regular yoga and weight lifting. What I will tell you though is we know two things about exercise (even the medical community will agree with me on this). Exercise will make you stronger. It will also make you hungry.
While you are on ZReduction, your energy should be put into enjoying the dieting experience. People who are seriously overweight have a difficult time approaching exercise and they take a deep sigh of relief when I tell them they don’t have to exercise to lose weight. You are not going to lose muscle mass. You’re only on ZReduction for 50 days; and if you don’t currently exercise, your lifestyle and routine are just going to remain the same. You ARE, however, going to lose fat. When you get to the ZReboot phase of the diet we are going to recommend you find an exercise program that suits your lifestyle. If you want to tighten up the loose bits left after losing the weight, you’re going to have to exercise to tighten up. Some tightening will occur naturally during a process we call ‘reshaping’ but for the bigger issues, you’ll need a targeted routine. Once you’ve completed ZReduction we recommend non-impact exercise, like yoga, Pilates and weight lifting. Too much emphasis has been made on exercises that tax your joints and your bones. There are plenty of things you can do that don’t wear out your skeleton. And they don’t all require a gym membership.
Plan Z dieters who are a little older talk about how fun it is to chase the grandchildren around the park instead of sitting on the park bench watching. They get on a swing with the kids and laugh. They feel like getting exercise now. They might want to take a long walk in the sunshine and even include speeding up their pace so they get a bit of heart benefit in an aerobic mode. Some get heavily into gardening and growing their own veggies. You can take walks in the woods and learn how to forage for wild mushrooms. There’s a lot more to life than your TV screen or your computer.
The best part is when you get off a considerable amount of weight you FEEL like exercising. A whole new world of activities opens up. People say their joints don’t hurt as much. You might feel like getting on a bike and tooling around the neighborhood. Or you might feel like a vacation in San Francisco but this time the hills won’t look so daunting. Or join a bowling league. I’m just tossing out ideas, folks.
THE GUARANTEES
I understand if you’re skeptical. My husband walked out of the room when I told him I was thinking about going on another diet. He was sick of watching me fail on one diet after the other. Now he is on board and has even done Plan Z! Even if you believe Plan Z worked for me and thousands of others, you may have failed on so many diets you just can’t believe it will work for you. I want you to feel completely safe investing in your thinner future.
We are so confident in Plan Z that the diet has two guarantees:
Sign up. Have the manual and ZR50 Crave Control spray delivered to your door. Look it over. Pay close attention to the first ten days where we practically take you by the hand and make sure you get off to a fast start.
Get instant access to the Plan Z Works! Members’ website. Look over the recipes and even taste drive a couple. Then, if you don’t think Plan Z is for you, call us. We’ll send you a paid UPS return label and you can send everything back for a full refund. Just return all the bottles of your ZR50 Crave Control spray with their original safety seals unbroken along with your manual.
Sign up. Then call us at 1-800-255-9853 and say, “I’m giving you nine days.”
Then follow Plan Z for nine days. Call or e-mail Zola every day to report your progress. We’ll offer you support, coaching, and encouragement.
If after nine days, you are not absolutely convinced that Plan Z is everything we said it would be we’ll send you a paid UPS label for you to return the product and unopened bottles of ZR50 Crave Control spray and refund you the full purchase price minus $135. You must return the manual and all bottles of formula to qualify for this refund. Plan Z will have only cost you $15 per day. Even the most skeptical people soon become Plan Z champions. People who have failed on every other diet can’t wait to tell family and friends about the diet that works: Plan Z.
To order Plan Z as a skeptic, simply add the Skeptics Option to your cart along with your preferred Plan Z Diet payment option. Ready to get started? Click here.
The Buddy System
THE BUDDY SYSTEM
Our best price for new dieters!
Sign up at the same time with a friend, family member, co-worker, or other colleague and you both save! When two or more people register together under the Buddy System, each person gets an additional 10% off.
You don’t have to live in the same house, or even in the same city. Everyone pays separately when you sign up for this program, so you can still make your own payment arrangements.
This offer is only available by phone.
Call us for details at 800-255-9853.
BRIDAL BUDDY PROGRAM
Need to lose before the big day?
The Bridal Buddy Program splits the cost across the entire bridal party so everyone shares in the savings. The larger the party, the more you all save.
Who’s eligible for the Bridal Buddy Program?
- The groom, of course (About 40% of our dieters are men)
- The attendants
- The mother-of-the-bride; the father, too
- Future in-laws and family members
- Any friends who want to be thinner, for any reason, before the wedding day
Make the Plan Z Diet the wedding gift you give to yourself.
Medical Professionals
FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
This section is for dieters and their health care professionals, including allopaths (MD’s), homeopaths (MRPharmS, RSHomeopathy), naturopaths, integrative medicine specialists and other health care professionals who are interested in Plan Z. You will find some of this content elsewhere on the website, but this section takes a deeper dive into some of the science and research related to Plan Z and ZR50 Crave Control spray.
What we are doing here is laying out the most frequently asked questions we get from the health care community and attempting to answer those questions to your satisfaction. We expect this section to grow organically over time. Dieters and/or their health care professionals are encouraged to call our offices at 800-255-9853 with any questions.
Plan Z by Zola does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Clients who register for Plan Z fill out a medical waiver as part of their registration. That waiver directs them to continue to accept responsibility for their medical care and status and remain in touch with their health care professional. Plan Z does not (and is not intended to) replace a client’s health care professional. Plan Z is another tool in a dieter’s arsenal to lose weight and keep it off. The content of the Plan Z website is for informational purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
Calcarea carbonica, nux vomica, taraxacum and magnesium phosphorica are the ingredients.
All ingredients are in homeopathic dilution. They are all natural, plant and mineral based. There are no hormones included in the formula. There are no stimulants of any kind, such as caffeine, ephedra, or any other stimulants. All ingredients are FDA approved. The ZR50 Crave Control spray is protected by US Patent #8551535. It’s exclusive to Plan Z.
The ingredients are all in 6c potency and are suspended in a 23% alcohol solution as a preservative. If a client needs a version that has no alcohol, a specific solution can be manufactured. It’s a special order and will take more time, but it can be done.
The ZR50 Crave Control spray is a homeopathic spray designed to relieve the discomforts of dieting. When you go cold turkey off of sugar, artificial sweeteners and preservatives, your body rebels.
For starters, most people get a headache. Others start to get the jitters. It might get so bad their hands shake. That makes it difficult to type or do other hand-work. Some get achy. Some experience slight nausea. Pretty much everybody gets crabby. And the cravings. For many, they can be overwhelming. All of this adds up to an intolerable situation for the dieter and oftentimes for those around them.
ZR50 is designed to eliminate, or at least ameliorate, all of these conditions. It helps keep you on an even keel as you go through Plan Z so you can diet comfortably and successfully.
More specifically, and according to Clarkes Dictionary, the ingredients in ZR50 have been known to provide relief for the following symptoms:
CALC CARB
- Great plumpness and excessive obesity.
- Tendency in children and young persons to grow very fat.
- Hunger, a short time after having eaten.
- Frequent nausea, especially in the morning, in the evening, or at night
- Pressive, or pinching pain in the stomach, or cramp-like and contractive pains, chiefly after a meal.
- Cramps in the stomach at night.
- Inflation and swelling of the epigastrium and of the region of the stomach, with painful sensibility of those parts to the touch.
- Tension and inflation of the abdomen.
- Enlargement and hardness of the abdomen.
- Unpleasant taste in the mouth, mostly bitter, or sour, or metallic, especially in the morning.
- Risings, with taste of undigested, or bitter, or sour food.
NUX VOMICA
- Anguish, anxiety, and excessive uneasiness, often with agitation which allows no rest whatever
- Anxiety and restlessness in the evening.
- Acid taste in mouth, worse in morning, or after eating
- Craving for alcohol, coffee, stimulants.
- Disordered stomach from over-eating
- Painful sensitiveness in pit of stomach to least pressure.
- Aching, tension, fullness, and distension of abdomen, and especially of epigastrium, worse after a meal.
- Sensation of heaviness, and swelling in abdomen.
- Cramp-like, contractive, and compressive pains, or cuttings and shootings, or sharp and drawing pains in the umbilical region
MAG PHOS
- Mag-p. is in the first rank as a pain remedy, and it has all kinds of pain (though cramping pain is the most characteristic)
- Spasms of various kinds.
- Aching feeling in arms and legs, weak and trembling.
- Bloated, full sensation in abdomen, must loosen clothing.
- Much flatus in bowels, passing off freely on walking, worse after evening meal.
TARAXACUM
- This remedy acts well in all affections of the liver.
- Sensation of weakness and uneasiness throughout body, with constant necessity to lie down or to sit.
- Gastric and bilious attacks, especially gastric headaches, the headaches are generally pressive.
- Jaundice, liver obstruction.
- Worse from fatty food.
Dieters spray the ZR50 Crave Control formula under their tongue 4 times a day to keep up a steady and comfortable dieting pace.
The ZR50 Crave Control spray is homeopathic. We have not had any reports of drug interactions. Many of our clients are on medications for various ailments/conditions, including but not limited to: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, hormonal replacements, depression and more.
Blood pressure:
The blood pressure of Plan Z clients typically begins to normalize very early in the diet. We recommend dieters work with their health care professionals so they can be monitored and adjust medications if necessary. Over time, many Plan Z clients are able to reduce or get off medications for high blood pressure.
Insulin levels:
Type 2 Diabetes: Insulin levels in Plan Z clients typically begin to normalize very early in the diet. We recommend dieters work with their health care professionals so they can be monitored and adjust medications if necessary. Many Plan Z clients are able to reduce or get off their medications for Type 2 Diabetes over time.
Type 1 Diabetes:
Close monitoring by a health care professional is highly recommended. We always ask dieters who report themselves as Type 1 diabetics to consult with their health care professional in advance of starting Plan Z.
Potassium Drop:
We’ve had a few reported instances where potassium levels have measured lower in Plan Z dieters. Here’s what we found in researching this topic:
There can be an almost reflexive drop in K with the initiation of a low-carb diet. The reduction is temporary and can be addressed by ingesting a little more sodium. (We recommend Plan Z dieters to consume grated, organic sea salt and not processed table salt.) The reduction in carbs (and presumed conversion to ketogenesis) temporarily affects the renin-angiotensin system of the kidneys and by adding sodium to the diet in the first 2-3 weeks, the kidneys then secrete Na instead of K, alleviating this temporary “potassium deficiency.”
Additionally, hypertension is often driven by insulin resistance, so if Plan Z dieters are becoming more sensitive to insulin by starting a low-carb diet, their BP might drop a bit and if they are on loop diuretics, they’ll start secreting K because of the medication, more so than what they might normally while on a loop diuretic for otherwise elevated BP. Here’s a link to a NCBI study that looks at this dietary drop in K: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18176291
Dieters eat real food from the grocery store.
On ZReduction, dieters eat 2 full meals or 2 smaller meals with 4 snacks. The majority of items are low carbohydrate. The recipes are characteristically EASY to make. Most take less than 20 minutes to prepare. Protein, vegetables and fruits are emphasized for the ZReduction portion of the diet. When dieters get to the ZReboot portion of the diet, more fats and oils are added back into the mix. The ZR50 Crave Control spray helps address the negative side effects of dieting which helps make dieters more comfortable throughout the process. The meals and snacks can be spread out in any order or amount throughout the day.
We recommend dieters drink plenty of water to stay hydrated and help in their weight loss. Latest studies show people should be drinking approximately 100 oz of water per day, or half of their body weight in ounces; whichever is less. We find that dieters who drink approximately 100 oz per day lose approximately 30% more weight than those who drink less.
We do not decaffeinate our dieters. Coffee and tea are both allowed. We recommend sparkling water with natural flavorings. Soda is not allowed.
You can contact us to see the comprehensive food lists we offer. We don’t tell our dieters what to eat. They choose what they want to eat from the approved food lists and can even eat in restaurants.
People say this doesn’t taste like a diet. They are not eating something they zapped in a microwave or something that came from a box. They are eating real food. Their families can eat the same foods in larger portions.
If you are overweight and struggling with obesity related health issues you can use your HSA (Health Savings Account) or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) debit card to pay for Plan Z as long as it has a MasterCard or Visa logo on it. Just make sure your doctor submits a letter of medical necessity (or this form) to your insurance company so that the charge is approved. Keep a copy of your itemized Plan Z receipt for your records.
Health Insurance Reimbursement: If you have an obesity related illness and your doctor recommends you lose weight, Plan Z is likely covered by your insurance. Ask your doctor to give you a letter of medical necessity on their letterhead saying they recommend Plan Z. Click here to download a sample form of what the letter should look like. Or you can have them fill out this form. Take both forms to your doctor and let them decide which one they prefer to use. Submit the paperwork and your Plan Z packing slip to your insurance company for reimbursement.
All insurance coverages are different, so check with your insurance provider for more info or call us at 800-255-9853.
Our goal is to unwind 60 years of diet misinformation and give dieters a whole new route to follow. Dieters receive a manual that walks them through the program, and daily coaching emails that guide them step by step. The Plan Z staff is available to answer questions as fast as dieters can come up with them.
Dieters choose what they eat. They have the ZR50 Crave Control spray in their system to help curb the cravings. Dieters are not burning water weight. By eliminating sugars, starches and heavy fats we counter the effects of hyper-insulinism and get the liver and pancreas working in concert to provide proper digestion and dissemination of food so it fuels the body instead of mostly being turned into fat and waste.
We don’t take away fruit like other major low carb diets. Dieters decide what they are hungry for, make a grocery list and go buy their food. It is all very flexible.
As part of the structure we also afford an opportunity to communicate with fellow dieters. Dieters read their stories, post their own, ask questions and get answers. Of course you can get your answers from our team too but sometimes it’s just fun to share with other dieters. It’s all out in the open.
Our so-called “obesity epidemic” in the USA is only about thirty years old. We started to fatten up in the early 1980s shortly after the U.S. Senate passed its Dietary Guidelines for America (1977). The government advised us to reduce our fat consumption from 40% to 30% and replace the fat with carbohydrates.
Food companies jumped in and started making low fat, “diet” foods filled with enough sugar and high fructose corn syrup to make them palatable. We know that sugar is a main contributor to obesity in America but food manufacturers have not backed off on using varying forms of sugar in their recipes.
When we got fatter, they replaced natural sugars with artificial sweeteners, unnatural flavorings, and preservatives. These things reduce the natural sugar content in foods but they wreak havoc on your metabolism. And we still didn’t lose weight.
So, the “experts” told us that we needed to exercise more. What a monumental mistake. The problem is, while exercise may burn calories, it also stimulates hunger. After an intense workout your body will need to replenish the calories it just burned. How does it do that? By sending you signals that you’re hungry and you need to eat!
Today, Americans spend billions on diet foods and health club memberships – more than they ever had in the past. And yet, between 1998 and 2008, the number of “clinically” obese Americans grew 37% according to the Centers for Disease Control.
We now know fat doesn’t make you fat. Complex carbohydrates and sugar make you fat–especially the highly processed white carbs and the high fructose corn syrup that’s in most processed foods. These are the convenience foods that fill the shelves of our grocery stores.
Knowing why we get fat in the first place is the first step towards keeping the weight off. Plan Z takes a completely different approach to weight loss: we work on the body and the brain.
Once dieters finish ZReduction, we work with them for another six weeks. We introduce them to a new way of eating that includes many delicious dishes to help them maintain their weight loss. Our dieters report that they can eat MORE than they used to eat before they started the diet. They just have to eat the right stuff.
If you don’t believe us, here is what the latest research is saying:
Response written by Zola:
NO EXERCISE while you are losing weight.
I think exercise is great. I think it’s important. Right now my exercise regimen includes regular yoga and weight lifting.
What I will tell you though is we know two things about exercise. (Even the medical community will agree with me on this). Exercise will make you hungry and it will make you stronger. There are clear benefits.
While you are on ZReduction your energy is going to be put into enjoying the dieting experience. People who are seriously overweight have a difficult time approaching exercise and they take a deep sigh of relief when I tell them they don’t have to exercise to lose weight.
You are not going to lose muscle mass while you are on ZReduction. You’re only on it 50 days and if you don’t currently exercise, your lifestyle and routine are just going to remain the same. You ARE, however, going to lose fat.
When you get to the ZReboot phase of the diet we are going to recommend you find an exercise program that suits your lifestyle. If you want to tighten up the loose bits left after losing the weight, you’re going to have to exercise to tighten it up. Some tightening will occur naturally during a process we call ‘reshaping’ but for the bigger issues you’ll have to do a targeted routine.
To get stronger we are going to recommend you think about non-impact exercise. Things like yoga, pilates, weight lifting and more. Too much emphasis has been made surrounding exercises that tax your joints and your bones. There are plenty of things you can do that don’t wear out your skeleton. And they don’t all require a gym membership.
They might want to take a long walk in the sunshine and even include speeding up their pace so they get a bit of heart benefit in an aerobic mode. Some get heavy into gardening and growing their own veggies. You can take walks in the woods and learn how to forage for wild mushrooms. There’s a lot more to life than your TV screen or your computer.
The best part is when you get off a considerable amount of weight you FEEL like exercising. People say their joints don’t hurt as much. A whole world of activities opens up.
Response written by Zola:
There is no other diet company that has the same kind of guarantees that we do (at least not that I have found).
In fact, we have two guarantees for Plan Z.
The first one is our 100% Money Back Guarantee. If you sign up for Plan Z, get the materials, review them and decide this diet just won’t fit your lifestyle you can return everything and we will promptly refund your money. Please note that you may not use the ZR50 and then return the materials.
Our 100% Money Back Guarantee allows you the opportunity to take the materials to your Health Care Professional for review if you want to. Health Care Professionals all over the country are beginning to recommend Plan Z. Some Health Care Professionals even have used Plan Z as their own weight loss plan. It’s catching on. In fact, it’s mushrooming.
We are not one of those companies that publishes a return phone number that no one answers. Stay away from those folks. They just want your money and then they run.
We have another unique guarantee. I call it the Skeptic’s Guarantee. Why? Because with all the hype in the diet industry I feel you have every right to be skeptical. My own skepticism slowed me down in starting this company because I did not want to be associated with all the charlatans that jump on board the diet industry wagon. I believe an educated and wary customer is a smart one.
With the Skeptic Guarantee you’ll fill out a one page questionnaire so we can get to know your issues and why you might be skeptical. We just need to gather a starting evaluation point. Then you’ll pay for Plan Z and start.
You will have 9 days during which YOU get to evaluate how well Plan Z is working for you. You’ll have a special coach who will help you get on a solid footing with the diet and that person will be there for the full nine days to answer questions and help you in whatever ways we can.
At the end of Day 9 you’ll evaluate whether you feel you have lost a reasonable amount of weight on Plan Z. If the answer is yes, you’ll continue. If the answer is no, you’ll have the option to pack up everything and send it back. We’ll even pay the return postage. We’ll then give you all of your money back, minus $135. That means it will only have cost you $15 a day to see if we measure up. Please note that you may only use up to 2 bottles of the ZR50 during these 9 days. If you use additional bottles or fail to return the unused bottles, additional fees may apply.
But I assure you we measure up. I can count the number of Skeptic Guarantee refunds I have given out without running out of fingers or toes. People love this diet.
“You have blessed me beyond my wildest dreams. Since my mid 20’s my weight has been a yo-yo. To be fit took Spartan efforts or gimmicks. Your gift of sharing Plan Z has allowed me to first lose but then maintain using the Z Life methodology…. It’s like the reset button to start again in Z Life. It keeps hope alive and because I know it works, my confidence in my diet is resolved. You guys are the best.” – Dieter Chuck
“I have lost the 20 lbs I wanted to and will look beautiful in my wedding dress…thanks to you bringing the Zola diet to me! Everyone is commenting on how great I look and I wanted to tell everyone about the Zola diet. I then realized that some are very “skeptical” about losing so much weight so fast and do not understand the whole theory. I am anxious to go into Z Reboot and then maintenance to prove to them that this is for real! A real way to reset my metabolism once and for all!” – Dieter Dede – the bride
“The recipes are outstanding. I served them to guests and they didn’t know they were eating ‘diet food.’ I stuck with it and lost 20 pounds! I have not had this kind of success with ANY diet I’ve tried!” – Dieter Survey
“Life saving, easy to do, food is absolutely delicious.” – Dieter Survey
“I will continue to move to the healthy side of life and that I will be committed to living here. I owe it to myself, my husband, my kids, my siblings, and my future grand kids. I want to be around to enjoy them. And eating this way is not deprivation. It is glorious and beautiful. In fact, this weekend my sister and I made my parents the roast pork tenderloin with sun-dried tomato gravy and my mother proclaimed it ‘gourmet.'” – Dieter Diane
“Love you” is not too strong. Thank you my friend. You have given me the life I always wanted to live. – Dieter Survey
“I think us Zola dieters have so much in common…and we are just so thankful to have access to the [Plan Z by] Zola diet…I couldn’t have continued my weight loss or maintain any loss without this…I couldn’t ever totally change my ”mind” without this diet and I thank God for it every day!….Sometimes it’s just hard to find the words…the possibility of being able to meet your true ”goal” brings tears to my eyes…especially when people tell you it’s impossible…I never believed it…I always knew it was possible and had so much hope alive in myself. Thank you to the whole Zola team…I am on my 2nd reduction currently…day 23 and another 14.4 pounds down.” – Dieter Survey
“I have to tell you – I am getting so excited for the next phase of my adventure – food has started to taste so amazing to me, and I am so excited to see how other things taste as I can add them back into my life. Plus, my daughter is learning such good examples by now having more fruit options in her life, and she is even trying a few of my veggies which she would NEVER do before – it is great!!! I love when I can make something that the whole family can enjoy – like sloppy joes and the mini meatloaves – amazing!!!” – Dieter Liz
“The recipes are beyond fantastic…I have dieted and dieted and dieted so many times and I’m also a fan of positive thinking so I’m straddled between “is this really going to work?” and “OMG, is it possible I will NEVER have to think about my weight again?” Like if I could do that, there would be so much energy to put into other things…I have “only” 20# to lose, and I’ve done it before — a few times keeping it off for a year (which I viewed as a success). Isagenix, The Diet Center (in NY) and The French Diet which consisted of bootleg appetite suppressants flown in from Paris in a plain brown wrapper (can’t believe I did that). BUT after that diet I absolutely cannot take appetite suppressants anymore — makes me jerky, head spinning, dry mouthed. In my work, I have to think, negotiate, and do research — I can’t mess with my head. And voila! The Zola remedy (ZR50) is unrecognizable in my system. No change in mental gymnastics….The constant communication is also great. If you can anticipate what people are experiencing and clue them in — who wants solace? I want solutions! — Then you’re offering a great service above and beyond the typical diet. It’s a great education. Every day I’m prompted to read more and more. It would seem this is very scientific and a delicate balance to achieve. Carry on! I’m in!” – Dieter Barbara
- Rolland Johnson, Chairman and CEO, Three Eagles Communications, former Chairman of Telecom. Dept., Indiana, Univ., rancher raising American Devon Milking cattle.
- John Morgan, MRPharmS, RSHomeopathy, Founder and MD, Helios Homeopathic Pharmacy, Kent, England
- Sverre Roang, Shareholder, Whyte Hirshboeck, Dudek S.C., Ranked in Chambers (2009-2013), JD, cum laude, Univ of WI, 1994.
- Dr. Cliff Mauer, Practicing Partner, WholeHealth Chicago, Board Certified Chiropractic Physician and Integrative Medicine practitioner.
- Jerry Freund, President, MidAmerican Printing Co. Chicago, IL, Entrepreneur.
Send Zola a message, a question or a comment using the contact form above or email her directly at zola@planzdiet.com. They will go directly, and confidentially to her.
FEATURED PRACTITIONER
Nurse Practitioner Joanne lost 75 pounds on the Plan Z Diet.