Chatting with Zola about the Plan Z Diet in the Garden

Chatting with Zola about the Plan Z Diet in the Garden

By: Zola

Chief Dieter

Plan Z Diet

Zola (Birth name: Sarah McCann) is CEO of the Plan Z Diet by Zola, a Chicago-based weight loss program. The average Plan Z dieter loses 31 pounds in the first 50 days and incorporates a homeopathic remedy that Zola invented and patented to make dieting easier and more comfortable. Zola lives in the West Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago in a converted car repair shop with her husband and 3 adorable cats.


Describe Your Wellness Philosophy.
Eat healthy and happy. That's what we focus on here at the Plan Z Diet. Maintaining your weight (or even losing weight) doesn’t have to be drudgery. You just need to cook tasty, unprocessed food.

Top Wellness Activities
I do Super Slow Weight Lifting once a week (that’s all you need) and I do yoga twice a week. I want to be a flexible old lady someday; not one who’s folded over and creaky.

Your Achilles’ Heel:
Mashed potatoes. I’m Irish. I can’t help it. I don't eat potatoes on the Plan Z Diet, so when I do have  a full portion of these tasty spuds it's only about 4 times a year. Sometimes I order au gratin and only eat the cheesy layer off the top.

Brain Food:
I read about 8 hours a day at work. Then I go home and read more. I read catalogs and magazines looking for inspiration in décor, recipe development (I've created close to 900 recipes for the Plan Z Diet. I've gotten so much inspiration from what I read), gardening and travel. I only read novels on vacation now.

What People Say Behind Your Back:
I often get the feeling they wonder if I’m some kind of neat freak. You can come to my house any day, at any time and it will look more than respectable. I also obsess about changing light bulbs. If one goes out I’m the first to notice.

Your Rallying Cry for Employees:
“Be a lifelong learner.” There is always room for making mistakes as long as you are learning something new. Any inspirational ancestors? My grandmother on my father’s side. She tended her own garden and still lived at home into her 90’s. When the Exposition was in Chicago in 1893, she was a young girl in attendance. I’ve seen pictures of her at that time. Beautiful and inspirational. My grandmother on my mother’s side had these really long, bright red fingernails. She rarely talked to me. I found her scary.

Play Any Instruments:
I played first chair clarinet until I was 12. After that I saw no use for a clarinet. I always wanted to play piano, so when I could afford one I bought one. I took jazz piano lessons for a year and then my instructor moved. Now, my piano is a large piece of sculpture in my living room. I plan to get back at it…someday.

Cheers,

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