RE: to core or not core, that is the question

[Guest guest]

Lyn,

Is it possible for you to afford the four meetings, so you can get all the

Core info? That should be about $40 -- which is significantly less than the

$100 for the at-home. Just a thought.

I really think the new Core will work better for some people -- I have a

good friend who has struggled with the record-keeping requirements of the

Flex plan, and for her personality type this new one should work great. It

might be just what you've been hoping for, too!

Best wishes to you in your decision!

Bette

[Guest guest]

Bette, our individual meetings are $12.95 per week....but because we have some

conflicts where I couldn't go 4 weeks in a row, I just threw in the towel and

ordered the at-home kit. lol Now I'll be chomping at the bit until it arrives.

I'm so impatient.

I think that at times I just get SO SICK of counting points that this will be

great for me. But what's great is that I've heard I can do a week of core, then

do Flex (winning points in my case because I like that better) So that way I

could make my old recipes on a WP week and then do some new ones on the Core

week. Or eat out on a WP week. IF, that is, we have to count the entire

recipe even though it has core foods. I think THAT will be a wonderful boost

when I'm feeling " sick of it. "

That at home kit comes with the new recipe book. I'm excited to get that. It

also comes with the pedometer. And the laminated daily tracker looks cool too.

I'm very anal about recording. I have ALL my WW diaries and I think I need to

lighten up my compulsion and try the laminated thing. Maybe it will feel more

" lifestyle " that way. I don't struggle with the record keeping, I obsess.

Which, IMHO, is just as bad as struggling to journal. I told my husband the

other night that the thought of counting points the rest of my life is

overwhelming to me. I will always have a food addiction. But if I can figure

out little tricks to do this MENTALLY, I'll make it.

Lyn

RE: to core or not core, that is the

question

Lyn,

Is it possible for you to afford the four meetings, so you can get all the

Core info? That should be about $40 -- which is significantly less than the

$100 for the at-home. Just a thought.

I really think the new Core will work better for some people -- I have a

good friend who has struggled with the record-keeping requirements of the

Flex plan, and for her personality type this new one should work great. It

might be just what you've been hoping for, too!

Best wishes to you in your decision!

Bette

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Chris! Makes sense.

I think I'm going to start this tomorrow, after I make a shopping list and hit

the store today. I don't like " winging it " without the program materials in my

hand and studied, but I guess I'm enough of a WW pro that I'll be

okay........UNTIL my kit arrives!

Lyn

RE: to core or not core, that is the

question

>I've heard rumors that the new core makes you

>count everything in a recipe if all ingredients

>are not core. I've also heard recipes that

>you pick the recipe apart and don't count the core items.

Not to worry, Lyn! I picked up the new booklets at my WW center this morning,

and it says in black and white that for foods containing non-Core items, you

only count the points for the non-Core part. The example they gave was a plain

baked potato. Order the toppings on the side, then only count points for the

amount of butter/sour cream/whatever that you eat. It also suggests that if

you

find yourself dissecting a food (say, lasagna) to figure out the non-Core

components, that maybe you should just count the points for the whole dish

instead. Sounds safer than trying to fudge it to me!

Chris

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[Guest guest]

>I've heard rumors that the new core makes you

>count everything in a recipe if all ingredients

>are not core. I've also heard recipes that

>you pick the recipe apart and don't count the core items.

Not to worry, Lyn! I picked up the new booklets at my WW center this morning,

and it says in black and white that for foods containing non-Core items, you

only count the points for the non-Core part. The example they gave was a plain

baked potato. Order the toppings on the side, then only count points for the

amount of butter/sour cream/whatever that you eat. It also suggests that if you

find yourself dissecting a food (say, lasagna) to figure out the non-Core

components, that maybe you should just count the points for the whole dish

instead. Sounds safer than trying to fudge it to me!

Chris

[Guest guest]

Hi, Lyn.

I just got my At Home kit today. I ordered it because the new leader at

my meeting wasn't very good. At all. I think the kit was worth the

$100! It includes the At Home Guide Book, all the 12 weeks of program

materials, food companion, dining out guide, carrying case, 12 Week

spiral bound diary, really nice cookbook with recipies that are all Core

friendly, an erasable little tracker w/marker (it's about the size of a

checkbook with a checkbook like cover), pedometer and guide, and the

September issue of WW magazine.

All you really need is the Core Food List and details. Activity points

are the same with Core as they are with Flex - you can trade activity

points for food points on the day you earn them. They encourage you to

earn 4/day.

As someone posted, you only need to count the non-Core foods in a

recipe, unless the bulk of the food is non-Core.

Debra Emmrich

Artist and Writer

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[Guest guest]

I have a question about this " Core Plan " . You can basically eat what you want

form the core list and not have to count it. Only if you eat something not on

core you caount, but cannot exceed 35 points per week? So you can eat unlimited

banana's and never have to worry about the points they actaully contain? Can

someone please clarify.

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>I've heard rumors that the new core makes you

>count everything in a recipe if all ingredients

>are not core. I've also heard recipes that

>you pick the recipe apart and don't count the core items.

Not to worry, Lyn! I picked up the new booklets at my WW center this morning,

and it says in black and white that for foods containing non-Core items, you

only count the points for the non-Core part. The example they gave was a plain

baked potato. Order the toppings on the side, then only count points for the

amount of butter/sour cream/whatever that you eat. It also suggests that if you

find yourself dissecting a food (say, lasagna) to figure out the non-Core

components, that maybe you should just count the points for the whole dish

instead. Sounds safer than trying to fudge it to me!

Chris