Core is limiting!

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Lue Anne said: " I think it's a mind set thing. I don't wanna try Core

cause I'm afraid it

would be too limiting and I'm a rebellious type. But everyone says it's not

limiting at all so I may end up giving it a try. "

I would have to disagree, Lue Anne. Core IS very limiting. That's why it's

working. I had to be willing to give up these foods that I used to rely on:

breads of all sorts, white rice, regular pasta and cheese. ( and I LOVE

cheese!) Also, french fries and ice cream are out!

Not that I really have to give them up, but 35 points a week doesn't go far

with those kinds of foods, so I have been making other choices for some of

them, doing without for others, and treating cheese like chocolate in my

life - it's an occasional treat for me now.

On Flex, I could eat all of those things every day - Just not much of them.

On Core, I am learning to enjoy brown rice instead of white. Hot grainy

cereal every morning fills me up for hours. I can have fruit or fruit

smoothies anytime I need a pick me up. And, being a creative cook, I am

enjoying learning to cook new things. I am expanding my horizons! When I

make polenta wedges with chunky sauce on top, no one else knows it's good

for them!

So, choose Flex if you want to feel in control of your portions, and want to

eat the same foods you have always eaten. It will allow you to lose weight

without significantly changing your lifestyle. The work is in the tracking

points.

Choose Core if you want to know you can eat whenever you're hungry, and if

you want to eat only " healthy " food choices. The work is in the grocery

shopping and learning how to prepare new things.

For me, I believe Core is a lifestyle I can live with . . .

Cindi