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

[Guest guest]

I suppose you could, but you also follow nutritional guidelines. If you

only eat banana's you will probably get a nasty sore in your mouth. You

need other food groups to balance out the day.

So what this means to me is, I no longer measure so carefully my 5 and 7

grain hot cereal I eat for breakfast. I eat until I feel full. I add a

fruit to my breakfast and I'm satisfied. I count the bread I use on my

sandwich, but not the meat, because its on the list as being a core program

item.

I think for some folks who might try and push the limits of the program and

not realize that nutritional eating is up to us, they might be disappointed

and not reach their goals. But I also think the flex point program was the

same. You could eat chocolate all day for your points, but you wouldn't be

eating healthy and you would really run out of energy quickly.

RE: to core or not core, that is the

question

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

[Guest guest]

What might work for people interested in moving to the core plan is to try

using it while counting points for a week and see where the satiety level

is. I know for me it is VERY hard to concentrate on when I am no longer

full. I tend to get munchies. I am really interested in the core plan as a

way to clear out the final junky foods in my diet, but I still think I'll

count points.

I do appreciate that Wwers has never been a " one size fits all " program.

Find the tolls that work for you and use them.

> RE: to core or not core,

> that is the question

>

>

> >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.

> >

>

> One misconception is that this is an " all you can eat " plan.

> It is not; it

> is an " eat till you reach your comfort zone " plan.

> Additionally, there are

> the good health habits, which are very similar to what was there

> before--water, protein, milk, etc.

>

> I have known of people who gained a substantial amount of

> weight on the core

> plan by bellying up to the trough of " all you can eat " fare.

> It is really

> important to learn your comfort zone.

>

> Some folks are counting points but choosing foods from the

> core list because

> they are all unprocessed and healthy.

>

> So, though you do not have to count points on the core plan,

> just be careful

> of thinking you can eat half a cow. That might be a little much!

>

> jana

> apex, nc

>

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