Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Hi , My team leader at WW says to drink water before every meal and wait 20 min. to make sure that it is actually your stomach you need to feed, as some of us are emotional eaters. The other thing is that you still need to portion your meals. Core doesn't mean that you can eat as much as you want. Try eating core foods in the portion sizes that you would have used in points, and if you are still hungry, then have a little more. " Little " being the operative word here. Just some suggestions that I got at my first Core meeting. Hope they are helpful. Something else I thought of was that if is hungry after eating, try vegetable snacks that wouldn't give empty calories. Hugs, Donna M 259.8/245.8/155 The Great Purge! Yesterday my wife and I went through our kitchen and purged everything that wasn't on the Core Food List: cereal, non-whole wheat pasta, cookies, crackers, bread, that sort of thing. Much of the stuff was un-opened, so we packed it into a box to deliver to a food closet in town. Then we went shopping. We went to the natural food store in the next town where we were able to find whole wheat pasta and flour in bulk, as well as a lot of the fruits and vegetables that we love -- or, at least, tolerate. Organic, too! Overall, we spent something like $150 on food yesterday. We're so used to grabbing snack foods whenever we're hungry and counting the Points for them (or, at least, making a show of it) that the Core Plan is going to be a big adjustment for us. A couple of issues: First, much of the Core Plan requires cooking and preparation, which is hard for a couple of lazy bums like us who like to just grab and go. Second, the satisfaction thing is hard to measure. " Eat as much as you need to feel satisfied, " say the WW guidelines. This is difficult to gauge for someone like me who enjoys the feeling of being stuffed t'the gills. has a similar problem; she can eat until she feels satisfied, but then she's hungry again shortly afterward (which means, she says, that she's always hungry and *never* satisfied). We have a friend who tried the Core program and gained something like six pounds on it (I suspect that her problem was misjudging her satisfaction level). 's afraid that this is what's going to happen to her. Has anyone got any suggestions for dealing with always being hungry? Not having to count Points, on the other hand, is nice. Kind of liberating. -- S. Crawford (243/243/153) http://www.mossroot.com Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Hi , My team leader at WW says to drink water before every meal and wait 20 min. to make sure that it is actually your stomach you need to feed, as some of us are emotional eaters. The other thing is that you still need to portion your meals. Core doesn't mean that you can eat as much as you want. Try eating core foods in the portion sizes that you would have used in points, and if you are still hungry, then have a little more. " Little " being the operative word here. Just some suggestions that I got at my first Core meeting. Hope they are helpful. Something else I thought of was that if is hungry after eating, try vegetable snacks that wouldn't give empty calories. Hugs, Donna M 259.8/245.8/155 The Great Purge! Yesterday my wife and I went through our kitchen and purged everything that wasn't on the Core Food List: cereal, non-whole wheat pasta, cookies, crackers, bread, that sort of thing. Much of the stuff was un-opened, so we packed it into a box to deliver to a food closet in town. Then we went shopping. We went to the natural food store in the next town where we were able to find whole wheat pasta and flour in bulk, as well as a lot of the fruits and vegetables that we love -- or, at least, tolerate. Organic, too! Overall, we spent something like $150 on food yesterday. We're so used to grabbing snack foods whenever we're hungry and counting the Points for them (or, at least, making a show of it) that the Core Plan is going to be a big adjustment for us. A couple of issues: First, much of the Core Plan requires cooking and preparation, which is hard for a couple of lazy bums like us who like to just grab and go. Second, the satisfaction thing is hard to measure. " Eat as much as you need to feel satisfied, " say the WW guidelines. This is difficult to gauge for someone like me who enjoys the feeling of being stuffed t'the gills. has a similar problem; she can eat until she feels satisfied, but then she's hungry again shortly afterward (which means, she says, that she's always hungry and *never* satisfied). We have a friend who tried the Core program and gained something like six pounds on it (I suspect that her problem was misjudging her satisfaction level). 's afraid that this is what's going to happen to her. Has anyone got any suggestions for dealing with always being hungry? Not having to count Points, on the other hand, is nice. Kind of liberating. -- S. Crawford (243/243/153) http://www.mossroot.com Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 It takes 20 minutes from the first bite for the body to register satiation. This is why eating a large green salad and/or some broth based soup at the start of a meal is so helpful -- it takes a long time to eat, has few calories and will help slow down your entire meal. I would suggest taking normal portions of each food -- i.e. meat, large serving of veggies and moderate serving of carb. Eat it all as slowly as possible and then take a break -- If you still feel hungry, then take a much smaller serving -- again of each food which will prevent you from overeating on your favorite part of the meal out of mouth rather than stomach hunger. I find it critical that I not be starving when I eat -- From experience I've learned it's better to fuel myself with some type of snack mid morning, midafternoon and probably after dinner. I also have a clear idea of what I will eat for a snack before that point since " winging " it is never a good idea for me. Peace, > Hi , > My team leader at WW says to drink water before every meal and wait > 20 min. to make sure that it is actually your stomach you need to > feed, as some of us are emotional eaters. The other thing is that you > still need to portion your meals. Core doesn't mean that you can eat > as much as you want. Try eating core foods in the portion sizes that > you would have used in points, and if you are still hungry, then have > a little more. " Little " being the operative word here. Just some > suggestions that I got at my first Core meeting. Hope they are > helpful. Something else I thought of was that if is hungry > after eating, try vegetable snacks that wouldn't give empty calories. > Hugs, > Donna M > 259.8/245.8/155 > > The Great Purge! > > > Yesterday my wife and I went through our kitchen and purged everything > that wasn't on the Core Food List: cereal, non-whole wheat pasta, > cookies, > crackers, bread, that sort of thing. Much of the stuff was > un-opened, so > we packed it into a box to deliver to a food closet in town. > > Then we went shopping. We went to the natural food store in the next > town > where we were able to find whole wheat pasta and flour in bulk, as > well as > a lot of the fruits and vegetables that we love -- or, at least, > tolerate. > Organic, too! Overall, we spent something like $150 on food > yesterday. > We're so used to grabbing snack foods whenever we're hungry and > counting > the Points for them (or, at least, making a show of it) that the Core > Plan > is going to be a big adjustment for us. > > A couple of issues: First, much of the Core Plan requires cooking and > preparation, which is hard for a couple of lazy bums like us who like > to > just grab and go. > > Second, the satisfaction thing is hard to measure. " Eat as much as > you > need to feel satisfied, " say the WW guidelines. This is difficult to > gauge for someone like me who enjoys the feeling of being stuffed > t'the > gills. has a similar problem; she can eat until she feels > satisfied, but then she's hungry again shortly afterward (which > means, she > says, that she's always hungry and *never* satisfied). We have a > friend > who tried the Core program and gained something like six pounds on it > (I > suspect that her problem was misjudging her satisfaction level). > 's afraid that this is what's going to happen to her. Has > anyone > got any suggestions for dealing with always being hungry? > > Not having to count Points, on the other hand, is nice. Kind of > liberating. > > > -- > S. Crawford (243/243/153) > http://www.mossroot.com > Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Donna said: > Hi , > My team leader at WW says to drink water before every meal and wait 20 > min. to make sure that it is actually your stomach you need to feed, as > some of us are emotional eaters. The other thing is that you still need > to portion your meals. Core doesn't mean that you can eat as much as > you want. Try eating core foods in the portion sizes that you would > have used in points, and if you are still hungry, then have a little > more. " Little " being the operative word here. Just some suggestions > that I got at my first Core meeting. Hope they are helpful. Something > else I thought of was that if is hungry after eating, try > vegetable snacks that wouldn't give empty calories. Hugs, That's pretty much what we're doing: we don't eat any more now than we did before. is planning on recording the Point values of what she eats, just to see if she's eating a whole lot more or not. I'm personally just watching my portion sizes. So far today I've eaten: 1 package Quaker instant oatmeal (Core) 2 pluots (fruits, core) 1 banana (fruit, core) 1 cup coffee (core) For lunch I've got: Tuna salad made with 2 tbsp FF mayonnaise (core) 2 slices of bread (2 points) cucumber (it's big, so I'm counting it as 2 veggie servings, Core) 1 cup plain NF yogurt (core) For dinner we're planning: 1 cup vegetable stew made with all Core ingredients, for a Core meal. As far as I can tell, that *should* be pretty good. I've got 6 fruit/veggie servings in there, a serving of milk, and I'm only using 2 Flex points. -- S. Crawford (243/243/153) http://www.mossroot.com Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I don't know how to help with the 'enough' feeling, but WAY TO GO on the great purge!!! That took guts, and I applaud you for it. As for the cooking thing, have you guys tried the cooking once and just reheating or tossing together the rest of the week? It takes some planning and a bit of commitment but after a bit it's terrific. Yesterday my wife and I went through our kitchen and purged everything that wasn't on the Core Food List: cereal, non-whole wheat pasta, cookies, crackers, bread, that sort of thing. Much of the stuff was un-opened, so we packed it into a box to deliver to a food closet in town. Then we went shopping. We went to the natural food store in the next town where we were able to find whole wheat pasta and flour in bulk, as well as a lot of the fruits and vegetables that we love -- or, at least, tolerate. Organic, too! Overall, we spent something like $150 on food yesterday. We're so used to grabbing snack foods whenever we're hungry and counting the Points for them (or, at least, making a show of it) that the Core Plan is going to be a big adjustment for us. A couple of issues: First, much of the Core Plan requires cooking and preparation, which is hard for a couple of lazy bums like us who like to just grab and go. Second, the satisfaction thing is hard to measure. " Eat as much as you need to feel satisfied, " say the WW guidelines. This is difficult to gauge for someone like me who enjoys the feeling of being stuffed t'the gills. has a similar problem; she can eat until she feels satisfied, but then she's hungry again shortly afterward (which means, she says, that she's always hungry and *never* satisfied). We have a friend who tried the Core program and gained something like six pounds on it (I suspect that her problem was misjudging her satisfaction level). 's afraid that this is what's going to happen to her. Has anyone got any suggestions for dealing with always being hungry? Not having to count Points, on the other hand, is nice. Kind of liberating. -- S. Crawford (243/243/153) http://www.mossroot.com<http://www.mossroot.com/> Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h<http://www.mossroot.com/02h> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 I thought flour in any form was not core? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit my website: http://www.crazystamper.com Shop for tupperware: http://my.tupperware.com/galew Design team member for http://www.susansscrapbookshack2.com Want $25 for free? Open a savings account and get a $25 bonus!! No fees! .. The Great Purge! > Yesterday my wife and I went through our kitchen and purged everything > that wasn't on the Core Food List: cereal, non-whole wheat pasta, cookies, > crackers, bread, that sort of thing. Much of the stuff was un-opened, so > we packed it into a box to deliver to a food closet in town. > > Then we went shopping. We went to the natural food store in the next town > where we were able to find whole wheat pasta and flour in bulk, as well as > a lot of the fruits and vegetables that we love -- or, at least, tolerate. > Organic, too! Overall, we spent something like $150 on food yesterday. > We're so used to grabbing snack foods whenever we're hungry and counting > the Points for them (or, at least, making a show of it) that the Core Plan > is going to be a big adjustment for us. > > A couple of issues: First, much of the Core Plan requires cooking and > preparation, which is hard for a couple of lazy bums like us who like to > just grab and go. > > Second, the satisfaction thing is hard to measure. " Eat as much as you > need to feel satisfied, " say the WW guidelines. This is difficult to > gauge for someone like me who enjoys the feeling of being stuffed t'the > gills. has a similar problem; she can eat until she feels > satisfied, but then she's hungry again shortly afterward (which means, she > says, that she's always hungry and *never* satisfied). We have a friend > who tried the Core program and gained something like six pounds on it (I > suspect that her problem was misjudging her satisfaction level). > 's afraid that this is what's going to happen to her. Has anyone > got any suggestions for dealing with always being hungry? > > Not having to count Points, on the other hand, is nice. Kind of liberating. > > > -- > S. Crawford (243/243/153) > http://www.mossroot.com > Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 You're correct -- there is no flour on Core -- only cornmeal > I thought flour in any form was not core? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > V > got any suggestions for dealing with always being hungry? > > > > Not having to count Points, on the other hand, is nice. Kind of > liberating. > > > > > > -- > > S. Crawford (243/243/153) > > http://www.mossroot.com > > Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Gale in Indiana said: > I thought flour in any form was not core? Well, it isn't. But it means that if we want baked goods, we need to make them ourselves instead of having them ready to go, which should cause us to think twice about them. -- S. Crawford (243/243/153) http://www.mossroot.com Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Good point! lol. Anyway, whole grain flour is less points so you could still use your flex for the baked stuff. This is why I won't even try core. I love too many non-core foods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit my website: http://www.crazystamper.com Shop for tupperware: http://my.tupperware.com/galew Design team member for http://www.susansscrapbookshack2.com Want $25 for free? Open a savings account and get a $25 bonus!! No fees! .. Re: The Great Purge! > Gale in Indiana said: > > > I thought flour in any form was not core? > > > Well, it isn't. But it means that if we want baked goods, we need to make > them ourselves instead of having them ready to go, which should cause us > to think twice about them. > > > > -- > S. Crawford (243/243/153) > http://www.mossroot.com > Fitness Blog: http://www.mossroot.com/02h > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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