I will be attending my first meeting on Monday morning @9:30. I'm a former low carber, who had a bonus baby and gained weight mostly after she was born. Lack of sleep+new baby+the rest of the family+working= weight gain because of bad food choices. I took much better care of myself when I was expecting.
Anyway can you choose simply filing as your start out plan or do you have to start with momentum? I don't know if I would be that good at counting, weighing, measuring.
Also, I know there is one serving of rice,potatos or pasta... But what about bread? Any guidelines for what to choose and how much daily. I think I would enjoy a sandwhich now and again and don't want to buy the wrong thing at the grocery store tommorrow. Am loading up on other things from the list though.
Also if you are in the Texas area, Braums offers a really good skim milk that is higher in proeitn and just tastes so much better. Would that be okay for recipes and general consumption. I beleive the calories are a bit more than regular skim. I generally drink 1% but switching to skim.
Thanks for your help.
Hi Ciarra and welcome to the board! The program wants you to follow points for the first few weeks, then you are introduced to the simply filling method of no counting ect (the old core). If its something you are interested in, ask tomorrow for the books on that method, they should give them to you. There are no breads that are on the filling foods list. Your best bet is to find a light bread with high fiber. Most light breads are 1 point for 2 slices. I generally buy the light wheat store brand. Just as good and cheaper. I think for the milk, skim is skim. You can always double check the points - even though its considered a filling food. If regular skim is 1 point for a 1/2 cup, I would think as long as your enhanced skim is the same, its OK. Good luck tomorrow. Feel free to join us on the weekly chat thread!
WW only has one plan - Momentum. Simply Filling is an option that is introduced in Week 6, so 5 weeks of weighing, measuring, and counting. I really urge you to do this because it is important to get a good handle on portion sizes before you quit counting. I do Simply Filling, used to do Core. When the new plan came out, I did it just like a newcomer. It was good to get a handle on the portion sizes again. I do this periodically just to be sure they don't creep up. I'm not sure they will give you the Week 6 book since you aren't currently a member doing Core. Be sure to stay after the meeting for the explanation of the progrm. Good luck to all of you!
Thank you I'm excited to give it a try. I made a nice hearty veggie soup (with a little chicken breast), fruits, veggies and stuff for low cal/low fat breakfast sandwhichs and will see if I get some good ideas tommorrow as what to pick up at the store.
Be sure to stock up on Filling Foods - sounds like you already have the fruits, veggies and low protein. Whole grains - brown rice, quinoa, bulgar, whole wheat or whole grain pastas, whole grain breads, olive oil and fat free or lowfat dairy. These are the foods that keep you feeling full the longest. Good luck!
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