Hi all, does anyone know if ww bagels are core? Thanks
J

Sorry wanted to know too if ww english muffins are core?

No, neither the bagels or the english muffins are core, one needs to use flex points for these.
Linda

Thank you very much for answering my questions :).
J

I keep forgetting about the bread thing :dizzy:. I hate having to use pts. for bread, because I believe ww is so healthy but oh well, I guess I gotta count the carbs.

Robin - while prunes are not Core, you can have 5 of the Sunkist ones for 1 pt, still a bargain in my book. I like to let them soak in some hot water and plump up then add to my oatmeal.

I just had the Kraft Fat Free Shredded Cheddar and it actually melted. Doesn't taste too bad either as long as there are other flavors too.

I know it's kind of a "culture shock" to have to use points for bread, but I am used to that now and am finding the one point Joseph's low carb/oat bran pita bread to be a great choice for a quick noontime sandwich.
Try spraying it with ww butter flavored non stick spray and sprinkling Splenda and a bit of cinnomon on it, then crisp in the over - yummy for one point!
People keep talking about low carb/counting carbs here and I don't consider this a low carb plan at all, truly. I consider it a "healthy carb" plan. It's more of a no sugar thing than low carb, in my mind. Sure, I can have sugar, but have to use up flex points for it, too. The carbs that I can have a so high in fiber and good for me!
Linda

jorninsmama - THANKS for the headups on the Kraft FF shredded cheese, will be looking for it this weekend!! Bet it's great on a baked potato...I was use Borden's FF slices for that. Has anyone seen the Kraft FF grated cheese?? I know it's out there but I can't seem to find it?? If anyone is from SE Florida please let me know. I know there are different grocery stores all over but some of them not in this area.......Thanks!!
Linda (L.J.)

I have a nice recipe to try, totally core.

Boil whole wheat pasta (enough for one or two people). When it is cooked, add 4 cups baby spinach to the pot and stir to blanch. Drain everything. Add (per person) 1/2 cup cottage cheese and 4 ounces of shrimp, cooked (I buy the frozen cooked ones and thaw them under the tap. Toss together, putting the pot back on the heat to warm the cottage cheese. Add salt and pepper to taste.

It's a really nice dish. The cottage cheese goes creamy and melts. Tastes WONDERFUL (although DH refuses to eat cottage cheese so I make this when he is gone).

Things are going quite well for me. Had a burger with some points-- it was ok but I would have been happier eating something else. I'm getting used to my twigs and sticks food I guess! Tomorrow I will make veggie chile with the tons of tomatoes that are coming out of the garden these days!

Cheers to all

Robin

Hi All! I had my third WW and Core weigh in tonight. I'm a little disappointed, only .6 pounds for a total of 6.4. I expected and hoped for more since I have 100+ pounds to lose. I am drinking my water and have been walking on the treadmill seven days a week. I'll be increasing my water and trying not to eat so much at dinner. I ate several meals out this week. I ordered everything core, but I guess unless I'm in the kitchen I can't be positive that non-Core stuff wasn't used. Oh Well, at least it wasn't a gain. Why is it so hard to lose and so easy to gain? Better luck next week.

I forgot to say thanks for the Borden FF cheese slice suggestion. I tried them and liked them alot.....much better than the Kraft slices which didn't melt and tasted like wax to me!!!!

Hi all......Hang in there Vickie....and you're welcome re: the Borden FF cheese:-) good isnt' it and melts soooo well. As for the "why is it so easy to gain and so hard to lose" that seems to be the million dollar question. I am ending my 2nd week on Core this weekend and still I debate whether to go back to Flex. I kind of don't want to because I am eating better. But me like so many of us MAKES that darn scale sooo important. I hate that I do that. I do feel however Core gives us more of a choice of foods. For me however I STILL have to do portions of things, instead of eating until I am satisfied. I have not mastered that yet. So what I do eat at each meal seems to be enough and I walk away from the table satisifed with what I had. I w/i on Sunday and I am a bit ambivilent- I had a great loss my first week on Core. The last 14 weeks have been pts. Although I am a Lifetime member having lost 55 lbs. I did "somehow" manage to gain at 20 lbs back---gee how did that happen:-) :-)....but have lost 18 these past 15 weeks. Worked too hard to GO BACK there again. I guess w/i will determine what I will do this up coming week, but I am thinking I will STICK with Core. Just seems easier for this diehard NON Core person :-) After not counting pts for nearly two weeks but nevertheless still journalling I getting used to it.
I have to journal I NEED to see what I am putting into my body so I can tell what I did or did not do right or wrong.
Anyway Vickie - Hang in there. We are all here to help and support each other. But whichever program you feel works better for you is what you should be doing. This is one of the ways you will stay focused and successful. I wish you the best.
I hope everyone else is having a good week so far too. Guess we all have our ups and downs with this, but let's face it.....this is a Lifetime deal. That is why we become Lifetime Members. It's a struggle and battle every day that we all go through, but with the help and support here and in the meeting places we can achiever our goal. Let's do it for ourselves, first and foremost.
On that note, I wish you all a great day.......and good weekends if you don't come here over the weekend. Talk with you all later............Linda (L.J)

TGIF Guys!!!!!
Robin, I will definately try that recipe, thanks for sharing! I love all the ingredients in it, so I know it will be great!
LJ, you and I have gone down a similar path, I almost could have written exactly what you wrote! I typed in my version below!
Vickie, don't get discouraged. I have heard MANY a ww leader, over the years, ask people who are frustrated with the weight coming off slowly, "how long did it take you to GAIN all this weight?" You have to ask yourself that.
Also, the million dollar question is such a hard one to address..... I went away over the long Labor Day weekend. I gained back 1.8 pounds in three days..... disaster! It took me an entire month to get below where I was before. I've been told that the fat cells in your body have a "memory" and they can regain weight VERY fast, guess this was so with me. I couldn't believe I put that weight back on so suddenly. Was I THAT bad? I didn't think so, but I did revert back to some old habits, for sure.
I was mad at myself for eating out over a three day period and going "off the wagon". Now, I look at what I did. I know, now from experience, that I might make some better choices next time. If I don't, such is life! When I am on maintenance, again, I will have to be ever watchful of dining out and special occasions. I may have to go back on weigh loss mode and journal each and every time this happens.
I want my weight loss to be permanant, no more gaining it back. No more excuses. I'm in this for a life-long journey. I feel this is a life or death situation, based on what I read about things like cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes. Who have I been fooling all these years? It's like I was playing Russian Roulette with my fork! I'm now 49 and if it takes me TWO years to lose the weight, I have to view it as taking off the last 7 or 8 years of indulgence. Sadly, there is no magic potion. The fad diets don't work, we all know this. The medications are bad and have side effects. Surgery is drastic and could lead to complications and I was never "that" heavy. So, here I am back again, and with a more serious outlook. I've gone full cycle and have been not only with ww, but with Atkins (way, way unhealthy), So. Beach (a bit heathier but a bit much for me) and have bought books, tried starvation practicually, tried it all.
I am a ww lifetime member, I've known all along how to do this and how to do it well. I could be a ww leader, I think, as I know so much about all of this. I actually hope to be a leader once I get my weight to a point where they will hire me, just a few more pounds!!!!!
I just ignored what I knew, went back to all my old habits, and went on my merry way. Here I am, years later, with MORE weight than I had before to lose (well, now have lost SOME and now am lower than I have been since 2001!) and it's harder and harder the older you get.
You are here, your life WILL be long and healthy if you can do this. Don't get discouraged, increase your activity, watch your portion size, be careful eating out, and you will, ultimately, succeed! I KNOW I will!
My loss the first week with Core was good. The second two weeks on it were very slow and then I got "wise" to the err of MY ways. I stress the MY ways, as this is ME and how I am with control. I started journalling again. I need that paper to keep me "honest" as far as how much is going into my mouth all day. I am being VERY careful to keep with the CORE foods and track each and every point and am really tracking water intake and all the things I should. I am staying pretty close, in not completely, to my "old" points target, but the Core is my choice of foods.
I know ww promotes CORE as being the easy non-tracking plan, yet I have been on ww a long time, off and on since my original acheivement of Lifetime status and I know, for myself, that the journal is my best friend.
Maybe some people can do Core and keep on it without the journal, but I need that, at least for now. I was looking over some of the daily menus that some people are posting on this core support board. It looked to me like they weren't eating enough. I am a volume person and acheived Lifetime by eating enough to feel satisfied. My loss was slow, due to that need to eat at the top of my points range and my need to absolutely have a big bowl of popcorn (now core, thank goodness!) in the afternoons to make it until dinnertime. So, I have to find a way to feel satisfied, to eat right, to stay active and be the healthy person I know I can be. I'm getting there. It's slow and some weeks I've had (either on Core or not) only a .2 weight loss (two weeks ago) but I know I am on the right road!
Maybe when (notice I didn't say IF) I get to maintenance again, I will be able to stay with Core foods and maintain? I'm interested to know how ww has maintenance set up for Core people..... if you lose by eating Core plus these 35 flexpoints, then will they add something like 5 more flexpoints? Will they change the core foods list and include a few things that are not there? I can't wait to get there!
Linda in NH, where the leaves are turning and starting to fall and it's nostaligic and beautiful

Vicki, I lost 6 pounds in 3 weeks on core and now I seem to be stuck at 180. I know in my heart I'm eating better and making better choices. Sooner or later the scale would catch up to me. There are so many little variances in our bodies-- the scale doesn't always show us what's happening in one week. For me my big problem is not what I "eat" at meals, it's what I end up binging on. Core removes those possibilities (I'm too stingy to spend points on a binge).

Take care all