Cereal is limited to 1 meal a day and must be eaten with ff milk or ff yogurt. Any other that you have for a snack (if you had it for breakfast) must be counted as points. Exercise points earned are added to you 35 a week total whether you are doing core or pts.
I had heard that about the exercise pts. also. Frankly I don't always use mine because I would be making myself eat when I'm not hungry which is why I am doing this in the first place. The reasoning behind the bread being not core and the pasta being core is that bread is a trigger food for many people. Since the pasta is limited to only 1 serving per day I guess WW figures you can't do too much harm with it.
I have to say, I've been on CORE for 6 weeks now and I've lost a tiny bit over 12lbs. I'm on fire!! I love it.
The easiest thing for me is to keep my morning snack and breakfast the same almost every day (it doesn't bother me) and make a big dinner on Sunday and use it for left overs on Monday and Wednesday. I try a new receipe from the WW Core Recipe threads or turn a flex recipe into core (if I can find proper substitutes) No matter if you're doing Core or Flex another key is Working out!! I've found through, searching on other threads that people are trying to turn core into flex foods but not counting points. There has been much controversy about "abuse" of Core. It's ALL about portion control. If you're serious about loosing weight you'll give up the sweets and non Core food to see results. It doesn't mean giving them up completely though. Use your flex points, they are there so USE them!! It'll satisfy a craving that could otherwise turn into a binge and ruin all your hard work! I have found that I'm really not hungry anymore, sometimes I have to force myself to eat.
We're all in this together, we wouldn't be on these threads if we weren't!!!
Good luck to all, I have my weigh in tomorrow, keeping my fingers crossed!!
Hi Kathy: I'm new on Core (first week down 3.8#) but I didn't know about using exercise points. I go to Curves 3x a week but don't count anything for exercise. How does this work? Do I get extra points? Thanks for mentioning this. If I don't see a response on this board I'll remember to ask next week.
Nora, I think WW says you don't get to "earn" activity points until week four. In week four, they give you a slide rule (similar to the points finder) which lets you plug in your weight, the type of exercsie, and the amount of exercise you do. The result is a number of activity points. My Leader told me that you are supposed to use your activity points every day and must use them on the day you earn them. These would be in addition to your 35 weekly points.
Nora, she is correct, you must wait until either week 3 or 4 (I'm not sure which) but it is when you get the slide calculator to calc your exercise pts. I figured curves as 2 pts. a day and I have been going 4 times a week. I haven't been eating them though. I am down 14.6 pounds after my 5th week WI.
How can I do the Core plan? What is it???? I've been on weight watchers, but i stopped it because I was moving to a new home and had to clear out my pantry..which was full of junk...i need to start up again and wnat to do core! what can i eat?
Wrong! W/W gives you the info in Week 3 and it isn't limited to start earning them then. W/W does that so you are not overwhelmed buy all the changes the program has.
Hi, I hope I'm posting on the right board! I have decided to try to start basing my eating on the CORE program. My mom brought me the book from Weight Watchers, where she's been a member of for a few years. I haven't really looked at it yet, but my aunt lost most of her weight that she wanted on it and likes the program. I lost 60 pounds two years ago by exercising and following the Weight Watchers program. About a year ago, I went on the Depo shot and almost instantly gained 20 pounds even though I was eating healthy and exercising. Since then, I've gained another 20. I'm very discouraged right now and disappointed in myself. I don't know what to do to motivate myself to be better. Therefore, I thought that if I wrote on the forum and asked anyone to give me a few tips as to how to start the CORE program, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, I am leaving in a week to go out to Arizona to visit family. We are going to go out to eat a lot and was wondering how to eat appropriately while eating out. My family is very big on eating out and we are eaters, so if I could understand that better, I think that would help a lot! Thanks for any info or support that you can give me!
Jules, join us on the support thread (I think the current one is called EnCORE ...). Another thing -- browse thru the posts and you'll see what all we've been eating. And ask questions if you have them!! We're here to help!
Hi! I am new to the forum. I think it would be a bad idea to say I can eat all the WW pasta I want once day. I think you need to consider what is a portion- 1 cup?- and strive to stay with in that range. You may need cup and 1/4 the be satisified but don't need 3 cups! Core is learing the difference between hunger-satisfied and stuffed. That is just my understanding of the program. Eating all I want of anything is not core.
Hi, Alice! Join us on the support board if you'd like! We discuss this type of thing all the time ... and believe me, we agree with the satisfied vs. stuffed thing. We all know how much it takes us to feel satisfied and for some it's more than for others.
I love it. 
I've found through, searching on other threads that people are trying to turn core into flex foods but not counting points. There has been much controversy about "abuse" of Core. It's ALL about portion control. If you're serious about loosing weight you'll give up the sweets and non Core food to see results. It doesn't mean giving them up completely though. Use your flex points, they are there so USE them!! It'll satisfy a craving that could otherwise turn into a binge and ruin all your hard work! I have found that I'm really not hungry anymore, sometimes I have to force myself to eat.
