I have lost 4.5 lbs on my first week doing Core! I have done WW before (always Flex,though), so I know there's always a big whoosh at the beginning, but that doesn't make it any less exciting. I'm hoping to get a good head start on the holidays because I know I'll have some trouble when Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around. Additionally I'm ( Read more... )

Hi everyone.  Y'all look like a great group of WW Core folks, I'm glad I found you!  I've been doing WW Core for 10 weeks now and am down 27 pounds.  No one else at the meetings I attend is doing core, so it's great to find this group!  I've been making up recipes/meals as I go along and am looking for some new ideas and a little "core support". I' ( Read more... )

anyone else in toronto ( Read more... )

So, I had to share cause this was a freakin' awesome dinner...designed by me! (ok and Rachel Ray helped ( Read more... )

 
So I have been considering switching from flex to core.  Flex has been easy to stick to but I haven's been seeing the results I want.  Some real life friends on weight watchers have said that they have lost a lot more weight on core than flex.  I am just worried if I will be able to handle the restriction?  For those who have done both which one ( Read more... )

Oh my dear sweet God.

So, I remember reading that if you add ONE item that is not Core to a Core dish, the dish becomes Core???

God, I want to slam something against a wall.

So, breakfast/lunch today was
1 can black beans
1 avocado
4 tablespoons brown rice
Garlic pepper
some ff cheese 
and...
1 stick of 2 point string cheese.

I mushed everything together and ( Read more... )

Isn't it crazy how much food prices are going up? I know I think twice about buying things like eggs (because it's something I have often thrown away in the past because I didn't end up eating them). I thought I would mention a book that came highly recommended on a frugal cooking community I belonged to a while back: "More-With-Less Cookbook" by ( Read more... )

I don't know if any of you have heard this too, but someone mentioned on the WW core board that the Core plan was designed with the help of Barbara J. Rolls who wrote the Volumetrics books.

( long discussion about food density and satiety )

If you write a lot about following the core plan on your LJ, I would greatly appreciate it if you would add me as a friend. I am trying to be hardCORE as much as possible and I can use all the encouragement I can get! I mainly blog about being on core and how it is going with me. Thanks! Have a good one!

I am Corebie who loves finding new recipes. I made this one yesterday, because I needed new lunch ideas. It's hot. It's spicy. It's also a cold summer salad.

Moroccan Chicken and Couscous Salad
( recipe behind the cut )