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January 16, 2006

Nachos are not core.

The hunger comfort zone is a big part of the core plan. You're not supposed to get too full, but you're not supposed to get too hungry either. Getting too hungry is a major trigger for me. We went to a hockey game this afternoon, and I had had a good breakfast, oatmeal and scrambled eggs w/ f/f cheese (all core) but about halfway through the game I realized not eating lunch was going to be a problem. They don't exactly have core foods hanging out at the concession stand. I have yet to see any fruit there, unless you count fruity wine coolers. LOL. So I went up to the counter to get a large popcorn, what I felt was the best of the worst, and I left with large nachos. Spur of the moment slip. At least I shared them with my husband.

Tonight we had a spinach chicken lasagna recipe with whole wheat noodles. yummy. It wasn't completely core, but it was close.

I had a pretty good week. Over the weekend we hosted a football playoff party, and I served low fat stuff without anyone really knowing. I love to have control over the food. One friend who's on WW brought cookies though, which irritated me but noone shoved them down my throat did they! Oh, that was me...

Weigh in tomorrow. I lost 1.5 last week and would love to do it again.

Posted by Mary Elizabeth at 04:37 PM | Comments (0)

January 06, 2006

Four days in a row.

I weigh myself every morning except on weigh in day. WW tells you not to do this, by the way. They are afraid we will get too upset at the results and quit working the program. So I allow myself to weigh, but also promise myself not to take the results too seriously. Besides, when it shows a gain, it's not exactly hard to figure out why, most of the time.

But this week I have managed to weigh EXACTLY THE SAME for FOUR days in a row. I just don't know how to handle that; it's a new one for me. Up, down...but the same? For four days? Weird.

Other than that it's been a pretty good week. I've taken up a new exercise....ice skating. It's a lot of fun; I've gone twice so far with a friend of mine who is also in WW. I'm thinking about splurging on used skates now. Today, though, it's the gym for me. I have to do something to get a different number tomorrow. I just hope it isn't higher.

It's been so great to get back into core eating. I made a huge batch of pork chops and veggies in the slow cooker and have brought them for lunch most of the week. Last night's dinner: big salad and whole wheat macaroni. It was so easy to get my husband to eat core food. He has liked pretty much everything so far. Today for lunch I had morningstar farms tomato basil burgers...yum! Tonight of course we're going out and I'm planning on getting steak and a baked potato. mmm. Now I'm getting hungry.

Posted by Mary Elizabeth at 11:51 AM | Comments (2)