Going Core
Last week, my girlfriends, B and Jen, suggested maybe switching to core. I said, I don't think so , stuck to my guns, followed the Flex Plan, and gained nearly 2 pounds.
I made the switch. I love that I'm able to eat until I'm satisfied and not worry about going over points. I love that I can make a smoothie and not worry about the exact amount of fruit or milk or yogurt. It's awesome!!
I realize now that I was not using all my points the best way I could have been. Let's say, I had 4 points left over at the end of the day. I'd send Stephen out for a soda. Now, I'm not allowed regular soda and the diet sodas out there (at sonic) are not ones I can drink, so guess what. I've had 1/2 a diet big red and that's all in the past 3 days. I'm soooo proud of myself. That's a big deal.
And you know what??? Tomorrow is going to be 4 . . .and then 5. . and then. . well.
I also did some CORE research because I felt like I was getting mixed signals from the web site and the paper material I've received. According to my little book, I can have Fat Free Yogurt w/ artificial sweetners. According to the web tools, I cannot w/o counting the points.
And how awesome is this - we are in desperate need of a trip to the grocery store. I had my annual physical today and they checked for uterine fibroids because of some issues I've been having so I get home in excuriating pain from those lovely things called cramps (not to mention TOM showed up last night) and lie around on a heated pillow all afternoon while Stephen takes care of chasing the toddlers. We have nothing to eat. . . well we have about 15 lbs of ground venison in the freezer but nothing to go with it. So Stephen goes to Chipotle. . AND I CAN EAT THE VEGGIE BOWL w/o worries. No rice. . no sour cream. . no cheese. . but lay on the black beans, corn salsa, lettuces. . . YUM!!! Then he came home and put Fat Free cheese and sour cream on my dinner and I was in heaven.
Used some points this morning at MOPS but I was dumb and didn't eat breakfast before going and needed to eat. They were worth it.
Okay. . how's everyone else???
PS. . . . I'm attempting to wean C tonight. No milky before bed. But I'm also weaning myself from Zoloft and making the switch to Lexapro. . .so. . we'll have to see.