hungry hungry hippo

over the last week i've been hungry about 100% of the time! it's been crazy! i cut back on my workouts last week since EVERYONE seemed to think that i was working out too much to show a loss at the scales. i feel like i'm HYBERNATING! i did really well staying on plan despite the hunger issues...but around sunday it started feeling like i couldn't hold out anymore.

monday i had a pretty significant lunch at a local chinese place. it was delicious. and 23 points. yikes!

at the meeting monday i decided to not weigh in. so i have no weight updates for you.

but i decided that night that i would try the CORE plan for a week. this plan allows you to eat MORE food, but from a "restricted" list of foods (the plan i've been doing thus far allows you to eat anything you want, and focuses on portion control etc). i figured that if i can't beat the hunger, i should at least FEED it in a healthy way.

CORE is a little scary to me. i've considered trying it for awhile, but have never had the courage. it requires a bit more planning than the FLEX plan, but i'll tell ya, i haven't been hungry today!

that's one great thing about WW...you can try both plans and find what works for you...you can switch back and forth depending on your needs (as long as you do one plan for the entire week). so i'm nervous about "failing" this week and not staying within the CORE requirements, but at the same time, i hear that tons of people "try" CORE and never go back!! i guess whatever works is what's right for me!!


and, in case anyone is interested, my friends over at the oregonww board and i have started a blog that will have lots of before/after (or during) pictures and stuff. they're an incredible group of people...inspirational and fun! you can find us at www.oregonwwers.blogspot.com