In a quest for healthier eating, I'm going to try the WW Core foods plan.I found the CF list on the internets, and my mom's loaning me a points book. It's enough like Atkins, which i always have good success with, that I should just be able to do it without meetings. Basically you trade being able to eat fruits, potatoes and whole grains for fats. So, I can't have cheese or nuts or whole milk for a while, but I can have oatmeal, whole wheat bread, and fruit, three things that are really hard for me to live without.
And you get five "points" per day, which you can "spend" on things like butter, cheese, chocolate, glass of wine, etc. I think I'll do pretty well. I really like the fact that I don't have to count or weigh anything, or worry about portions. It's like, you can eat all the fruits, vegetables and lean meats that you want, but go very lightly on the fatty/high caloric/high starch stuff. I'm down with that. And after about two weeks on the Atkins thing, my sugar sensors are way down. A tiny little bit of sweet, like fruit, tastes wonderful, but anything sweeter than honey is gross.
The other thing I have to be careful of is eating sweet stuff, pretty much at all. On Monday, one of our coworkers baked this really impressive spice cake from scratch, with homemade frosting. I had a small piece, and for the rest of the day I kept passing by the breakroom, snatching crumbs. It's like an ON switch: If I eat any of it, I want more, more, more. Sticking to fruits and ultra dark chocolate, I don't get any of those berzerk sugar cravings.
Now, just to compare, go take a look at these Weight Watchers cards from 1974 -- ironically, the year I was born.