Thank you guys for the welcome...

I'm trying not to think of this as a diet persay, but a completely different
way of eating kind of lifestyle...

its kind of working... I have changed how I cook, and what I cook for the
most part... been doing that for a year already and being consistent with it
too... also been stopping eating when I feel full regardless of whats left
over on my plate... luckily for me I have a lab dog *if you know a lab you
know they are NEVER full* who will happily finish what I can't so I don't
have anything to nibble at making me feel icky...

I found these wonderful icecream bar like things, rasberry swirl and orang
swirl *real fruit* and low fat ice cream, that are only worth 2 points on
the ww plan... hee... I have been eating those to stave off my chocolate bar
craving... its been working...

I have 35 points/day and I made some homemade lasagna and I have no idea how
many points that is... but after weighing myself this morning, I've actually
lost whan I could have sworn that I gained....

oh well... perhaps it was water retention or something...

I might consider the core later on... right now I'm going to have my daily
soup, crab asparagus soup... num... and try and figure out how much my
lasagna is worth... I used everything low fat, and extra spinach and
tomatoes... and less cheese than normal... still very good...