Karenlou
Gold Member
Has anyone come across Aussie Core before? Sounds interesting - here's a post I found. Apparently you are allowed 2 slices of multigrain bread a day but, if you have crispbread the same day as well, you have to point it. No ELF though sadly but you can snack on yogurt as well as fruit and cocoa is core
" Its pretty much the same as UK core except bread is allowed but only multigrain/wholegrain bread (there is a HUGE variety of multigrain breads available in Australia, not so much here but still a nice selection). Also allowed is any type of rice, not just brown. You can also snack on more things, not just fruit. You can snack on fat free/diet yogurt, low fat natural yogurt, skim milk, homemade air popped popcorn, fruit, veggies, 0 point foods etc. Cocoa powder is also core so you can have a skinny hot chocolate as a snack. Also sushi is core as long as it doesn't contain avocadoes and/or fried stuff. 3 meals a day, 2tsp healthy oil, and 3 extra points a day is the same for both plans.
That's the good news lol. The not so great news is;
Avocadoes, elf, flavoured cottage cheese are not core. Only plain low fat cottage cheese and low fat ricotta cheese are core.
There are limits to meals, i.e. cereal is limited to one meal a day and must be eaten with skim milk or low fat/fat free yogurt. Starch varieties are also limited to one meal a day. This doesn't mean you can only have rice, potatoes etc once a day. It only means you can't have potatoes for lunch and dinner but you can have potatoes for lunch and rice for dinner, just not the same starch more than once a day. There are no restrictions on proteins though. "
Sounds good
" Its pretty much the same as UK core except bread is allowed but only multigrain/wholegrain bread (there is a HUGE variety of multigrain breads available in Australia, not so much here but still a nice selection). Also allowed is any type of rice, not just brown. You can also snack on more things, not just fruit. You can snack on fat free/diet yogurt, low fat natural yogurt, skim milk, homemade air popped popcorn, fruit, veggies, 0 point foods etc. Cocoa powder is also core so you can have a skinny hot chocolate as a snack. Also sushi is core as long as it doesn't contain avocadoes and/or fried stuff. 3 meals a day, 2tsp healthy oil, and 3 extra points a day is the same for both plans.
That's the good news lol. The not so great news is;
Avocadoes, elf, flavoured cottage cheese are not core. Only plain low fat cottage cheese and low fat ricotta cheese are core.
There are limits to meals, i.e. cereal is limited to one meal a day and must be eaten with skim milk or low fat/fat free yogurt. Starch varieties are also limited to one meal a day. This doesn't mean you can only have rice, potatoes etc once a day. It only means you can't have potatoes for lunch and dinner but you can have potatoes for lunch and rice for dinner, just not the same starch more than once a day. There are no restrictions on proteins though. "
Sounds good