Comments on: Fruit – Weight Watcher Point Values (BLCCC)

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:02:06 +0000

Hi Manny, thanks for checking in again. That is a great question and seems like it would also apply to store bought juice…I really don’t have an answer for that one. Maybe someone that is attending the meetings can ask the leader and respond back here with what they learn

By: Manny Corrao

Manny Corrao — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:28:19 +0000

Hello Dan; thanks for the site, it has been extremely helpful in getting me to my weight and now maintaining it for more than three months. I have a silly question: most fresh fruit is zero points in the Pointsplus program; however, juice is not. If I take fresh Strawberry’s (16 oz.) and liquefy them in a blender with 1 cup of water and 1/4 cup Splenda (enjoyed in six/four ounce (1/2 cup) servings), is that still fresh fruit, or is it juice? If it is juice, can you tell me why it now takes on points? Thanks again.

By: joyce

joyce — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:15:38 +0000

thanks for this site it is very helpful to me never knowing just how much i was actully eating and drinking until i started the points i can already tell the differnts on eating thaks again

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:06:52 +0000

Hello Gen, Here is a link with some info on the Weight Watchers formula for calculating point values. The formula is not very 'friendly' and would be a little complicated to try and determine in your head each time. There are calculators that you can buy and carry with you for when you need it and you can also access a lot of info on sites like this with a smart phone or when planning ahead. Not sure if this is what you are looking for or not, let me know if you need anymore info and good luck to you!

By: Gen

Gen — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:11:28 +0000

hi,

i just came across your site and am excited to start! however i am wondering how the calculation of points go? i dont have any books or anything and was wondering how the calorie, fat, fibre thing works?
hope you can help!
Gen

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:38:44 +0000

By: Rada

Rada — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:19:56 +0000

Perfect. I get it now! Thanks so much Dan !!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:16:31 +0000

If a WW cookie is 1 point, then it would be worth 1 point at breakfast and 1 point at lunch. But if you had 2 of the cookies for breakfast (2 servings) it could possibly be 3 points for 2 of them.

An example of this is Fiber One Bars. One bar is 140 calories, 4 fat and 9 fiber which comes out to 2 points. But if you were to have two of the bars for breakfast you would have to double the calories, fat and fiber and then recalculate the point total. That gives you 280 calories, 8 fat and 18 fiber which comes up to 5 points. So one bar is 2 points but 2 bars are 5 points, and 3 bars would be 9 points! It has to do with rounding that is automatically done with the point calculators.

By: Rada

Rada — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:08:46 +0000

Oh ok I think I get it now!
So lets say I have a WW Cookie for breakfast and then for lunch as well it would be 2 PT’s then right? But if I had them both for breakfast then it would be more then 1 PT beacuse I had them at one sitting……am I getting this right?

Thanks so much Dan!

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:12:22 +0000

Hi Rada, good to hear from you again.

Seems as if you may be mixing a few different concepts up. If you have an item for breakfast it has no effect on that item at lunch. Each meal stands on it’s own. Generally, that would only apply if you were to eat multiple servings of the same item in one sitting. In that case, to correctly determine the points, you would have to multiply the nutrition info (calories, total fat & fiber) by the number of servings and use those new numbers to determine the point value. This would not apply in your example because you are having two different types of fruit, so even if you ate them at the same time you would still count them seperately.

I hope this helps clear it up a little. Thanks for using the site