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Weight Watchers Simply the Best: 250 Prizewinning Family Recipes
artichoke spinach dip recipe weight watchers. Weight Watchers has been around for a considerable time now and is a most successful diet program which focuses on a balance of low fat nutrition, counseling and exercise.
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Food is allotted a points value and members use a points "calculator" and recipes provided by the program.
Members are further encouraged to go to local counseling sessions for ideas and advice and to assist with the lifestyle changes which are inevitably associated with any dieting program. There is also online support, in addition to online recipes, calculators and menus.
As if this were not enough, Weight Watchers create their own line of meals that can be purchased in many of the larger grocery stores.
A points value is assigned to foods calculated from the amount of fiber, the quantity of fat, the number of calories and the size of the portion in each serving. As a general rule, foods that are high in fat have a high points value and foods that are high in fiber have a low points value. The daily allowance for dieters is then dependent upon things like body weight and the desired weight loss.
The points formula looks like this:

Where: p = Points | c = Calories | f = Fat Grams | r = Dietary fiber Grams
(Note: in the term (minr, 4) a maximum of 4 grams of fiber is used in the calculation. This means that, if the actual dietary figure is less than 4 this figure is used, but, in cases where the figure is bigger than 4 then 4 is used.
Here are a variety of examples of the points allotted to particular foods:
| Food |
Calories |
Fat (g) |
Carbohydrates |
Fiber |
Points |
| Big Mac | 590 | 34 | 47 | 3 | 14 | | Corn on the cob | 140 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3 | Low-fat Asian chicken salad | 714 | 9 | 121 | 9.6 | 14 | | Medium Fries | 450 | 22 | 57 | 5 | 10 |
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