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Weight Watchers Versatile Vegetarian
bertucci's weight watchers points. Weight Watchers has been with us for many years now and is an extremely successful commercial diet program that focuses on a balance of counseling, exercise and low fat nutrition.
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Food is assigned a points value and members use recipes and a points "calculator" provided by the program.
Members are also encouraged to visit local counseling sessions for ideas and advice and to assist with the lifestyle changes which accompany any dieting program. Online support is also available, as well as online calculators, recipes and menus.
In addition, Weight Watchers create their own line of meals that may be purchased in many larger grocery stores.
The points value given to various different foods is calculated from the number of calories, the quantity of fat, the amount of fiber and the size of the portion in each serving. As a rule, high fat equals high points and high fiber equals low points. The daily allowance for dieters then depends upon such things as body weight and the desired weight loss.
The points formula is:
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. In other words, if the actual dietary figure is less than 4 this figure is used, but, where the figure is bigger than 4 then 4 is used.
Here are just some examples of the points assigned to particular foods:
| Food |
Calories |
Fat (g) |
Carbohydrates |
Fiber |
Points |
Low-fat Asian
chicken salad | 714 | 9 | 121 | 9.6 | 14 | Low-fat brownie
sundae | 326 | 3.2 | 72 | 4.6 | 6 | | Big Mac | 590 | 34 | 47 | 3 | 14 | Quarter Pounder
with cheese | 430 | 30 | 38 | 2 | 13 |
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