how to calculate your weight watchers points
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how to calculate your weight watchers points. Weight Watchers has been with us for a great many years now and is an incredibly successful commercial diet program that focuses on a balance of counseling, low fat nutrition and exercise.
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Food items are given a points value and members use a points "calculator" and recipes provided by the program.
Members are further encouraged to visit counseling sessions held locally for ideas and advice and to assist with the lifestyle changes which naturally accompany any diet program. There is also online support, together with online menus, recipes and calculators.
In addition, Weight Watchers create their own line of meals that may be bought in various 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. In general, high fat means a high points value and high fiber means a low points value. The daily allowance for dieters then depends upon such things as body weight and the desired weight loss.
The points formula used 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 is used, but, in cases where the figure is larger 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 |
| Cheeseburger | 330 | 14 | 35 | 2 | 7 | Quarter Pounder with cheese | 430 | 30 | 38 | 2 | 13 | | Corn on the cob | 140 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3 | | Medium Fries | 450 | 22 | 57 | 5 | 10 |
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