I was up bright & early this morning so I could get my hands on the new Weight Watchers 2011 Points Plus Program Materials. I have to be the first to admit that when Weight Watchers comes out with a REAL program revamp, not just an update, I am like a kid in a candy store (good analogy, right Tiff!) and I cannot wait to get the new materials.
For me the NEW PROGRAM = RENEWED MOTIVATION!!!
As several of you requested, I have outlined what I feel are the biggest changes and answered a few things I figured some people might ask along the way. I do NOT work for Weight Watchers so this is all based on my personal knowledge/experience.
The ONLINE VERSION is supposed to go LIVE tonight at 12:01 EST (9:01 PM for all my West Coast Friends).
If you can get to a meeting today, they are handing out all new materials and probably already know all of this.
I LOVE their new motto! The program is really simpler than it seems.
Eat Right
Be Active
Repeat!
CHANGES
1. The points formula is now based on how nutritionally sound the food is ~ You will need to know protein, carbohydrates, fat and fiber content.
Their focus in on what they are now calling “Power Foods”. This is basically the same as Filling Foods and the CORE Foods. Think lean proteins, fruits/veggies, healthy whole grains, healthy fats, WHOLE FOODS, not processed, etc.
2. My FAVORITE one of all ~ ALL Fruits & vegetables are now 0 points (except starchy vegetables (potatoes, corn, peas) and avocado)!
3. New Points Ranges for everyone. I know they raised the ranges because points on foods went up, however, I also think there is a mental aspect. that having say 29 points versus 18 points makes you feel like you have more to eat.
Eat your NEW daily points target each day. However, listen to your body and only eat until satisfied, not stuffed. No your daily points don’t roll over to the next day if you don’t use them.
4. No more points sliders (they tried but it just is too much info & wouldn’t work).
To FIGURE OUT POINTS VALUES OF FOODS ~ you have 3 options.
1. Look them up in your pocket finder or Companion Books
2. Look them up online or using your phone application.
3. BEST OPTION, (Honestly) ~ Use your points calculator.
5. Your daily points target is now given to you in ONE of TWO ways, it CANNOT be calculated online (unless you have e-tools) and it’s NOT in the books.
To FIGURE OUT YOUR DAILY POINTS TARGET ~ you have 3 options.
1. It’s given to you when you attend a meeting in your weigh in book.
2. It’s given to you online if you are an E-Tools or Monthly Pass Subscriber (I am guessing your phone app will have it too).
3. BEST OPTION, (Honestly) ~ Use your points calculator.
6. NOT COUNTING points is still an Option through Simply Filling (think CORE).
7. Get up and go ~ Be active whenever and however you can.
8. . Treating yourself is encouraged (We all now get 49 EXTRA Weekly Points Allowances)! No they don’t roll over between weeks if unused and you may not use them all each week.
Awesome, right?
Just remember, the things that went up in points are the not so nutritional things so they will cost you more. However, you will offset them by saving points on POWER FOODS that are now lower in points..
9. The Good Health Guidelines have been updated to factor in power foods as well as limiting sodium along with sugar and alcohol.
FAVORITE NEW FEATURE
I am waiting for….All you DROID users out there like me, they finally have a WEIGHT WATCHERS DROID APPLICATION rolling out.
The BEST part, you can scan bar codes & it calcs the points!
A FEW FINAL THOUGHTS
* BUY NOW! If you are going to buy the Calculator and/or Kits, buy them NOW even if you are not officially “joining” until January. The reason being is Weight Watchers got “price smart” in that they are rewarding current members with lower prices, but, taking advantage of the New Year’s Resolutioners and raising their prices each month until they cap out in February.
I bought the Deluxe Kit because it includes a CALCULATOR for Free & a COOKBOOK! It’s $34 now (but will go up to $39.95).
How cool is the organizer bag it comes in?!
There is also a smaller kit that is $14.95, but you don’t get all this cool stuff with it.
* You really need a Calculator to calc points ~ it tells you your daily points target and helps you find the points for each food. It’s $6 or FREE with the Deluxe Kit.
* All of the Weight Watchers Products they sell went up in points values from the Bars to the oatmeal to the Frozen Meals. (Side note, maybe they will work on making them with REAL INGREDIENTS/FOOD, not just chemicals 
)
The Frozen Meal points values will most likely not show the new stats until January 2010. Look them up in the Complete Food Companion and/or use your points calculator until then. The New Meals will have the Blue Symbol for points plus (most 6 point versions are now 9 points so check it out!)
* It’s really not that bad, they say most people eat roughly the same 25 foods all the time. Over time, I am pretty sure you will know the points of the things you eat most often.
* No you don’t need to throw out all your old cookbooks. Just use the nutritional information on each recipe (even on my site!) to calculate the NEW Points Values.
For those looking to get a little help or just want to have a little challenge, they have a tear-out Kick Start Guide that tells you everything you need to get the program working.
I was chatting up the new program on Twitter with a few super cool bloggers this morning and we decided to form our own Weight Watchers Support Group….anyone can join in, but, it would be a great way to swap ideas, motivate each other and reach our goals.
UPDATE!!! The Weight Watchers Support Group is now LIVE. We named it Friends for Weight Loss because that is what we are to each other. Click HERE TO JOIN THE GROUP & HAVE FUN!
Ready, set, go….
Love your enthusiasm! You’re right, it is a great chance for new motivation! I am so excited. And I would love to be part of the WW support group.
I’m headed to a meeting tomorrow to check out the new program even though my meeting is on Saturday. This looks like a great update!!
Also I’d love to be included on the chat.
This looks so freaking cool… I cannot WAIT to read it all online and get my new (probably enormous!) daily point target! I’d be all about starting a new buddypress kind of blog for all of us to post on, if you’d like 🙂 Thanks for posting all this, im actually really excited!!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the new program, Danica! It is so great that WW is moving along with the times and continuing to make an already awesome program even more do-able!
I’m doing WW Online so I’d love to be part of your support group. I need that extra accountability.
I have been scouring the internet for info all morning. My meeting is on Wed and I am an etools subscriber so I’ll get more info tonight. Thanks for posting. So excited about the changes.
I would love to be part of the support group … I rejoined WW’s this morning and am SO looking forward to this new program … I did not get a calculator this morning, but will definitely next week … this week my focus will be on finding which Power Foods I usually eat anyway and counting points per the food list and the KickStart guide.
I have done SO many versions of the WW’s program and although I have not always embraced the new programs right away, THIS TIME I’m very excited!!!
Goal Weight … here I come (back)!!!
I am a WW employee & avid reader and would love to join your group. Maybe I can help with the transition to the new plan?
I’d love to join the group. I lost over 70lbs on the old plan then took a hiatus for the last year and a half. Some serious life issues came about and WW had to go on the back burner for a while. When I wanted to come back, I realized I didn’t feel in sync with their program. Fake sugars and processed foods for low points seemed to be the focus of so many people. So when I heard they were changing the plan and read about it being more focused on protein, fat, fiber and carbs, I thought, I can get behind this. Still not thrilled with the fat free/low fat recommendations because I know healthy fats (avocados) and others are necessary and provide satiety and so many ff/lf foods are full of junk, but I’ll survive. I personally would rather eat the real deal for a point or two more than eat processed junk. So, I’m back and would like to get to goal. Today I bought the Chocolate Pretzel Blast bars and Coffee drops. They did not have any Splenda or other fake sweeteners. The drops used a sugar alcohol. So for me, that’s a step in the right direction. Let’s do this, people-I’m in!
Thank you for the information. I would love to be part of your group.
whoohoo! Love all of the new plan info! I will check everything out tonight online! My meeting is on Tuesday. Can’t wait! 🙂
A few weeks ago a couple of twitter peeps mentioned a twitter chat #wwchat group that will be starting up soon. But you know I’m IN for more support! (and one of the reasons I’d love to meet with you!) I could use more IN PERSON chat with a fellow WW LOSER. lol 🙂
OMGoodness I’m so excited! And dying to know how many points an avocado is! And how cool is the bar code scanner (even though I didn’t really eat anything with a bar code)?
It will be so great to see the weight loss and be able to eat enough for a great workout. I was always at 18-21 points, and it was killing me!
I don’t know what a buddypress blog is but I’m in!
Hmmm, maybe I’ll even go back to work for WW!
Sounds so awesome! Now I want a smart phone just to do the bar code scan, lol
Sign me in for your WW group. I’m definitely there 😀
I’ve been reading everything I can get my hands on. Excited but nervous. I’d love to join your chat. I think we’ll need all the support we can get to get through the initial changes.
I can’t wait for my weekly meeting to get all the new info. Your WW group sounds good, I want to make goal this year, so sign me up.
Call me the negative thinker but I don’t think it’s fair to make the points calculator a “must have” and then make us pay for it. We already pay for WW-in one way or another. I’m going to try and resist the temptation to buy one–just to make a point…I hope:(
Please add me as a member of your group, I’ll try and stay positive!
I am really excited to start the new program, got my materials this morning too. Thanks for the info on the Droid app, can’t wait for that. It drove me nuts that I could’nt get it ’cause I didn’t have that iPhone.
I’d love to be part of your support group if I can!
Thanks,
Deb
I would love to be a part of the WW support group too! Please sign me up! :o)
I’m SO in! I’m super excited about the new program & didn’t make it to a meeting today. In fact, I don’t go until Saturday but have been pouring through everything & will be glued to my e-tools tomorrow!
I’m a Lifetime member about 6 pounds from goal & really wanting this to be the last leg to get there!!!!!
Thanks for coordinating this! The more support we all have, the more we succeed!
Go us! 🙂
Thanks for the new program info. It is a renewed motivation for me as well.
I’d love to be part of your WW group.
This is really intriguing to me… I did WW years ago with great results but the points got to me… I couldn’t handle just 20 per day! I love the refocus on “real” food and not 100 calorie packs AND to get people active on a daily basis!
JR’s still unemployed and that’s taken quite a toll on our finances… but if I can swing joining, I want to badly! I NEED this accountability!
Would love to be a part of your support group. Can’t wait to get to my meeting on Wednesday.
Terri
I am excited, my meeitng is not until Wed. I can’t wait to read more about it on the WW wbsite tomorrow. Count me in for your WW group!
Sounds AWESOME! Can’t wait for my meeting on Tuesday! Thanks so much for the info! and please count me in for the support group!!!
I’d love to join the support group. I’m a Lifetime member and can’t wait to go to a meeting this week.
Thanks for sharing information. I am planning on re-joining using e-tools only and a support group would be very helpful. Looking forward to hearing more. 🙂
I’d love to join! We don’t get the new program here in Canada until next Sunday…can’t wait!
Hi There!, I am so glad to find this site! It all sounds so great. I just made goal and an syked about anything new!
I would love to be in a group too! My meeting is on tuesday and I am on the edge of my seat!
This is the shot in the arm I needed! I’ve lost 38 with meetings, but due to finances had to scale back to online. I’m 14 away from goal, so I think I’m going to splurge next Sat. and go to a meeting and get the deluxe kit to have on hand. Please sign me up with your group. Thanks for rallying the troops! 🙂
Can’t wait until 11:00 p.m. CST tonight! I’m an online member and would love the added support of your group. Sign me up!! Thx!
Thanks so much for sharing this , my meeting is not until Saturday and I promised my WW leader I would wait till then, but I am dying to know!
Im interested in joining the group!
Would love to be a member of the support group!
Would love to be a part of the support group!
Count me in! Looking forward to our “at-work” meeting tomorrow at Augusta State University. Hope we have a good turnout to hear about the new program. Thanks for sharing!
Always love to get as much good information as possible.
I just joined Weight Watchers this morning (was an online only member 3 years ago) and went to my very first meeting. I liked getting all the goodies in the deluxe package. It will keep me busy for a while.
I would be interested in joining the Weight Watchers Support Group.
Thanks!
I would like to be a part of the support group
hi would like to join the support group please sign me up!
Would LOVE a support group!!!
I, like you, went today just to get the scoop on the first day 🙂
I’m a lifetime member and a tad bit nervouse about the new program. I will find it all out tomorrow. Add me to the yahoo group!
Please include me in WW group for new program.
I go on Wed. For my meeting. Thanks for the info about product cost.
I’m excited to get my information online.
I’m so glad you posted this. I definitely want to be a part of the WW group if we form a chat or a blog of some sort.
I just received my PointsPlus information. Please sign me up for the support group.
Would love to join your group for Support! Planning on going to a meeting tomorrow to get information.
I would love to be a part of this support group as well! I am quite happy with the new program, and hope the other members will enjoy it as well. 🙂
Yippee! Sign me up too! My class is on Thursday …I’m SOOOOOOO ready for a change!
Thanks so much for explaining. As a former WW-er it’s always good to keep up with the plan development. This one looks very sensible in terms of being nutritionally balanced and encouraging lots of fibre consumption (personally love the 0 point fruit and veg!).
Cheers,
Georgia
http://fabulousfoodandalittlefrolicking.blogspot.com/
I’m intrigued by the new program but my question is, does the material you ordered resemble the old at home kits? The last program update left me lost for some reason and I am not sure if it is worth the extra money when I’m doing ok on the flex point system. Anyone have any thoughts or recommendations you can give me?
I am also interested I the support group.
Thank you for all the information. My meetings are on Saturday’s and I will be out of town the next two Saturday’s, so now I am motivated to find a meeting in my travels.
Please count me in your group, support = success. I am 15 lbs to goal and look forward to success.
Annette
I went to WW today as well and got all the new, cool stuff!! I would LOVE to be a part of your support group!! I am SO excited!!
I’m in a bit of a pickle. I weighed in on Wednesday but I really want to go tomorrow just to get all the new stuff. I knowwww I’ve gained weight for the second week in a row and could really use the extra two days to kick ass before weighing in. I’m so impatient. haha.
I’m so excited about the new plan. Thanks for the post.
Would love to be a part of your group! Nervous & excited all at the same time about the new program. Love most of what I have heard though 🙂
I would love to be a part of your support group!
Great information! I can’t wait to get the information online tomorrow. (I am online only). I’d love to be part of the support group- you can contact me via e-mail/blog or Twitter @MonicaBenavidez
-Monica
I rejoined ww online today and am excited about the new program. Please add me to your support group.
Thanks so much for all the info. I am so excited! Please include me in your support group. Thanks
Girl count me in on the WW group! I need all the support I can get!! I am still bummed I am sick and could not make it this am at 9 to get the new program I gotta wait till either tom. eve or go tues. am….hmmmmm what to do!!
Josi
Thanks for the thorough summary and photos of the new material. I’m going to a meeting Tuesday morning, can’t wait. Please include me in the support group. Thanks for your efforts.
Peggy, California
I’d love to be part of the weight watchers support group 🙂 We don’t get the new info in Canada online until Dec 6, so thank you for giving me an idea of the changes!
I would like to join this site to hopefully keep informed on the new program. I have been a lifetime member since 1969 and have seen many changes. I hope this one helps motivate me more. I have lost 16 pounds so far and have 150 more to go. I am hoping that I can catch on to this program quickly to see the results I hear are great. Hope all of you success with the new program.
I got the new materials today and I couldn’t be more excited! I would love to get in on the blogger support group. 🙂
I would love to joi the support group. My WW meeting is Tuesday.
Charlotte
Just retweeted your article. Count me in!
Thank you for sharing!! I go to my meeting on Tuesday and now I know what to be prepared for and how much money to bring!! ;)) I also would like to follow you on Twitter. You are very motivational and upbeat!! Just what I need to keep me going!!!! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for this information! I’m a lifetime member who is ‘on hold’ right now due to a pregnancy that miscarried and I’ve been questioning whether I’d go back or not since I haven’t let WW work for me the past 4 years. The motivation just wasn’t there. I’ll definitely be going to a meeting this week to learn more about this new approach. Thanks for your enthusiasm!
I’m so excited I read all ur info u had to give! Its great! I thought I was being silly being so excited over a new plan like its a new xmas gift lol but after reading all ur info and all ur support group feedbacks I don’t feel too silly I’m not alone on this! Its so exciting! Tanks! I would luv to join all the support!
Please add me to your WW support group. I’m lifetime and barely staying at goal. New system looks great!
Thanks a BUNCH! You’re the BEST!
Eric
THANK YOU for this post! I am Lifetime, though through a series of stresses in life I have gained it all back and then some….JUST today I was thinking I would never get back on track again. Then I got an email telling me about a new program…I found your post in a search, and this new program has me totally RENEWED. Very exciting! I am getting my butt into my meeting tommorow, which I haven’t been to in a couple months now. Can’t wait to get my hands on the material!
I like your current uptodate information about the new Weight watchers point system — however i am just a little slow at learning and unsure — my daily points is 21— i am 5’5 and weight 142 lbs– i am aiming for 130 and having a hard time trying to figure out my daily points now- and i also have 35 bonus points . Are you able to send my a message on how many i need to change- as i finnished my 6 month program in May and have not been able to afford to rejoin as yet– i would greatly apreciate any suggestions.
Thank you very much,
Lisa Hall,
Keswick, Ontario . Canada!
WOW! Go Weight Watchers!!!! I may have to join again!!!!
Can you send me the info for the support group?
jenslosinit @ yahoo . com
I’ve lost 60lbs with the flex points program and need a little bit of renewed motivation to lose the last 15- 20 lbs…where can I buy this deluxe kit to get the new calculator and books???
Thank you so much for sharing the info. I stayed up until 2 am awaiting the launch. I’m an online member and I still cannot access it! So frustrated but grateful for your review. I’d love to join your group. Looking forward to it.
Please sign me up for the Support Group. Thanks.
I am also EXCITED about the change. I am a lifetime member and have only 5 more to go to ULTIMATE goal, hoping this new change will get me there!! I woldloe to eapart of the support team!! Thanks
Can’t wait for my meeting on Thursday, so THANK YOU for this new information. I go weekly and online figured out my daily points for me, but my husband does this at home on his own (sort of with me). How can I figure out how many points he would now use? Can anyone help with that?
I’d love to join the support group – I could use it!!
I have been on ww for about 4 months and am down about 23 Lbs. I’m a little nervous about the changes, but looking forward to free fruit! =D. Please sign me up for your group!
I am super excited for the new plan, thanks for all the info! I am a Canadian member, so we have to wait another week 🙁
Would love to be apart of such a wonderful support group. Please add me to the list.
Thank you for doing what you do to help so many people lose weight with support! God bless you for what you are doing to change lives.
Would like to join group.
I would also like to be a member of your support group. You all sound like a very enthusiastic bunch and very motivated. Let’s get going!
All Weight Watcher Kits and Program Materials are available to members at Weight Watcher Meeting Rooms.
THANK YOU for all the information! I just had a baby and seriously need to get this weight off – I’m a flight attendant and do not look forward to squeezing into my uniform. Like you, a new program means new motivation. I’m having trouble accessing my e-Tools, so to read through the highlights on your blog is very helpful. Happy Holidays and Cheers!
I may have to go today and buy the new materials.
Thanks for the info danica. I’m actually not going to be able to attend a meeting this week so I have to wait until next week anyway but I like to read about the new info.
I’d like to join the support group please
Hi Danica!
I’d be very interested in joining your support group. Please let me know!
Thank you for the awesome explanation of what’s changed!
I am a lifetime member but have really been struggling the last few months. Will weigh in tomorrow when I get back home (on vacation now) but know I will be up but hopefully not over the top. I would love to have some support and also am very interested in finding out about the droid points plus app.
WW Support Group….count me in! I love the idea 🙂
would love to be a part of this group! I NEED MOTIVATION!!!
would love to be a part of this support group! MOTIVATION IS NEEDED! HAVEN’T WEIGHED THIS MUCH IN YEARS!…SIGH
Thank you so much for your review of the new plan! I’m excited too….you’re right – its because its new and its a chance to re-motivate.
I’d love to be part of the support group.
I would like to join your support group.
I am very interested in joining a WW support group online. I plan to join a local WW in the next couple of weeks.
I want to join the Support Group. Please keep me posted.
Would like to sign up for support group. Thanks!
Does anyone know when the DROID app will come out? The new program wont work on my web browser anymore.
Your group sounds great! I think we could all learn a lot from each other
I have been on WW for 3 years now and currently struggling with staying on plan. I’m hoping that this new plan is just the thing I need. Thanks for the review. My meeting is tonight so I’m excited to see all the new material and find out more about the plan.
Please add me to the group!
It sounds great. I weigh in & get the newbie on Wednesday. Looking on line there of course is a new electronic food scale. I just bought the previous one for Points values in June. Any way to convert the points to PointsPlus?? Have you heard anything about that. Or where do “old scales” go to die.
Thanks
Add me to your support group!!! I can use the support. I get good support at the meetings but they are once a week and when I have a problem on Wednesday it doesn’t help that my meeting is Saturday. Can’t wait to get started on the new plan and lke a lot of you, glad that they are focusing on REAL food!!
I spent all yesterday going through my materials. I bought the deluxe kit and thought it was a good deal. It has worked for me to the tme of 66 pounds in 10 months so I trustweigth watchers enough to do whatever they put out there. I do agree that it is going to be hard for people that liked to be able to eat the processe foods for low points. I think the new program will help people sustain the weight longer because they will have experienced a change in food habits with this program.
I would love to be a part of the support group too! I am excited about the new program and hope that I stick to it!
Love your site great job!!!! I’m in
Thanks for helping to organize the thought process on this one. Very exciting, glad to see that WW is going the direction of encouraging, i.e., rewarding healthy option choosing w/ low point values. Ah, sweet redemption! Would love to join your group!
I would like to be part of the support group too. Great idea!
I love your recap of the new program – you did a GREAT job! I went to a meeting yesterday and got all of the information and am also sooo excited! I’d love to be part of the support group….how do I get involved?
Would love to be a part of this group. Thanks!
I want to be part of the support group too, sounds like a great idea.
would love to be involved in your support group. Thanks
sign me up for the up for the group. I do not have a blog, but am an avid reader of yours! Your recap sent me to my local center today. No meeting, but I did purchase the kit, and can’t wait to attend a meeting later in the week. I think the new program is just what I needed to kick start my butt in gear!!
Also a kid on Christmas – I cheated on my normal Saturday meeting and went to one yesterday to get the goods. So far I love the changes. I was ready for a swift and strong kick in the tush and I’m also feeling renewed motivation. GOAL HERE I COME!
yes, count me in. would love to be part of this energetic group.
Is the new anroid app. out now? What is the name of it. I would love to get it for my droid x. Thanks
Would love to join your support group. Thanks for the information
Can I buy these without going to a meeting?
Count me in Can’t wait !
Thanks for your information I would love to be part of you group….
Please include me in your new group. I have been on WW for several years, successfully, and lok forward to updated info.
I have lost 118 poundsince joining weight watchers on 10/18/08. I love the energy that I have and the way I look & feel. I can say for the first time in my life that I am active & healthy. Weight Watchers saved my life. Please add me to your support group. I am honored to be a part of it. Only 21 more pounds to go until I can start working towards being a leader. My current leader is so amazing. Our whole meeting group is successful with this leader…His name is Jim Christensen in Carson California.
I would love to help you out with your support group! Let me know what I can do 🙂
Please sign me up for the support group! I tried out WW about a year ago, but left the plan because I found it impossible to eat healthy (specifically fruits!), stay within my points range and feel satisfied. The new plan sounds like exactly what I’m looking for!
Please sign me up! Thanks!
Please sign me up too! So excited! Thanks for all your hard work!
Please sign me up for your support group. I need to rededicate and I like the science behind this new program. Thanks for your re-cap. Anxious to go to my “at work” meeting on Tuesday.
Please sign me up for the support group! 🙂
Thanks for all the information! Would love to be a part of your support group as well.
Would love to sign up for your group. I just started ww online etools and looking forward to the new program.
Great job! I would love to be in your group !
Would love to be a part of your support group. Am excited that WW is finally doing something about the carb count!! I am 52 and carbs are what I have the most problem with — was doing Atkins and lost over 30 but know that WW is one of the best programs out there!!!
I am joining tomorrow and would love to be a part of the group!
Very excited!!
I am really debating joining WW…I did it once and it didn’t work for me, but my life is pretty different now. I don’t have a ton to lose but would like to lose 10 or 15 lbs before my wedding next January.
I think a web forum would be GREAT because I think I might join the online WW and I’d love the accountability and support from bloggie friends 🙂
My meeting is on Wed & I am sooooo ready, especially after reading your info. Sign me up!! I am currently a WW member but definitely inactive….started a new job last March and put myself on the back burner. Watched the 25 lbs I lost gradually creep back up and now, after Thanksgiving especially, there has to be an end to all this madness. I am ready to begin my journey once again, but hopefully it will be a one-way trip to success!!! Ready, set, let’s get this “party” started!!! Good luck everyone!!!!
Looking forward to the new plan and your web forum.
Great review, Danica! I’d love to join this group as well!
I like to see a page where people could show off a great menu for the day or week.
Thank you so much for taking the time to put all this info online especially the pictures!!!
I’m so excited about a Droid App with the ability to scan a barcode. Yeah! That will make the change much easier for me.!
I would love to be a part of your WW support group.
Well, I better get to a meeting myself and figure this out!!! thanks so much!
OMG…I have been waiting for this. I too was thinking that 20 pts on the momentum plan was not enough…..thus failed miserably. Maybe this is the thing! Been life time for the last 10 years and have gained back everything and lost motivation in the process…..HELP. I would love to be a part of this support group as well. Thanks for all the great information to everyone.
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I just hope it’s not too complicated. Have lost and maintained on the old points system (well, when I track that is). Would love to get easy food ideas that keep me in my points range and still have room for that large glass (or two) of wine in the evening!
Please include me on your rapidly expanding support group list. Much appreciation for your commitment and dedication — huge cudo’s to you and any others coordinating the support group.
WOW you really gave a LOT of great information! My meeting is on Saturday. I have an E-tools account and have been exploring the site for information on the plan! I am really excited about it! What caught my attention the most was that you said there was a DROID app coming out? And can SCAN barcodes? WHEN? I just got a DROID X and I think it is the coolest phone ever, but was a little disappointed when I couldn’t find a Weight Watchers app. About your support group, I do Weight Loss Support Conferences on Thursday and Friday evenings. Check out my site for more details!
I was wondering where you can get the new books? I have all the old books, I do weight watchers at home on my own. I checked weightwatchers.com but it looks like I need to sign up for it online in order to use the online store. HELP PLEASE.
Thanks,
Jessica Farmer
I would love to join your support group 🙂
Thanks for the new program info. I’m heading to a meeting to get started on the points plus program. I look forward to the support group.
Thanks for your website, I was a member of WW and dropped out. I would like very much to be part of your support group (might be more helpful then the meetings)
i dont really like it. if i buy or cook something that i do not have the acurate label for im screwed. this kinda sucks for those of us who know that cals but not the nutritional content
Thanks for the info on the new ww program . I would like to join the support group.
Looking forward to the new plan. I have a meeting Wednesday night. I have lost 31 pounds at weight watchers. I have a total of 70 pounds off. My doctor has set a goal for me and I hope after Wednesday night I will need to lose only 6.6 pounds more to be a lifetime member. I have really tried hard to get there. I have joined weight watchers several times and never could see a goal. This will be the first and I am really excited about accomplishing it this time. It has been a great struggle for me because of the blood pressure medication that I had been taking. I had my doctor change my medication to see if it would make a difference because it was real frustrating to try so hard and lose only .6 or less per week. We had to change them several times but finally got something that works for my blood pressure and allows for me to lose weight without such a struggle. I would love to join your support group. I have even applied for a position as receptionist at our meetings. Just waiting for an opening. This would really help me stay on track.
I’d love to part of the support group. I’m an online member. Thanks!
I am so excited to learn about the new plan from you. You spell it out so well. Normally I am only an online subscriber, so I appreciate you explination. I am due to deliver my second child in 6 weeks. I look forward to getting back on WW immediately. I’m particularly gald about the carbs finally playing a role, since I have gestational diabetes, which puts me at a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later.
On that note, if you could spare me a points calculator, I would really appreciate it and put it to good use! Thanks.
I would love to join your support group. I lost 35lbs years ago on the old program but have gained it all back so I need to start again!
I would love to join the support group
Can’t wait to get my stuff at my Thursday meeting! You have helped to get me pumped after a week of being very lax. Thanks for all the info.
Great writing! I’m looking forward to my meeting tomorrow 🙂
Also, some of us are starting a chat via twitter on thursday evenings for weight watchers participants… check it out 🙂
http://pursuitoftherealme.blogspot.com/2010/11/weight-watchers-chat.html
Also, i’m definitely interested in the support group 🙂
I want to join the website. Thanks for being so proactive!
Lindsay
I would love to be a part of the support group for the new 2011 Weight Watchers plan. Please include me on your e-mail list.
Thanks
YAY! Sounds great, sign me up. I didn’t know we could still do the simply filling/core on this points plus program and not count points except for the 49 “extras.” The pictures you posted were extremely helpful. Thanks.
I would like to join the support group.
Cannot wait until Saturdays meeting…do tell. Is 29 the lowest point allowance? Did they reall cut out fish? All fish? I cannot believe that. Tell anything else you can…and thanks for sharing and starting this group. I emailed you but in case you haven’t received it , count me in.
Barbara
I would love to join y’all, too.
I am excited AND intimidated about this new plan, after knowing the regular points plan so well….would LOVE to be part of your group and succeed on this journey with you!!!
What a great overview of the program! I’d love to be a part of your group. I find that the sharing piece is so important and it’s missing at the meetings I attend.
I would love to see the support group post ideas on how to stay motovated and also ideas for people who have difficultys with exersize. Maybe a daily or weekly challange to exersize more. 🙂
Oh and yes yes please sign me up for the support group. !! 🙂 Thanks
I wld love to be added to your group! Thanks! Amy
sign me up!
Went to my first meeting tonight, I really want to find out the formula to figure the points out without the calculator. I bought the calculator at half price during our meeting but still want to encourage my friends, Before with the slider, I could help them. Any equations out there that they have indulged us with, or do I have to figure it out all by my lonesome.
When is the Android App coming? Holy moly – that will make it ALL complete and make it so much easier for me to be on WW again. I am also on EAS Active 2 and I have a group if anyone is interested, there’s a 9 week challenge going on! The group is EASATWITS.
please include me in your support group..
I would love to join the support group….I’m very excited about the new program.
I would love to join the support group….I’m very excited about the new program!!
I’m in, sign me up. Can’t wait to go to my Friday meeting.
me me.. I want to be a part of your support group.
I have lost from 303 to 227 (after a whopping 3.7 gain tonight)!!!!! I love Weight Watchers and can’t wait to see what Points Plus will do for me. I once wore a 30 and today I wore 18’s and have some 16’s!!!! I am excitied about points plus.
So how do I figure out how many points I can have now I’m not sure I understand about the calculator I haven’t been a member of WW in several years.
I’ve been trying to access the WW website for info on the new plan all day and have been getting an error code 🙁 My WW@ Work meeting isn’t until Thursday.
Thanks for the info!
I’d love to join the support group! I’m a lifetime member but regularly attend meetings for accountability and support to stay at goal.
Stacey
Thanks, Danica. Love you site and want to join your WW Support Group.
Count me in. I was up early this am with coffee in hand on the internet reviewing the new plan. Went to my Monday morning meeting and it was packed you would have thought it was January! Everyone is excited. 29 points seems like such a large number. I love REAL food and live near a farming community in CA so for me it’s all about organic fruits and veggies. My favorite dessert VitaMuffins Chocolate brownie tops went from 1 to 3 points but who cares. Good luck everyone – let’s DO IT.
Hey, I’d love to be in the WW Support Group. I’ll learn the new program this Saturday and I’ll need the support. Thanks!
Love to be in the WW Support Group! Thanks!
I’m doing WW on-line. Would like to be a part of your support group. Thanks!
I have rejoined ww again for the third time and am real excited about this new program. My meeting is on Wednesday night so we will see how things go. I love the idea that I have found you site and plan on joining the support group you are going to start. On my way to losing the weight and finally keeping it off. So sign me up for the group and off we go!
Forgot to say what I would like to see from the Support Group, recipes that are 5 ingredients or less and the points value. Also, ideas for breakfasts – for me that is the tough meal of the day. I love fat free Greek yogurt but need ideas on use. Thanks
I would love to become part of the chat. I keep finding reasons not to join WW. I need a little help getting motivated!!
Count me in on your support group. Have been doing it on line, first day today and aside from cereal sticker shock, doing well.
Again, please include me in your group! Thanks.
HI,
I could be your oldest member,75 years young, but i need to lose about 100 pounds. i have a wonderful husband of 59 years,and i need to be more healthy so i can take care of him, he has a memory problem.
i would love to join your support group.
i am going to see if i can afford to join on line,
bless you for any help you and your members can give me.
dee Barnett
I want to join your group too. I’m a lifetime member too.
I am very interested in a support group. I am excited about all these changes!!!
Thank you for all you do!
Michelle
I first went to WW about 30 years ago and have not tried since because I got tired of green beans and lettuce. Not much variety back then. Reading your info has really peaked my interest. I would really like to be a part of the support and discussions so that I can work on inproving my health. After raising 3 great children and recently getting the all clear after the dreaded cancer diagnosis, I am ready for happier and healthier times.
I would love to be a part of the support group. Please add me to your list.
I would love to be a part of a support group!
Thanks for the review. It was very helpful.
Hi. I am returning to meetings on Wednesday and am starting my WW journey all over again. I would love to join your support group. Please send me some info. Thanks:)
I am excited to hear about the new Points Plus program — a co-worker & I are on weight watchers together but it’s just the two of us in our “support” group. I’d love to be able to get ideas for simple, fast recipes from the online support group & to hear about people’s progress on the program. 🙂
Hi Danica,
Thanks for the great information. My meeting is not until Saturday and won’t have a chance to get to an earlier meeting. What you have posted combined with eTools will be a really big help.
Please add me to your list for your support group.
Thanks,
Sharon
Yes please count me in. After reading what you wrote I think I may be able to do this too. I’ve been a ww member since May 2008 and need to keep going. Sounds like I’ll get lots of helpful hints from you and the rest of the people interested in joining.
Your enthusiasm has sparked mine for the new program! Thanks for all the helpful info, I would like to join your group please.
Thanks for all the great info on the new plan. I’m excited to get started. I’d love to be a part of your group!!
Please add me to your support group-been in WW since August and have lost 26 lbs…still have about another 30 to go but feel great-very excited about the new program!! Love your insight-looking forward to hearing more-can’t get to my meeting until Saturday….
Please add me also. I am excited to chat with others about all the new stuff. I became Lifetime in July 1998, but have since 30 lbs. strayed away, so I am ready to get some new knowledge going. I weigh-in this Saturday & get my new stuff then (but went to the Sunday meeting to hear about it). Thanks for the stuff you posted so far.
I’d love to join your group. Where did you find the deluxe starter kit!? I cna’t wait to buy one!
I’m new to WW and excited to join WW with the new program. Please add me to your support. I know I’ll be learning a lot and hope to lose 50 lbs.
I have been doing WW online since 10-15. Please include me in your new on-line support group. I feel good about the 22 pounds I have lost so far and try to not think about how much I still have to go.
Holy 210 comments! Haha! WOW! Anyway, I don’t know a lot about WW BUT–I love how the revamp focuses on REAL, WHOLE foods and less processed. That rules.
Love you!
please add me to your support group .I am a life member but it is still a hard to keep at goal weight .
Would love to join your group for Support and more accountability. New program and all will be a challenge, but with a support group it should help. Thanks… looking forward to your e-mails.
Thanks for adding me to your support group!
Hey…i have tried W.W. countless times and i almost gave up on myself and on dieting..because i always knew deep in my heart that I would cheat too much on the Old w.w. plan…i could sneak in a small m& ms or ice cream..now that points are much higher for those and lower for the good stuff and FRUIT is free..i just can’t get over the new changes..
It was like a sign i got the email from w.w. today! after having lost much weight on old program i may be able to even LOSE more on this new program!
I have a lot to lose about 80-100 pounds, 55 minimum for good health.
I know i can do it.
I am about to cry, because yesterday i was almost ready to take some vacation time and go to this biggest loser camp in UTAH i was that desperate.
For some reason this plan looks more interesting and more scientifically sound than the last one AND 49 extra points is not bad :))
And i will probably be getting more than 29…i am at roughly 255 pounds right now..I sincerely hope I don’t get like 50+ points like another blogger..that would be too much food 🙂 LOL
i could handle 40 though 🙂
THIS is beautiful yay!
OH and please count me into the w.w. support group.
And I for the first time in 1 year and a half will go to a meeting either Tomorrow or Wednesday..
and heads up to new people…ALWAYS try to be there 30 minutes before the meeting for weigh in or even earlier if you want to skip the longest lines 15 minutes before. 🙂
Hope that helps 🙂
yes please count me into the w.w support group!
This will be fun girls :))
God Bless! we can all do this :))
Great info! I too was waiting for the program to be rolled out! Now you got me so excited…I am going to pop into my center tomorrow and pick up the materials. Then weigh in on Wed. Love to be part of your new group…we all need that extra support! Cheers!
I am so excited about the new program. I am heading over today to get a calculator before they are gone! Even though I am a Simply Filling Technique gal I still like to know points values.
Please add me to the support group
I would love to join
Just signed up on your mailing list. Thanks for all the info! I will be getting my new materials Saturday and can’t wait! I’ve been on WW since June and need to get re-motivated!
Starting WW @ work today and I am excited about the journey.
I am looking for ideas to plan out my meals to keep me from reaching for the stuff I don’t need when I get hungry. My biggest hurdle is breakfast and snacking. I am not a morning person, but I have to be at work at 6AM, I need something to prepare in advance that I can put in my lunch bag on the way out the door and eat once I get to work. As well as snacks that are filling.
I would love to be apart of your support group!
I have been a WW member since April and have lost 44 pounds. The program has made me aware of what goes in my mouth. Started the program to be healthier. It is working, Yaahoo!!! Would love to join your group. We need all the support we can get. Debbie
I have been a lifetime member for more years than I can remember. Weight Watchers has finally evolved into something that everyone can most definitely work worth with their daily lifestyles. This program will take a little getting used to, but I think in the long run, it will be the most satisfying plan they have ever developed!!
Hello!
I would love to join the support group.
The new program drew me back, one year and 30 pounds later….
I look forward to sharing the journey!
Thank you so much!!
Karen
I need motivation… your support group is just what I need! Please add me!
has wanted to start WW in the past but I’m the type of person that likes & has to have things laid out for me a bit better. (I lost 30lbs on TSFL & loved how fast it came off & how easy it was but I don’t have the extra $250/mon to stay on it.) I’m really hoping this *new* system will be easy to follow to help me lose enough to get to my goal. I’ve been waiting for this announcement so I can join & start at the beginning w/out confusing myself. Thanks for posting this. Please add me to the group.
Thanks for the update and your wonderful enthusiasm! I would love to be part of the WW support group!
I would love to join your group. I have been thinking about rejoining WW but couldn’t get motivated. I made Lifetime in January and was doing great but a move and a struggle to sell/find a house left me depressed. I am an emotional eater so I have gained 20 of the 46 pounds I lost. I feel like such a failure which just adds to my depression which adds to my emotional eating!! I think this new program is just what I need to get back on track. I still haven’t decided if I am going to attend meetings or join online. I visited a meeting in my new town but didn’t feel like I could connect to the leader and other members. Maybe I can be successful online in combination with this group!
Please count me in! I’d love to be part of this newly energized, POWERful REAL foods program!
Count me in – can’t wait to get started on the new program.
I would love to be part of your group.
What a GREAT idea!! I would love to be one of your “FELLOW BLOGGEES”! Support groups are so important!! Can’t wait! 🙂 I am a Lifetime Member since ’05…but, support is something we ALWAYS need!!
What? Free Bananas?? Yippppppeeeeeeee!!!! 🙂
Count me in! I definitely need to be part of your support group. My suggestion would be to have new points calculator as a permanent feature of your support blog.
Great article. Got me motivated just reading. Please add me to the support group.
Hi, I would love to be apart of the WW blog you were mentioning. I have the final stretch of 12 – 15 lbs. left and could really use the encouragement and ideas during the holidays!
Thanks 🙂
I would love to be a part of this support group! I sent you an email as well but wanted to post something. I really don’t have much support cuz all of my friends don’t really worry about what they eat! So I could use the support especially since I made it to my goal weight and now have not been back there in a year! 🙁 So I’m excited to be a part of this and to get back on track again! 🙂
Thanks for the great information! I have been throwing around the idea of joining WW again. Not sure if I should do online or meetings….do you still get all the print information of you join online? I love the idea of the Twitter Group…motivation, support, recipe sharing and healthy tips is the best way to achieve the healthy lifestyle.
I joined WW on-line a month ago and definitely need some inspiration!!! My attitude has been a pound a week so I don’t get too discouraged… so far it’s working… 4lbs in 4 weeks! But I do need a push. Being single I don’t cook. I don’t do fast-foods but still eat all the wrong foods! This is my challenge. Found your website and loved it! Please add me to your support group.
Yep! I want to get back on the wagon. Living overseas where availability of low fat/non fat food nearly non-existant and variety of foods limited. I need support for motivation!!!! WW is the best!
Please sign me up
Thanks for all this information. It was all really helpful, especially since at 9:00 am the WW website seems to be crashing. Sadly, I am not excited about this new plan. My concerns are fruits being zero points and there being no consideration of calories in the points calculation. Right now I’m leaning towards continuing with the old version.
I’d LOVE to join the support group! And I’d love to see recipes on this site. It would also be great to just have suggestions from other members on what is working for them.
As a repeat WW’er over the last 30 (gasp) years (remember the diamond chip pins they gave when you reached lifetime?) – I find this updated plan so refreshing! My BF and I have been eating our way across two continents in the last year so we are ready! Thank you for your information…
This is getting me motivated again! Have been out of WW for awhile and really need to get it going again. I would love to be part of your group!
Please include me in your support group!
Yes i would like to be included in the WW support group…
i have been on a raw food diet since April after 3 years on WW where i lost 30 lbs and kept it off…now i’m 15 lbs UP!! ack….i kinda went crazy this year : )
Please add me to your support group. Thanks.
Thanks for doing such a great job outlining the new program. I really like it much better, it’s more healthy and makes more sense. I am a life member but always need help staying on track. Please include me in the support group. Thanks!
Hi
I just love this site.. Just found it this morning… I really like it better than the WW site… Been giong on it for recipes.
I think I’ll really like the new program.
Started it today
I’m an online member but I really need more accountability. I would love to be part of your support group. Thank you!
Sign me up for the support group! I would like to see input from other members on the restaurant points values. The list in etools has changed – a lot of items are no longer listed. Thanks for the simplified explanation!
Thank you for being so positive and encouraging. I lost 75 pounds on Weight Watchers 5 years ago and have gained back 30 even though I am a life member. With is new program, I am very excited to return to Weight Watchers in the next week. I am not waiting until January 2011. I am very interested in your support group, so sign me up!!
I’m very excited about this change. Can’t wait for my meeting on Thursday, and I would love to become part of the Weight Watchers Support Group! Sign me up! And also am thrilled to have found your website!
Even as a long time WW member I still need support! Can’t wait to hear about the new program at my meeting on Wednesday. Please include me in your support group.
Would love to join the support group – I have been on and off ww for the last several years – back on now and 20 lbs down so far.
I am so happy to get a preview of the new plan! My meeting is not until Saturday and I have not been able to get eTools yet, so this is a real boost for me.
I would love to be part of your Support Group.
I would love to be a part of your support group.
Please include me in your further communications…
Thank you!
I am jumping on the bandwagon…sign me up for the support group…need all the support I can get!
Wow, thanks so much for all the great info! I love your enthusiasm and motivation, it’s contagious 😉 I need to rejoin WW after a break and this looks like the program I have been waiting for! Please sign me up for your group as well. Thanks for all you do! Good luck everyone!!
Kristin P., AZ
This is a great website you have! Thanks for all the info! I’m a lifetime WW member but I have unfortunately “fallen off the wagon”…I’m going to go to a meeting this saturday! Thanks for all the motivation! I am definitely interested in your WW support group! Count me in! 🙂
I would love to be apart of your group! I am thrilled to have found your website!
I would love to be a part of your group! I just signed up for the new program because they finally emphasized REAL FOOD not processed junk for fewer points. Thanks for the good work you do, Danica!
I am so excited! I have been doing (not so well) WW at home. I always do better by attending meetings but I get tired of the expense. I am so ready for a change because the old plan kept me running to low point processed foods because of my hectic lifestyle so I need a little shake up in my routine. I am going to find out about the new plan and give meetings another go. I would also love to join this support group!! Good luck to everyone!
this is just what I needed to send me to a Weight Watcher’s meeting. I’ve been “thinking about rejoining” for months. Thanks, Danica, for the motivation. I would love to be part of the support group. I’m going to need all the help I can get.
I’ve been a lifetime member since 1994. Was maintaining my goal weight until some health issues got me about two years ago, and prednisone has become a daily part of my life. So, I went back yesterday and am committed to losing this extra weight. I’m pretty excited about this new plan. Would love to be a part of your chat.
I would love to join the weight loss group. I have been attending meetings for just over a year and have lost 40 lbs. I am SO excited about the new plan and feel it is the new start I need to lose the last 20 lbs. to my goal! Thanks for putting this together!
I have been a WW re-starter for years! Two years ago, I got very close to goal and quit going to meetings (dumb!!). I have been “kinda” following the plan online now, but honestly, the lack of accountability is bad for me. I am very excited about the new plan, as I think it is forcing me to re-think what I am doing. I became too complacent with the Points system.
I would love to be a part of this support group! You are a great motivator!
Danica, please sign me up also. I do WW online and attend weekly meetings. I am looking forward to receiving the meeting materials on the new program. I may even purchase the kit as you did. Thank you for all of the information.
I’m a lifetime member and can’t always make the meetings, would love to belong to this blog to help me stay motivated. I need to lose 15 pds.(again) to reach goal, but WW is the only program that seems to work for me. I will do this again and hope that I can maintain this time around with the new point system.
Someone may have already mentioned it, but the new food companions/guides have quite a few errors, 8 pages worth. corrections here:
http://www.weightwatchers.com/images/1033/dynamic/GCMSImages/ListCorrections.v3.pdf
Just joined for the third time yesterday. Third time’s a charm!!!! Got 30 pounds to lose. I would very much like to be a part of this support group, too.
Thanks for the invitation. I would like to join your support group.
Would like to be part of support group.
Been a WW member since 1973, been a lifer since 1985.
Still go to meetings every Sat morning (although I did go last night to learn the new program).. thanks for starting this group.
Always open to sharing feelings, ideas, challenges & victories. Thanks! Please count me in. Do I need a certain kind of phone?
I would love to be part of the support group. I am going to a meeting tomorrow to check out the new program.
I would like to join the WW support group as well. I am excited about this new challenge with the new program. It will mean the need to be consciously self-ware of what is required to make it work. I am up for the challenge. Please sign me up for the Support group.
MaryAnne
I have been toying around with joining WW and the only reason I have not done so is because of the mixed messages I have received regarding online and face to face meetings. Schedule wise online works best for me. I am in front of a computer at least 9 hours out of the day, so online is also convenient. I have been told that face to face meetings present greater accountability. Keeping that in mind, I have not done anything. I would love to join and online WW Support Group.
Was doing WW on-line, but with the new program decided to hit the weekly meetings again. My weigh in is on Saturdays but I couldn’t wait and had yesterday off so I hit a meeting even though I had to weigh in again. Worth it to hear all the info and get the materials. Would like to be a part of your WW support group.
I loved weightwatchers. 2 years ago I lost 22 pounds. Now struggling with keeping it off. The meetings really do work and I am looking forward to hearing more about the plus program. Would love to get my hands one of the new calculators and program to read up on it. I don’t belong to WW online any longer. Can you access this program off line anywhere?
Thanks
Forgot to say, please sign me up on your support group.
Thanks
I’m so excited for this new program! I’m a lifetime member (40 lbs ago) and just rejoined Weight Watchers about a month ago. I’m ready to do it…I believe you have to “be there” mentally to lose weight, and I’m there!! I would love to win a new calculator, can’t wait to go to a new meeting and find out all the new stuff!! I would also like to join the WW support group, I think it would be very helpful!
Please sign me up on your support group. Thanks
I would love to join the support group. Thanks!
Thanks for taking the time and expaining the new plan for us. I would love to be included in the support group.
Thanks!
Looking forward to our meeting tonight. Heard that is going to be easier to follow. My leader said she lost 5 plus lbs the first 2 wks. Hope I can do it too. I would like to join the support group also.
Love Love Love your Blog!
I’m a WW newbie and have experienced the older program for 2 months now… WL so far.. 11 lbs.. I followed the “bite it write it” mantra and always thought the point values were a bit sketchy because a high carb and lean protein could technically have the same value…
I am glad for the new program, but still have my doubts….So the weeks to come will be key in proving me to be a skeptic… ( I pray to god that I am so so wrong)
Here’s my suggestion for the support group.. How about pictures of food, much like the egg on toast and apple picture.., posted each week to help create a weekly meal plan… Take it a step further than just recipe swaps.. show me the food…
A picture is worth a thousand words…
Has anyone seen the Points value for Vitatop Muffin Tops? (They are one of my staples and my meeting is not until later this week). And how about a shout out to Starbucks with a Grande Skinny Latte weighing in as one of the free power foods – Way to Go!!
I dropped out of WW three weeks ago as I was doing so badly. MY own problem not WWs.Felt like I was wasting my money. then my leader sent me an email telling me about the new programme so I am going tonight to check it out.A bit embarrassed at weighing in . I joined 40 years ago and did so well and became a Lifetime Member. Even worked for them as a clerk. I am so ashamed of myself for not having better control over what I stuff in my mouth.Hopefully this new programme may do the job.I did my best under the original programme but then again I was 40 years younger.
Thanks for letting us see the new programme.
What I would love to see on weight watchers would be simpler recipes and cooking just for two as well as families.
Sandra (in Ca) – Thanks – I scrolle dup and saw that Viatatops chocoloate (also my favorite) went to 3 points – but like you said, wih free fruits and veggies, who cares!
Paige: If you like oatmeal, you may want to try this: Cook up a batch (this makes about a weeks worth – if your family doesn’t get into it as mine sometimes does 8-)). Follow the Quaker Oatmeal box directions for serving quantity. Start with 2 sticks of whole cinnamon in the water. Add 1 cup of Steel Cut oats (great fiber) and 3 cups of regular (not instant) oatmeal. While that is bubbling away, add a splash of vanilla extract to taste. Keep stirring every few minutes and while that is happening cut up an apple or two (remove the skin), lay in a glass pie dish and add ground cinnamon and a few shakes of Butter Buds (or Molly McButter) (this is real butter just dehydrated) to the top. Add a little water and microwae on high for about 3.5 to 4 minutes. What you want is a ‘cinnamony apple pie like’ consisistency. When the oatmeal is done, add the apples and stir well. The cinnamon will have thickened just a little and will over the next few days give even more flavor the oatmeal. You can add a little more ground cinnanmon to taste. After the oatmeal cools, you can store in the fridge – it will last for about 1 week (you will have just about enough for 1 cup a day). Each day you can heat the correct portion in the microwave and after it is hot, add a half of fresh or even frozen bananana and some blueberries (I add frozen blueberries) and put a top on the bowl to let them all ‘hang out’ for about 15 mins or so (I normally do this right after I work out and it is ready as soon as I am done with my shower 😎 Shake a litle ground flax seed on the top. This is really good and you can take it to work in a plastic container – I travel with this even when visiting relatives so that I can have at least a decent breakfast. Hope you like it 😎
I admit, as a Lifetime Member (who has recently gotten back on the wagon I fell off) I was more than a little freaked out about the change! I have so many “point values” for recipes, snacks, restaurant foods, etc. in my brain, the idea of recalculating sent me into a spin! I do love the zero point fruit concept, but I feel like it’s going to take me a little time to adjust to recalculating without my slide tool! But I will perservere!
Oh, and I would love to be part of the support group! I now do WW on-line, and miss the support of the meetings!
This sounds intriguing. Count me in.
I am interested in the W.W. support group. Every bit of help, helps!
Include me in your new support group. Thanks for your leadership and help.
Thanks,
Linda Crone
I really enjoyed your take on the new program.
I would love to join the support group.
I am a lifetime member and need support!
Thanks
I would love to be a part of the support group!
LIfe Time member…..been off program for some time. Would like to be a part of the Support Group as I rejoin tomorrow and purchase my KIt.
Sounds like great encouragement for all!
Sign me up for the support group!
I would really like to join your group. Thanks for all the information about the new program. I am excited and looking forward to a good change. I need to lose about 80 pounds so I will need all the encouragement I can get.
Love it! Definitely want to join the support group! Will check back for updates!
Would love to join your support group. I’m lifetime but am not at goal right now. I went to the meeting today and got the new material. It is going to take some getting used to.
I have my meeting Thursday & can’t wait — I’d love to be part of the support group, gosh knows I can use the support & encouragement!!!
Please sign me up for group too.
I made lifetime in 2002 and thought I could do it myself. Ha! Went back in January of 2010. I love the new program for some of the same reason others are nervous about it. It makes me feel like a newbie again and re-motivates me. All the past programs have worked if you follow them, but now it seems that new program is much more healthy oriented but still permits you to make your own choices. I am excited.
You did a great job explaining.
Would love to join the support group, need alittle added motivation to get into this new program. Thanks!!
I am a member of WW since July, and I would love to join your support group.
I am a lifetime member since 2005; had a few set backs when I fell and broke my ankle 3 years ago. I need to get back on track and get back to excercising as best I can! I’d love to be in your support group.
Couldn’t wait to see the new ppp so I went at lunchtime…of course I had to weigh in and it was disappointing, but I will weigh in again on Saturday since I have to do so every month as a LT Member. The good thing is I am sill under my goal. The other good thing is that when I weigh in on Sat. I will have lost weight. I usually weigh in before eating, in the lightest clothes possible. Today I had eaten a hearty oatmeal breakfast and was wearing work clothes…all this added a few so hopefully it’sll make me look good on Sat.
The program is about a new mindset. Eating higher point quality foods to get up to 29 points. Today I came up short by 6 points and I had no room or desire for any more food. Hopefully this is a good thing! Will keep you posted.
I would love join the support group! Thanks! 🙂
I havce been on and off the program for many years. This new program might be just what I need to stay on track. Please add me to your group when it does start!
Day 2 on the new program and I am completely hooked! I lost about 100 on the former program and have kept it off for 2 years and still track everything I eat online. I needed a boost and this is exactly it! I have been trying to lose another 10#, but have been struggling with that. I am anxious to see how all the fruit is going to impact me (one of the first things I did was buy grapes and bananas!!). I have 29 pts each day and today at 9 pm, I still have 11 remaining.
I think the hardest part is going to be figuring out the formula.
So, good luck to all. If you like good, healthy food, I think you’ll love this.
Would love to be part of your group! I’ve been waiting to back to WW until they rolled out the new plan. Now is the time!!! Oh, and I love your website!
I would love to join the support group. Please send me an invite.
I just “found” you today while looking at Yahoo & signed up for your emails! I would loooooove to join the support group!!
Change is always hard however I really like the new program. Went to the meeting today that talked about the new point system. I love the fact that fruit is now 0 points. After the meeting I went to the store and stocked up on fruits and veggies.
Please include me in your support group when its up and running.
I’d love to be apart of your support group! Please let me know about the details when you have the finalized.
Thanks so much for this GREAT review! I am excited about WW again. I would love to participate in the support group.
I have been a lifetime member since the mid 80’s and have been through many changes. Went to the new points plus roll out this am and I think this the best of them all. While many point values have increased ( Progresso 0 pt soup is now 1) there are many that have decreased as well (turkey breast from 1 to 0). This new program has renewed my enthusiasm which is so important especially during the holidays. Please add me to your e-mail list. Would love to meet new buddies struggling with the same issues. Thanks so much!
Thank you Danica, for your enthusiasm and insights. With HBP, high cholesterol and triglycerides and 50 extra pounds, my doctor has been very patient with me….but it’s time to pay the piper! As a Life Member from the late 80’s I know I can do it….just need to remember I’m older and let it be OK if the weight comes off slower….just persevere!
Please sign me up for the Support Group online…know I’ll need it….and thanks again.
I’d love to be in your support group too! I am about to rejoin WW to finally lose those pesky last 25 pounds I have been trying to shed for years now…
I would like to be a part of the support group!
I would like to be a part of the support group.
Happy to have found your web site. I’ve lost over 50 pounds on the now “old” points program. I have a few pounds to go and it’s still working so it’s a little scary to switch! A support group is a great idea. Thanks!
Very excited about getting on this new WW plan, it has renewed my faith in WW. Change sounds right 🙂 I would love to be a part of this support group… sign me up!!!
Thankyou
I’d love to be part of your weight watchers support group.
I’ve been on program for 11 months now and have lost half my weight. I’ve had the new materials since Sunday and I have been trying to follow the new points plus plan for the last 3 days. I find it much more complicated than the old point plan. I guess because I now need a calculator to figure out points when I was able to do it in my head. I have been running a double tracker so far this week of the old points total and the new points plus total and, at least for me, it’s coming out almost the same. On points plus I have gone over the old points number a point or 2 each day but stayed within my points plus number. All my favorite snacks have gone up 1 or 2 points and so, as I guess WW intended, I’ve subbed in fruit for one of my snacks. One of the purposes of the new program I’m sure is to try and direct you to more healthful foods.
I know that WW has tried to incorporate the newest nutritional information into this new program but they also have a profit motive in getting new and older members into the meetings and also in selling new materials and kits. Having done the new program for the last 3 days I have to tell you it is almost essential that you purchase the new points calculator and perhaps the new complete food companion. Most of the foods I eat just are not covered in the free materials.
I seem to remember from some college marketing course I took that “it it ain’t broke don’t fix it” but I guess WW is trying to do that. I guess we will see if in the long run it works. I have to wonder, after 3 days of doing it the new way, if in a year or 2 we will be back to doing it the old way in some renamed new plan. Just my opinion.
So excited about the new program. My first meeting is today! Please sign me up for the online support group – that sounds great!
Where do you buy the new 2011 kit for that price? I have looked online and they are like 60-70 dollars. Thanks
thanks for the info on the new plan! I found your site by searching for the new WW info, excellent review. I’d like to be part of the WW support group.
I just recieved my new package on yesterday and it is soooo exciting. I’m very happy and pleased to be on the new system. Breakthrough in WW……CARBS do count, we have just been eating the wrong ones. (speaking to self) With determination and dedication, I will and I can overcome this weight barrier in my life. Way to go WW buddies! 🙂
I’m a bit late to the party, but I would love to know more about the support group. I have done WW in the past, but all the enthusiasm about the new program has convinced me to try it again!
Hello Danica,
I appreciate your comments and enthusiasm regarding the new WW plan. Last evening I attended my regular meeting and I must admit it was the most quiet our group has ever been, just trying to listen and grasp the new concepts as our leader discussed them.
I just typed in WW new plan in my search and stumbled onto your webpage and it is wonderful. Explained so much more and the comments from friends has helped a great deal.
I reached my goal and will work hard to maintain it for life!
Thanks for the great info! Sounds exciting and am anxious to get motivated again!
But I am confused about how I can get my daily points target. On the old plan, it was 18. I am not into going to back to a meeting right now and I do not subscribe to etools (I am a Lifetime Member) and the third option is to use my points calculator to calculate the daily points target seems to be the best bet for me, but how can I figure out my daily points target using my points calculator???
Thanks!!
Thanks for this post! I love the information you posted and looking forward to the new program! I have a points calculator from the most recent (before this program) change will i need to purchase a new one or is it the same one?
Love to join , lifetime WW member.. changes are always hard. But like even the idea of more than 18 per day and fresh fruit 0 Yeah !!!
Kristy:
I heard that the old points calculator is obsolete now and you need to buy a new one! Sigh…..I guess to be successful, one needs to make an investment! Looks like the kit with free calculator may be the way to go!
Glad some people are interested in the new program. I tried to be positive at my little meeting last night, until we found out that not only are you only able to calculate the new points based with a new $15 calculator, our meeting didn’t have any due to a supplier isssue, nor did they have any of the deluxe kits that would have included.
Big fail on the support system of WW if they can’t even supply their clients with the materials needed to implement their new program.
On the plus side, I found a formula online (evidently the points plus system has been in place in Europe for a few years under a different name):
Points = (Protein/10.9) + (Carbs/9.2) + (Fat/3.9) + (Fiber/35)
Since I don’t have a working calculator, I guess I just get to do math everytime I want to record something.
Also a bit miffed they don’t release how to figure out your personal weekly points…will have to look for that formula too.
Good luck everyone.
Thanks, Sara! That was a great tip!
I found your site yesterday when I was searching the web trying to find out why I can’t get to WW on-line. Still can’t today. Yesterday, I was able to call WW 800 number to ask a Q about the new electronic calculators. Later when I realized I couldn’t get online to use my pts tracker or to read information on the new program, I sent 2 messages to Cust Svc which have remained unanswered, and I’ve tried the 800 number again which is “closed” even though there’s a recorded message saying their office hrs are 8-5 weekdays! THIS morning no matter what I do, I just keep getting that screen that has the 3 little squares followed by “start now” which then leads back to the same screen all over again, but hitting “start now” never starts. Is anyone else having similar problems?
I would love to join your support group. Will make the transition easier to manage with an entire group of WWs along side!
Great info! Please sign me up for the support group!
I’d love to join the group, need all the support I can get. The new points system sounds very exciting – free fruit ! Yes!
I’m really looking forward to the site for support. I’m liking the new plan but I’m scared of eating with all this xtra food.
so i joined in july. I bought the books and all that good stuff. It didnt break me but it was excpensive. So now if I want new books I have to pay for them. I do have an i phone so I have the app. I am almost a lifetime member. Im not sure if I like the new plan.
Im starting WW tonight and this sounds like a wonderful forum.
I’m a lifetime member of WW. This forum sounds like a wonderful idea! Thanks!
I just found your blog and I love it!!! But I must say that I am super jealous, my deluxe package was $55!!! I think it totally worth 30 something but after getting it home 55 seemed outrageous for it.
But I am loving the new program, I ate my normal breakfast of oatmeal and yogurt this morning, and while I usually ad a fruit to it. This morning tough I added strawberries, raspberries and a banana!! Loving the zero point fruit!!
I would like to join the support group. I was confused by the new program at first, but I have the hang of it now, I hope.
Please sign me up for the support group
I would love to be a part of the support group. Since I will be doing the plan online, I would like a “pen pal” feature, where those who are interested could be matched up with a pal, who they can email/twitter/whatever with to keep each other on task and motivated. It’s one thing to have a group to go for, but if you fall off the wagon or go missing from the site, who’s going to know. This would hopefully prevent that.
I’m excited about the new program. Please keep me posted.
To be honest I really don’t like the new program. I feel like I’m being forced to spend more money, and I’m sorry but I am not very financially endowed so this is a big deal for me. I don’t want to have a monthly payment, and the new program is forcing me to do 1 of 2 things – either have a monthly payment for eTools or spend money on a calculator that I really don’t want to carry around with me every where I go. I do have a smart phone & would love to use it, but again I can’t afford to spend the money on eTools. And these are the only two ways that I can calculate points now because there is no free slider. I’m really upset about this, I had just rejoined WW two weeks ago and lost 2 lbs! Now I feel kind of depressed, like my favorite way to lose weight is WW and it’s not the same WW it used to be. I would be fine with the new program if there was a slider or free app. It’s so sad to me that that’s where I’m at. I can do it the old way, but then it seems like I’m not even participating in something w/ a group anymore. Sigh.
Laura, I would try to talk to your leader about the situation, sometimes they can be helpful. Also, once the big excitement of the new program is over, I wouldnt be surprised if they started having free ways to figure out points- and we all know a pirated version will be online very soon. (Not that I support trademark infrigement!)
Every couple years this happens. After I lost my weight on winning points? (the puzzle peice book) I was very skeptical about ‘flex’ points… but it grew on me.
Good luck, and best wishes.
*I too want to join the support group!*
I would like to join your support group.
I’d like to join your support group 🙂
Luv your article – Thank you !!! Please sign me up. 😉
Thank you so much for all this info! I went out today and bought the member kit and the points plus calculator – I was playing around calculating foods I tend to eat to find out the new points value and I’m a little confused. I entered in the nutrition info for a Special K Protein Meal bar and the new points value is 5 (was 3) – I entered in the same nutrition info but lowered the protein and the points actually went down – I thought protein would lower points, not increase them. Thoughts?
Went to a WW Mtg. on Sunday and have the new material. Very excited about the new PointsPlus Plan. Please sign me up for your WW Support Group.
You have such a nice your site here.
i would love to join your WW support site!!!!!!!
Thanks!!!!!!!!
I love the idea of your blog and support group! One thing that personally I found challanging in staying a member in the weight watchers program was my schedule revolving around my son’s activities. Also being an on the go mom, it made it very difficult to stay on the program. I would love to see more quick to fix receipes / dinner ideas as well as kid friendly meals…being a single mom I hate preparing two meals just because my child doesn’t like what I can eat. I would also love to see ideas shared. As a single parent I can no longer afford to attend meetings…that 39 a month is a huge expense for me…one that can go to utilies, groceries, etc. I could use a support group outside of weight watchers where I can get the support and encouragement that I need to stay on track.
Patti- Thank you for the information!
Does anyone know the name of the best smartphone app to get for WW?
I have the Iphone and use iwatcher. It works great.
I would love to be in a WW online support group. I need all the help that I can get. haha
I would also like to join your support group. Any help available to stay on the wagon would be greatly appreciated. Please sign me up! Thank you.
Hello again,
One more thing-I would like a section where people attending meeting might give a summary of what the weekly meeting was about.. This would be a lot of fun for those of us who cannot attend meetings.
Also maybe a section of people and their pets exercising together.
Sheridan
thursday 2nd dec 2010
Please include me in your weight loss discussion group. I am 71 joined ww in 2000, lost 72 lbs, became a receptionist, then a leader for 6 years. Became ill and could not exercise for a long period, gained 40 lbs and am back. It is much harder, but I am determined to lose 28 lbs which would put me at my goal weight.
Just discovered your site. It looks wonderful! I am getting motivated again about losing the weight. Thank You! Would love to be part of the support group!!! Thank you for all your hard work on this site.
would love to join the group!
Sign me up! Going to a meeting Saturday!
I would love to be kept in the loop for your WW support site. 🙂
TIA!
Please add me to your group.
Thanks
I would like to be part of the WW support group. Been a lifetime (on and off) for years. A new program will be difficult to learn – but maybe motivational at the same time? Going to meeting tonite. Thanx for sharing that prices will go UP in January.
Am a lifetime member, but 10 pounds from my goal weight. Please add me to your group for motivation to get to goal and stay there!
What a great explanation of the new program. I am a new WW user and was just getting the hang of it when they changed the guidelines. I would love to be included in your group.
think it would be great to be able to share recipies within the group, especially those from the power group catagory. (previously filling foods)
Thanks for taking the time to present this info. –Lin
Danica thank you for such a complete run down of the new program! It sounds like some awesome changes were made!
Thanks for the info Danica! I’ve been on WW in the past and it has been on my mind to get back in the game. Your info and excitement about the new program sent me running back to WW to join in!! Please add me to the WW Support Group!!!
I love your site, and I would LOVE to join a support group! I am completely new to WW, and I’d love to have all the help and support I can get!
Any advice or tips for new members would be fabulous!!
Yes please for the support group. Can’t wait to get started!
just went to mtg tonight to learn new program. Good grief, i’ve spent much time looking online for the formula…….there is no slider. in the past i didn’t need a calculator. looks like i need to invest huh? Add me to the group!
Love your website & I would love to join your WW support group. Thanks!!!
I would love to join the support group…one question I have is where did you get that deluxe kit? On Weight Watchers site it is 129.99! I wish I could get it for only $34!!!
Although I’m not a WW member, I would be interested in being a part of this group.
Thanks…..
Love the site. I think if people posted their weight losses (or gains) weekly and what they thought contributed to the
(+/-). possibly before or after photos – i love hearing about people’s successes. count me in for the support group.
Does anyone know how to calculate the daily allowance under the new points plus plan?
I am also very interested and want to be included please. I called my local WW and the kits are on back order, may not be here until Jan at the earliest, and cost $43 now. Total frustration for me! I want to join in Jan, and want to prepare for success! Any and all help appreciated–I have a large amount to lose and plan on succeeding. I did it once before and WILL do it again….
I am really excited about the new program. I’m not sure why, but it just feels easier. And I love being able to grab an apple or some grapes for a snack. Since I am doing the program on-line I would love to become a part of this support group. I am definitely looking for a positive, upbeat experience and I believe this is the place to find it! Thanks!!!
I started Wednesday with the new program – I would love to be included in the support group!
Would love to join the group. I have anxiety about switching over! I feel overwhelmed that I need to recalculate everything. I dont know what to look for while shopping. I’d love some (any!) tips for demystifying the new plan, what to look for while shopping, etc. Thanks!!
I was in a rut for a while and i am loving points plus. What is has done is get me re-focused. I’m spending lots of time researching what I can eat for the least points. My biggest surprise was the points for a lousy potato but I don’t eat them every day so it will be okay. I would suggest that everyone get the points calculator. I didn’t but will this week. I use e-tools and my i-pod but have found so often this week whenn looking for point values I had to either get my i-pod or go on the computer.
Would love to see recipes on the group site especially since I am not a cook,
Thank you for sharing this info! I went and got the new info today but didn’t attend a meeting, so this will help me get started…which I plan to do BEFORE the holidays! Thanks again. Very motivating.
Wow…what an amazing group of people….My question is ..does the Droid have the app for barcoding and giving the points….I can tell this will be my place to go and learn and shar.
LifeTime Member
Carol
Thank you for this great web site….Cannot wait to twiiter with you and all others
Carol
Love your website. Would love to be part of the WW Support group.
Would love to be part of the support group. Thanks!
I found this fantastic website off of a Yahoo news story when they quoted Danica. I would love to be a part of the support group.
I have been maintaining lifetime goal for two years, and still attend weekly meetings. I do not subscribe to e-tools, use a 3 month written tracker, and have not had to pay since i am staying at goal. (first time in my life, after many attempts). Our meetings had the new calculators on sale for $5.95 this week, which i did not think was a hefty investment in my health. The materials were free and complete.
For those asking, and not sure if i’m being “legal” – but your daily target pointsare calculated at the scale by the receptionist/leader. The minimum daily is 29 for everyone – and if you are lifetime and maintaining – add 6 – to a daily target of 35. See if that helps maintain – adjust accordingly. So far, i’ve only been able to get all of them in one day! The weekly allowance points are now 49 for everybody. While some foods “cost more points”, allowances are more so it evens out. Free fruit is wonderful! I was resistant to change also – but one can always find fault from a resistant point of view – I decided to accept the change as a booster to the mediocre set in, roll up my sleeves. adapt, and so far, i love it!! Fits my lifestyle better than any in the past. If you want to succeed, you have to be willing to ask yourself what you are willing to do – the resistance can become just another excuse to delay that success.
I was on maintance for 9 years and lost 65 pnds on the old point plan and kept my weight off till I got layed off over a year ago there went my routiine and then starting putting weight back on. Now am doing the new plan on day 4 and love it so far can’t wait to weigh in on wed. to see how I have done. I think I have done well and don’t feel hungry. Love going to the meetings and seeing the other members suggestions. I also would like to be part of the suport group love your site.
I just started Weight Watchers yesterday and feel a little overwhelmed. I was browsing for information online and came across your site. It is so wonderful!! I can’t tell you how much more motivated I am after reading your posts and recipes. If possible, I would like to be part of your WW support site as well. Thank you for your terrific blog!! ^.^
P.S. – Would love to be part of support group here as well. Is there something we have to do other than comment here, to do so? Thanks!
Please add me to your group. Thanks!
Thanks! I would love to participate. I recently became a life time member, and this would be the spark to keep me going.
Mary
Add me to your group please. I did ww on line for a year and lost 20lbs. Went off and gained it all back plus, been doing a medically weightloss program for the past 7 weeks and have lost 24 lbs, but it is way expensive, and with the new point system, I am excited, because I have low blood sugar and had problems staying on point before.
I would like to join the support group too! I did WW in the past and loved it. Now I’m trying to lose baby weight from my recent 3 month old son. Yikes pregnancy sure does a number on your body! I’m also nursing, which I heard helps you lose weight, but hasn’t really helped me much 🙁
I lost 20 pounds ending 1 year ago on Weight Watchers. Have recently (last 5 months) put 10 pounds back on. I actually never reached goal the first time, but was reasonably happy where I was. I’d like to really focus on getting as healthy as I can be at my age (53). Would love to have the extra support of your group – I found it so helpful when people in my old WW meeting talked about things that helped them, recipes, snack ideas, etc. I am rejoining this week.
Do you know when the app for the droid is coming out that you spoke about. Scan the barcode and get the points value? Also do you know what it is going to be called. Thanks! Your website is great, I am going to start weight watchers soon!
Would love to be apart of your support group!!!
I have had much success with the Weight Watchers program and hope to lose even a little more with the new plan. I would welcome the chance to be a part of your support group. I hope to hear from you soon! THANKS for sharing the some of the specifics!
I haven’t joined yet, but I’m going to this week. Calling Weight Watchers today to get their pre-paid pass that way, its way cheaper then getting it at a meeting. 20wks $179.00 by phone, $199.00 at the meeting. My mom joined and she said most people in her class had big weight lose numbers on the new points plus. 5-8lbs first week is a great start! Can’t wait to get started!
I would like to be a part of your new group. I am slightly anxiety-ridden with the new points plus progam and I need support! Thank you. Look forward to being a part of this new community…
I just joined Weight Watcher for the 4th time this past Friday. The leader was great! For the first time I actually feel like I can do this and I am very excited. I have 80lbs to lose, I am really looking forward to new online support group. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, I love your enthusiastic presentation and overview.
I just ordered my kit today and I am so glad I did because there were only two left and they have no idea when a new shipment will arrive. Plus it was only $35 and the exact same thing is on amazon right now for $139!!!! i would love to join the support group on twitter. All the motivation I can get and sharing recipes and ideas is so fun and makes the process so much easier
I would like to be added to support group. Thanks.
I’m enjoying this site. I started the new program last week and lost 4lbs. Is anyone familiar with the GI DIET (Red, Yellow, Green Foods)? Points Plus is exactly the same. The new program offers a “no counting points option” too (thus sticking to green light “Power foods”. Check it out. The GI book offers details on how everything is calculated and there are very good tips. I still believe in tracking to stay focused . The new program will definitely work! I look forward to being a member of this support group.
WW meeting in 1 hour and i find myself excited after two years of weekly attendance & lifetime goal maintained. After eating 18-22 points a day, really had trouble even coming close to recommended daily target of 35 and only used 2 of my WAP. Thus, my scale is showing a loss; hope that means as i adjust my eating, more points will mean maintenance. Trial and error! Find i eat mostly power foods, a lot of fruit – which i guess was using my points up prior. Never in my life did i think i would have to eat more to NOT lose. It works when you work it! Only took a lifetime of errors to get here – it IS possible, so hang in there! You, too, can do it. (loss: 50#, size 20 to a size 8). Gotta love WW 🙂
Please add me to the mailing list, so glad I found your website.
i have developed a slider.
It is incredibly simple.
It does not use four variables.
It does not find plus points.
But what it does find is virtually equivalent to plus points.
Do you think anyone might be interested?
I have lost 60 lbs with the old program and am looking forward to the new program. Our WW at work will resume with the new program the 2nd week in Jan. Please add me to the mailing list.
I would like to join the support group! thx
Would love to join the support group! I”m starting WW all over again and am very excited to try the new program. Can’t wait to begin:)
Thanks for this site. I am diabetic and very concerned about the effect that free fruits will have on my daily glucose levels and my A1C three-month levels. I have been quite effective at managing my daily levels through minimizing sugary fruits (such as grapes, melons and pineapples). I love fresh fruit and am a little concerned about my ability to limit my consumption with this new program’s incentive on eating fresh fruit with no point penalty. I checked the site for a discussion of diabetes and the new program to no avail. I am thinking that I can follow this program if I maintain my current consumption rules for fresh fruit. Common sense tells me that I will need to modify the program to meet my needs; however, will too much modification mean that I am not really following this program? Can other diabetics tell me their experience? Thanks.
Thanks for your site… I have just joined WW and am interested to hear “tips” from other members. Please add me to your mailing list.
I am very interested in the support group. I have been struggling with my weight for the past several years. I lost 35 pounds in 1999 but have gained it back. Can’t seem to get it back in control. I have been attending a Weight Watchers meeting and leave feeling motivated but by the second day I have lost motivation, with sweets being the main problem. Very excited about the new program. I am a lifetime member and I just signed up again today for etools. Looking forward to learning about the new program.
Thanks,
Chris
Please add me to the support group list!! I am in need of some motivation!
?????? on price of material kit????? calculator????
I would love to join your group!! I SO need motivation AND encouragement!!!
I’d love to join the group! Can’t wait to learn about the new program and get back on the weightloss bandwagon again.
Forgive me for not getting why people who aren’t happy with the new program are so upset. If the old points system was working for you, what’s keeping you from continuing on it? Are there WW spies who are watching everything you eat???
I have lost 45 lbs and need to lose 40 more. I am ready for the new system
i would love to join the group. I kind of did the old way but did not really stick to it but now i am ready to stick to the new program. i am tight on money and can use any free advice i can get….I have wanted to eat less carbs but did not want to do Atkins or the other popular low carb or no carb diets. So I hope you will let me join your group i would appreciate it very much..
I’m very excited!! I had the best luck with Core in the past – but not enough people did it and it was hard to stay motivated. This sounds perfect for me, I enjoy eating healthy and look forward to hearing everyone’s ideas and tricks to make this a lifestyle change. I have so many questions still (have not been to a meeting yet) about the changes in points. I wonder if there is a site with the new points listed for most foods? I still love a piece of pizza occasionally and a glass of wine, so now with the extra points I think it will fit in nicely.
When I did the old point system I never lost more than 2 pounds in a week, however, when I started doing Core – I lost 4.6 the very first week! I hope this will be the same. Good luck to everyone.
i would like to join your website.
Nany
I went to a ww meeting last thurday ( the 9th of Dec.)
i like the fruit and vegetable – no point values – just feel so great about that.
I reached my weight watcher goal in 1970. There have been many changes to the program making it not very restrictive. The choices allowed were poison to me. Over the years I have gained weight and am now at my highest point .
This latest program sounds more promising to me, and the thought of this support group is like “frosting on the cake”.
This is the week that I will again join ww and am looking forward to following the comments your readers submit.
I would love to learn more about the new system. Please ad me to you list.
Boy, you have devoted alot of time to this site. Thanks for the effort. I’m a WW member online and somehow it appears that you have more information. I never saw the estimated points per meal chart. Include me please.
Where do I find the Deluxe kit for $34.95?? I haven’t joined WW yet, but would like to in January…and would like to get the materials to look over to get aquainted with them.
Anyone know how I can go about doing this?
Thanks.
Can someone update me on the pnts per weight? I am about 335 (scale needs batteries) and i would like to know how many pnts im allowed with this new system. Thanks so much.
Nvm I just read where you arent allowed to combine the old and new program. And without all the new stuff it’s pointless to know the new pnt value. But ty anyways.
I am not sure about the effectiveness of the new plan. In the first week of the new plan I lost 1 lb. and the last week I gain 1.4lb. In my case I think the problem is the 0 point fruit without any advice or limitation about the maximum quantity one can eat per day. I ate a lot of fruit. In the past plan it sum up about 10-16 points (e.g.: 6 tangerines, 2 apples, 2 pears, and 2 bananas). Now it is all together zero points. I think Weight Watchers is not doing a good job advising the users on how to manage the ” zero points” foods, particularly when one eat large amount of that food (they used to do it in the older plan). I e-mail WW about this and they told me to go to a meeting, which I don’t have time to do (that is the reason I am doing it online). So, I probably will be moving to another diet plan or book like the “eat to live”. I lost 52 lb. in the last 8 months following WW. It was an excellent online tool for weight control and loosing it will be a big gap for me to diet.
I’d love to get back into the WW mode … maybe this will be the motivation I need to restart … hopefully.
Could I please join your support group? Updates when posted, etc? I also rejoined WW and not sure how long I can keep going to the meetings, for financial reasons, so hoping I can stay accountable this way! thanks!
Please add me to your support group. Your blog is fantastic and you are inspirational! THANK YOU for what you do.
Please include me in the support group. Thank you!!
Include me in the support group too. I’m a life time WW member, but need to get back to my weight goal. I’m excited about this new plan. Thanks!!
Thank you for all of the information. Looking forward to getting back into the WW groove. I would love to be part of your WW. support group.
Glad I found your website….have been contemplating trying the new WW program but I think I’ll wait until it get “broken in” …..I’m staying on the points program…have about 70 pounds to lose in one year. Wish me luck…I am 64 years old and promised my late husband I would be at goal by the time I’m 65! Would like to be part of your support group
Great blog post! Bravo to Weight Watches for finally offering a true healthy eating program and BRAVO to you for letting us know about it. Seems there is alot of interest in a support group. Keep me posted and I’ll refer my clients to your group.
Your partner in health,
Cindy
can you add me to the group im used to the old point system and really dont want to start the new points program .
thanks for addingme to the support group email! looking forward to hearing from you all!
I have been trying to lose weight on my own–with no success–I think joining your group is just what I need!
I would LOVE to be a part of the support group.
Ok I just decided to start the program tomorrow. I used to do the old WW program many years ago…well two babies later I’m back with hopes that this new program will work for me. Its seems to be the most nutritionally sound so I am really looking forward to it. I am going to be doing everything online as there is not a group meeting within 30 minutes of my house so it would just be easier for me. I will need all the support I can get. Can I please be a part of your support group? Thanks 🙂
I am feeling so sad I quit drinking and smoking many years ago then the weight gain. I have been hooked on French Vanilla International coffee something aweful and can drink a can in to/three days. Lately I have been experiencing sweats and can get no relief.
I now believe it is my weight and the coffee. I need help. Where do I start?
I just got a monthly pass on-line and I’m heading to the 1st meeting tomorrow….can I please be a part of your support group? I need this to work!! Thank you for this information you shared.
I rejoined WW last week and am ready to get back on program this New Year.
I lost 40lbs, made lifetime and kept it off for 2 years. I fell off the wagon this last year and have gained 13 lbs. I’m so ready for the new program and would to be part of your support group.
Your energy is contagious! I’d love to join the group!
Cheers,
Rachel
Thanks for all the info on the new points plus program!! Now How do I order the new deluxe kit? Could you help me out PLEASE! 🙂 Thanks a ton!
I found the Weight Watchers app for Droid, but I can’t figure out how it scans a barcode to calculate points. Is this a different app you refer to?
I did WW 9 years ago and lost 30 pounds. I stopped doing it because I thought that I could continue to lose on my own. Yeah, that didn’t work so well. I need the accountablity.
Please invite me to the support group!
OK I have been searching for the new formula to figure out what my new points would be under the Points Plus plan, because I am going to try it out for a week or so before buying in again, as last time I paid for a year & never used it. No one is sharing that, however, I pulled out my old QuikTrak & as I had suspected there are still 10 weight groups, i.e. less than 150 is 20, 150-174 is 22, & so on. In the pic above from the kit there are also 10 levels of allowed points. I’m gonna take a chance & use my old calculator to figure out what my points would have been & then find the weight that coincides with that on the new plan. I have already found the formula for calculating the new food points so I’ll try it out & see if I actually stick with it this time before I dive in with more money. Maybe some of y’all will find this helpful too.
Where did you find the calculator kit for that price – it’s over $60.00 on Amazon! I’ve looked on my WW page and can’t find a Shop link anywhere. Confused.
Help, how do I manually deduct points on the new gadget?
I want to join the group!
I have 1 hubby and 4 kids ages 8-19 yrs. who struggle with weight issues. I do not, but want to help them. Is it feasible for me to attend the meetings (since my schedule allows it and I am the cook in the family), and implement this program for my whole family? I like the healthier concept for 2011, and think that learning proper portions is also a plus even for my 8 yr. old. I am apprehensive that I won’t be able to pull this off for my whole family. Do you think it would work?
Please add me
Love seeing Jennifer Hudson in the new commercials. Very inspirational! I always try new weight loss methods…but seem to come back to WW every January. Would love to be part of your support group – looking forward to reading your blog on a daily basis – thanks!
I’d like to join your group. Great blog post! 🙂
I became a lifetime member using the regular points system. I need to rejoing WW, but very nervous about the new program. I would love to be a part of your group!
Haven’t a clue how to do this….it has all been awhile. I lost then gained all in a week! so i know I am not doing this correctly….
Please add me
Yes, WW has done a great marketing job once again! I’m not buying it .. I prefer the straight forward approach … Calories are calories.. They are easier to track than points and if you know how to add you can’t cheat like you can with points. No rulers, slides, calculators, manuals, or silly gimmicks.
Thank you so much for providing this! I used to use the old WW points plan and was thinking about rejoining to rid myself of baby #2 fluff (after all, she *is* two years old, I can’t really use the baby excuse anymore, lol). I was curious about the new plan, but wasn’t sure if I would like it. I’m so happy to have read this, it helps me make up my mind!
THANKS!!! And love your enthusiasm!!!
I saw that you mentioned an app for the droids that can scan the bar code and tell you the points. Is that app out yet? If so, do you know what it is called so I can find it a download it?
Thanks!!!
Does ever body get 29 points no make what you weight
was very upset when i got home today with my “new” WW bread & bagels and saw the new points. i thought it was new packaging. heard you can’t mix old points with new, please help. Lost 50 pounds eating WW foods 4 years ago and kept it off. i am 46 years old and weigh 120lbs and love it! I DO NOT want to gain any back now! My daily old points were 20, what should they be now and why can’t I mix old with new, what will happen?
Hi, I want weight watchers to work for me this time! Please count me in…I am on disability and am on such a tight budget, I could truly use the free support from people, like me, who want the weight off and for life.
I do have questions:
1. How many points do I have a day? (my range is/was 30)
2. Can I use the points calculator I have now?
3. Is there a free support group online that will not kill my budget, since Weight Watchers values health over money?
4. How do I get the new materials for free?
Please answer my questions as urgently as possible, I am 80 pounds overweight and am using a cane because of it!
Thank you,
Sandilee
You are an inspiration! Thank you, thank you, thank you!,
You are an inspiration! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I need all the help I can get. Sounds like a lot of fun. thank you Cidny
I’m on day 3 of the new program and I love the fact that fruits and most veggies are 0 points. However, Id like to see a new points plus food list online, somewhere other than the website, which I am not on because of finanical reasons. My local meeting area didnt have the food list avaliable to me, and its really hard to know how many points I’m using when things dont have a label. Does anyone know where I can find a points plus food list?
I started with the new power p[onts and lost 8.8 lbs I can’t wait to get that bar code app.
I started with the new power p[onts and lost 8.8 lbs I can’t wait to get that bar code app.it sound like fun
just starting need some support
I am climbing on the wagon….need to be accountable and I want to be as excited as the originator of this thread. I am joining on line ….. did the old points program and didnt mind it at all….cant wait to get this one under my belt (that I hope will be pulled in a couple of notches before to long)…. would like to join arms with you all and bring encouragement and latch on to some along the way.
Just a quick note to say THANK YOU for an informative page. I did WW online in the past and was trying to figure out why my daily points almost doubled from what it was back then.
love to be part of the group! so psyched!
Hello,
I am new and looking into doing WW’s online program. I have seen the new points plus advertise quite a bit online the last few days but I can’t seem to find anything online for it here in Canada. Do you know if its available here yet? Is it just a US thing? Anyone got any info on it? I was half way through the joining up until I came upon the address part and saw Canada was not on the list,….lol Oh my 🙂
Thanks for any help
Thank you so much for posting this. I am attending an at work information session this coming Friday. I am really excited that the program has changed and is encouraging whole grain, fruits, veggies, etc. by changing the points value system. I did so great the first time I did WW which was 10 years ago. Sadly, I have gained it all back plus 10lbs. I was so discouraged until I read this post. I started today following the old plan 21 pts + 35 flex but am anxious to see how the new Points Plus will work. Yeah for 0pt fruits and veggies. I went from being devestated by the scale this morning to being encouraged at a new beginning.
Thanks again for posting. I will be joining the group myself.
Good luck everyone. Here is to a healthier 2011.
This sounds so awesome! I rejoined last Thursday, and was so surprised at so many changes with WW. I love them. I joined with my daughter and we are so pumped! I love my new calculator, and my new companion books. What a help.
It really does feel like I get more to eat now, even though it’s only been 4 days, and I got thru my pizza weekend! Oh how proud of myself I am! I love pizza, and I did not go out and buy a pizza and eat half of it by myself. hahaha.
I can’t wait till Thursday to see how I did, So thanks, and talk to you soon!
Blessings and Stay OP
I’ve been faithfully on the new points plus program eating about 24-27 points per day, not even coming close to using the extra points for the week. I’ve been having a banana at breakfast and an orange, then after dinner 2 cups of melon. So far I’ve gained about 1 pound instead of losing. I’m going on the old plan, counting the fruit as points and having about 23-25 points per day.
Thanks for all the great information!
Lost 20 Pounds last year and now trying to loose more weight for my wedding next july!
Was wondering if you could post the activity points page from the new booklet!
i didnt join the program but i did buy all the booklets with the journal etc.
that would be a great help! thank u so much!
I would love to be a part of the WW support group sign me up
Hubby and I just joined last night. We are SO excited to lose weight and get healthy! I have such a good feeling about the new Points Plus program. Can’t wait to hear everyone’s progress!
The new WW PTS + has been great so far. So many of us are on it that’s it has been easy so far with everyones great ideas and pictures too. Thanks Danica!!
Just started back a week and a half ago with my eighteen years old daughter. We both had a great first week (5lbs ea) and hoping to have many more successful weeks. Would love the support and tips from those a few steps ahead of us!.
I am a lifetime member and former WW emloyee. I kept the weight off for about 10 years and then it slowly started to creep back even though I still basically followed the old points program. Recently I heard about points plus and decided to go back to WW and try them. Well, It is the greatest weight loss program I have ever been on. I was eating till I was stuffed and I couldn’t believe I lost 2 lbs. I never lose fast so this was amazing. I don’t know how it works because I have always eaten the so called power foods but somehow it really works.
Is it too late to join in? I just checked my etools and it said my last check in was 11/10/10!!!!! What? I thought I only missed a few weeks.
I would like to join but I dont no if I unstand the point system what I eat. I am a heavy eater.
LOVE your site! A friend emailed it to me. I’d like to be a part of the group. Thanks SO much for all the AWESOME info!!!
Twice I have lost about 50 lbs. w/WW and like anything, it works if one works the program. I stopped because of several reasons, one I was lazy but also I did not feel they were very “real” food oriented. To much process, the focus could have been healthier. Am rejoining because it sounds so much more healthy and they talk power foods. I am excited!
Please add me to your group. Can always use the support of others who are facing the same challenges as myself.
can some one please post the activity points page on here because i cant seem to find it anywhere!
Jenny Craig worked well for me the first time around, but my second attempt has been nothing but “yo-yoing.” Once I went off the prepared meals, I was back at square one. I’m a semi-retired teacher, only tutoring a bit, and don’t have big bucks for an expensive program. (Besides, my husband would divorce me if I invested much more in meal plans, and then I’d face the cost of a lawyer…)
In total, how expensive is all of this and where do you have a meeting place near me? Also (a BIG also), must I get on a scale in front of others to be weighed in like a heifer? I don’t want to know my present weight but rather my progress!
I would liek to join…how does that work?? new to this all
I am not all that please with e-tools. Having lots of trouble and they won’t email or call me to help (greater then 2 weeks) I don’t use the calculator, as I loose them and I just bought ALL this stuff 6 months ago and feel really cheated and defeated I only have 15 more pounds to loose
I am a lifetime member who lost 100 lbs about 12 years ago. I have now gained back 20 expecially since I retired and now the weather does not permit much activity. I am on the points plus program about 2 weeks now and I have not lost and may have gained a pound. I am on 29 points and have not used more than 4 or 5 extra points. I am fully satisfied with the food and have no trouble keeping on track except that I am having no results. I do try to walk a lot shopping, etc and do all my own house cleaning. I am wondering if there is just too much food to eat. I don’t even eat a whole lot of fruit. Maybe a little bit more that on the old points but I am a little careful about it. I also eat very healthy, whole grains, nothing fried, appropriate portions, not to much ethnic foods or dining out. What else can I do. Any suggestions?
I was so excited when I read on your website about the new pointsplus calculator so I went out a got me one.I am having a problem with coming up on the calculator the fruit begin “0” point.I have tried many times but it is never “0” point on the calculator. What is going wrong. I have read the instructions many times.Please help me……Thanks
Would love to be a part of the group
what is your website?!
I think it sucks that ww has come out with a new program and they don’t even have the calculator to use to do it. They also aren’t very helpful in explaining how to do the program because they want people to buy the calculator. It is really poor planning.
Would love to be part of the group!
I WENT TO MY first meeting and bought the calculator. How do I enter foods for which the book gives the point value? I amy not know the fiber, fat and protein content.
I went online at the WW site and ordered the Deluxe at Home Kit. I started one week ago and lost 5 pounds so far. I can have 33 points a day and my hubby can have 54. I went through the books and wrote down all the foods and restaurant foods I like with the points. I have an Instant Breakfast every morning which is 6 points, so I have 27 left for the rest of the day. I like the new plan.
i am considering the online membership as the closest meeting is 45 miles away from me, but am not a huge computer geek…can i still purchase the kit you show with all the books, calculator, etc or is that only offered at meetings?
This looks like a very supportive and fun website! I would love to join.
i would like to purchase a the food companion & organizer kit
Yipes- I am in a panic.
I have been on the old points system for many years. I am attempting to maintain my weight after having lost, and don’t even diligently check my points as I eat pretty much the same thing every week. However, I do keep the slide counter in my purse for checking foods at the market, etc.
I am dreading switching over, and will appreciate the support.
So excited about the program – 4 weeks in and i have lost 7.5 pounds. i feel more motivated than ever!
I also would like to know your website to stay connected to the support system – thank you
I have followed WW for over 6 years, and lost exactly what I wanted to. I have not gained it back, but need to stay on the program. I DO NOT attend meetings, and I just bought the whole kit/with calculator on ebay. I am looking forward to using this new program, and thank you for the informative site. Good luck everyone 🙂
Hi,, I’m not motivaed,, and not surprised. another “CHANGE”. The saying, if its not broken….?? they are trying to fix it yet again. All new, and mo, money . WW has 100,s of my dollars, I handed over on programs to fix me, four times in the last 15 years,and I always went back to 175lbs. I’m 62, supposed to weigh 142 according to WW., NO THANX. EXERCISE,,,, is all that works,{ I know that,} eating healthy, works, { I know that}.and “loving, ME,,, works,, not some new ,,Yes I will say it,,,DIET.
I need to be a part of a support group in order to be successful! Its great to know wo many others are feeling the same!
Hi,
I was just wondering how many points are in avacados on the new PP system.
Can anyone tell me what the weight ranges and point allowances per day are with the new Points Plus system? It looks like a great program, the old points system always worked for me. However, I am ready to try something new!! It seems the low carb, not no carb is the way to go..
Hello! I came across this information and think it was very well written. Thank you. I am a lifetime member on the “old” points program. It was the ONLY diet that worked for me and after I switched over to the new system, I’ve gained a total of 8 pounds. Very upsetting. I’ve been at my goal weight for 3 years and felt the old system was comprehensive and still gave me the choice whether or not to eat the healthful options. I’ve discussed with the WW staff and shared my tracker to ensure I was calculating correctly and they are scratching their heads as well.
I’m going to give this one more month but if I continue to gain, I’ll have to go back on the old program on my own.
Hi please let me know about your new ww website, I really could use a great forum to exchange recipes and help each other with motivation!!Thanks
Where can I buy the Kits
I just started this program and I can honestly say that for the first time in my life I feel like I am actually going to be able to do this! I love the new points system, it is so easy and I NEVER feel deprived. It has been two weeks and I have (effortlessly, it seems) lost 8 lbs already. Next weigh in is Monday and I am super excited! I recommend this program to anyone who thinks that loosing weight is hard…because this program makes it so easy.
Help!!! What am I doing wrong? I have gained 5lbs since starting the new program. The old program worked terrific for me and I was doing quite well. I stopped for a few weeks and then decided to try the new program. I lost 4lbs the first week and then gained 5lbs. I have been gaining about 1lb per week since switiching. I am very upset, but will try sticking with the program.
I would love to be a part of your support group. I am very excited about the new program. Have not been with the new WW and the old program was very restrictive…so this is wonderful news!
How can I get the Deluxe Kit? Should I just go to the meeting?
sign me up. thanks!
Funny You mention that you are gaining on the new program. I have just started and I feel I am doing well but other people in the group that have been on the old program have been complaing of the same thing as you Pat. There must be something to it. Maybe your body has to readjust. But your are not alone…Good LUck
After I saw Jennifer Hudson on Oprah, I am motivated!!!!
Have you started a WW group yet? If so, please let me know where I can join. I am going to have to go to the actual meeting and sign up in order to buy the kit. They told me that you can not purchase the kits or calculator without being a member. I just retired and live away from the meetings, but I will find one and pay so I can get this show on the road.
Thank you so much!!!
You can purchase the kits on weightwatchers.com. Just go to the search bar and enter weight watchers at home. Hope this helps.
i want to lose more i way 274 pounds i want to get to 200 pounds jessica clark
hi,
i joined on the 9th of feb i am about 10 pounds down. In need of motivation! to keep at it , i have about 75-100 pounfd to loose.
I have always in the past enjoyed the ww new programs, but not so happy about this one. I loved that it was easy to calculate points whenever, whatever I was doing and even got good at doing it without the slider (for things under 200 calories). This way seems like it’s just going to take a lot more thinking. Also I have spent the past three years figuring out what is a good points range for my body…and now I’ll have to do that all over again! I’m also pregnant and use ww to help me keep my weight gain under control. I often refer to online sources to find out points for foods (restaurants etc…) and apparently it won’t cooincide with my current intake at this point! I would like to join once i have my baby, but my husband is doing it now and we can’t afford us both to do it…so I have to wait until he reaches goal. I’m sure there are so many great things about the new program….but at this point for me it brings more frustration than anything.
thanks though for sharing the information so I can understand it better as my husband doesn’t do that well!
I just started the new WW program 3 weeks ago and lost 7 pounds! It is hard from me cause I eat so much, but still easier than the last program. Maybe it’s because I’m a food professional, but after losing the same pounds each time I go to WW, I can never stay longer than a year on maintenance. But I’m determined!
HELP! The only problem is that they are out of calculators, so I have to estimate. Any ideas on where to get one? Also, I’d love to join the on-line support group IF it is going. Thanks!
I want on that chat… I’m an 18 year lifetime member on first day of Points plus program.
I have used the pointsfinder card from weightwatchers in the past, with great success. I am considering purchasing the new points plus deluxe package, but am not interested in joining weightwatchers online or attending meetings because I am too busy to utilize this. (I’m a mom of two and returning college student….tight budget doesn’t help either.) Anyway, I would greatly appreciate it if someone would let me know if I have to be a member to find out how many points I am allowed if I purchase the points plus package. Thanks to anyone who may share their knowledge.
I am a lifetime member who is struggling to find the right plan to follow to get the weight off and keep it off. Would love to join your group as I am considering going back to ww.
I have been doing the new points plus for the last six weeks and have not lost a single pound. The only good thing is that I have not gained. I don’t have a clue what I am doing wrong. I just keep hoping that it will kick in or maybe my body will adjust and I will start losing. Is anyone else having this problem?
Hi Holly,
Thanks for the comment. I have heard that from several people who are close to goal or have less to lose that struggle a bit. Some things to think about maybe that I’ve heard my leader suggest are:
* Are you using FREE fruit as a substitute for a not as healthy addition to your meals/snacks? For example – do you pick a banana instead of a pack of crackers/cookies or are you having both. If you are adding it on top of what you are already eating versus substituting it, it can cause you to gain.
* Are you following the new program 100%? Some people try to keep calculating on the old points but add in free fruit – it won’t work, you will gain.
* Do you weigh and measure everything you eat? If not, try it for one week and see if you get results.
* Are you tracking every single bite you take?
* Are you eating your daily points+ target each day? If you eat too little, you will gain. that being said, listen to your body and see if you are truly hungry when you are eating something….do not eat points+ just because they are there.
* If you do exercise, are you eating your activity points? I know for me I can usually eat either my activity points or my WPA but not both.
* Are you eating all of your 49 WPA? Some people cannot eat all of them and lose.
when all else fails, re-read the materials and see if you are meeting all your healthy guidelines and following the new program to a T.
Hope that helps give you a few things to try. Good luck and keep me posted on how it goes.
Danica
I do not use my WPA or my activity points. I am eating more fruit than I would normally eat and yes, I guess maybe I am having my snack and adding to it by eating a piece of fruit. My breakfast this morning was puffed wheat (2 points) 1/2 glass skim milk (1 point) carton of yogurt (3 points) and 1 banana (0) That is just 6 points, but for me a lot of food. Maybe too much?
I’d be interested in the support group, too!
Hi Holly,
I will email you to see if we can work together to find something that works for you. It really is an awesome program and I have no doubt you can make it work!
Danica
I did the new program for 3 weeks and gained. very disappointed. I followed the program and even used their examples for meals. I had lost 26 pounds on the old weight watchers and i loved it. i was not hungry whenever i needed to lose weight i would go to the gym extra. I stopped attending the meetings because I could only afford one, the gym or meetings…and well the gym was more important. I started to think if i just went to the gym i could eat whatever here and there and not gain, but slowly i didnt go as much and the weight started to go on. last week i decided to do the old weight watchers and lost 4.2 lbs in a week. my motivation is back and feel great. i think my body works best with counting calories and going to the gym. so for now i will be doing the old weight watchers. once i get back on track with my weight i will try the new one again. I hear from a lot of people at work that the new weight watchers program has really helped them maintain..not lose. good luck to all. some things work and dont work for each person.
I feel like a party-pooper. Everyone is so excited about the new PP. I have gained on this plan and am not happy. My daughter has done well, but I haven’t at all. I am missing something. I have 29 points. My schedule is crazy, but I really tried. I have never done well on WW. I lost 22 on South Beach. I am tempted to try Nutra System, but not really hep on the idea. Anyone else having trouble with this?
How many extra points should you add for maintenance? I have been doing great on 29 per day plus the 49 extra for week. I think I will hit my goal soon. Can anyone tell me how to go out maintenance on the new plan? Thanks so much.
Hi Lisa,
They allow people who are in maintenance to add up to 6 or 7 points+ per day. However, you have to play with it to see what works for your body to help you stop losing and start maintaining. Some people can eat them all while others cannot.
Congrats on getting to goal!!! Good luck and keep me posted on how it goes.
Danica
I have similar issues. 10 years ago, I lost over 60 pounds on WW. I have tried the program twice in the last 2 years. Both times, I gained! I did stick to my points allowance. I am also considering doing the old program that worked so well for me originally. I lost all of that weight with very little exercise. Since I’m now 61, I realize it will be harder and exercise is vital. I will try the new program once I get jump started with some weight loss. Fortunately, I have only gained 30 of the 60 pounds! It could be worse.
I started WW pp program 2day(Mar 9). I brought the calculator. I didn’t received the pocket guide tho. Was I suppose 2 get everything in your 1st picture(weight guide & getting started book) including the pocket guide? I have no idea where 2 start on this new program. I did the old WW, u know we had the book that told us the point values….I’m lost. HELP PLEASE
Hi, I just started with the new Points Plus Program. I don’t have much to loose (about 13 lbs). They say the less you have to loose, the longer it will take. Well I weighed-in after my first week, last night, and my weight did not change at all, not even 1 once. I must confess that this is not a big change in eating habits for me. I was already eating healthy. The only thing that really changes for me is more fruit. Some days, I have to force a snack to reach my 29 points. On the weekend, I did let loose a little but kept track of my points. I even had 9 points left over from the extra 49 weekly points allowed. I exercise 1.5 hours, twice a week and I drink at least 6-8oz glasses of water a day. What’s missing…. I have to say that I was really disappointed that I didn’t loose this week. I’m happy that I didn’t gain but the reason I joined was not to maintain my weight but to loose. Any suggestions?
Im very short – 5’2. On the old plan I was allowed 16-18 points per day. How many am I allowed now??
Thanks for all the info! This site is making me want to join again!!!!
BEST!
It is very hard to share the program with my granfather because I don’t know how many points he shoud get. He is 5 11 and weights 265. With the old system I could calculate but with the new system I can’t. Can you please help?
Thanks,
HI Dee,
Yes, they should’ve have given you the pocket guide along with the getting started guide at your meeting. I would go back ot your location and ask them for it as it has all the details on how to work the program.
Good luck and keep me posted on how it goes.
Danica
Hi Stacy,
If you bought the points+ calculator you can use that to calculate his daily points+ target range. Other than that, the only other way to calculate the daily targets is by weighing in at the scale (ti tells you in your weigh in book) or by entering your information under your plan on weight watchers online.
Good luck! I think it’s great you are helping our your grand father!
Danica
Hi Lisa,
It really depends on several variables now ~ height, age, weight, female/male, etc. The new LOWEST points+ daily target is 29 points+. That being said it only works with the new program ~ you cannot use that daily target with free fruit following the old momentum plan or you will gain weight.
Good luck,
Danica
HI Helen,
The BEST advice I can recommend to you is to stick with it and work the program. It may take a week or two for your body to kick in and lose the weight. It is true when you have less to lose it does take longer, but, I honestly believe in the Weight Watchers program. Each person is different so you will have to find what works best for you, but, I do think you should not eat or force yourself to eat if you are not hungry. If you have extra points+ left at the end of the day and feel the need to use them, enjoy a “treat” or some higher point items like nuts, cheese, etc. If you feel like you are not hungry and do not need your points, then, I definitely say do not eat them just because they are there. Listen to your body, your hunger singles, work on getting in your good health guidelines, water, measuring and track every bite.
Good luck and keep me posted on how it goes. Hope that helps a bit!
Danica
Wow! I haven’t done ww in awhile. Interesting that it’s been updated so well
I’m planning to restart Weight Watchers again (have gained back a few pounds, well, more than a few, sigh) . . . Are members having more success with this new plan than the old Points plan? There seems to be differing opinions.
Been doing ww for years…managed to mAintain my weight for last 8 years but really wanted to lose just 10 more..so since I had all the books I decided in october to go back to my 18 points a day..which took a little etting used to since I find myself hungry but I did it..And lost 6 lbs before the holidays…so with all the hype of the new plan in January I decided to rejoin.,,now I have. 29 daily points And 49 extra which I save for weekend…I am determined…I count and write down every morsel for last 3 months and keep asking myself how in the world am I gonna lose weight if I am now adding more food to my diet…and guess what..I was right…I have not lost one pound since I began the new plan and so I decided to go back to the old one for a while…cuz I figure why fix it if it ain’t broken…..and honestly I was enjoying the extra points becAuse I didn’t find myself saving points but unfortunately it wasn’t working….I am ery disappointed as I am a loyal weight watcher…I am 5′ and 12
Sorry my post got cut off..to continue from where I left off…I am 5′ and 123 lbs…I just can’t seem to get these last few off and adding those points put me t a standstill…anyone else having same problems? Any advice would be so greatly appreciated…
Hi Christine,
I hear where you’re coming from. It would be so discouraging to start a new plan and not lose any weight. That’s what I’m worried about. The old plan did work for me before and I lost the weight, but slipped back into old habits and gained some back. I wouldn’t mind trying the new plan if it works, and I would assume that the good folks at Weight Watchers would have done extensive trials comparing the old plan with the new. It’s so confusing. I think I may go back to my old plan, it did work for me before.
What’s the ptsplus value for a single serving mini bag of Orville Redenbacher’s popcorn?
Hi Nikki,
I calculated the points plus value to be 3 for the whole mini bag.
Your site was very helpful and encouraging. Keep inspiring us 🙂 and Best of Luck to You!!
Sometimes I worry that my points are too high and I may not lose weight on this program. I lost 6lbs the first week and havent had a weight lose in the past two weeks. It is a little discouraging but I want to try to stick with it because I have heard so many succes stories. Part of me feel as though the old program may have been better because it was tried and proven. I haven’t heard many of the point plus success stories. Does anyone else have these thoughts/concerns?
Can anyone help me to get that Deluxe Kit that includes a CALCULATOR for Free & a COOKBOOK! It’s $34 now. Thanks.
~ Monique ~
Hi Danica,
Well I cut my Points+ to be 24 per day and I added a bit more excercises and I lost 1.2 lbs this week. I also notices it in my clothes. Thanks for your help and encouragement.
Lots of information. How do I get the deluxe kit you were referring to for $34? Especially wanting the calculator. Everywhere sold out.
does anyone know how I can obtain the WEIGHT WATCHER DELUXE MEMBER KIT POINTS PLUS 2011?
I am interested in the points plus program but cant get out to go to meetings at the moment. Have a broken ankle and am not driving… any ideas? btw I dont have a smart phone.
Annie
Really hope someone can help me figure this out. Just joined WW today and on the PointsPlus program I have 30 ponts/day. I want my husband to get involved because he really needs to lose weight but he is a private person and won’t go to meetings. I figure if I am doing most of the shopping and cooking then I can just “quietly” keep track for him. However, I can’t find anything that will show me how many points he should get. They just printed my point allowance on my weekly weight record. Thanks for any help figuring this out.
BTW, my husband is 48y/o, male, 300lbs, is a police officer but does NOT work out right now.
Hi Danica,
How do you deal with people who use all their 29 daily points +, all their 49 weekly points+ as well as their activity points and still manage to lose 2 to 3 lbs…..and me, I don’t touch my activity points at all, only use about 1/3 of the 49 weekly points and average about 24 daily points; walk 1 hours-4 days a week and boxercise 1.5 hours 2 times a week and only lose 1lb. I’m proud of loosing but it frustrates me that I have to try so, so hard. I really feel like I’m on a DIET eventhough I do not deprive myself for anything, eat til I’m full and I’m not hungry. It’s not that I have to deal with them in particular cause I’m very happy for them but I need to find a way to deal with this so that it does not affect me, as right now, it’s discouraging for me. Any suggestions?
I just had my first session today …it was basically orientation and registration. I am really excited about this. I have been a member over the years and looking forward to this.
I would love to join the support group!!
Just happen to stumble on this web sight thinks it a great idea! I’d like to know if everyone else has been able to get the hand held calculators? I joined like 8/9 wks ago and they still are saying they aren’t available how ever ebay has them by the truck loads if you want to pay the high price?
HI Annie,
Maybe you can have someone drive you to a meeting location or visit a Weight Watchers meeting location. You will find the kit the cheapest at the meetings – anything online is overpriced.
Good luck,
Danica
hi danica,
i had heard of the points plus program but wasnt sure what all the hype was about. thank you for explaining it. i have the points materials and have started using them once again. at this time, i cant attend meeting, but would like to purchase the deluxe kit(not on ebay). is there any place u can buy it without becoming a ww member?
thanks
sheila
I tried WW b4, but I was gaining weight??? (I actually gained a pound a week for 3 weeks) I know it sounds odd. But, I know it works because I have a friend that lost 100 lbs in one year with WW. Ready to try it again. Would love to join your support group.
I have been a lifetime member for 5 years now. Lost 70 lbs and have kept it off. I am confused about the new program. Since using it I have gained weight. I dont understand how I can be assigned 29 points when before I only got 20. I know some values have gone up but the foods I ate before have not gone up that much to compensate for the extra nine points. Plus three servungs of fruit i have a day which used to be 3 to 4 points is now free?? I like the way the points are calculated but hnoestly I think the target points for people are wayyy off.
Any suggestions
Hi Sandra,
Thanks for the comment. First off congrats on the 70 lb loss – that is AWESOME!!!
There are several points values of foods that have changed even healthy carbs. Oatmeal is no longer 2 points a serving, but, it’s 4 points+ a serving. This is the case for most carb type item from brown rice to whole wheat pasta to breads. The points values have also increased for sugar free items as the sugar alcohols add carbohydrates and therefore add points+. The points+ values that did remain close to the same would be any of your lean proteins and fat free dairy. Although the points+ targets went up, several of the foods did go up as well. Are you checking all of the points+ on everything you eat? Are you tracking every bite?
That being said, I know that you cannot follow the old points formula and add in free fruit or you will gain weight. I know I had to refigure the points+ values for everything I eat and several did change.
I do believe that the new fruits/veggies being free are meant as a way to help people make better choices, i.e. to have a banana over say a 100 calorie granola bar for snack. I do not think that people will have as much success if they eat a bunch of fruit on top of what they already eat because the calories will add up….does that make sense?
These are all ideas and each person is different so you really do have to find what works best for you.
The BEST advice I can recommend to you is to stick with it and work the program. It may take a week or two for your body to kick in and lose the weight. It is true when you have less to lose it does take longer, but, I honestly believe in the Weight Watchers program. Each person is different so you will have to find what works best for you, but, I do think you should not eat or force yourself to eat if you are not hungry. If you have extra points+ left at the end of the day and feel the need to use them, enjoy a “treat” or some higher point items like nuts, cheese, etc. If you feel like you are not hungry and do not need your points, then, I definitely say do not eat them just because they are there. Listen to your body, your hunger signals, work on getting in your good health guidelines, water, measuring and track every bite.
Good luck and keep me posted on how it goes. Hope that helps a bit!
Danica
hi i was wondering if you could tell me how to figure out how many points i get with the new points plus prograham…i know how many i get with the old i did it last year…but this yearmy husband got us total fitness passes so i dont have the money to do weight waters anymore but i really worked for me and is the eaisiest diet i have ever done…woud you PLEASE help me…i have a points plus calculater downloaded on my ipod touch so im almost ready to start…i would really appriciate someones help…thanks a bunch!
I have been doing the new weight watchers program for 2 months and have only lost 5 lbs. I really need help. I follow what I am supposed to eat but can’t keep it right. Someone please help me!
hi, i woud like to know how many points i am allowed. I weigh about 166lbs. and am about 4ft 8. My husband is on the new program and we can’t afford both of us paying. we are on a fixed imcome. I am 71 years old. I have done the old diet 2 times and gained my weight back.
I’ve read most of the comments & I must say I WAS a devoted member of ww until they brought out the PointsPlus program. Making us purchase ww products, hiking fees and only being able to get your PointsPlus points from the meeting or using their on-line website in this economy was an insult.
I have stuck w/the old program AT HOME & have continued my weight loss journey w/out ww & have done just fine. Who cares if I can’t eat fruit until my eyes pop!
Hi,
I am somewhat relieved to hear others are not getting the results with the new points plus program….I thought is was just me…
I have been a lifetime member for a few years now but had gained back a few pounds in the last year. I need to lose about 10-12 pounds to get back to goal and am not having good results with the new program AT ALL!! I try not to overindulge in free fruit – trying to balance with plenty of vegatables. I have been cautious about tracking and weighing/measuring but have had this nagging suspicion that my overall intake has increased. Still not losing after 3 months.
I took a sample day and calculated it using both points and points plus values and it seemed to confirm my suspisions….I’m actually eating more than I did before on the old plan for weight loss. The 29 points + about half of the WPA seems to be good maintenance for me but not helping with weight loss.
I plan to revert to the old plan which, for me, was easier. I could reliably calculate in my head what points values were given fat, fiber, and calories data. And, more importantly, I could lose the weight.
Weight Watchers, please take note.
I too have had some issues with the new pp system. I was 10 lbs away from my goal, then I quit smoking and started the new system (I gained 5 lbs from what i don’t think was not smoking). I have not lost anyweight in the las 2 months. I have been writing down everything and making sure sure I get my activity in every day and still nothing. After reading comments yesterday, I went back on the old WW this morning will see it it makes a difference.
This is day four for me and I feel great. Big problem is that they don’t have any calculators available so I was trying to find some info online and found your site.
Are there any lists of points available?
Hi Ruth,
I am sorry you are not liking the new plan and I do agree that they should’ve given everyone a calculator. That being said and being a finance/business/consultant, it was a good business decision to have members pay a reduced rate for the calculators of $6
You do not need to be a meeting member or an online member to calculate your daily points+ target. You can calculate your daily points+ target on the new points+ calculators as well as in meetings or online. If you combine that with the essentials kit (about $20) you would have just about everything you need to work the program since you know most of the other requirements. They give you all the materials you need in the very first meeting so if you attend that, you would have everything for the new program.
Hope that helps you not be as upset with the new plan.
Good luck!
Danica
Hi Cheryl,
The calculators are back in stock at my local location so you might want to check back at yours to see if they have any. You might also want to look into the Essentials Kit as you get get a listing of the points+ values for several foods. I know WW online has a great list if you have e-tools. As far as any other sites with the values listed, I haven’t seen any pop up yet. I am sure in time they will though.
Good luck,
Danica
so how do u know how many points your allowed on the new program? Im so torn and confused about the new WW!
Can you please tell me how they calculate how many points plus you are allowed in one day? Is there a formula that they use? Thank you.
Tried a meeting yesterday; but, the leader was not talking loud enough for the first 15 minutes to be heard over the late comers and the staff up at the desk; one woman brought her two kids that were constantly causing noise and distractions. MUST children be allowed??? Plus, the mom brought a sandwich to eat in front of all of us, which I thought was totally rude. I’m really turned off at this point and may try it on line. I even tried to talk to the leader after the meeting and those stupid kids were butting in the way. People keep your kids under control, you are not paying for them, only youself. Have some consideration for those of us that do not have kids…or maybe do not care to be constantly interrupted by ill manner children.
HI Mary,
Unfortunately WW has kept their formula for how they calc the daily points+ targets under wraps this time around. There are several variables that go into it and you can’t easily estimate it the way you could before. There are 3 ways that I now of to get your daily points+ target.
1. Attend a meeting and it is given to you in your weight book.
2. Buy a points+ calculator and you can calculate it at any time.
3. Join Weight Watchers online and it gives you your target on your tracker.
Good luck!
Danica
I tried the new PP program! I am 5’1″ 117 lbs…after the first week, doing everything write, I am upto 120lbs! Can’t believe it! I am so upset!
So today I’m back to the old ww program…Can’t afforde to gain more weight! 1st day of old program is today! Hoping that I can lose those, now 10 lbs, in the next 2 months!
Hi
How many o points foods can you have daily?
Such as, how many apples, pears, carrots etc??
i need the information on calculating the ‘OLD’ point system for weight watchers. I am NOT doing the ‘NEW” points plus. I have misplaced my questions that determines them. Could someone please help me. Due no not working i want to get back on it. I lost 50 lbs. and need to loose another 50. I love this site and look at it many times. thank you for all your help.
HI Becky,
You could try googling it as I know there are several people who posted the old plan Daily Points Quiz out there. Here is a quick link to one I found when I googled.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080327111347AAQSDfg
Good luck
Danica
Hi Janet,
There isn’t necessarily a limit on the number of 0 points+ foods you can have in any one day. You should eat as many as you need to feel satisfied, but, not stuffed. I tend to use them as a healthier option for my snacks (versus cookies, crackers, etc) and to help fill me up at meals. I really think the key to making it work is to listen to your body and eat only when hungry, not just because it’s free and/or because you need to use up your points+ values.
Danica
I am happy to see that I am not alone in my lack of success with the new plan. I have already lost 80 pounds on the old plan, but the last few months I haven’t lost anything. I have been on the old plan for a week now and have lost over 3 pounds. I guess different things will work for different people. I have noticed that even though I am on the old plan, I am encorporating some of the new ideas and eating more fruit than I did before with the old plan instead of other 1 or 2 point snacks. I am only about 8 pounds away from my goal weight, so it is nice to be losing again!
Thank you. (: I just wanted to say I think your site is AWESOME!!
I am extremely disappointwith the new program. I am sticking with the old. I lost 80lbs with the old program and have gained 10 in 8 years….not bad at all. I was excited about the new program so I gave it a try. I am a health freak when it comes to food, meaning I eat all organic and limit my carbs as much as I can.
with this said, I STILL GAINED 5 LBS IN ONE WEEK WITH THE NEW PROGRAM!!!!!! There is no way anybody can convince me that this is better than the old. I mean come on, if you have to be told that you have to eat more fruits and vegetables, you have bigger problems than trying to lose weight.
and by the way, before anybody tells me, no, it was not muscle. It was FAT, pure Fat lol…
Is there a free web site that has all the information on it .On how to start and stuff .
I have never done weight watcher and I don’t know the first thing about it but would like to try it.. any one have some good info on it
thanks Belinda
Hi Belinda,
I know that Weight Watchers online offers a FREE 7-day trial that you can sign up for to check everything out. I also have a FREE Weight Watchers Support group with a great group of people sharing their ideas, etc. http://www.friendsforweightloss.com.
Good luck!
Danica
you are so silly…u make it sound so fun and thats y i am going to try it i m sick of eatting only 20 points on the old system i been doing weight watchers pretty much on my own for a year n half now i started wen once i got married to my husband i was 21 and over weight which was super miserable…i started off 170 and now i am 125 yea big diff….i love weight watchers n i just cant wait to start the new one. 29 points thats like music to my ears…gosh i am starting 2moro…u gave me alot of tips thanks alot…ur amazgin and i wish u the best! xoxo
take careeeee..keep it up u rock! you and ur weight watcher gagets (super cute)
Bedor
Im looking to loose about 20lbs and i hear all these great things about weight watchers… can i do it without going to the meetings?? I dont really have much time between school and working. Also, wheres the best place to buy the books- online or at WW locations.
Hate this new program!
Would love to join the support group! Trying to decide whether to do online or meetings…thoughts?
Hi Terri,
I am someone who LOVES going to meetings because of the support, ideas and accountability I get from them. I know that I would not be as successful weighing myself in at home – there is something about going to a meeting and getting on the scale. You have to do what works best for you, but, I am sure either way you will LOVE the program. If you get the monthly pass, you get the best of both worlds – unlimited meetings and all the online features in one price (the best deal in my opinion).
Good luck and feel free to ask any questions you have along the way. If I can answer them, I will.
I will send you a separate email with all the information you need to joint he support group.
Danica
Hi Danii,
Absolutely! There are several people who do WW online and are completely successful. I think it works perfect for people who like you cannot fit it into their schedules. They have all the information you need online, however, the books are a great resource as well for when you are on the go. It is definitely cheaper to buy the books at a Weight Watchers meeting location versus online.
I also set up a FREE Weight Watchers Support group so that everyone can share ideas and help each other out along the way – whether they are going to meetings or doing the program online. It’s a great group of people. Feel freel to check it out at http://www.friendsforweightloss.com.
Good luck and keep me posted on how it goes.
danica
Can I also be in your support group? Just rejoined yesterday. 2 lbs. over my goal weight 🙁 Gotta get back on track. bought the Complete Food Companion book but they were all out of calculators. Is there a calc app on smart phones for Points Plus?
Mahalo,
Tami
Where can i find that deluxe kit you have????????/
I just went online to look for it and the only place i could find it was on amazon and it was almost $125. IS that how much it really costs????
Please help. Im starting WW soon.
Thanks
I lost 27kilograms on the old system and am still working with that because I just don’t get the new system. I’m doing 20 points per day. What would my new points per day be on the new system? I’m 71.2 kilograms, 163cm tall and 30 years old, light activitiy level. Please contact me.
HI Tami,
Yes, there are points+ calc apps for the Droid, IPhone and Blackberries. I am not sure if any other phones have apps.
We would love to have you in the support group. You can head on over to http://www.friendsforweightloss.com to sign up. I will also send you an email.
Thanks,
Danica
I too am struggling with the new Points Plus Program. I have kept my weight loss off for 4.5 years and still attend meetings regularly (mostly because I like the people). With the new program the weight is creeping back on.
Unfortunately I tossed all my old literature and wished desperately I hadn’t. I will give the new program one more month before I revert back to the old.
I would gladly pay for the old books and slide rule (which is so much easier to use in the grocery store) if I could find them. Anyone out there have extra’s they would part with……..?
Thanks,
Roni
Hi Meghan,
The cheapest place to get the Deluxe Kit is by visiting a Weight Watchers meeting location near you. You can find one by going to http://www.weightwatchers.com and click find a meeting (it’s a lot cheaper than online).
Good luck!
Danica
I am finding the new plan hard to lose on also. I stopped tracking and started counting calories at the advice of my nutritionist. She wanted me to eat no more than 1300 calories a day to jump start my weight loss. It is working.
My fear is that following the Points Plus Plan again will cause more weight gain.
Any ideas?
Thanks
I started going to WW meetings in January and have thus far lost 19lbs on the points plus system. I have never used the extra weekly points and I normally don’t eat 29 points per day – but it works for me, because I know my body – 29 points would be too much food to eat if you start adding FREE fruit ON TOP – but mentally I calculate at least a point for fruit and I make sure I eat fruit as a snack and not in addition to meals. THEN it works great. Sure, I’ve had a few weeks with a half pound gain, but I KNOW I was the one who did something, not the program. Stick with the new program – it does work – if you’re not losing, then you’re eating too much and/or – not enough activity. GET MOVING a bit when the scale stays the same. Good Luck everyone.. I absolutely love this new lifestyle.
I did the older points program last year and lost 12 pounds in 3 months. I went off over the holidays and gained some back, so I laid out almost $120 for the new system (assuming it would be improved.) I am in my 12th week of the new system and have not lost one ounce!!! NOT ONE OUNCE! I have not even been doing the ‘free’ fruit thing. I have been assigning points to all my fruits based on their nutritional value. I even do that for veggies, though most still turn out to be free.
So why isn’t this new version working at all?? I cannot believe that I haven’t lost anything on the new Points Plus program after doing so well on the old version. So now I am thanking God that I kept all of the items for the old version. I am starting back on it on Monday! How have you been doing on it Danica? Do you like it better than the old version? I thought maybe it was just me, and specifically looked up reviews and found your blog. Thank goodness I did! I see that others are having the same problem with the new version and now I don’t feel so alone. Back to the old version for me!
I am not happy with the new program at all. I am a Life Time member and am struggling now. I would love to stay on the old program but I feel like I am going up the down staircase!
I was really excited about the new WW PP plan. I lost 75 lbs. on the old plan and kept it off for about four years. Slowly over the last six months, I crept up about 20 lbs, and decided to go with the new plan. Plain and simply, it doesn’t work for me. I was committed to the plan and stuck with it. I NEVER used any extra points. I lost about five lbs. the first week (which is pretty typical for me. After that, I floated up and down within a pound and a half. This has been going on for about six weeks. Since then, I have done some research on-line, and found that there’s a good number of people for whom the plan simply doesn’t work. I’m starting back on the old plan this weekend.
Robin – If you still have your items from the old plan, I’d say go back to it! In my opinion, you have to do what works for you.
Mark – I’m going back too. I’ve never been so frustrated as I am with the new plan, and I feel like a failure. The old plan made me feel good about myself and WANT to keep going. Oh, and I actually messed up on my previous post. I didn’t lose 12 pounds in 3 months – I lost 16!! I went back to check my old journal and realized it. And now for three months on the new plan I’ve not lost one ounce?? I did use the extra points, never thinking it wouldn’t work since I used to use all the extras on the old plan. But I feel like the new one will be so hard without the extra points b/c most of the foods are higher. So, like I said, back to the old for me too!
I love it! I have started online with my daughter and we are both in the first week. It has breezed by. I am really eating my share of veggies and I knew I needed to anyway. My coworkers have been on it and they are so encouraging. I am so thankful. we have lost before but are ready to do it this time and keep it off.
I have been on the 17 day diet for 7 weeks, not doing the diet exactly the way it is suppose to be done. Basically I’ve been doing the sugar buster diet, nothing wite. and only lean meats. I’m tired of it. I weighed 232, 59 years old, health problems that keep me from moving. I’ve lost 13 lbs. I went on WW 3 years ago and didn’t loose much weight. I’m wanting to try again. Do I need to go to a WW meeting to get the new books? Or can I join on line and get them in a download so I can print it at my house. My cell phone is not an I touch so I can’t get the app. I don’t like to go to the meetings and would love to join your blog and get information from you. Let me know what to do!!!
I’ve done weight watchers twice with great success but just can’t afford to join at the moment so, I was wondering if you could just calculate how many points a day I would get and then I can try to do it on my own.
I am female 42 years old and weight 150lbs. I go to the gym 3-4 times a week for about an hour each time.
Thank you in advance.
If the old points plan works for me why should I change to points plus?
sincerely,
js
Lost 75 lbs on the ‘old’ flexible program about 6 years ago and maintained loss ever since. However, the ‘new’ program isn’t for me at all since I’m gaining weight!As of today I’m reverting to my ‘old’ point system of 19 points a day. Amazing how much I can pack in on the old systems especially my favorites, those who help me to remain a ‘good girl’.
On the new program I’ve gone beyond the call of duty insofar as exercise is concerned: swimming for 35 m. , stationary bike, 20 minutes, walk around the reservoir, about 1 mile plus walking the dog 4 times a day. Eating no more than 4 fruits a day, rarely using one of the 49 points and NOT counting the activity points. I feel like a saint except on the day that I get weighed. I see those .4, .5 even one whole pound and I become like the devil,I’m so mad and discouraged. I am an older woman and I’m told this is normal. Well, we shall see, WW! As of today, Sunday, back to the old program. I could bet anything that come next year, WW will revise and tweak this program. Don’t get me wrong, I eat very healthy, fruit and so many veggies I could be a garden! 😉
Hi there. I am looking to start back up in weight watchers (I did it almost two years ago so I only have books for the old program). I am trying to buy the minimal of what I need for the new program. Can you tell me what I need and where I can get it? I do not want to attend classes or sign up online (just don’t have the money at the time). I looked on the weight watchers website but it only confuses me and all I see if where to sign up! Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing back from you.
-Kathryn
i have been on this diet for four weeks lost 9 lbs first week have not lost sence how do i get starded again ?
Started the program on May 20 and have lost a total of 10.2 lbs. First week was 5.5 lbs. I found that if I don’t eat the same thing every day, I lose. When I have the same thing for breakfast and lunch each day, my system gets bored. I’ve even eaten fast food (tacos and McD’s burger. Their regular burger – but with every meal I have a big salad with my go to WALDENS zero calorie dressing.
As far as e-tools, I have not been able to get into it. None of the numbers I have work in the log-in. I guess I’ll have to call the 800 number and see what happens.
I haven’t read everyone’s posts since Nov.; however, I can relate to Kathryn’s on Jun 6, 2011. I do not have the money right now to join either program offered; however, I need to lose weight for health reasons. I have lots of materials (i.e. cookbooks, etc. from the old programs) but I too am confused as to where to start. My biggest concern is the sodium in the foods as I have elevated blood pressure and I do NOT want to take medication but rather want to control it via diet. I’d love to join the blog and get help starting.
Used old program & lost 15 lbs. Satisfied with this (wasn’t looking to lose a lot) that was 3 years ago. Had been maintaining however, I gradually regained 5lbs back & decided it was time to start over so I was starting the new program. Tried for 3 months (Feb. 2011 – May 2011) with “NO” weightloss whatsoever.
My extra weigh is all in my stomach area. If I’d tried to stabalize my weight, I couldn’t have done it. Unbelieveable! The old program worked for me and now the new one only keeps me maintaining, unable to lose. So, I got fed up and stopped tracking points for about 2-3 weeks ago. Well, I cooled down & restarted last week including tracking points, treadmill, use of 5lb weights and walking in neighborhood, well wouldn’t you know it , I gained 1-2 lbs. “”””””WHAT’S GOING ON”???
Is anyone else out there having this problem?
I am on the new weight watchers program. I get 29 point per day. My husband is doing the plan with me but no where can I find out how many points he gets per day. He is 50 years old 5’10” 225 lbs (med activity) Can anyone tell me how many set points he would get per day?
HI all, I started one week ago with the program and I put on weight. Only one day I had two pieces of cake, so my question is, if I really use the 49points allowance per week I would be obese with the program? Is 29 too much maybe? how is your experience? are you losing? are you eating lots of fruit? thank you!
Hi. I am wondering what is the real difference in the program between – just counting points & the points plus? I need to lose a considerable amount of weight. I am wondering if anyone can tell me what the difference between doing WW on-line & actually attending meetings – or maybe even just doing it yourself; if you know where to start with your points. My understanding is that for every 5 # lost – you get one less point. Can someone please help me – I need all the support I can get.
Thank you so much I am motivated to go!!! Lose this extra baby weight once and for all! I’m so glad I read this your awesome at getting people motivated! Thanks again!!!
Hi, me again. This was my last post: nury on Mon, 13th Jun 2011 12:19 pm
Used old program & lost 15 lbs. Satisfied with this (wasn’t looking to lose a lot) that was 3 years ago. Had been maintaining however, I gradually regained 5lbs back & decided it was time to start over so I was starting the new program. Tried for 3 months (Feb. 2011 – May 2011) with “NO” weightloss whatsoever.
My extra weigh is all in my stomach area. If I’d tried to stabalize my weight, I couldn’t have done it. Unbelieveable! The old program worked for me and now the new one only keeps me maintaining, unable to lose. So, I got fed up and stopped tracking points for about 2-3 weeks ago. Well, I cooled down & restarted last week including tracking points, treadmill, use of 5lb weights and walking in neighborhood, well wouldn’t you know it , I gained 1-2 lbs. “”””””WHAT’S GOING ON”???
Is anyone else out there having this problem?
Today is July 13th, 2011. Returned from vacation and decided to re-start points plus program today. Good to see others are having the same problem losing. Seemed I was the only one till I read some of the posts. This means it’s not for everyone out there. Any suggestions????????
at my introduction meeting in burbank, some of us asked how do we calculate the points if you can’t afford to join online, the leader says take the calorie and divide by 40, to get your point, is that correct? I can’t afford the weekly meetings or join online, I just wanted the bacic information, but I feel like what I was told was not correct, can someone please help me. Thank you
thanks so much for this, it simplifies the whole program. i just sat in on a meeting to see what i thought and they were pretty mysterious about the whole points plus thing. seeing it like this it makes sense and i KNOW i can do it! bright blessings!
I started the Points Plus plan in March and to date have lost about 18 lbs. Some weeks I followed very closely and other weeks not. I do have weeks I’ve just maintained, but I haven’t gained. I think whether you gain or lose depends on what you are doing with your 29 points + bonus points. If your points go to non-nutritious foods that your body cannot use to maintain itself, then I think you’ll gain. I have also found I have to limit starchy food. I have not made it a habit of using the 49 points, either. Occasionally I’ll have a treat (chocolate, pizza) but for the most part just focus on eating low fat protein and LOTS of fruits and vegetables. We didn’t get this way eating too much fruit and veggies, folks. What can your body do with Cheetos besides store it on your hips? I find I also need to exercise at least 3-5 days a week. Sticking to the plan, avoiding empty calories, and exercise will get us all to goal, I think! I’ve just started blogging about my WW journey at http://www.lifeslessonslearnedblog.com. I’d love to hear from any of you. We ALL need all the encouragement we can get!!! Good luck, all!
I love the points plus program. I was losing on the old system and continued to lose on the pp system (and I drink alcohol almost every day). Have been a lifetime member since March 2011 and use all my points (activity and extra weekly allowance) most every week. This past week, I went over and gained a couple lbs, but it will be gone by next week’s weigh in. I too, need the meetings…the support, sharing ideas with others on this journey is very helpful. We are fortunate to have a great leader and our group is a fun group, always a lot of laughter. I am 63 yr old and feel better than I did 10 years ago. For those of you who are discouraged, I say hang in there, stay with the program, wear a pedometer and get at least 10,000 steps a day and TRACK. It worked for me!
I was browsing WW via my Droid yesterday & came upon Danica’s GREAT blog! Thank you for all the helpful effort! I came to the computer to revisit today because I remembered your stating an ?e–linker? would be beneficial for use with the android app. I am still searching to find your comment, making sure I had that right. Is that a tool one must put on the computer AND phone? I would like to use the program from either tool. Thank you!
I do not like the new Points+!!! I lost 70 pounds on the old system – that was 2 years ago. I have kept the weight off but lately it has crept up a little – I want to loose 10 pounds. I tried the new Points+ for four days and I gained two pounds! I sent an e-mail to WW asking where I could get the old Points method. I received an e-mail back saying they were no longer “supporting” the old Point method – but went on and on about Points+ how it’s the “latest breakthrough in weight loss”. How can it be the latest breakthrough if I’m gaining weight as well as other women out there?? I sent back an e-mail explaining everyone’s body is different and to just limit to one plan instead of giving us a choice to decide between using the old Points or Points+ is ridiculous – they have lost my business! To only allow one method and not care how their customers are doing, they are just another weight loss program!! Hey WW – weight loss programs are a “dime a dozen”!! Why should I pay $65 every three months when I can get another weight loss program for ½ the price!??
My husband and I both want to do the new program online but can’t afford to pay twice. I told him to go ahead and sign himself up, which he did, and that I would track on paper. Would anyone be willing to tell me how many points I get on the new Points Plus program? I am 5’6″ and currently weight 195.
We did WW in the past on older program and it was hugely successful for me. I just need to get back on track and re-lose about 20 pounds that have sneaked up on me this past year.
Thanks!
i have tried the old ww program and i think i’ll stay with it. it seems that this new program that alot of people are having problems with it and can’t afford it. it’s bad enough with the why the cost of everything. so when will companys stop think about marking everythings up, people really do want to lose weight and get healthy they should try and help the common person that can’t afford alot of things to help them lose weight and get healthy so the average person can afford to buy the good food that we should be eating and not have to go and get junk food because of the cost just to belong to ww club.
I have been on the Points Plus program since March. I have lost 27 pounds. I have 23 more pounds to go. It takes awhile and each week I lose from 3/4 of a pound to a pound and a half. It is slow but it works. I find that I am usually not hungry and I have plenty of vegetables, lots of fish, fruit, whole grain breads, and treats. I am so sold on this program. Obviously belonging to weight watchers is costly, but I find the food easily available in the central valley of California and not expensive. I find processed food, frozen or packaged far more costly. It requires cooking, but it is nice to know what is in the food I am eating. No pic yet but coming.
Please add me to your support group.
Hi Teresa,
Anyone and everyone is welcome to join the Friends for Weight Loss Weight Watcher Support Group I created. It’s free and you can find out how to sign up here.
http://www.friendsforweightloss.com/getting-started/
I look forward to seeing you there.
Danica
Tomorrow will be two weeks since I started doing weight watchers, I do not attend the meetings because I cannot affort it, but would love to chat and be part of a support group. Extra support and motivation is always a plus, so far I have lost 9 lbs.!!!! (still have a lot to go)
Tammi
Congrats Tammi! I hope it’s still going well for you.
I had great success with WW many years ago. Just joined up again – can’t quite shake the post-pregnancy weight. Trying to figure out the new counting method. Used to be able to estimate in a pinch, 50-60 calories = 1 pt, unless there’s a bunch of fiber or fat.
Anyone figured out a quick way to estimate points plus “on the fly”?
Hello. Can I join your support group and learn how to do weight watchers without paying their fees? Cannot afford right now but wanting and needing to lose thirty pounds.
Thanks!
Thanks. This is really helpful.
Calculator says hot dog i s2 points (6 fat, 6protein, 0carbs, 0fiber). Book says 5 points. Big difference! Thoughts are appreciated. Thank you. And thanks for this website!
Hi Randy,
Whenever you can calculate the points on a food, you should go with that calculation because it is specific for the food you are eating. The points in the book are just averages for higher and lower points foods.
Hope that helps,
Danica
At 73 and about to start new WW programme tomorrow – well it is Monday! – want to say how interesting I find all the posts. I have known WW since the age of 15 no less. Last success was losing 36 lbs on CORE. Now CORE doesn’t exist any more unfortunately I intend to eat only from the Power Foods List and simply add my 49 points per week of treats. I notice that most of you count points and I have yet to see anybody who wants to follow the programme eating only Power Foods as I intend to do. Is there anybody else out there doing this?
Hi Anne,
I LOVE CORE and used it to lose 1/2 of my original weight. They more or less have the CORE program in the new program with the program they call “Simply Filling”. They have changed a few things, but, sticking to mostly power foods and using your WPA for the non-power foods will accomplish the same thing as CORE. Good luck and keep me posted on how it goes. I know I plan on making my way back to trying out Simply Filling soon.
Danica
I joined weight Watchers today. I had an appointment so I couldn’t stay. I am totally confused about the points plus. A few years ago the book had a different way of counting points. It went by your weight and it told you how many points you could use in one day. How do I know how many points I should use. I am 188 pounds and I would like to know how many points I have for the day.
Can someone answer me and let me know?
Thank You. Josephine Barbiere
when in doubt, go with 29. my sis is about the same weight and thats what the online program assigned her.
When you are able to stay at one of the meetings the people that weigh you should tell you. It depends on your age, height and weight
I used to go to meetings but I think I’m gonna start this new program on the online version. Does anyone know if the paid membership online is the same as e-tools? For example, it’s $17.95 to use Weightwatchers.com, but $40 per month to go to meetings and use e-tools.
so, my mom is starting WW online, and i wanted to join too. It wouldnt hurt to lose 20-25 lbs. But, she wont let me have my own WW online account, but she says I can follow her. But, she is 43, 5’5 and around 180-190 lbs. This is causing a problem, because I am 12, 5’1 1/2, and 143 lbs. can anyone tell me how many daily points i should have?
Although I’m a little older, I am exactly the same height and weight that you are … I have been assigned 29 points per day on WW … 🙂 Good luck!!
Agreed. I’m closer to your mom’s age than yours (35), and slightly heavier and taller (5’4″), but I was just assigned 29 points too.
I think it’s great that you want to get your health under control now, rather than waiting until you’re older. I’ll bet you’ll do great.
Good luck!
please add me to your support group
thanks debbie
Hi Debbie,
Anyone and everyone is welcome to join the Friends for Weight Loss Weight Watcher Support Group I created. It’s free and you can find out how to sign up here.
http://www.friendsforweightloss.com/getting-started/
I look forward to seeing you there.
Danica
I am planning on joining ww plus on-line program today, and this is all new to me. I would love to be included on the twitter, and facebook as part of the support group. Thank you for doing it and helping all of us new bees.
If you are not counting points my question is like past you could only have one starch a day and one grain. Know they included bread is it still one grain and one starch. Plus popcorn is it all eat, and does it count as your one grain or one starch a day?
Thanks any help
HI I just joined today. I am reading through my weight watchers starter books. Should I have received a weight watchers calculator? The free slide ones, like the old weight watchers before it changed to Points plus?
Please add me to your support group
Hi Elaine,
Anyone and everyone is welcome to join the Friends for Weight Loss Weight Watcher Support Group I created. It’s free and you can find out how to sign up here.
http://www.friendsforweightloss.com/getting-started/
I look forward to seeing you there.
Danica
Hello Danica! Just starting out and need lots of support. Please add me to your blogging support group. Thank you!
Hi Mary,
Anyone and everyone is welcome to join the Friends for Weight Loss Weight Watcher Support Group I created. It’s free and you can find out how to sign up here.
http://www.friendsforweightloss.com/getting-started/
I look forward to seeing you there.
Danica
Please add me to your support list. I would like to start asap.
Please add me to your support group.
Smiles!
C
Danica – Please add me to your support group.
And thank you so much for the help.
Marsha
Please add me to your support group!
Please add me to your support group. Thank you
Please add me to your support group. Thanks
I would like to be a part of your support group. Also, thanks for the site. I have the packet, but the getting started book wasn’t in it.
Please add me to your support group. Joined 3 weeks ago and am finding the new version a little confusing. i lost over 30 lbs with the Point Plan 8 years ago – unfortunately have put it all back on. However, i work with three other girls who have also joined WW and its so very helpful to have support and walking friends.
Please add me to the group.
Danica….were you ever part of the WaterBabies thread in the WW Community
HI Michele,
No, I do not think I belonged to Water Babies, but, I used to spend a lot of time in the Weight Watcher Threads….Recipe Review, CORE, The Running One and a few others 🙂
Danica
Hi Everyone,
Anyone and everyone is welcome to join the Friends for Weight Loss Weight Watcher Support Group I created. It’s free and you can find out how to sign up here.
http://www.friendsforweightloss.com/getting-started/
I look forward to seeing you all there.
Danica
Is there a printable WW PointsPlus Tracker online?
Please add me to your support group.
Hi Danica, You said that even if we aren’t joining until January, we should purchase the kits now. How does one do that??? Thanks for the info.
Can you tell me if the new WW point system online and their new cookbooks show carbs? I am a diabetic and I need to be able to count carbs as well as points. I quit WW last year because the materials online and the materials they were handing out at meetings was all just points. I still need to lose weight, but I don’t want to pay for materials that don’t have all the information I need.
Hello. This is all new to me. Have been trying to lose weight for 3 years but keep falling back into old habits. Want to try the points system, the simplier, the better. Have only limited resources. Will be heading now to the friends for weight loss web site to log on. Thanks..see you there
Hi I want to start WW Plus but have no clue what I am doing. I can’t afford to go to meeting or do WW online. So any help would be much appreciated. I don’t even know how many points I can have a day. Thanks
Great info, THANKS !!!!!!
Danica, did I understand that I can find out how many points I get if I have the points calculator? Or is that strictly for food items. I cannot afford to join ww and was going to buy a kit online. Just want to make sure if I buy a kit if I will be able to know how many points I can have. Thanks in advanced.
Allison
The previous fast and flexible weight watchers program made sense. They gave you the tools to use in the grocery store and in restaurants. The new points plus program IS LOUSY. VERY RESTRICTIVE IN COMPARISON TO FAST AND FLEXIBLE. They expect you to eat a weight watchers meal everyday to be able to know how many carbs, fat, fiber and protein grams you are eating. There is NO WAY you can live a normal lifestyle on this program because they do not encourage you to eat out because you will not know the values to plug into the calculator. What a disappointment! The new people don’t know how much easier the fast and flexible program was in comparison.
I am doing the WW online program and am not sure about what you mean about having to eat a WW meal each day. The Points Plus calulator is easy to use. All you do is type in your food and it pulls up a variety of foods that have the points with it.
I did the CORE program about 6 years ago and liked it because I didn’t have to count points. I was resistant to the points on this program, but am finding it very easy to use.
I search out recipes and calculate the points and enter them into my tracker. It has been pretty simple to use. I also searched out restaurants and pulled up their menus and nutrtional info and included them in my tracker as well. I have an app on my phone so when I am shopping and I see something I think I would like I enter the fat, carbs, fiber and protein and have an answer right away.
Hey guys! Just an observation…the meat of the post by Danica was written a year ago…so getting your kit by Jan 1 would have been referring to Jan of this year, 2011. Missed that one, ok? PLUS…please stop asking the poor girl to add you and join her blog like she keeps tactfully inviting you to do. It’s your job to join at her invite, not her job to add each one of you one by one, ok? I haven’t gone to my first meeting yet but hopefully I will feel as if WW will help me continue with my “get healthy” journey. I have been a part of the online Biggest Loser Club for the past year but I think I need actual weight loss buddies in the flesh and not in my computer to keep my resolve strong. Much harder to make excuses and fudge when it’s live. True accountability and support you can feel and hug! Worst that could happen is I make some new friends for life. And I just might get a decent BMI going while I’m at it. (smile). I’m thankful for online support and I have made it a habit to use it so HELLO everyone on this blog/site and I look forward to getting to know you. I hope you all can also find local support like me to have the best experience and success with your program!
Hi! I am from Croatia so I wonder how I can buy the deluxe kit?
How many points would a woman age 56, 127 lbs, be allowed on a daily/weekly basis. Thanks
I really enjoy the ‘new’ look on ww.. I was on ww a few years back, n just joined again last month, felt lost at first, but now I **LOVE** the new ww points plus etc… In 5 weigh ins I achieved my 5% loss, and I’m feeling really good about this new me.
Thanks for sharing your page and your insights, it helped me understand a bit more.
Nury: Maybe you aren’t really gaining “weight” – maybe you are gaining “muscle”.
Muscles weighs more than fat. Just a thought. Good Luck…
Madfinnegan: I know what you mean about the difference between the real & virtual world. A REAL touch hug is better than a computer hug. However, I will take whatever I can get. I am a widowed Mom totally struggling with my weight. Gained about 100# after my hubby was killed. Harder than anything losing it. I have since been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes & trying to keep that under control too. I give you tons of virtual hugs & would give you REAL ones too if you happen to be close to Salem, Oregon… Good luck.
Would love to join your support group!
This website isn’t perfect but it seems to calculate weight watchers points plus daily amounts pretty well. http://www.howmanypointsdoigetonweightwatchers.com/ May be helpful for folks
WOULD LOVE TO JOIN THE GROUP AND GET EMAILS AND BLOG TOO. THANKS. SONJA
This morning I decided to do a search on the new program. I have about ten pounds left on my journey of loosing. so far I have lost 122 pounds thinks to weight watchers. due to money I had to stop going to meetings. so I’ve been doing the old program on my own. thats exciting about the fruit and vegetable changes. thanks for sharing the new changes.
Question……how would you figure points for a 1/4 cup of milk instead of a cup, which is the serving size on the jug lable? I have the WWPP app on my phone, so I can calculate points, but not sure how to handle figuring when not using the entire serving size. Thanks!
The original “Points” were calculated as:
0.5 + (0.02 x cal) + (0.0833 x fat) + (0.2 x fiber)
Fat and fiber were in grams/serving.
I’ll post the “PointsPlus” formula soon.
The formula for calculating “PointsPlus” seems to be:
(0.257 x Fat) + (0.091 x Protein) + (0.109 x Carbohydrates) – (0.08 x Fiber)
All data is in grams/serving.
There is no simple formula to convert Points to PointsPlus. They are computed using different data.
With the equations, it’s possible to figure either the Points or PointsPlus for any recipe which provides data for fat, protein, carbs and fiber. Many of the newer cookbooks give this information.
For both the old and the new formulas, round off the results to the nearest whole number.
Here’s to points watched and pounds lost!
I am BEYOND confused as to the new system. I don’t even know where to begin! =( First, I am used to the “old” system. And, I do NOT have the $ or the time in the evening (I work) to go to the only meeting in or near our town. BUMMER! SO….here I am. Confused! I have NO idea how many points I can eat a day. I have NO clue what the “changes” are. And, honestly, I have TONS of cookbooks off the old system and no clue how to figure them out. (They don’t have the info: calories, fat, etc.) They only tell me how many pts per serving! So…needless to say I am frustrated. And, sad! I want to get the ball rolling and have NO IDEA how to begin! And, online is too much $ for me too. Can anyone help with a little bit of info? Thank you!!!
here is a site that offers a free calculator for both old and new – there is tons of info on the web. also if you have a smart phone lots of free apps. Once someone gets ahold of the formula its pretty easy to copy the calculators (I, myself not being one of those people… ha ha)
http://www.calculatorcat.com/free_calculators/weight_watchers_calculator.phtml
email me and i can look up how many daily points you’re allowed on the new program if you’d like. 🙂
i am 50 years old, weigh 142..and 5″ tall how many points plus can i have per day???? anyone…please help
Thanks for the wonderful information. Im researching WW right now.
i’m not too sure about the new plan. i joined 2 years ago but never started never went to the meetings ….i finaly got the courage to pick up the pkge and start but is the old formula. does this mean that no longer works???
hello
how can i know my target point and the new guide of points in foods and how can i have the kit of weight watchres thx for ur help
Do you have to use all your points ? If you don’t eat all your points is it going to hurt how much weight you loose ?
HI Beverly,
Nope, you do not have to eat all your daily points+ especially if you are not hungry. You should always try to shoot for the minimum of 26, but, I am a big advocate of listening to your body and your hunger signals.
Good luck,
Danica
Actually everything I’ve read has said you DO have to use all of your daily points plus. For example I have 29 PTs so would have to use them all. But that you do NOT have to use all of the extra weekly points if you choose not to. Is this wrong?
Rebekah
I am a lifetime member of WW…although I haven’t been to a meeting in awhile, I am wondering about the advice of not having to use all of your daily points+. Not eating enough and “cheating the system” were always strictly advised against that I remember…as not eating enough will cause one’s body to start holding on to weight because it senses deprivation. Has something changed?
Just because you dont eat your points doesnt mean you are depriving yourself. I eat a lot of raw fruit and vegetables. It is sometimes hard to meet my daily 26 points however, I am worried that eating so many 0 points (good for you 0 points) can put me over my limit.
There use to be a limit on the 0 points and they calculated into points after 5. Is that still true?
What do I.need to do to get this packet I love the structure. I’m a diabetic.will this help me
Im diabetic also. This Program can help you but you still have to follow your doctors specific reccomendations on your carbohydrate count. Because WW is flexible it makes it easy to follow points but not your carbohydrate intake.
Thanks….I have a points calculator but I can’t remember how to reprogram it once I have lost some weight…can you help?
Thanks aleah
Hi Aleah,
If you click on the little “wrench” you should be able to recalculate your daily points+ target.
Danica
Aleah,
There is a little “hole” on the back of the calculator. If you stick a pen or paperclip in it, the calculator will “reset” and you can recalculate your daily points+ target.
Shauna
I would love to know if you can still use the old guide,and where are your classes giving on Brooklyn.
I was enrolled in WW, but now my materials from 2 years ago are outdated. Do I have to pay for updates…..this is too costly, why doesn’t WW give this updated info to us for free or at least a lesser price somehow. 1/18/2012
Hi Gloria,
Since the program has changed from Flex Points to Points Plus, then, you would need to get new materials. If you are at lifetime/goal and/or a member, then, the new materials are free.
Danica
I purchased the WW Deluxe Kit new on Ebay. I cannot find anywhere in that kit that gives you the tear out Kick Start Guide. In the entire kit I cannot find how you actually do the program. Any advice?
HI CC,
The Kick Start is something you get for free when you attend meetings. I have never seen it sold separately anywhere.
Danica
I have a question for anyone that can help me. I just started doing the weight watchers point plus through my kindle fire, i love it. But I have found myself with leftover points most days and I see the weekly remaining every day at 49. Thats alot of points. Im trying to lose my post baby Pooch. Im 5’5 and last week weighed in around 176. I have a trip to Cancun in 116 days that I wanna look good for. What is realistic for results? Ive completely cut out pop (even my diet coke), Ive started working out for the first time in my life, and eating better and following the points plus. Any advice or what I should expect for results???? HELP PLEASE!
Expect about 8 pounds a month, an average of 1-2 pounds a week. Slow and steady wins the race. My first week I lost 5 pounds, but then I didnt lose at all the second week, even though i did the plan right, but then my third week I lost 3. So the moral of the story is not every week will you have huge losses or even any loses at all, maybe even gains, BUT it will all balance out in the end, so look at the big picture, not just how one week went. Good luck
very very well said:-):-)..and i agree. Same thing happened with me.
Hello, I am new to the New WW program. I joined online and have no clue how everything works. I am currently residing in Japan
and can not attend any of the meetings. Does anyone know if I will be receiving any booklets or anything through the mail?
Thank you.
I do online and I love it! No you do not get the materials like people from the WW centers do. Instead, all of that information is on the online website. I find it easier to just type what i’m searching for rather then flip through a book personally. Just spend a few hours browsing the site and you’ll learn everything you need to know. Other online members are also quite helpful, so feel free to ask questions no matter how silly you think they sound!
Hi, just one question please… If you signup on line do you get the W.W. Deluxe Kit with Kick Start Guide sent to you for free or do you have to pay extra for it??? Using it on your “kindle fire” sounds really awesome…
I’m a stay at home 59 yr old “Grandma” that has really put the pounds on this past year being home with my grandson, hoping I’ll be able to follow the program online…
I’m really scared it will be to hard for me to follow… But I’m going to give it a shot, hoping your never to old to start…
You should get the kickstart for free if you are getting your Deluxe Kit from Weight Watchers.
I haven’t signed up as of yet, but I am strongly thinking about it… I think they have free registration until the end of May online… But I wanted to make sure I would get all the same materials that people receive who go to an actual WW center for the meetings??? Do they mail it to your home??? Thank you…
I started WW on March 21, 2012. I had to buy the deluxe kit separate. It didn’t come with the start up plan. I hope that helps.
I do online and I love it! No you do not get the materials like people from the WW centers do. Instead, all of that information is on the online website. I find it easier to just type what i’m searching for rather then flip through a book personally. Just spend a few hours browsing the site and you’ll learn everything you need to know. Other online members are also quite helpful, so feel free to ask questions no matter how silly you think they sound!
I was under a MDs care and he had me on a low carb (40 carbs/day) and 100 g Protein. I lost 28 pounds in 7 weeks, but I feel absolutely horrible! I am seriously looking at weight watchers…. I have 40 pounds to go! I am really worried that as I adjust to really eating food again after this diet that he hd me on, that some of the weight will creep back on. . . . any words of encouragment? Do you sign p for both the meetings and online programs? I work crazy hours and may not always be able to make the meetings. . .can you go to different locations? Or do you need to always go the same meeting? HELP!?!?!
I do online and I love it! No you do not get the materials like people from the WW centers do. Instead, all of that information is on the online website. I find it easier to just type what i’m searching for rather then flip through a book personally. Just spend a few hours browsing the site and you’ll learn everything you need to know. Other online members are also quite helpful, so feel free to ask questions no matter how silly you think they sound! As for the meetings, you can go to whatever location fits you the best, if you want to keep switching around, thats fine. I’m in college and theres not center close enough to me so i do online, and i have already lost 14 pounds! its so easy once you get the hang of it!
I joined on line but do not get any of the tools or books. Where can I buy the Deluxe kit. Also it does not say anything about re calulating points when you lose weight. How often should I do that.
Thanks
HI Lori,
You can buy the Deluxe Kit at any Weight Watchers location. Simply go to http://www.weightwatchers.com and click on find a meeting to find a location near you. It is definitely cheaper to buy it at the centers versus online.
You could calculate your daily points+ target weekly as it will go up or down with the changes in your weight and age.
Danica
if your online it will automatically change your Daily points allowance for you after you put your weight in for that week. Some weeks it will change, some it wont, depends on how much you gain or lose and what your weight is then
Danica, thanks for posting all your comments. I’ve been checking out their website and waffling, it is hard to get a sense for what is actually involved, but your site has done that beautifully. Thanks again, and I am going to join online! Chrys
i know people will prolly gt mad at me for askn but i dont have the money to do this and i wanted to know…. how many points im sopossed to eat. im 5’7 and i weight 242LBs… if anyone out there can help me a lil it would be much appricated…i neede to lose weight and i just dont have the money to sign up….. i hope noone gets mad at me… im just really lookn for some help… thankyyou so much
Chelle
Chelle,
I just received my new calculator. I did not join but someone in my family bought an extra calculator for me. I went onto different websites and was able to figure out my points that way. I went to http://www.laaloosh.com/how-to-calculate-daily-weight-watchers-points-plus-allowance/.
So, I’m 5’7″ and 238 and my allowance is 31 points. So, yours should be around there. I think you add another point because of the way they calculate your initial 2 numbers in your weight which are 24 which allows you another point. BUT, your age and activity also play a role in your calculations. I know it’s difficult to spend money but this program works. I wish I was able to join online but it’s just too expensive. I’m in the same boat, financially, so I’m trying to get as much info online without having to spend the money.
Hope this helps.
I used her calculator too, but found it to be off by about 5 points from the real calculator. For example, I reset my PointsPlus calclator so I could put in some numbers, and calculating a 5’7″ Female weighing 238 wanting to lose weight and guessing 25 or 29 for an age, it said 38 points. 7 points can be a lot of food! Also, I was told you need to eat your minimum points each day for this program to work. If you cut out your points for too long, you could deprive yourself in a way that has a negative impact.
I am 5’8″ and 263 nd they gave me 41 points!!!! I think that is crazy? I cant eat that much?!?
that is about right. I started at 200 pounds i am 5’2″ and i get 26 points
Most people start at 29 points, I’m 210, 5’7″ and that’s the allowance they gave me. You could try that and if you’re really hungry, go up a few points and see if you’re losing.
Thanks for this info, Somer. I am in the same financial boat as a few others regarding the plan price. Your weight and mine match and I’m 5’5, so if I were to pick up the points plus cookbook (I’m new to all of this), I would want to stay at or around whatever totals 29 @ end of day, if I am comprehending this correctly.
I was on line looking for info on the new WW Points Plus Program. Just came accross your site. Very nice by the way! Way to go! Very informative. I had gastric by pass 7 years ago and have only put on ten pounds. I have always loved WW and as some might know that patients like myself must stay on a hight protien diet. FINALLY WW has come out with this new program. Could you please tell me where I can purchase the Entire new system like you did? Pretty Please!!!!!! :o) Kelly P.
I didn’t care for the new plus points program. The old worked better for me and if anyone used common sense it still worked, fruits and vegetables were low points, so if you ate food good for you, you would lose weight. Don’t forget the small print, the part where they tell you to not over do on the fruits and vegetables. They make you feel like you are getting something for free but actually you are not. I wish they would have given their consumers the chance to choose which program but didn’t. I lost 20 lbs the old way and gained everything plus some the new way. I have a feeling I am not the only one out there that this happened to.
I did not have much success with Points Plus either. I lost on the old points program but really maintained on the new program. However, starting in October I started putting some pounds on & was not losing even when I went I stuck to the PP program. I finally switched back to the old program 2 weeks ago & started losing again. I tracked my points using both programs (18 points on the old progam & 26 points on Points Plus) & I had weekly points left over on the Points Plus Program. The difference is mostly the fruit. If I count the fruit on the Points Plus tehn I would use up most of my 49 weekly points. I’m going to stay on the old program until I lose the 6 pounds then go back to Points Plus & count points for the fruit & see what happens.
Does anyone know how I can purchase tools from old (Flex Points) program? I have also heard from several people that new program doesn’t work as well for them as the Flex Points system.
The site to calculate in the comment above by Maria has a link in it that takes you to a better calculation for the new ww points plus. The one listed is for the old program. This is an awesome new site thank you for all your hard work!
I joined weight watchers online 2 days ago and have not received any information. Hoe long does it take.
You do not get the book materials like people from the WW centers do. Instead, all of that information is on the online website. I find it easier to just type what i’m searching for rather then flip through a book personally. Just spend a few hours browsing the site and you’ll learn everything you need to know. Other online members are also quite helpful, so feel free to ask questions no matter how silly you think they sound!
If I was once a lifetime member do I pay all over again each month (monthly pass costs)? I have gained all my weight back and this time I am doing it for me!
No you do not get the materials like people from the WW centers do. Instead, all of that information is on the online website. I find it easier to just type what i’m searching for rather then flip through a book personally. Just spend a few hours browsing the site and you’ll learn everything you need to know. Other online members are also quite helpful, so feel free to ask questions no matter how silly you think they sound!
I’m going to start online tomorrow and my hubby wants to be supportive of me and do the program too. While I need to lose more than 100 pounds, he only needs to lose 10…. Does anyone know what the daily target would be for him at 5’10” and 180 lbs? We aren’t going to pay the fee again for him to join too.
I am on day #4 and my husband is n day #3….my question is how do you track points when you have a mixture?? casserole/ some different salads/speghetti/etc? or lets just say…chili??? how do you measure the meat/noodle/tomato sauce/bean?
I would like to come back to weight Watchers.
just getting ready to embark on ww points plus program but cant get to a meeting till next week. can any of you guys tell me how many points plus a man, 5’6 235 lbs would be allowed to start with. weight loss goal is 50 pounds.
thanks much,
Jim
I need some help with my daily target points. I was a ww member and apart of when they rolled out the new Points Plus. But I quit after the first two meetings of the new program because I found out I was pregnant. So I’m back on the wagon and looking at the material on the Points Plus that I saved. Back then my leader wrote I had 29 daily points at 170 lbs age 33 and 5’2″. I am currently 186 lbs, 34 and haven’t shrank in height. But all the web tools and apps that I have been on calculate me to currently have 27 points. Doesn’t seem right considering I’m 16 pounds heaveir. Plus I read in the Getting Started book that you shouldn’t go below 29 a day. Am I missing something? Should I really have 27 points?
Lorin you are not supposed to go below 29 points, i am 35 years old, 5’3″ and 192 lbs so we are close in size and i am 29 points. I hope this helps 🙂
Hi, thanks for the share! I have a question regarding: 5. Your daily points target.
-You mentioned that the best option for finding your daily points allowance is to use a calculator. So, the 2012 Calculator will also figure the DPA for the individual, and not just the food values?
I would like to know how much wieght do you lose between points? I started at 284.4 pounds 5′ 5 and im at 39points plus. Now i am 251.9 pounds. how many points do i drop in between. Is it every 5 pounds or 10 pounds im tring to figure that out. Can someone help me there?
How long have you been on the program to lose almost 33 lbs? I’m interested in joining the program and is concerned about the amount of time you have to be doing the program in order to see results. Do you know where a calculator can be purchased at?
Does anyone know how to use the personal calculator to figure out how to calculate how many points per day I should be eating? I have the calculator but have no idea how to use it and I threw out the instructions!
Jamie, the book is out there….I cannot remember where I found it but I did a search on ww pts calculator instructions and a pdf was one of the options. I think it may have been on the ww website.
I’m not sure I understand the 49 points extra weekly allowance. That’s a lot of points considering I only get 27 pts per day! Should I really be eating all those extra points every week if I want to meet my goals? I am trying to lose 15 lbs by June 22nd. Help! thanks!
Wow, this information was so helpful, thank you for sharing. It seems like Weight Watchers is some big secret that only a meeting can provide the answers, and I am just too busy to get out to a meeting. I have been on every diet and tried every diet pill out there from the weak to the strong prescription drugs. They work for a moment and some weight comes back. I just finished the HCG diet, and 8 pounds came creeping back, so I am just realizing after 18 years of gaining and losing weight, I have never been taught how to eat right. By reading some of this information, I want to know the truth, is it possible that this program can teach people how to eat permanently? What happens after you reach your weight loss goal? I have been on weight watchers for a week and I started to get discouraged because I gained a couple of pounds, but then I realized my period should begin tomorrow and I always gain around 3-5 pound the week of (strange but true) then I lose all 3- 5 pounds the first day it begins. I am so tired of diets, tired of nightmares that I am this gigantic fat beast, I am tired of being treated different and mostly I am so tired of waking up every morning disliking who I am. I am ready to stop all the diets and teach myself the right way to eat and exercise. I never had patients because I only wanted to be thin long enough for the vacation, and then returned to the fat girl for the winter. I am so sorry to vent when all I really had was a couple of questions, but I must say, I feel much better now that I said it!
I live in South Africa and we use the metric system (grams and Kg’s). Does the WW programme have a conversion for the metric system. I have ordered a calculator from the UK and am now wondering if I will be able to use it here?
I have about 15-20 pounds to lose. As I am quite poor, I used an online points plus calculator. It didn’t ask about how much I wanted to lose; just ht/wt/age. Gave me 26 points. But I noticed that if I put in a lower wt than my current (say, my goal wt) the points didn’t change. How can I need the same points now and 20 pounds from now!? Can anyone tell me how to know when to start decreasing my points and how to know how many?
With the new program 2012, 26 points is the lowest your allowed. That will be your maintaining points also.
Hey. I want to try the weight watchers. Just low on cash, how do I follow the diet without the list of points for foods?
Hi I was wondering if you have to pay monthly for the weight watchers meeting? or if you already joined online, can you pay for a one time visit?
HI Samantha,
I am not sure, it would be best to check with your local center. To find one near you go to http://www.weightwatchers.com and click on find a meeting. they may let you attend one meeting for free.
Danica
what comes in the smaller kit?
Everything you see above except the case and the cookbook.
can i go in to a center and just buy the points book and dining out book with out joining?
Hi Kathie,
Yes anyone can buy the books and you do not need to be a member.
Danica
I am on weight watchers and Im paying for the meetings but now my husband wants to join on it but we cant afford both of us at the meetings. Can someone please tell me how many points a 51 year old male, 186 pounds , light activity gets?
Thanks
Hi Karla,
I’d need to have this height too in order to calculate his points+.
Danica
Great thread. For those of you who do not want to spend the money on weight watchers, there are some knock-off phone apps you can buy. I have been using “Ultimate Weight Watcher Diary”, which calculates your allowances, lets you keep track of foods, and calculates points. I am 5’4 and 145 lbs and have so far lost 5 lbs in 3 weeks, while consuming all my activity and weekly points (have 26 daily and 49 weekly).
This is a great place to get info on this program. I to can not afford to go to the meetings. My husband and I have been doing WWP since April 23. I have lost 24# and he has lost 25#. What I am trying to find out is when we reach our goal, on the calculator of maintance it ask for extra when entering your info. What is that? It says go to page 6 of the instructions or ask your leader. I did join to get all of the other info. Can some one please tell me what it is I have to enter? Thanks
If you join online can you go into a center and buy the food there?
I lost 30 lbs. on WeightWatchers under Flex Points. I came here to read about the new PointsPlus. Maybe I’m cynical, but I think they introduced the PointsPlus only because their original patents will expire soon. I liked the Flex Points — very straightforward, no exceptions to remember, track every bite you eat, no complicated exceptions.
For all of you asking general questions about WW, here are answers I can give:
(1) WW is a support group weight loss program combined with an eating plan. The support group, or the meetings, is important to give you a cheerleader during your weight loss journey. I did online-only, so I needed a virtual meeting. I found it in the Guys on a Diet discussion group online, which is on the WW website and is free if you do the free website registration. There are also groups for people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, etc., brides, Fitness.
(2) The eating plan based on counting calories, fat, and fiber in every bite of food you eat. Under the Flex Points system, about every 50 calories was 1 point, and there are penalties for fat, and rewards for fiber in food. So if you eat 50 calories of cheese, it has more points (probably 1.5) than 50 calories of straight sugar (1 point). If you eat a 50 calories of whole wheat cheese pizza, you will get some points added in for fat, and then some subtracted for the fiber, so it might even out to 1 point.
(3) To start the plan, you need to figure out how much you need to eat per day. That’s where WW starts to charge you to access the online calculator for your personal points. For all you people who say you are too poor to join, you can probably have some success without joining by guesstimating food points using the 50 calories per 1 point formula, with some penalty for fat and some reward for fiber, and start with an arbitrary 30 or 40 points per day, plus 35 weekly flex points. Daily points reset every day. You spill over into weekly flex points if you exceed your daily points in one day. Weekly points reset every week. You have to write down every bite you eat. If you are not losing 1 pound per week, lower your points by 2 or 4, and try that for a week. It’s really not much different than counting calories, except you have the fat penalty and fiber reward. Don’t forget to count cooking oil, especially if you are eyeballing portions while you’re eating out!
(4) It looks like the main difference between Flex and PointsPlus is that they are giving you 0 points for most fruits, like apples, whereas they used to be 1 or 2 points if you used the formula with the calorie/fat/fiber values. Most vegetables never had calories, so they never had points anyway. I think tracking some things and not others is a recipe for disaster (and for cheating).
Happy healthy lifestyle to all!
@Diane. You do not have to be a member of either to purchase things from the meeting centers. I get my fruities there as well as journals and other snack items. Everyone has always been very kind and friendly with me.
Is anyone else having trouble losing on the new Points Plus? 2 weeks now and I’ve only lost 1 lb. On the old program it was 2 to 3 lbs a week.
I need help please
I am a male,6’1 tall ,210 pounds ,23 years old
the online ww gave me 48 points a day!!I never eat that much
II feel like I gonna gain more weight If i finish the 48 points
is there something wrong here …I am totally confused
How many PointsPlus in this frozen yogurt: 1/2 cup serving, 45 calories, 11 carbs, 0 gram fat, 3 grams protein
And what about this frozen yogurt: 12/ cup serving, 45 calories, 11 carbs, 1 gram fat, 4 grams protein
Thanks!
hi there i was wondering if anywhere in cobourg ontario sell the books so i can start weight watchers thank you
i am on the weight watchers plus now. im 24 yrs old 5’6 and 189.5 pounds. i put this into my wwcalculator and it says my daily pts are 31 and weekly allowances are 49. does this mean i can eat 49 pts through out the week?and 31 daily? and will i still loose weight with wwpp??
Hi
I live in South Africa and we are still on the steps to success program, I would really like to get hold of the Points Plus program but I cannot find a way to do it. How do I calculate the points I am required to eat? Can anyone please assist me in getting some more information on the Points Plus program? Thanks
When using your points calculator, what do you do with fractions of a point? Round up, down, or use exact amounts?
Hi everyone,
I have the food list for weight watcher. I am 5’5 and unfortunately from 117 move to 130 pounds. I do not know exactly how many points do I have to have in order to start to lose.
can someone explain it to me please? second question: If I just count the points and start to do some exercise do I really lose weight?
I have tried many many different program and get tired of them. I lost weight with them but each one of them had some restricted food such as carbs, which sometimes I like to have my bagel for breakfast not often.
I am tired of my body and so unhappy. Can someone please help here to understand how counting points work? I just start it 2 days ago and I figure out I need to have 18 points daily in order to lose at least 15 pounds. Hopefully!
Thank you
Why doesn’t my weekly remaining points change. It stays at 49. If I am using points every day then how can my weekly remaining points still be 49?
These are actually “Extra” points that you can use throughout the week; you will see the number reduce from 49 when you go over your daily points limit.
Hope this helps!
🙂
Hi,
I just started on Tuesday night and on my first day (Weds) I actually used 3 of my weekly points. Today, I have planned better and will probably have points left over tonight. Will those left over points “reimburse” my weekly points that I used on Wednesday?
Just trying to plan ahead for my weekend away/Easter dinner…
Thanks! 🙂
Kristine
No, once you’ve used your weekly points, they are gone. You can, however, earn some points by getting on your feet and earning activity points. A 10-minute walk will get you 2 points!
What is the lowest number of points on Points Plus?
(From the WW website)
5. You have a new daily PointsPlus Target
Whatever your daily POINTS Target used to be, it’s now higher. The minimum per day is now 29. Don’t worry that this will cause you to eat more and gain weight; the PointsPlus values of many foods are also higher.
I was told the min per day is 26, that is what mines is… Is that why i always hungry……lol
I agree tammy….I was told my daily points target is 26. When I joined back in 2012, it was 29 and I weighed less then! 3 extra points really make a difference…..anybody know for sure?
My minimum is 26, but I am 60kg! away from that so currently on 40. Use an online calculator for WW points plus – just google it and one will come up. You can work out your points for now and for every anticipated weight until you goal weight.
The lowest allowed is 26; this is the lowest target that still allows or the balance of nutrients that your body needs. You may want to increase protein to help with the hungry issue. You get a 49 points plus allowance in addition to the pointsplus target. You can use the allowance to avoid feelings of deprivation as you lose the wieght. Remember you can’t roll over from one week to the next.
Also you can earn activity points which can be swapped one for one for extra food pointsplus values. Your starter goal is to earn 14 activity points pwer week (2/day). Overtime it is encouraged to earn up to 28 to 42 per week to reap full benefits.
I was just at my meeting on thurs and our leader said it was 26
Help! Where can I buy the Deluxe Points Plus kit including the calculator off the internet? It is hard for me to make it into one of the meetings and would really like to get started on this. Can you please help me with this question?
ebay?
Here is a Weight Watchers Points Plus Calculator Shortcut. A point value is total Calories divided by 40. Use 39 with a calculator for more accuracy. So, 200 Cal is 5 points. With 40, 5.5 points is 220 Cal. With 39, 5.5 points is 215 Cal. You can also do your own rounding. Say you eat 3.6 points, then 4.7. WW would round both up, to 9 points. But 3.6 plus 4.7 is 8.3. So you can enter 8 points if you want to. You can get to the 39 by taking 20 different Smart Ones frozen meals. Look at total Calories and total points. Divide to get 39. So with 29 daily plus 49 weekly, your daily total is (29 + 49/7) = 29 + 7 = 36. So 36 points X 39 Calories = 1404. That looks low. So now with respect to those who say a point is 50 Cal, we add 11 Cal X 36 pts for 396 Cal for fruits and veggies. So total daily Cal are 1950. You can also earn Activity Points. So 50 can be used as a value per point only when looking at total daily points, including fruits and veggies, when comparing WW to other programs. Enjoy and share.
Thanks for this info. This makes it so much easier for those of us on the run and often without time to look things up.
i have been trying to lose weight for over 2 years now its really hard .i went on a low carb diet its works but its hard to eat the food when you have 2 other people you live with want eat the same things so i have been looking on the net to find some thingthat will help me my sister and neice told me about weight watchers on her.so im going to try the point diet im hoping it works.
I am an emotional eater I gained 50lbs in less than a year because of stressful situations, I don’t like the heavy me, getting tired from walking , how can ww plan help me & also I eat sweets for my emotion stress, don’t eat junk food but love carbs and sugar,plz help me I really need help I am getting out of breath very easily.
Thank-you for this info! 4 of us ladies started this plan a week and a half ago – all of us have had success on WW a number of years ago, some on points, myself on core – so switching to this we’ve all had some questions and you just answered them all! I was certain I wouldn’t be able to figure out the pointsplus and follow it, as I don’t like being given ‘limits’, lol – which is why core worked for me. But I am absolutely loving this – it’s soooo real and doable. As a single mom with 3 kids, I don’t have to make myself something entirely different (although sometimes I do). It’s my choice, If I want to eat a larger amount of something, I just choose something with a lower pts value – if it’s something rich – then just a little bit. Thanks again!
Hi there, I am new …well,I am not really even on board yet. My neighbor is starting WW and said it is so easy, but honestly, I am quite confused and dont feel like it is straight forward. Can someone please help me? I dont understand the difference between points and pointsplus…and which should I be using? Also, I am not sure if I calculated my total daily points correctly at 27points/day. How do I know if this is right and for which system? I need to know this just to begin…when I see the food calculations, my eyes cross and the mind boggles and I am not sure I can do this. Any insight would be appreciated. THANKS!
Can anyone answer a ? For me. I have been trying to find out with the
new points plus calculator do you count all the fibers now or is it still like the
old way only 4. I would appreciate your help thanks. Wendy
Help I just started weight watchers 1 week ago I haven’t lost anything . My daily points is 30 do I need to be eating 30 points everyday even though I’m not hungry?? Thanks feeling discouraged
Jana – I was on the old program years ago, and I’m currently learning about the new one. On the old one, there was a minimum daily points value that everyone needed to eat. Even if you were allowed more points, you had to hit this minimum. It used to be 20, and on this one, I think it’s 26.
I had a roommate who never ate enough food, probably about 8 points per day. I told her to up it to 20, and she lost weight. She even did it in an incredibly unhealthy way – she drank a few cocktails nightly to gain some calories. While that won’t be healthy in the long run, it shows that your body really does need the minimum points…anything less than that and you’re in starvation mode and you won’t lose a thing.
You probably don’t have to eat 30 points each day, but aim for at least 26. And switch it up sometimes – don’t always eat the bare minimum with no extras. Some weeks let yourself have fun with those extra 49, and you’ll find you’re still losing weight. Sometimes it even gives you a little kick away from your plateau.
I started ww a week ago. How long will it be before I see a pound or two drop, just curious. If I go a couple or a few over my allowance everyday using my extra points, how is it possible that I will still lose weight? Any help is appreciated!
Hi I just wanted to try the new program, my mom tried the old program years ago. Could anyone tell me how many point I would get on the new one with the weight of 145lbs and height of 5ft 6 inches? I know how to do everything else. I just hated to go buy the books when I don’t really need them. Thanks, guys.
Hi. I just turned 49 on October 18 and I weigh 154.00 I want to get down to 125-130 by next summer. How many points a day do I need to eat a day? I am not into going to meetings sand I own a points plus calculator and a scale. Now I just need to know for sure how many points a day iI need! Thanks!
Hello,
How many points should I use daily? I can’t understand the points thing unless I know how many I need each day. Thanks.
I am 5’2″, 135 lbs. What are my daily points? Do I use the colorful “building” charts for my foods? Thanks!
I have the Getting Started Book from when I went to meetings a long time ago – for Points Plus program. But I tore out the “Kickstart Guide” & now can’t find it.
Anything in particular I need to know from that part – like does it break down where to start in figuring out your meals to get started ….. I can’t remember.
Lisa
When using the PointsPlus calculator, if the food you are eating does not have a “Fiber” listing, do you use 0?
Also, I’m finding that the fiber amount is often not listed on a lot of food products, wonder why?
I have a question please. I joined your Alameda, CA South Shore group today. I was given a weekly keep track booklet. The lady put in my first week DSP:32/WSP: 42
Can you explain what this means.
My guess would be my daily points would be 32 and the WSP means extra points one could use as extra points during the week. Is this correct.
WILLIAM T, YOUNG aka Tom
Where can I buy the deluxe starter kit?