I have a WW Points Plus excel spreadsheet that I'm using as comparison

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marilynfl

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against my basic "write the food down and count up the calories."

It should be "count up the calories and THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO EAT THE FOOD"...but I digress...

So far they match EXACTLY.

I allow 1200 calories; "they" allow 40 Points

Breakfast was 600 calories; PP breakfast was 20 points.

Spreadsheet is pretty basic: you fill in personal data on the first page that calibrates how many points you're allowed (age range, sex, starting weight, description of how much you move around per day (sloth wasn't included so I had to pick the closest). It came from someone here at work so I have no clue if it's home-grown or something that WW gives out.

Anyway....if anyone would like a copy, send me an IM with your email address. REMEMBER, I can only reply via Subject Line.

 
Really? I calibrated 40 points with my personal info.

I wonder if there's something wonky with this spreadsheet?

Here's what you answer to personalize your number:
Queries:
Male/Female/Nursing mother?
Age range
First two digits of weight
Daily routing: Sedentary to working like a plow horse?
Want to Lose OR Maintain?

I think that was it. Mine came up to 40 points plus.

Formula Used: (dug up on the internet)
pp = max{ round( ( (16×p) + (19×c) + (45×f) - (14×r) ) / 175 ) , 0 }

Where,
pp - Weight watchers pointsplus
p - Protein
c - Carbohydrates
f - Fat
r - Dietary fiber

 
Well, double dooby poopy loop. My numbers are WRONG! And here I was

...thinking I was doing SOOO well by eating below 40 "Points Plus" points.

There are two different methods on the attached link for calculating the original "POINTS". Based on Angie's more recent info, I don't think the spreadsheet can be right. On basic plan, I'm somewhere between 22 and 26 points, depending on which of the calculations I used.

NOWHERE does it add up to 40 points!

Poopy loop!

http://www.laaloosh.com/how-to-calculate-daily-weight-watchers-points-plus-allowance/

 
ah...I delved a little closer. Spreadsheet software is only sorting one line

of options, instead of looping through all options.

Apparently, I'm a 48-56 year old male. Thankfully, not nursing.

 
when you go to register etc in WW, you need to click on "lose" not "maintain". that makes a big

difference in points(and is easily overlooked). the 40 sounds like someone on maintanence. I would be gaining every week with those points on this points plus program.

 
I think the points calculation you dug up must be on the old PP and they reformatted how they

figure points on foods. basically, anyway you look at it, 1200 calories will make you lose, but it's the stupid points that you have to watch---which program guidelines you're working with. WW doesn't like members to figure calories etc, so that info is not readily or reliably available that I can find.

 
It was a software error. When I corrected it, the number came down to 26. The whole

"no calorie" thing is somewhat misleading. If you have the grams of fat, protein and carbohydrate, you have total calories.

Multiply Protein grams x 4 = protein calories
Multiply Carbohydrates grams x 4 = carb calories
Multiply Fat grams x 9 = fat calories

Add those three up and you have your total calorie count.

They throwing fiber into the mix because it's good for you AND it's almost always associated with lower calorie foods...so you get more to eat and you're fuller.

 
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