How to Track Weight Watchers Points on MFP!!

CM9178
CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Many people ask about this and very few people know this is possible. YES you can track your Weight Watchers point in your MFP diary.

First off, you need to use the Mozilla Firefox browser. If you don't have it, download it for free - You won't be sorry.

Second - You will need to install a script into Firefox (like a plug-in) that will display the points in your food diary.
Here is the link: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/122949

It can be used for both the old and new points systems.
Here are more instructions about getting it setup: http://userscripts.org/about/installing

I've been using this since March and I absolutely LOVE it. It is like using the WW E tools except for free!!
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  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    Since you already here why not track calories instead
    Some people, including myself like to see both Points and Calories consumed. This tool will allow you to easily do that, without paying for anything.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    Since you already here why not track calories instead
    Some people, including myself like to see both Points and Calories consumed. This tool will allow you to easily do that, without paying for anything.

    I understand that. I'm asking why
  • chaoskitty
    chaoskitty Posts: 29 Member
    Awesome I now have the points catagory but it's blank, nothing is populating. :(
  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    Awesome I now have the points catagory but it's blank, nothing is populating. :(
    You need to have specific metrics in a specific order for it to work properly. It needs to be:
    Calories - Carbs - Fat - Fiber - Protein.
    No other metrics showing in your diary and they must be in that order.
  • origwvgirl
    origwvgirl Posts: 90 Member
    bump
  • chaoskitty
    chaoskitty Posts: 29 Member
    I've done both calories and points and lately I've been only counting calories due to the cost of Weight Watchers. BUT everything has a point value and now that I added this app, I've noticed even though my calories are low the TYPES of food I'm eating are not as low in points.

    This will for sure force me to add more low point foods to my meals... (veggies, fruit, etc....)

    This is awesome!
  • kerryanne68
    kerryanne68 Posts: 4 Member
    @ Cindy,Hey i installed the script as you said and have the same problem with no points showing?I see how you wrote that Cals-Carbs,etc must be in order but i dont have Fibre on mine?
  • kerryanne68
    kerryanne68 Posts: 4 Member
    Found it!!Still getting used to this site :)
  • Carrieffa04
    Carrieffa04 Posts: 9 Member
    Saving for later, thanks!
  • chaoskitty
    chaoskitty Posts: 29 Member
    I noticed when editing the script that precisonWW was already set to false. The only thing I changed was pointsPlus to true.

    var pointsPlus=true;
    var precisonWW=false;
  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    Glad that it is working for both of you! I really like using it because as you said you can see if the types of foods you are eating are higher in points. It is funny, if you look at my diary from Monday and Tuesday - they were both pretty much the same points for each day - but on Monday I ate a lot more food!

    Oh, and if you look at someone else's diary that is also using this, you will see their points as well! I noticed that it says it now works on Google Chrome too.
  • erica082e
    erica082e Posts: 1
    bump
  • meripng
    meripng Posts: 5 Member
    thank you so much for this!! I just did this and it is great!!
  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    thank you so much for this!! I just did this and it is great!!
    You're welcome!
  • Carrieffa04
    Carrieffa04 Posts: 9 Member
    can someone tell me how to edit the scrip to points plus? I can't figure out how to get into it to edit
  • brengearhart
    brengearhart Posts: 13 Member
    bump
  • ykckby1949
    ykckby1949 Posts: 8 Member
    Will this work on an ipad?
  • Aross83
    Aross83 Posts: 936 Member
    this is cool.. thanks! going to check this out at home later!
  • ladyrider55
    ladyrider55 Posts: 316 Member
    I used to be with Weight Watchers (I got fed up and tired with it all) and dropped out in Oct. and finally this December I cancelled my membership....YEA! A friend told me about MFP and I joined up real quick. I can tell ya this "Wow! What an eye opening experiencing this has been for me!!" No wonder I wasn't losing weight prior to joining MFP. If you see exactly how many calories are in vegs and fruits you'll think twice how "free" those foods really are per weight watchers. It's a real eye opener for me!
  • hannahbanana0480
    hannahbanana0480 Posts: 46 Member
    BUMP!
  • christyd4
    christyd4 Posts: 191
    save for later! Thanks for this!
  • amyann2
    amyann2 Posts: 69 Member
    I have successfully installed the script but am not sure how to access it to edit it to change to the PPV (i.e. changing the "false" to "true" on Line 10. Can anyone tell me? Thanks in advance!
  • drinkmoreh2o
    drinkmoreh2o Posts: 16
    This is awesome, thanks for sharing! c: I'm re-joining Weight Watchers soon and this will be so helpful!
  • amyann2
    amyann2 Posts: 69 Member
    I definitely want to do this (and love Firefox anyway) but found that before installing the actual WW script, I had to install something called GreaseMonkey. GreaseMonkey tells me the script is installed but doesn't tell me where, so I have no idea where/how to edit the script to get it to the new WW PPV instead of the old point system. I do wish these things were a little simpler! :wink: Any advice would be appreciated.
  • ccbarbeau
    ccbarbeau Posts: 21 Member
    bump
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    Will this work on an ipad?
    If you jailbreak it and and get the atomic web browser app you can trick it into thinking you're not using a mobile device and it will probably work
  • Carrieffa04
    Carrieffa04 Posts: 9 Member
    I had my husband edit it but this is what he did.
    In the upper right hand corner there should be a little monkey. Click on the drop menu and click on manage user scripts. then it will bring up a new window. Highlight weight watchers script (if its your only one it will already be highlighted) and click on options. It will bring up a new window. click on script settings and then edit this script. We had to select notepad as our editor but then you edit line 10 and then file save.
  • abouck
    abouck Posts: 71 Member
    Bump!

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