How to Track Weight Watchers Points on MFP!!

Cindy, THANK YOU! I loved it, I love you!

Haha, you're welcome!

I have tried everything to get into the script to change it. I do not get anything that has me Select "notepad" as your editor, edit line 10 as needed, then click save". This part does not come up for me. I get three buttons to choose from....


Install or Show Script Source or Cancel

Any help out there?? I would like to change the false to true ....

Assuming you have Firefox, you've installed Greasemonkey and have installed the script:
Click the arrow next to the monkey head in your firefox browser
Select "manage user scripts"
You will then seen a screen with all installed sripts
Click on the Weight Watchers script to select it - you should see 3 buttons -> Options, disable, remove
(if you don't see the script then you haven't installed it yet).
Click the Options button
Click "edit this user script" on the bottom
You wlll get a pop up window asking you to browse on your computer for a text editor - you need to browse to notepad.
the script will then open in notepad and you can make your changes.

If you aren't seeing this, then you have done something incorrectly.

Based on a couple of entries I see using it today I am reluctant to rely on it.

It calculated 3 oz of farm raised salmon, with the nutrients entered in the correct places as 1 point vs 5
It calculated 113 grams of cottage cheese, entries also correct as -1 points.

It counted the points for fruit, which is ok, I could subtract those if I had to but the first two make it a deal breaker for me.

It doesn't really matter, I don't pay for WW anymore anyway but do follow the WW structure so it would have been a nice to know thing. I already double tracked on both sites for 3 months so have a sense anyway of how the two compare.

Nice idea, needs work.

I guarantee you either don't have it showing Points Plus (haven't edited the script correctly), or you aren't entering the correct foods with the correct macros on them.
I have been using this tool for a year and it has NEVER calculated a points value incorrectly, and certainly not by a difference or 4 points.

I am using the old points, however I just searched the database for "farm raised salmon" and there were a TON of entries, all varying in nutrients entered. I chose one, 3 oz, and it showed it at 4.5 points (not points plus). so that is a clear indication you chose the wrong entry in the database if it is calculating it as 1 point. It can only calculate the points based on the nutrients the way they are entered, so if they are wrong, the points will be calculated wrong - but the SCRIPT itself works perfectly and is completely accurate.
And yes, it is going to calculate points plus for the "free" fruits and veggies" because they still have a caloric value. If you don't want to count the points for them, don't enter them, or just subtract that number from your daily total. But at least that way you can see how many points worth of "free" fruits and veggies you are consuming on a daily basis.
If you share your diary with me, I can take a look to see what you are doing wrong.

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I need to find a simple way to track my weekly and AP. I know I can use the notes section here...anybody else do something different?

I'm not sure what you are referring to?

I think she means that WW gives you AP that roll over for a week if you set it that way and the additional weekly allowance, I love that about WW but there isn't any way for MFP to track that. That's a WW special I just sort of do it in my head...

sorry, I'm having a brain lapse. What is AP?

I am a technophobe! and can,t follow how to load the ww stuff to link into my mfp- so this is my question_ i bought march edition of ww mag today (UK) and got a freeww choccie bar with a pro points value of 2- about how many calories is it? i am feeling very vituous as i have put it away as i can't track it! Please put me out of my misery! Thank-you.

does the label list the nutritional information???

I need to find a simple way to track my weekly and AP. I know I can use the notes section here...anybody else do something different?

I'm not sure what you are referring to?

I think she means that WW gives you AP that roll over for a week if you set it that way and the additional weekly allowance, I love that about WW but there isn't any way for MFP to track that. That's a WW special I just sort of do it in my head...

sorry, I'm having a brain lapse. What is AP?

AP is activity points.

OOOOOH ok, sorry I never heard it referred to as AP and I couldn't make the connection.
I've never used activity points, when I used to exercise I wouldn't bother eating those points because it was usually minimal, like 1 or 2 points.