weight watcher points vs calories

ddiestler
ddiestler Posts: 353 Member
edited October 2 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi,
I'm comparing weight watchers and MFP. Can anyone tell me how many calories the weight watchers points are?

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  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    All I know is that it isn't a strict 1-1 conversion. For example, WW lists most veggies as 0 points, but they do still have calories (not many, it's true, but that can add up). And, IIF, WW also works fat % into points, while MFP lists straight calories, and then has fat content listed under other nutritional info. (As for me, I prefer tracking straight calories to points.)
  • rv40
    rv40 Posts: 99 Member
    It All depends on fat, fiber, and calories if you are using the old plan. That's what I am using. There is a website... CalculatorCat.com. There are the calculates for both the old and new plan. You can just plug in the info! Hope this helps!
  • Achoooo
    Achoooo Posts: 130
    Yeah, it's going to depend on the food too. There is no straight answer.
  • ahavoc
    ahavoc Posts: 464 Member
    Plus they adjust for how much fiber a food has as well. The more fiber, the more you can eat, so as was said, not a 1 to 1 relationship.
  • Helice
    Helice Posts: 1,075 Member
    I think that keeping to set calories is much easier, and is much more likely to get you better results without you having to work really hard to stick to a specific system.
    Whereas WW promotes you to eat healthier having vegetables at 0 points so that you could constantly eat them and never have to worry about getting fat. And it takes fat into consideration which is a good thing.
    But then once again when shopping and preparing meals etc, you have to search through and make sure everything you eat i slow in fat aswell as calories.
  • jacrista
    jacrista Posts: 11 Member
    no straight answer to this one, but counting points is easier in that you don't have to count up to 1,000 plus everyday!
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