Weight Watchers

I have been part of weight watchers for a while. I love the support from the meetings, they are a huge help, if you are paying for it why not go, right? I haven't lost a bunch of weight yet, but I'm learning something new everyday. My leader at ww told me either you need the meeting or the meeting needs you. Plus if you have any questions or need any ideas it would be a great idea to find a ww support group in your area and hook up. It is true, there is strength in numbers. Hope this helps, and cheers to a healthier you. :-)

I love WW and MFP. I have WW online through the monthly plan.WW online is harder for me to use than MFP. So I use both. There is no "list" for WW. They DO have a guideline and suggestions for you to go by that tells how many servings veg. fruit dairy good oils ect. I have been on WW the old system and the new PP system. With the new system all fresh fruits and veggies are 0 points. But you still need to limit the high calorie bananas, grapes ect.
No WW DOES NOT use the calorie system but I have found an easy way for me to use calories to find my points plus without having to use the PP calc. MOST of the time you can take 40 and divide it into your total calories per serving and it will give you WW PP. Super high fat or carbs in a food will move it up 1 more point. When you divide if you get a .5 then round your points up to the next number. When you are out and have no way of using your computer this will give you a general idea if you can get the calories on what you are eating and keep you super close to your points. Example you eat
4 oz of fresh fish salmon
Calories 207 Fat 12 Carbs 0 Protein 23 Fiber
207calories / 40 = 5.175 this would be 5 points plus (5.4 or less round down above 5.5 round up to 6 PP)
Now sit down with a PP calc. or online and do the math.
I have done this with many of the foods I eat and very seldom hit a food that I have to round up on.
This method means I dont have to carry food list or my PP calc all the time. I just keep on something with pockets on and carry a very small pencil and small stick it note pad in my pockets . That way as I eat I can just write down the points and keep a total.
Remember not only do you have your daily points but you have 49 points in a weeks time you can use all at once or broken down as you need them.

When you are over you points my suggestion is to eat any green fruit or veggie. They seem to have fewer calories and although they are 0 PP overeating fruits that would be higher PP (if WW still counted them) can still keep you from losing weight. My instructor told of one person that ate 21 bananas in a week because they were 0 PP. She stayed within her PP range for the week and DID NOT lose weight. I use MFP to look at the Calories in the fruits and veggies I keep on hand. I PRETEND WW still use points for them and figure out a point value. I dont count the points on ly daily PP count but it lets me know when I overeat my points which would be the better choice for me to eat without adding alot of extra calories, fat carbs ect. The point of 0PP for fruit and veggies is instead of eating 3 points of chocolate giving you the opportunity to eat fresh fruit for 0. The fruit may calculate to 3 PP but it will aid more in weight loss than 3 PP of chocolate.
On Biggest Loser one night Bob said he ate Lettuce and meat wraps. I took what he said and converted it to my own taste.
Example. Use whole leaf lettuce instead of bread pile it with your fav. veggies. Green peppers, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, celery, cucumbers ect. then I put at times banana peppers for flavoring. eat all you want. If you have very lean meat slices sometimes you can just use enough so one slice calculates no point. I love these. You can also use Zesty Free Italian Dressing. 0PP per 2 tbls.
Drink lots of water as a filler. I hate water but I force myself to drink it. I try to stay away from diet pop so I use the store brand sugar free drinks like the Kool Aid or Crystal Light. And although I'm not advising you to do as I do I drink close to a pot of coffee a day. Not good I know but I cant drink just water and sweet tasting things all the time.
I am still figuring the PP system out myself but these are a few things that helped me. Hope it helps someway.

There is a weight watchers group on here you could join.

Hi! I'm going into my third week, so far lost 2.5lbs in total. I actually track both on the WW site and MFP, and amazingly, it usually works out to just about the 1200 calorie mark as well as more or less my carb/fat/protein targets that MFP has set up. I like the 0 points fruits and veggies part. That's what keeps me full. For me personally, I found MFP didn't work. I'd get too hung up on calories and not worry about choosing filling whole foods.