You can read through the US Patent office, and find that yes they did use slightly different calculations.

put all that w stuff in front, and the all the DOT for .

Remove returns etc . . .


google DOT com/patents/


about?id=467NAAAAEBAJ&dq=weight+watchers+calculato r

Cool beans! The NZ boards posted a menu

Needs the w's, and . for DOT etc


weightwatchers DOT com DOT


au/images/3081/dynamic/GCMSImages/AU_MealPlan.pdf

that is good to know about the calculators! I will download a new one once it launches here then Still counting down the days! One week from today!!

The formula for our PointsPlus is in the patent. I goggled and found it - had to wade through a lot of legaleze but I work for an attorney. I tried it and the UK calculator and came out the same on the foods I tried. It's going to be a shock for carb lovers. Me not so much - I'm a meat, veggies, fruit and dairy girl because I am wheat sensitive.

thanks susan! nice to know the new calculator I downloaded is accurate then, I won't have to worry about getting another one next week

We've been told by testers on the official WW board that Propoints calculation is DIFFERENT than the Pointsplus calc we'll be using in the U.S.

In the U.K. food labels are different. On U.K. food labels fiber is automatically subtracted from carbs before the carb number is put on the label. In addition, the fiber is listed separately. That makes for a different, although similar, calculation than ours.

Hope this helps. Food labels differ from country to country, thus the differences in calculations, but I've read that Weight Watchers is FINALLY STANDARDIZED throughout the world. Yipee!! We'll all figure fats, carbs, proteins and fiber. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can anyone tell me how sweet potatoes will be? Are they not free? If not are they high point?

no they won't be free, a regular potato on the new plan is around 6-8 pts so that might give you an idea of what the sweet potato will be. I think 90% of veggies will be free but not potatos or corn etc..

All potatoes, corn and peas count. Maybe parsnips too. I'm not sure on that one.

But winter squash, including pumpkin is free. Finally. I've always loved butternut squash but rarely ate it because I didn't want to point it.

Finally, all fruits and most veg are free. This will be the best WW plan yet.

I could not get the link to work on Mrs. Bonzai's post, can someone please post the actual link for me?

thanks

This looks like a very good plan, I just started and may wait until the new plan comes out.

I have over 25 posts now and can actually post the links. Just tell me which one and I can repost it.

I wonder how this is going to affect my points? I start new points on Saturday. Is it going to recalculate what I've already put in online? If so it's hard to calculate for the next two days. Maybe they'll start everyone fresh on Monday?

I am not sure. For stuff you enter that is not from their database I feel sure they can't recalculate since they need info you haven't supplied such as grams of carbs and protein (if what I've read is right).

For stuff in their database, I'm not sure.

In my case, I'm going to carefully record separately the nutritional information on what I eat today and tomorrow (although I'm thinking to go to Sunday morning meeting to get materials) and then when the online version comes out on Monday (which is where I track points) then putting everything in for Saturday and Sunday.

Another alternative is to just change to start your week on Monday (Prorating weekly points) and then when Saturday gets here change to a Saturday start.

if its like the propoints plan it says the typical female will get 29 points and 49 anytime points and the daily points will never go below that level.

i joined online but will be starting tommorrow and it says on there that it will be released online tommorrow and in meetings today

That is correct on the number of points. That is the one thing that concerns me. I still have 50 pounds to lose and my points will never go down. That doesn't seem quite right to me but we'll see.