hey there!

i have recently committed myself to losing weight and weight watchers seems like a good plan. the only problem is...im a poor college student and cannot afford to 'officially' join weight watchers. is there anyway for me to figure out how many points i need a day to lose weight? i exercise about 3 times a week, doing weights and cardio. i'm currently around 135 and hope to reach 115

if anyone can help me, i would GREATLY appreciate it! i have a problem with depression and eating, perhaps a point system would prevent me from emotional eating...

anyhow, thanks for your time!

-pam

hi pam do you have a friend that is going to ww? if not try eating less and healthier foods. snack on veggies or lower fat foods. drink lots of water as it helps get rid of fat. good luck
glen

Go to Dotti's and she as a lot of W/W information.

Exercise is based on a slide rule calculator however I have found the following formulas are very close:

Ok - having said all that - I also found a formula to figure activity points on a website of a man that lost a lot of weight on WW. I don't have the link, but here's the formula if you don't have the slide rule...

Light Activity:
Weight X Minutes X .000232 = Activity Points

Moderate Activity:
Weight X Minutes X .000327 = Activity Points

High Activity:
Weight X Minutes X .0008077 = Activity Points

This was posted by skinnybaby on 7/26/02 at 8:14:02 am

You can figure points based on the patent formula W/W has:

( [calories/50] + [fat grams/12] - [fiber grams<no more than 4 count for the Winning Points program>/5] = points)

Use this site along with Dotti's and you be on your road to weight loss. I know there are several members at Dotti's who do the program with no information directly from W/W for reasons just like yours.

Hi Spammie...
You may also want to concentrate on toning more than worrying about a number on the scale: 135 seems like a "healthy weight" to me, but I don't know how tall you are...115 may be hard for you to attain because it may not be the healthiest weight for you given your height. Remember: muscle takes up less space, but may weigh more. You can weigh more and still take up less space (be smaller) than a non-toned person can who weighs the same.

thanks a million for the responses!

im just confused on how many calories i should eat a day. from online calculators i have used, it seems like 1,400 is what i need to lose but not go into starvation mode.

i don't think 115-120 is unreasonable, because that was my weight freshman year of college. this past year or so, i have put on the extra weight, and would just like to take it back off!

again, thanks alot!

-pam

Hi Spammie.
I believe that 1 pt = 50 calories. So you would need to find out the pt range for your present weight and then multiply it out to find your daily caloric intake. There are allowances for activity points you can earn and theoretically "eat more pts" for your activity you earned. Some ww members that I know, just keep a record of their activity pts used but do not eat any more than their regular pts for that day. I hope this is helpful and good luck!

At your current weight, your point range would be 18-23 points. This is not counting activity points. Someone has posted a website that gives you a good sized list of food and their point values. The point range for under 150 lb. should read 18-23 points, not 8 to 23 points. www.safehaven.us/weight_watchers_food_points.htm
Good luck.

Point Range (123 Success Points) Converted to Calories
(This isn't always 100% true because of fiber)

18-25 points = 1050-1400 calories
20-27 points = 1150-1500 calories
22-29 points = 1250-1600 calories
24-31 points = 1350-1700 calories
26-33 points = 1450-1800 calories
28-35 points = 1550-1900 calories

Thank you so very much Sandy for sending this in.....

Also remember this does not include the 250 calories a day that W/W allows for freebies and free veggies and can change up or down with the fat/fiber factored in.