Points in the Mind diet I want to do. Doable for smartpoints or???

  • This is the Mind diet
    MIND diet checklist. Goal is15 points. 15 checks.

    10 brain-boosting foods. Include these:
    Daily:
    □ Whole grains – at least 3 servings per day (1 serving = 1/2 cup cooked whole grains like oatmeal or brown rice, 1 slice of bread, etc.)
    □ Vegetables – 1 serving daily (1 serving = 1/2 cup)
    □ Leafy greens – 6 servings weekly (1 serving = 1 cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked)
    □ Wine – 1 glass per day (1 glass = 5 ounces)

    Most Days:
    □ Nuts – 5 servings weekly (1 serving = 1/4 cup)
    □ Olive oil as the main source of fat

    Twice a Week (or More):
    □ Beans – 3 servings per week (1 serving = 1/2 cup cooked)
    □ Poultry, not fried – 2 servings a week (1 serving = 3 ounces cooked or the size of a deck of cards)
    □ Berries, like blueberries and strawberries – at least 2 servings a week (1 serving = 1/2 cup)

    Once a week:
    □ Fish, not fried – at least 1 serving a week (1 serving = 3 ounces cooked)

    5 brain-harming foods. Limit these:
    □ Butter – less than 1 tablespoon per day (1 serving = 1 tablespoon)
    □ Fried fast food – less than 1 serving per week (1 serving = 1 medium serving of French fries)
    □ Full-fat cheese – less than 1 serving per week (1 serving = 1 ounce, approximately the size of your thumb or 2 tablespoons shredded)
    □ Red meat – less than 4 servings per week (1 serving = 3 ounces cooked)
    □ Pastries and sweets – less than 5 servings per week (1 serving = 1/2 cup ice cream, 1 doughnut, 1/8 slice of pie

    #####Likely I will eat NO redmeat or butter but Iguess the brain harming foods can go along with the bonus weekly points WW has.

    I am hoping that point experts can look at the 10 brain boosting foods that I WILL follow, on a daily weekly and estimate for me HOW MANY POINTS does that eat up in a day?

    So I can know how many points would be left for regular daily to round it out.

    This will determine whether I am joining WW this coming week. I am very inexperienced so I need help making a weight losing diet with the Mind Diet parameters.

    So thank you thank you in advance!


    ps I forgot to put the or??? Would be better off with an exhange diet, or something different still?
  • pps forgot to say that from reading the web Id be 30 points daily.

    Thank you
  • That is complicated. Most non-starchy vegetables are zero points as are the berries. Just eyeballing it I would think you could fit that into a WW points allowance of 30 points a day. A lot of it depends on how it is prepared and the size of the serving. I'm not sure about the alcohol since I don't drink. I do eat a serving of nuts everyday and I mostly use olive oil when I cook. But, just too broad a question to be able to answer.
  • Thank you for the response.
    Spose I should do it by calories and forget about WW.
  • I think you could do it by either. I actually both count calories and WW points.