I just joined WW and have question. When you weigh meat, or poultry or fish, do you weigh it before you cook it or after? Also, I was on the old program a few years back and still have the old calculator. With the old program, 2 slices of double fiber whole wheat bread was 2 points. Now with the new plan, 2 slices of the same bread is 6 point! Now it looks like each food item has more points on this new plan. Also the old calculator was so easy and fast to use, compared to this new one. I guess I just have to get use to everything.

for meat you weigh it after it's cooked and yes so many things went up in pts but so did our daily pts so most balances out I use the multigrain sarah lee 45 cal a slice bread, it's 1 pt per slice and very tasty! and I agree about the calculator, it's taking me some time to find my info on nutritional labels and input but I'm getting faster everyday

I usually weigh it raw, because after it's cooked it all chopped and mixed in with veggies and stuff. If I bake a whole chicken, then I weigh whatever I slice off and it's cooked.

And forget everything about the old program, pretend you are a brand new member on the new one.

I weigh my meat after it's cooked =D

I was a little bummed about bread going up in points but I discovered that light bread such as Sarah Lee is 2 points for 2 slices and I use the whole grain.

Looks like I'm one of the few who don't weigh or measure. Does everyone do this at every meal?

Every so often I will weigh or measure just to be sure that my portions are somewhat correct, but it's not more than 1 or 2 items per week.

I usually weigh meat before it's cooked. I don't always weigh it, but sometimes it's good to go back and make sure you're getting your portions right.

River, I weigh/measure everything but the zero pts stuff (fruit, veggies) but then I'm still pretty new with ww, been doing it just a couple months. I did it years ago but the saying is true, if you don't use it you lose it, so all those good habits before I forgot so I'm learning all over again and I'm not at the point I can eyeball servings etc yet, but that day will come I'm sure, lol.

oh and I also found that weighing sometimes works to our benefit! like I have some baked doritos (yum!) and it said it was like 3 or 4 pts for so many chips or so many grams.. so I was just counting out chips but one day decided to weigh them to see how many grams made up that serving and I got like 5 extra chips doing it that way! woo hoo! felt like a lottery win, LOL!! the little things in life do make my day, LOL so now I weigh my chips instead and other little things like that, pays off for me, LOL

I weighed and measured a lot at the start. Now I estimate most things in relation to some portion size mnemonics (which I now can't find the site for)....i.e. 3 oz of meat is approximately the same size as a deck of cards, 1 cup is approximately the same size as your fist, etc. I always weigh pasta though, and I do check in every so often to make sure that my portion sizes are still accurate.

I weigh and measure also because I'm new. I need to get my eyes focused on what a portion size is. because even if I cook a good recipe If I eat too much of it tha'ts over what I should.

So yes, i weighed the 3 oz of turkey. I weighed the 3 oz Sweet potatoe. I didn't weigh the string beens.

I weighed the mac and cheese at 1 cup. yes, I weigh.