How to calculate daily points needed?

  • Hi everyone,

    I'm new to weight watchers but I understand the basic concept. Due to a hectic daily schedule and being on a budget, I can't join weight watchers yet, but I want to get started on my weight loss, so I'm going to try it on my own!

    I found the formula to calculate how many Points are in my food and made myself an excel spreadsheet to calculate each item for me...

    however, I don't know how many points I should be eating per day! Does anyone know how to calculate this?

    My CW is 190 , my GW is 140 (we'll work on lowering it later) and I'm 5'4" ...


    can anyone help me out? I would really appreciate it!!
  • This is how it works:
    if you are less than 150 pounds, points go 18-23
    if you are 150-174 , then 20-25
    if you are 175-199 then 22-27
    and so on..............................maybe you can tell me how to get a journal going - I must be stupid can't seem to navigate around here.......
  • Thanks for the information

    You can find the journals here:

    http://www.3fatchicks.com/journals/index.php
  • thank you so much - I sent you an email with some stuff I find useful.
  • Hi,
    I also can't afford to do weight watchers at the moment and am doing it on my own. I sent u an email with some websites I found helpful.
    Take care, Heather
  • hello scorchin, can you send me those websights, i am doing ww at home, b/c i dont have a way to get to a meeting ... so any help would be great