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Weight Loss Forum / WeightWatchers / March 2005question
If something is 0 points for one serving ie. can of diet pop how do you count it if you have had two? > If something is 0 points for one serving ie. can of diet pop how do you > count it if you have had two? My meeting leader covered this one at my first meeting. For sodas, more than four, count them as 1 point for four cans (approximately). So, if you have five, you probably don't need to worry about it too much.. if you have seven, tho, give yourself a point. And this is only because they're sodas, and you could be having water or something instead, not because they actually have a point value. Something with small calories, tho, like veggies, they *do* have a point value if you have enough of them. But unless you're a rabbit, you probly don't need to worry about it. Or like these Viactiv calcium chewy things I've got.. they're 20 calories, and work out to be 0 points, but if you had lots of them (more than you should be having in one day), you'd have to count them. Just add all the numbers together. Tay thanks for your help Tayra, I just thought of that as far as how much of "0" point stuff you can have before having to count it ... I guess if I don't over due the "0" point items I should be fine :-) thanks again >> If something is 0 points for one serving ie. can of diet pop how do you >> count it if you have had two? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Tay For zero point items that actually have calories you need to add up the calories/fat/fiber(capped@4g) for the total amount consumed to determine the points. My leader suggests 1 point for every 3 or 4 servings of veggies. For 0 calorie items don't worry about it. I'd worry more about the chemicals and sodium in multiple cans of diet soda in a day. Moderation is the key even with diet soda. > thanks for your help Tayra, I just thought of that as far as how much of "0" > point stuff you can have before having to count it ... I guess if I don't [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > > Tay 0 pts veggies ARE 0 pts... you don't count them.. the idea of counting pts after so and so many servings is a leader thing that came up because members were affraid of gaining from eating too much veggies, it's a left over from the "counting calories" thing, it doesn't come from Weight Watchers.. I double checked on that (about the 0 pts soup) and was told clearly that you just DON"T COUNT PTS  SignatureWill~ 196.2 / 131.8 / 137 lbs 89 / 59.8 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg > For zero point items that actually have calories you need to add up the > calories/fat/fiber(capped@4g) for the total amount consumed to determine [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > > > > Tay i was wondering if it was a leader thing. Each one has a different spin on their materials. Nothing in our printed materials says that 0 point veggies are anything but. I think the caution is someone eating a whole bag of lettuce everyday without accounting for it. Calories DO add up when you eat that much. But nobody gained weight eating that much lettuce. Its the 0 point coolwhip that people need to watch. <g> > 0 pts veggies ARE 0 pts... you don't count them.. the idea of counting pts > after so and so many servings is a leader thing that came up because members [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > > > > > > > Tay There's a difference between the 0 pts vegetables.. and the food that end up being 0 pts when you count them.. cool whip is definitively not a free food.. the whole tub is 5 pts.. yup.. I counted the whole thing.. and yup I ate the whole thing... only twice though.. SignatureWill~ 196.2 / 131.8 / 137 lbs 89 / 59.8 / 62.1 Kg Personal goal 125 lbs / 56.7 Kg > i was wondering if it was a leader thing. Each one has a different spin > on their materials. Nothing in our printed materials says that 0 point [quoted text clipped - 79 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Tay My leader is one that eats the whole tub if she does not portion it out and control. Myself, I can leave the stuff alone and don't care to eat it at all, but I don't care for whipped cream either. Debbie > There's a difference between the 0 pts vegetables.. and the food that end > up [quoted text clipped - 87 lines] >> > > > > >> > > > > Tay >0 pts veggies ARE 0 pts... you don't count them.. the idea of counting pts > after so and so many servings is a leader thing that came up because [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > you > just DON"T COUNT PTS I agree. If it's 0 points, it's 0 points - period. The whole idea of zero point foods are that they are so low-calorie, low-fat that overeating them is *extremely difficult* Lord, if I attempted to point the amount of 0 point veggies I eat, I'd be at it all day - I have gallons of zero point veggie soups - and I'm managing to lose weight reasonably well ;-) Cheers, helen s |
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