WeightWatchers & "How Many ProPoints?" Thread

Triceratops Ballet

Lady Lainy wrote: »

drank a load of sugary strawberry cider!
and TWO breast in a buns!

Thats my confession...its out there...back on the ww wagon....

the jeans i wore tonight....didn't even fit my fat ass last year...now there falling off me! still a fat ass just a less fat ass!

breast in a bun......mmmmmmmmmm

Muirgheal

Lady Lainy wrote: »

drank a load of sugary strawberry cider!
and TWO breast in a buns!

Thats my confession...its out there...back on the ww wagon....

the jeans i wore tonight....didn't even fit my fat ass last year...now there falling off me! still a fat ass just a less fat ass!

Bless you my child.. now for your penance do an hour on the threadmill and 100 sit-ups. :->

Hope you had a great night

autmam

hillyrob wrote: »

When I go to my on-line food tracker I can input a food I want to find in the search box. If I put in chicken it searches all the results for chicken and in the list you will see "chicken breast skinless raw 165g 4PP" Just under that on the list it says, "chicken breast skinless grilled 100g 3PP" If I click on the grilled chicken and change the g's to 165g it then changes to 6PP" Maybe its me and I don't understand who things are worked out as I'm only in my 2nd week. If I'm being "thick" please tell me. I need to get my head around it. Thanks so much

Hi there,
Do you mind if I ask what online tracker you are using. It sounds really handy!

kildareash

Woohoo...so it was a double celebration so. Great excuse to go clothes shopping

Can't wait for the weekend. On hols nxt wk and I so need the break. Have been late for work every morning this week. Keep falling back asleep after the alarm

Bernso

hillyrob wrote: »

When I go to my on-line food tracker I can input a food I want to find in the search box. If I put in chicken it searches all the results for chicken and in the list you will see "chicken breast skinless raw 165g 4PP" Just under that on the list it says, "chicken breast skinless grilled 100g 3PP" If I click on the grilled chicken and change the g's to 165g it then changes to 6PP" Maybe its me and I don't understand who things are worked out as I'm only in my 2nd week. If I'm being "thick" please tell me. I need to get my head around it. Thanks so much

165gs of chicken raw at 4pp is the same once it's cooked as long as you don't use oil. It probably reduces in weight once you cook it but that's irrelevant. Consider you weight out rice/ pasta and point it. Then once you cook it the weight changes but the points remain the same.

I'm using the Tesco healthy living/ light choices chicken breasts that come chopped.
The pack weighs 400gs so say 200gs per portion (big portions of chicken)
I pointed this as 10 pp per per pack so make that 5 pp per portion. i don't think that changes once I cook it. I am stuffed after this amount of chicken so I am sure that 1 breast at 165gs is 4pp cooked also.:)

jackmax

hi can anyone tell me how many pp are in a skinny latte? had one yesterday but cant find the pp for it

astra2000

Heres a few more

Kraft LIGHT honey and mustard dressing 15ml pp0 30mlpp1
cadbury dairy milk fruit and nut 100g pp14 40g pp6
after eight ice cream dessert 100g pp7 100mo pp3

hillyrob

autmam wrote: »

Hi there,
Do you mind if I ask what online tracker you are using. It sounds really handy!

Hi autmam
If you have registered and have paid to join the online WW site, then the food tracker is avaliable. Login and click on "your plan" and then click on "pro points tracker" its on the left hand side. It will open up in a new window showing you your tracker for the day. You will see a search box trimed in green that say's,'Enter food, meals or recipes' type in that box the food you are trying to point. So if you put in chicken it will bring up chicken, and any products with chicken in that they have the points value for. Then choose what it is you want, and it will ask you if you want to add this to your tracker for the day. Its a really handy tool. If I have calculated a food label using the calculator on the same page you can add this to the list so you can find it again when you next need to point it. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the advice regarding the chicken (Raw vs cooked) it makes total sense now. I suppose we are all still getting to grips with the new programe.:)

astra2000

jackmax wrote: »

hi can anyone tell me how many pp are in a skinny latte? had one yesterday but cant find the pp for it

Hi the only points I can find are for nescafe skinny latte 20g sachet pp2

astra2000

hillyrob wrote: »

Hi guys love reading all of the posts on here.
I am also confused. All week I have been weighing out 165g raw chicken and pointing it as 4PP. It was only yesterday that I noticed that the same amount of cooked chicken (165g) comes out at 6PP. How does cooking the chicken under the grill result in the same amount gaining 2PP? Does anyone know?

I am also hoping that WW tells us soon how the alcohol is being worked out as for most people we like to spend a few points on this at the weekend! :cool:

Keep up the good work everyone. 2nd weigh in tomorrow!!

It could mean chicken leg/thigh meat which may be higher in pp. Put in breast and see if it comes up different.

hillyrob

jackmax wrote: »

hi can anyone tell me how many pp are in a skinny latte? had one yesterday but cant find the pp for it

On the online tracker I've found the following:
Nescafe skinny latte 20g = 2PP
Douwe Egberts skinny latte 13g = 1PP
M & S cafe latte large skimmed milk 1 portion = 4PP
M & S cafe latte regular skimmed milk 1 portion = 2PP
M & S cafe latte small skimmed milk 1 portion = 2PP
Costa coffee cinnamon latte skimmed milk- primo 1 portion = 2PP
Costa coffe ginderbread latte skimmed milk - primo 1 portion = 2PP;)

Layla0509

Ive been keeping a list as i go

Eating Out
Subway Low Fat Turkey Sub (6 inch) pp7


Bread
Burger bun (50g) pp4
Country Kitchen Bakery Crispy Ciabatta (1 roll) pp5
Country Kitchen Bakery Large Authentic Naan (1 naan approx 90g) pp7
Country Kitchen Bakery Multigrain Wrap (1 wrap) pp4
Cuisine de france demi baguette (120g) pp8
Discovery Foods Wrap ‘n’ roll, Healthy & White Wrap (1 wrap) pp4
Dunnes own brand wholemeal pitta (Oval shaped) pp3
Granary bread roll (50g) pp3
Johnston Mooney & O’Brien Goodness of Both Bread (1 slice) pp2
New York Bagels pp6
Ryvita - orange packet (each) pp1
Ryvita (each) pp1
Super Quinn own brand round wholemeal pitta bread pp3
Tesco white wraps pp5
Tesco freefrom white gluten free bread (per slice) pp2
Weight Watchers Bagel pp4
Weight Watchers white or brown bread (1 slice) pp1
Weight Watchers Plain Wraps pp3
White/brown bread (35g 1 slice) pp2


Chocolate
Cadbury curly wurly 26g pp3
Cadbury Milk Chocolate Mini Roll pp3
Cadbury Boost pp8
Cadbury Chocolate Mallows (1 mallow) pp2
Cadbury Dairy Milk (1 bar) pp7
Cadbury Chomp pp3
Cadbury Crème Egg pp6
Cadbury Crunchie (1 standard bar) pp5
Cadbury Double Decker (1 standard Bar) pp6
Cadbury Flake (1 standard bar) pp5
Cadbury Picnic (1 standard bar) pp6
Cadbury Time Out (2 fingers) pp5
Cadbury Twirl (2 fingers) pp6
Celebrations chocolates (each) pp1
D’aim Bar (standard Bar) pp4
Mars Maltesers (1 standard bag) pp5
Mars Milky Way (1 standard bar) pp3
Mars Twix Fino (2 fingers) pp5
Mars Twix standard bar (1 finger) pp4
Milka Milka & D’aim (1/4 bar) pp4
Nestle Aero (1 standard bar) pp4
Nestle Aero Bubles, mint (1 bag) pp6
Nestle Kitkat Chunky peanut butter (1 standard bar) pp7
Nestle Kitkat Senses pp5
Nestle Milkybar (1 bar) pp5

Snacks
King Lite (1 bag) pp3
Mikado biscuits - 1pp
Peanuts, salted, roasted (25g) pp4
Quaker Snack a Jacks Salt & Vinegar (22g Bag – multipack) pp2
Weight Watchers mini cookies 1 bag pp2
Tayto Velvet Crunch, Cheddar Cheese & Spring Onion (1 bag) pp2
Walkers cheese and onion (25g) pp4

Sauces
Blue dragon Thai sweet chilli dipping sauce 15ml pp1
Blue Dragon Chow Mein Stir-Fry Sauce (60g sachet) pp1
Blue Dragon Szechuan Tomato Stir Fry (60g Sachet) pp2
Curry Paste, all types (50g) pp3
Flippo Berio Classic Pesto (20g) pp3
Patak’s Madras Curry Paste (20g) pp3
Tabasco pp0

Dips
Tesco Houmous pots (10g) pp5

Drinks, Wine
Pepsi Max 1 can (330ml) pp0
Diet Coke 1 can (330ml) pp0
Red wine 125ml pp3
dry white wine 125ml pp3

Dairy
Avonmore Low Fat Supermilk (130ml) pp2
Skimmed Milk (1/4 pint) pp1
Semi skimmed milk (142ml) pp2
Skimmed milk (142ml) pp1
Yoplait Yogurt (125g pot) strawberry, Forest Fruits, Hazelnut pp3
Yoplait Natural Yogurt (125g pot) pp2
Cheddar Cheese Half Fat (20g) pp1
Cheese triangle low fat (14g) pp1
Cheese Triangle Low Low pp1
Reduced Calorie Coleslaw (20g) pp1
Dairy gold light (15g) pp1
Danone Activia Fat Free Raspberry snackpot (165g pot) pp2
Danone Activia Fat Free Strawberry snackpot (165g pot) pp2
Egg White (1 medium) pp1
Egg (medium) pp2
Egg (large) pp3
Flora Light (10g) pp1
Muller Light Vanilla (1 pot) pp2
Yakult Light (1 bottle) pp1
Weight Watchers yoghurts pp1

Fruit & Veg
Apple (1 medium) pp0
Banana (1 medium) pp0
Broccoli pp0
Carrot pp0
Cauliflower pp0
Keogh’s Easy Cook Baby New Potatoes – microwaveable in bag (200g) pp4
Lettuce, any type pp0
Mandarin, peeled (3 individual) pp0
Mage-tout (30g) pp0
Mushrooms pp0
Nectarine (1 medium) pp0
Onion pp0
Orange Juice, unsweetened (100ml) pp1
Pear (1 medium) pp0
Pepper, all types pp0
Tomato pp0
Tomatoes, whole or chopped, canned pp0
boiled potato 100g pp2

Meat, Fish & Poultry
Chicken Breast, Skinless, Raw (100g) pp2
Chicken, roast, Meat only (50g) pp2
Ballyfree Turkey Sausages (1 sausage) pp2
Chicken, wafer thin (20g) pp1
Ham, premium (1 slice) pp1
Ham, wafer thin (30g) pp1
John West Tuna in brine (small can) pp2
Tuna in brine 56g pp1
John west Tuna in sunflower oil (small can) pp3
Walsh Family Foods Spice Burger (1 burger) pp5
BallyFree Turkey Rashers (per 2 rashers) pp1
chicken breast skinless pp4
beef sirloin lean raw 225g pp
mince beef extra lean raw 125g pp6
Pork chop 125g - 6pp


Frozen
Chips, thick Cut, Oven Baked (100g) pp5
McCain Homefries (100g) pp4
Big Al’s hot’n’spicey chicken strips (100g) pp5
Big Al’s hot’n’spicey chicken fillet (1 fillet) pp11
Big Al’s roasted mini chicken fillets (100g) pp3
Big Al’s 4oz Quarter Pounders (1 burger) pp8
Big Al’s Big Eat Beef Burger (1 burger) pp8
Potato croquette (14g I croquette) pp1
Quorn burger (1 burger) pp2
Quorn Mince (100g) pp2

Store Cupboard
Erin Vegetable Soup (400g) pp4
Oxo Cube, Veg, Beef or Chicken pp0
Pasta, White, Cooked (100g) pp3
Pasta, White, Dried (100g) pp10
Pasta, Wholemeal, Cooked (100g) pp3
Pasta, Wholemeal, Dried (100g) pp10
Rice, White, Easy Cook, boiled (100g) pp4
Salad dressing, low fat (2tbsp) pp1
Sharwood’s Fine Egg Noodles uncooked (100g) pp9
Tea, all types pp0
Uncle Ben’s Basmati Rice, Express (1 pack) pp5
Uncle Ben’s Vegetable Pilau Rice, Express (1 pack) pp5
Uncle Ben’s Wholegrain Rice, Express (1 pack) pp5
Uncle Ben’s Pilau Rice, Express (1 pack) pp6
Weight Watchers Reduced Sugar Strawberry Jam (15g) pp1
Kraft Caesar Light (2 tbsp) pp1
Kraft Thousand Island Light (2tbsp) pp1
Old El Paso sliced green jalapenos pp0
Old El Paso Thick n chunky hot salsa (15g) pp1
Roma Passata (100ml) pp1
kellogs special k 30g pp3
Nature Valley Ceral Bars pp5
special k originalbar 22g pp2
Flahavan’s Quick Oats Portable Porridge Original (1 pot) pp5
200g baked beans pp4
hellmans squezy light mayo 15g pp1
Erin Oxtail Cup a Soup 1pp
Kelkin Crackers pp1
Kelkin Multigrain Rice Cakes with Flaxseed & Quinoa (3 cakes) pp2
Amoy Straight to Wok Thread Fine Noodles (1 pack) pp6
200g tin (small one) spaghetti in tomato sauce pp3
white rice easy cooked 150g pp6
olive oil 5ml pp1
pasta wholemeal dried 28g pp3
pasta white cooked 225g pp7
brown rice boiled 100g pp4
Cracotte Original (1 biscuit) pp1

dizzymiss

hello everyone,

i've just spent some time reading through this thread and it is fantastic and I can see it being great support to me and loads of others over the next couple of months.
I rejoined ww on wednesday night after 2 years. I'm what some might call a yo-yo watcher been attending on and off for ten years (thankfully haven't manage to keep off nearly all the weight i lost initially. However, I am turning 30 this year and am more determined than ever to lose the weight and start a new decade feeling great, feel healthier and make it last. I have about a stone and a half to lose.

This is day two and I love propoints. Got the calculator the first day and it's a god send. It's very easy become complacent and the new system is a challenge for us all. Apologies, i've rattled on:rolleyes: Just wanted to say thanks for the motivation and well done and good luck to all.

Tayto Snax pp2
Tayto Cheese and Onion pp4
Fox's sweets 6 pp4
Lloyd Grossman's thai green curry jar pp12
Capri Sun Orange pp2
Activia Pineapple yogurt pot pp1
Snack a Jack rice cake bags pp2

Oh also - at the meeting our leader said that fruit is only zero points if you're staying within the five-a-day as in five portions a day, after that it does need to be pointed.

autmam

jackmax wrote: »

hi can anyone tell me how many pp are in a skinny latte? had one yesterday but cant find the pp for it

Caffe Nero - latte (skimmed milk) 1ppt
Costa Coffee - latte (skimmed milk) Primo 1ppt
Costa Coffee - latte (skimmed milk) Massimi 3 ppt

bubbaloo

The WW START book says a skinny latte (made with 1/2 pint of skimmed milk) is 3pp.

foreverandever

Everyone seems to be doing really well this week! I know one or two people aren't happy but I do think that it takes your body a while to adjust to healthy eating. I binged so much over Christmas and found when I went back to healthy eating I was starving the whole time because my body was just used to eating the whole time. Now my appetite is getting back to normal so hopefully my body is catching up too. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend

tantipie

i point my regular skinny latte's from bb's as 3pp,,:)

jackmax

hi i had my weigh in wednesday evening and was down 4lbs :D i am delighted. i am loving this propoints plan

Quality

Innocent fruit smoothies are showing up as 3 pro points a glass??

But because it's pure fruit should it be pointed or
Not?

bubbaloo

Oh Christ, I've just had lunch and should have added it up before eating it!!
Here are some of the points I worked out:

Tuc Crackers (snack pack) - 4pp (And I had 2 of them !!!)
Cadbury's Freddo Bar (Choc, not caramel) - 2pp
Charleville Sliced Cheddar - 2pp per slice (I had 3!!)

I had two snack packs of Tuc, 3 slices of cheese and a bit of caesar dressing. Then I splashed out and had a packet of Walkers crisps and a Freddo bar.
The whole thing came to a MASSIVE 24 PP!! So that's my weekly allowance of 49 broken into by the time I've had dinner tonight! :P
I must admit it didn't feel like I ate a lot but seemed very high in points. I chose badly with full fat versions of everything!

tantipie

bubbaloo wrote: »

Oh Christ, I've just had lunch and should have added it up before eating it!!
Here are some of the points I worked out:

Tuc Crackers (snack pack) - 4pp (And I had 2 of them !!!)
Cadbury's Freddo Bar (Choc, not caramel) - 2pp
Charleville Sliced Cheddar - 2pp per slice (I had 3!!)

I had two snack packs of Tuc, 3 slices of cheese and a bit of caesar dressing. Then I splashed out and had a packet of Walkers crisps and a Freddo bar.
The whole thing came to a MASSIVE 24 PP!! So that's my weekly allowance of 49 broken into by the time I've had dinner tonight! :P
I must admit it didn't feel like I ate a lot but seemed very high in points. I chose badly with full fat versions of everything!

why dont you get tesco light choices melba toast,,there yum and 6 in each packet they 2pp a pack,,light cheese spread(ALDI) i like the one with garlic thats 1pp for 50gr ,,velvet crunch 2pp,,just to have lighter options
that comes to 9pp for same amount:)

kashmir

kildareash wrote: »

Well done to you too...everyone is doing great this week. I never count my activity points, never felt I needed to.

I can't wait for the weather to pick up...it's so miserable coming home from work in the dark and going out for a walk. At the minute I'm just sticking to the one boring route, but in the summer I have so many more choices.

I can't walk at all after dark on our roads, I'd have to drive to the town and walk up and down it which seems a bit pointless so I try and get out from work and walk around the City during lunch time. You really get used to it, other than when it was too icy I go out in all weathers. I find the afternoon very difficult when I don't get out. I do like the fact that I have lots of routes to choose from, the same at the weekend at home during the daylight hours. Anyway, we can look forward to Spring!!

bubbaloo

why dont you get tesco light choices melba toast,,there yum and 6 in each packet they 2pp a pack,,light cheese spread(ALDI) i like the one with garlic thats 1pp for 50gr ,,velvet crunch 2pp,,just to have lighter options
that comes to 9pp for same amount

I know I know! I have similar choices at home and normally get my lunch ready at night for the following day but didn't bother last night and just went to the shop to buy something, but I chose very un-wisely!
Yesterday for example I had a similar lunch with a WW yoghurt and the whole thing was only 10pp. We live and learn!

dizzymiss

Quality wrote: »

Innocent fruit smoothies are showing up as 3 pro points a glass??

But because it's pure fruit should it be pointed or
Not?

I asked my leader about that as i love those and she said once it's fruit and only fruit and within the five a day it can be taken as zero points. Anything after that has to be pointed.

ali85

boodlesdoodles wrote: »

I had my WI tonight and I'm down 2lbs! Really pleased with myself and leader said everyone new on the plan had weight loss. There were loads at the meeting tonight compared to last week. And some of them never stopped interrupting the leader talking to each other and asking questions that weren't relevant. If they gave her a chance she'd have gotten around to the things they wanted to know. Kind of ruined the meeting for everyone I thought!

What really niggled me, and this is just me being b1tchy, is that they were complaining they didn't understand what she was explaining but then when she'd begin to explain again off they'd go in their little gossip group.

But I'm down 2lbs so feck em!

I'm glad its not just me, at my last class there were women that brought their kids with them (fair enough...to an extent!!) the kids were running around the hall shouting and knocking things over and up annoying the leader as she gave the meeting. All the while the mothers just sat and chatted to one another not listening to a word the leader said. so infuriating.

I have one daughter and I wouldn't have brought her with me in the first place (but that's coz it was my outlet for a bit of peace) but if I did bring her she definitely wouldn't be running around...

Anyhooooooo....rant over (sorry...bad day at the office) had a chinese last night, only got a veggie chow mein but feel so guilty about it and it's getting in on me today... my humour is FOUL!!! really need a kick up the backside.... roll up roll up!!!!

Lady Lainy

Trying to repair the damage today! High liquid diet today! Coffee, Soup, Smoothies, :-) and will have a nice pasta carbonara for dinner.

The whole 150g pot of Dolmio Carbonara Stir-in is 5 propoints

Pigwidgeon

Superquinn half fat mature red cheddar cheese slices are only 1 propoint per slice.

kildareash

ali85 wrote: »

Anyhooooooo....rant over (sorry...bad day at the office) had a chinese last night, only got a veggie chow mein but feel so guilty about it and it's getting in on me today... my humour is FOUL!!! really need a kick up the backside.... roll up roll up!!!!

Don't feel bad...it's done now, so beating yourself up about it won't help. AND it could have been a lot worse than a veggie chow mein! Just draw a line under it and start afresh today. Anyway, there's nothing wrong with a little treat every so often

Have a good weekend everyone

jakeypooh

dizzymiss wrote: »

I asked my leader about that as i love those and she said once it's fruit and only fruit and within the five a day it can be taken as zero points. Anything after that has to be pointed.

How can we point fruit when it has 0 points in it?

Im totally confused at this

Our leader told us fruit was Zero pointed and can be used as snacks etc. to feel full as and when we wanted to
There was NO mention of having to point fruit at all

Can someone confirm this please?

Am worried now

dizzymiss

jakeypooh wrote: »

How can we point fruit when it has 0 points in it?

Im totally confused at this

Our leader told us fruit was Zero pointed and can be used as snacks etc. to feel full as and when we wanted to
There was NO mention of having to point fruit at all

Can someone confirm this please?

Am worried now

Didn't get round to asking her that, what she did say is that the amount of fruit allowed in five portions a day is a surprising amount and unless you're eating nearly a kilo of fruit a day you have nothing to worry about.

I want to clarify this at the next meeting but i presume when pointing after the five portions a day you use their nutritional values like any other food.

Some examples of portions, each of these counts as one portion.

Small fruit: 2 or more, for example 2 plums, 2 satsumas, 3 apricots, 2 kiwi fruit, 7 strawberries, 14 cherries, 6 lychees

Medium fruit: 1 medium fruit, such as 1 apple, banana, pear, orange, nectarine, or 1 sharon fruit

Large fruit: half a grapefruit, 1 slice of papaya, 1 slice of melon (2-inch slice), 1 large slice of pineapple, 2 slices of mango (2-inch slices)