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How many ProPoints in.... ?

  • 15-03-2011 12:05pm
    #1
    filmifan
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    Hi - I've just started the new ProPoints plan. I'm still not completely convinced that it's better than the old Points plan (on which I lost 6 stone), but there are some good things about the new programme, I have to admit.

    The reason I've started this thread is because I'm planning a trip to Dublin in the next couple of weeks (haven't been to the Big Smoke in ages), and that always includes a trip to my favourite Middle Eastern place, Iskander's (followed by MoMo's when Iskander's was undergoing refurbishing). And when in Iskander's (or MoMo's...or any other excellent Turkish/Middle Eastern cafe if you know of any besides these two), I always treat myself to a chicken shwarma.

    I was wondering how many ProPoints there might be in a basic chicken shwarma, just so I can do my best to calculate and track it (and of course, put it towards my weekly 49 ProPoints allowance). In the latest issue of 'WW' magazine (the UK monthly one, I mean), they've got a DIY recipe for a lamb shwarma, and they've put down as 11 ProPoints. That's all well and fine when it's you in your own kitchen controlling the portion size and the ingredients (especially the oil and the sauce used, and the fact that in the WW recipe, they're using a normal sized, store-bought pitta), but in a restaurant/cafe environment, when you get a regular sized (which is huge in Iskander's - and gorgeously delicious, by the way), there's no way it could be as little as 11 ProPoints, I wouldn't think...right?

    Using the old Points system, I would save up as many points each day, knowing that if there was a big weekend or a special occasion coming up, I'd feel (relatively) worry-free about eating something I wouldn't normally choose, because of the massive amount of points involved. With a chicken shwarma, or with pizza (although I know we can eat anything we choose, and nothing's off limits on WW), I just saved up my points all week and enjoyed every bite.

    But with the new ProPoints plan, being that we all have 49 weekly points to play with, part of me feels that I shouldn't even worry about exactly how many ProPoints there are in a cafe-made shwarma. But still, perhaps just out of my own curiosity, I was wondering if anyone else had eaten and also tracked a chicken shwarma, and if they did, how many ProPoints they put down for it.

    So, if anyone can provide a 'guesstimate' on how many ProPoints (give or take) a chicken shwarma at a cafe would be, that'd be great. I'm planning on saving the entire 49 weekly points just for that day/night in Dublin, but even with that, i just want to be on the safe and (relatively) worry-free side of things while I'm enjoying that shwarma (and wahtever else I may indulge in while in Dublin...chocolate donus at the O'Connell Street kiosk, maybe? Sharing some pizza at Junior's, perhaps?biggrin.gif)

    Thanks in advance for anyone who can offer some ProPoints advice.
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