EMAIL THREAD New weight watchers points formula Thought this was helpful - new way to calculate your points for weight watachers. Weight Watchers Updated: Your personal daily points target- use this formula 1. Are you female?- score 2 Male?- score 8 A nursing mom?- score 12 2. How old are you? 17-26- score 4 27-37- score 3 38-47- score 2 48-58- score 1 over 58- score 0 3.What do you weigh? Enter the first two digits of your weight in pounds. (for example, if you weight 199, you will add 19 to your score) 4. How tall are you? Under 5’1- score 0 5’1-5’10- score 1 Over 5’10- score 2 5. How do you spend most of your day? Sitting down? score 0 Occasionally sitting? score 2 Walking most of the time? score 4 Doing physically hard work most of the time? score 6 Now add them all together and that’s your daily total. It might be higher for some. My WW coordinator said if this is the case, take the difference between your new and old and divide it in half and then add that much to your previous total. Sat. Feb 17, 2:21pm

ooooh thx Saturday, February 17, 2007, 6:05 PM

what about the extra 35 a week do they still allow those points?? Sunday, February 18, 2007, 10:25 PM

yes, you still get the 35 flex points per week to be used at your discretion. Sunday, February 18, 2007, 11:27 PM

maintenance? so, what do you add if you're trying to maintain your weight instead of lose weight? do you just add 4 more points? Link Sunday, March 18, 2007, 10:04 PM

Points I don't understand the last paragraph in the points figuring. As you lose, points go down, so why would you add some? Link Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 10:10 AM

Points I think what they mean is that if you were on the old points program and were allowed 22 points per day and then switched to this and it works out to 24 points per day you would take the difference 24-22=2 and divide that in half = 1 and add it to your previous daily points 22 + 1= 23. as your weight goes down from there on I suspect you would just follow the new way??? Hope that made some sense. :-) does anyone know how the maintenance works, I'm curious too. Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 11:44 PM

New weight watchers points formula makes sense, thanks! Friday, November 16, 2007, 3:01 PM

nursing? What if you only nurse 2 times a night now. I have weaned daytime feedings. What would the points total be then?? Sunday, January 13, 2008, 8:30 PM

nursing? What if you only nurse 2 times a night and have weaned the daytime feedings? How would you figure that?? Sunday, January 13, 2008, 8:31 PM

You give yourself 2 points for every nursing session you have each day. So if you are nursing twice a night, thats 4 points. Monday, May 12, 2008, 4:40 PM

nursing What if there are no bottles/cups, but baby 8months is on solids? Still nursing daytime and nighttime. Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 1:11 AM

over 250? so if you weigh over 250 you add 25 points?? or you just add 2 + 6 and add 8 points...? Thursday, May 22, 2008, 7:49 AM

If you weigh 250, you add 25 points. If you weigh 260, you add 26 points. Thursday, May 22, 2008, 12:42 PM

exercise points last time i did WW, you could earn points for exercise. Can you still do this and if so how does it work? Sunday, December 28, 2008, 4:15 PM

looks like everything is now in one program called momentum. And it looks like points now factor in both fiber as well as the water content of food. I don't think they are going to change the actual formula, but they have a list of "filling foods" now that feature both high fiber and high water. If anyone knows anything about the specifics, please post it. Link Sunday, December 28, 2008, 4:27 PM

WEIGHT DO ADD OLD WEIGHT AND THE GOAL WEIGHT YOU WANT Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 11:39 AM

is this for their new momentum program? Monday, May 04, 2009, 8:36 PM

points target thanks hi, thank you for the points target formula..after being in WW since Oct 08, I have hit the wall and have been struggling with 5 lbs up and down..I lost 53 lbs in 4 or 5 months and then I hit the plateau. I am looking at my journals as to what I did different back then. I still have so much more to loose. Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 2:36 PM

Maintenance To those who asked about maintenance, it is somewhat trial and error. Start with your calculated target points based on the formula. This is theoretically the number of points you can consume and still lose weight. But since you don't want to lose any more weight, add 4 points and make that your daily target. Try it for a week. If you gain weight, drop it a point or two. If you continue to lose weight, raise it a point or two. You have to keep trying until you find the right number of points to allow you to maintain the same weight. Good luck. Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 4:01 PM

Activity Points Activity points can be applied to your points target. The only difference I have seen on Momentum is that you don't have to use your Activity Points on the same day you earn them. It seems that you can use them just like your weekly points. So they can carry over from day to day but you lose them at the end of the week. I am speaking from memory so if others know differently, feel free to correct me. Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 4:41 PM

Can you explain the WW to me? I have never looked into it so I don't really understand. I am 38 and stay at home mom. Thanks Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 5:38 PM

points target Wow, you lost 53 lbs in 4-5 months on WW congrats.. Approximately how many days per week did you exercise/ What type of exercise did you do and what length of time daily? If I may ask.. I signed up for WW on Friday.. I want to lose about 45lbs. did you do the oils daily too? Saturday, August 22, 2009, 7:29 PM

How many activity How many activity points should I be getting a week???? I was told by a friend that around 30 a week was good! I guess I could hit that if I charted every step I took! Wednesday, September 09, 2009, 9:55 PM

If I use my 35 points, I don't lose weight. I'm female and 44 and I exercise 5-6 days a week. Right now, I get 21 points and have to really stick to it to lose anything. Am losing slowly but figure I will keep it off this time if I do so. Sunday, September 27, 2009, 2:36 PM

To 9/27/09 2:36 Poster I believe you may not be consuming enough to loose. This happened to me and once I started eating more the weight started rolling off. It seems you exercise alot and this can be causing your body to go into starvation mode. Try upping your pts by five to begin with and then play with it by going up/down to see where you feel comfortable. I'm 5'4" and weight 158 lbs and 21 pts for me is not enough. I do exercise 5x/week for 30 min./day. I aim for eating 24-26 pts. daily Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 2:19 PM

Activity Points How should I calculate the activity points? If while at the gym I use the machines for 30 mins., how many AP should I add on? Or if I do 30 or 60 mins. of aerobics by using the treadmill or bike at 3.5 MPH with a 4% incline, how many point for this? Thank you. Monday, December 21, 2009, 9:40 AM

Points Thank you for posting this. I have been on the WW since July. I have lost 36lbs to date and still want to lose another 25-20lbs. My mother-in-law was my inspiration. She lost 30lbs and looks great! She has been able to maintain it the last 6 months. Though with the holidays she gained a few lbs, and so did I. But after coming home and getting back on the measuring I dropped it in a couple days. I feel great! I get compliments on almost a daily basis. Thank you WW!! Wednesday, January 06, 2010, 8:44 PM

Activity Level I am confused by the activity levels they are listing. I dont seem to fit into anything they have listed. I generally sit the majority of the day, however I do exercise 5-6 times a week doing both cardio and weight training. What should I use as a guideline for choosing which number to use? Thank you. I appreicate any response. Sunday, February 07, 2010, 9:04 PM

Points am a little confused...I weigh 165 lbs so that would put me at 22 points, if I weighed 155lbs that would be 21 points, 145 would be 20 points, 135 would be 19 points, 125 would be 18 points, etc. I didn't think you were supposed to go so low. If I am supposed to only go as low as 20 points, how am I to lose the extra 20 lbs? Monday, February 08, 2010, 6:40 PM

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