weight watcher pro points

[Amaunet]

Maybe checkout their ww forum? There are lots of people who use it who you could compare with?

[tellytubby]

Nice thinking CF Der! haha!
Will check it out, hopefully I'll find my answer...

[Arimeh]

Is it expensive to sign up Telly? Its something that I think I'll have to do when I get this bubba outta me!!

[tellytubby]

Hey mel, it was $89.00 for 3 months That's online

When I was going to the meetings, it was costing me around $17 a week. So much cheaper online! Plus online, you get access to all the recipes, points etc. Whereas when you go into the meetings you have to buy the books to give you that type of information.

I'm so over the dieting game. Wish I was one of those naturally skinny people. Damn you hot chips and milkshakes!! Grrr!

[misty]

PROpoints is NOT POINTS!

They are calculated completely differently. So the amount you are allocated is different too. The minimum amount of Points anyone could have was 18 points a day. The minimum PROpoints anyone can have is 29 a day (plus the 49 weekly allowance).

Will post more shortly.

[misty]

The Points system:
Points are worked out based on the amount of kj and saturated fats each food contains. Each person is given a budget based on how many kj and how much saturated fat they should be consuming each day. kj are the measurement for the rate at which food burns (literally, they set it alight to figure this out). Fruit is worth Points.

The ProPoints system:
ProPoints are worked out based on the composition of the foods (ie, how they are made up and how our body processes and uses that energy). This is done looking at the Carbohydrates, Total fat, Fibre and Protien content of the food. This means foods that are used differently by our bodies, but which may contain the same kj, are given different values. People are generally able to eat MORE food under this program, with greater flexibility, and still expect the same kind of weight loss as under the old points system. The best thing about this ProPoints system is that FRESH fruit has no ProPoints: which means you will never have an excuse to go hungry.

The similarities:
You still need to track.
You still need to exercise, and can earn BONUS ProPoints based on this activity.
You still need to follow the Good Health Guidelines (ie, 2 x fruit, 5 x vege, 2-4 x dairy, 1-2 x protein, grains and cereals at every meal, etc).

[tellytubby]

Thank you so much for taking the time to write an awesome reply misty!
I'm really enjoying this system!! I've had 3 serves of fruit today, when normally on WW I would have 0, as I never wanted to waste good points on fruit, pmsl!
Day one is now complete!

However I am curious to see how much weight I lose this week, just generally curious about if Propoints really work... Seems a bit too good to be true