weight watcher pro points

wow i didn't realise there was an iphone app! going to look for it right now

I joined! The iPhone app is awesome :)

I don't get it? What is different about points than doing something like calorie king and working it out for yourself?

Two things. Firstly, It is easy to count 'Points' or 'ProPoints' then it is to count kj's (they are smaller numerals). Secondly, The new ProPoints system doesn't even use kj's - this new system, ProPoints, looks at the composition of the food: it looks at how much Protien, fibre, carbohydates and total fat make up the food; because depending on the food composition our bodies use the food in different ways. Not all calories are created equal - calories (kj's) are simple the 'rate at which food burns', means they set it on fire and time it. Our bodies don't 'burn' food, we digest it, and we do so at different rates depending on what the food is and how it is made up and how our digestive system breaks it down. ie, fibre doesn't breakdown totally but travels through your digestive system, protien takes longer to break down and the energy is released slowly, carbohydrates breakdown much faster, and fats breakdown fastest of all and will then be stores within the body quickest and not sustain you for that long.

I'm loving the new app although the ProPoints is taking me a bit longer to get my head around and I only did WW for 3 mths this time last year but still thought in "points" if that makes sense.
Those of you who do WW - do you split up your points throughout the day - like Breakfast should be 8pts, lunch 10, dinner 10 then snacks or whatever?? I don't but wondering if I should!? Im also trying not to eat too many carbs but finding it hard to cut them out - Im so used to bread, rice and pasta.

Why do you need to cut out carbs?? Just choose low GI ones for slow release of sugars eg I use Helgas rich wholegrain (5 points for 2 slices) rather than white bread. It gives me fibre and carbs but slower release. Brown rice and wholemeal pasta, baked potato rather than mashed. I don't split the points but it usually ends up split quite evenly through the day.

I do split my ProPoints up, as a guide of how much to spend where: and I generally recommend to my members to do the same, so they aren't stuck at the end of the day with nothing left, but yet to eat dinner. Having said that, you need to figure out what works for you and stick with it. Some people devide their ProPoints up for the day, others 'track ahead' (ie, follow a menu plan) others just 'wing it' and mark off ProPoints as they go.

I devide my 29 daily ProPoints up roughly (remember it is just a guide and I often swap things around):

Breaky - 6pp (generally cereal and fruit)
Lunch - 9pp (generally a chicken and salad sandwich)
Dinner and desert - 14pp (generally rice or pasta and meat and vege; diet jelly, fruit and a scoop of icecream)

I snack on fruit mostly, but if I want something different between meals I dip into my weekly 49pp (I try not to eat more then 7 of the weekly pp each day, unless I have then 'leftover' from the day before - more often then not, I have eaten ALL of them by the end of the week).

Thanks heaps! Super helpful! Michelle I just guess I have on my head that carbs are bad I know they all aren't and we only buy good grainy bread, but I hate brown rice and love pasta. DH is doing a mega no carb plan that he has done before so I figure it won't hurt. Dinner was salmon and steamed vegies and kids had rice too. Getting there slowly but I lost 600g last week so happy with that considering 2 days were still alcohol and BBQ shapes filled:rofl: