Back on the Plan

Hey guys...I started Weight Watchers about 3 years or so ago, and I just put
myself back on the plan again. I went from 243 to 169.9 and then back to
182, I went from a 40 inch waist to a 32 inch waist (according to my jeans
anyway!). My 32's started to get tight so I decided to start dieting again,
and its been about 18 months since I've seriously journaled.

I was on the WW Online program but now I'm doing it myself so I have a few
questions.

The current point formula I'm using is

(Calories/50+ fat/12)-fiber(=4)/8=Points . For example a 200 calorie food
with 6 grams of fat and 6 grams of fiber would be:

200/50=4
006/12=.5
004/08=.5 (only the first four grams of fiber count)
4 point food.

Is this correct? For restaurants I'm using www.dwlz.com as my guide, anyone
have a better site than that?

Also, any good rule of thumbs for exercise points? I generally figure 20
minutes of 'good' exercise is worth a point. Though at work I'll walk 10
flights of stairs and I count that as a point because I'm so winded at the
end!!!!!

welcome and good luck, come here often and read the welcome notice, lots of
links to help you there, Lee
buck naked wrote in message
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Hey guys...I started Weight Watchers about 3 years or so ago, and I just
put
myself back on the plan again. I went from 243 to 169.9 and then back to
182, I went from a 40 inch waist to a 32 inch waist (according to my jeans
anyway!). My 32's started to get tight so I decided to start dieting
again,
and its been about 18 months since I've seriously journaled.

I was on the WW Online program but now I'm doing it myself so I have a few
questions.

The current point formula I'm using is

(Calories/50+ fat/12)-fiber(=4)/8=Points . For example a 200 calorie
food
with 6 grams of fat and 6 grams of fiber would be:

200/50=4
006/12=.5
004/08=.5 (only the first four grams of fiber count)
4 point food.

Is this correct? For restaurants I'm using www.dwlz.com as my guide,
anyone
have a better site than that?

Also, any good rule of thumbs for exercise points? I generally figure 20
minutes of 'good' exercise is worth a point. Though at work I'll walk 10
flights of stairs and I count that as a point because I'm so winded at the
end!!!!!

Your formula looks OK to me...........your answer is correct and you are
most certainly doing the right thing by using a max. of 4 for fiber.

Good luck - keep us posted on your progress.

Good to hear that you are doing something before things get out of hand
again! Kudos to you Buck!

Eddie
Weight June05-359lbs
Current Weight-282.2lbs
Loss to date=76.8lbs
Goal Weight-180lbs

"buck naked" wrote in message
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Hey guys...I started Weight Watchers about 3 years or so ago, and I just put
myself back on the plan again. I went from 243 to 169.9 and then back to
182, I went from a 40 inch waist to a 32 inch waist (according to my jeans
anyway!). My 32's started to get tight so I decided to start dieting again,
and its been about 18 months since I've seriously journaled.

I was on the WW Online program but now I'm doing it myself so I have a few
questions.

The current point formula I'm using is

(Calories/50+ fat/12)-fiber(=4)/8=Points . For example a 200 calorie food
with 6 grams of fat and 6 grams of fiber would be:

200/50=4
006/12=.5
004/08=.5 (only the first four grams of fiber count)
4 point food.

Is this correct? For restaurants I'm using www.dwlz.com as my guide, anyone
have a better site than that?

Also, any good rule of thumbs for exercise points? I generally figure 20
minutes of 'good' exercise is worth a point. Though at work I'll walk 10
flights of stairs and I count that as a point because I'm so winded at the
end!!!!!