Weight Watchers Points Calculation: A Guide for Foods Without Listed Values

Weight Watchers Points are commonly found on food packages and in restaurant menus, but what does a dieter do when a food without predetermined Weight Watcher Points presents itself? Do you avoid the new food? Do you dig in with the mindset that what you don't know can't hurt you? Or do you grab a pen and paper and calculate the points with the information that you have? If you are planning on losing weight at your upcoming weigh-in, the last option will be the one that you will choose. Since fiber can only impact Weight Watchers Points by up to 0.8 points, Weight Watchers suggests that dieters simply omit fiber information from the points equation when fiber information in unavailable.

Things You'll Need

• Pen
• Paper
• Calculator
• Food label

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Instructions

• 1

  Write down the calories and fat grams per serving that are listed on the food label. If a food label is unavailable, look up this information on a website that has nutritional information, such as Calorie King's Food Database (see resources).

• 2

  Divide the number of calories in a serving by 50. Write the quotient down on paper. This number will be "X." Utilize a calculator if you are not confident with your math skills.

• 3

  Divide the fat grams in each serving by 12. Write down the quotient. It will serve as "Y."

• 4

  Add the values of X and Y. Round up values that are 0.50 or higher and round down values that are 0.49 or lower.