Understanding Your WeightWatchers Points: A Quick Guide

Weight Watchers is a great weight loss program with proven results. In Weight Watchers you are assigned a number of points that you can eat everyday. It is important to know how many weight watchers points you get in order to properly follow Weight Watchers. Learn how to to know how many weight watchers points you get quickly and easily.

Things You'll Need

• weight
• sex
• activity level
• age

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Instructions

• 1

  Your Sex To Know How Many Weight Watchers Points You Get
  The first step to know how many weight watchers points you get is to determine a starting point depending on your sex.
  Women = Start with 2 Weight Watchers points
  Men = Start with 8 Weight Watchers points
  Nursing Women = Start with 12 Weight Watchers points

• 2

  Your Age To Know How Many Weight Watchers Points You Get
  The next step to know how many weight watchers points you get is to add points based on your age.
  17-26 years old = Add 4 Weight Watchers points
  27-37 = Add 3 Weight Watchers points
  38-47 = Add 2 Weight Watchers points
  48-57= Add 1 Weight Watchers points
  57 and older = Add 0 Weight Watchers points

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  Your Activity Level To Know How Many Weight Watchers Points You Get
  The next way to know how many weight watchers points you get is to add points based on your activity level.
  Not Active = 0 Weight Watchers points
  Mildly Active = 2 Weight Watchers points
  Moderately Active = 4 Weight Watchers points
  Very Active = 6 Weight Watchers points

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  Your Weight to Know How Many Weight Watchers Points You Get
  The next thing you need to add is your weight. Take the first two numbers in your weight and add them to what you have so far to know how many weight watchers points you get.
  Ex. Weight = 180 pounds = Add 18 points

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  Your Height to Know How Many Weight Watchers Points You Get
  The last thing to know how many weight watchers points you get is to adjust based on your height.
  Under 5 ft. = 0 Weight Watchers points
  5 ft to 5 ft 9 inches = 1 Weight Watchers points
  5 ft 9 inches and over = 2 Weight Watchers points