Weight Watchers/WW (2024)

FAQs

How many calories a day is 23 WW points? ›

I did an experiment where I tracked my food in the WW app and then also in MyFitnessPal to see how many calories I was getting in a day with my 23-Point allotment. Most days, I would be around 1,400 calories total if I stayed at 23 Points, which I never did.

In one study of 152 people with obesity, researchers found that people on WeightWatchers lost an average of nearly 6% of their body weight in 3 months. Plus, one-third of participants in this study were able to lose 10% or more of their body weight after 6 months.

While Weight Watchers does not require or recommend that WW members eat zero points worth of food in a day, eating zero point foods for a few days can give your weight loss a jump start. This isn't a long-term plan but rather a way to quickly get back on track with healthy eating.

So, you may be able to lose 5 pounds in your first week or two on Weight Watchers, but as you get used to the plan, you may plateau and will probably slow down to just a couple of pounds per week. Not only is this normal, but it's also preferable.

(If you're active, maybe you can consider 1,500.) Most regimented diet programs, like Weight Watchers, are similarly based on a 1,200 caloric intake, just hidden behind a “point” system so it doesn't feel like calorie counting.

Again, since WW is so popular, you will find a lot of off-brand advice on how to calculate your points. But it really only takes a few minutes to get an official number using the WW calculator. The average WW points allowance is about 23.

If you're eating more fruits and vegetables than you used to, and you're using them as snacks, to bulk up your meals, or as a tide-me-over, then great! If you're eating more than two serves of fruit every day, purely because it's one of your ZeroPoint foods, you might want to pull back a little.

Whole fruit is a ZeroPoint food, but once it becomes part of a smoothie, the experience of “eating” it changes. Research shows that liquids don't promote the same feeling of fullness and satisfaction that solid foods do.

How many WW points is a banana? ›

Fruits and most vegetables are zero-point foods in this system, and the nutrients from fruits and vegetables are only factored in if they are mixed with other food.

The average WW points allowance is about 23. If you were allotted 23 points a day, here's what you could eat: A ham-and-cheese omelet for breakfast (3 points).

Is there a calorie equivalent to weight watchers points or is the formula top secret? No, there's really no direct equivalent to the point system. That said, it's easy enough to just weigh and measure your food and account for calories rather than accounting for points.

As a result, there's no way to correlate calories to points — how many calories is in 30 Weight Watchers points, say, will vary based on the nutritional content of your food choices for the day. Luckily, though, you don't have to calculate how many calories is in a Weight Watchers point.

560 calories = 28 point : r/weightwatchers.