What Are Weight Watchers Set Points Values?

With Weight Watchers, you must calculate the POINTS value of a food by inputting the food's calories, fat, and fiber. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to do that when you don't have the nutritional label in front of you, at a restaurant or friend's house. The new SetPOINTS system assigns a POINTS value to filling foods (those that contain high amounts of water and fiber), thus allowing you to track daily POINTS without complicated calculations.

Portion Size

When using SetPOINTS, try to eat a sensible portion of food until you are satisfied.

Tracking

Count the SetPOINTS towards your daily POINTS target and weekly allowance. If you have Activity POINTS, you can swap them out as normal with your SetPOINTS.

Categories

If you eat more than one food in a SetPOINTS category, such as steak and shrimp, count the SetPOINTS value twice.

Lean Protein

Lean proteins, which include eggs, chicken, beans, tofu, pork, and beef, have a SetPOINTS value of 5.

Grains and Starchy Veggies

Barley, corn, whole wheat pasta, potatoes, rice, and other grains and starchy vegetables have a SetPOINTS value of 6.

Fruit

Fresh, frozen, and canned (without sugar) fruits have a SetPOINTS value of 2.

References

• Weight Watchers

Resources

• Find a Weight Watchers Meeting