Is there a book you can buy that contains point values?

[John Graf]

Is there a book you can buy that contains point ratings for various
foods?

If you don't know the fat and fibre content in something, and thus
don't have the inputs for the calculator, how are you to know its
points?

For example - if I want to find out how many points in a bacon and egg
(2 eggs, 3 bacon) breakfast, how do I do it without a book?

I looked on the online weigh****chers website and can't find anything.

I must be missing something, as this seems pretty elemental?

[Smharrington66]

Perhaps you can get week 1 materials on ebay?
Sue H.
195.8/161.6/162 WW goal
Starting Week 1 Maintenance
150 personal goal

[Deb in Northern California]

An egg uncooked is 2 points, if you only use the whites it is 0 points and
it all depends on how you are cooking it.

Bacon cooked crisp is 1 point a slice.

They have the food point books in the WW centers and like someone else
suggested you could always try to find someone selling off their materials
on eBay.

Debbie


"John Graf" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a book you can buy that contains point ratings for various
> foods?
>
> If you don't know the fat and fibre content in something, and thus
> don't have the inputs for the calculator, how are you to know its
> points?
>
> For example - if I want to find out how many points in a bacon and egg
> (2 eggs, 3 bacon) breakfast, how do I do it without a book?
>
> I looked on the online weigh****chers website and can't find anything.
>
> I must be missing something, as this seems pretty elemental?
>
>
>

[Carol in NC]

Hi John,

If you have the nutrition information (either from the package, or from any
number of books on calorie counting) you can use the formula for points.

It is this:

total calories + (4 x fat grams) - (10x fiber grams...but not more than 4
grams for any one food) all divided by 50 = points.

I do most of the calculations in my head. As a rule of thumb it's about 1
point for every 50-75 calories.

Carol

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"John Graf" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a book you can buy that contains point ratings for various
> foods?
>
> If you don't know the fat and fibre content in something, and thus
> don't have the inputs for the calculator, how are you to know its
> points?
>
> For example - if I want to find out how many points in a bacon and egg
> (2 eggs, 3 bacon) breakfast, how do I do it without a book?
>
> I looked on the online weigh****chers website and can't find anything.
>
> I must be missing something, as this seems pretty elemental?
>
>
>

[Fred]

Yes, WW has books that list the various points for such generic foods
as eggs, lamb, fish, beef, bacon, etc.

Their first week booklet has some popular or ordinary daily items such
as you mentioned.

They also have two other books. One lists many, many commercial
products (nabisco cereals for instance) and breaks down chicken, etc
into more detail. The other is a restaurant guide which has
MacDonalds, Denny's (some grand slams are a day's worth of points).

There are also some web sites that list stuff like that, too. A links
list is generally posted to new folks here and weekly.

Simple, unfried eggs are two points each.

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:57:14 GMT, John Graf >
wrote:

>Is there a book you can buy that contains point ratings for various
>foods?
>
>If you don't know the fat and fibre content in something, and thus
>don't have the inputs for the calculator, how are you to know its
>points?
>
>For example - if I want to find out how many points in a bacon and egg
>(2 eggs, 3 bacon) breakfast, how do I do it without a book?
>
>I looked on the online weigh****chers website and can't find anything.
>
>I must be missing something, as this seems pretty elemental?
>
>

[Brenda Hammond]

Hi John,

This is taken directly from WW Online Canada's website.

Lare eggs poached, boiled or fried in a non-stick pan with no oil/butter are
2 points each.

Egg whites are: 1 white - .5 points
2 whites - .5 points
3 whites - point

Bacon, raw: 1 slice - 6 points
Bacon, crisp cooked: 1 slice - 1.5 points
Bacon, crisp cooked: 2 slices - 3 points
Bacon, crips cooked: 3 slices - 4 points
Bacon, Canadian-style, cooked: 1 slice - 1 point

If you are frying your eggs in butter/margarine or oil you will have to
figure the points for those into your meal as well.

--
Brenda
209/174/150
SWWC goal 165



"John Graf" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a book you can buy that contains point ratings for various
> foods?
>
> If you don't know the fat and fibre content in something, and thus
> don't have the inputs for the calculator, how are you to know its
> points?
>
> For example - if I want to find out how many points in a bacon and egg
> (2 eggs, 3 bacon) breakfast, how do I do it without a book?
>
> I looked on the online weigh****chers website and can't find anything.
>
> I must be missing something, as this seems pretty elemental?
>
>
>

[Kate Dicey]

John Graf wrote:
>
> Is there a book you can buy that contains point ratings for various
> foods?
>
> If you don't know the fat and fibre content in something, and thus
> don't have the inputs for the calculator, how are you to know its
> points?
>
> For example - if I want to find out how many points in a bacon and egg
> (2 eggs, 3 bacon) breakfast, how do I do it without a book?
>
> I looked on the online weigh****chers website and can't find anything.
>
> I must be missing something, as this seems pretty elemental?


Here in the UK the handbook contains a food list of general food's
points values, and we also have the Shopper's Guide, which is updated
every year, that lists a whole huge slew of things that have been
pointed, from brand name cookies to ready meals, including supermarket
own brands of stuff. This is where I get such valuable snippets of info
as how many points in a half pint of Guinness or a McVities Chocolate
Digestive! Is there not something similar where you are? I couldn't
function without mine!

We also have a pocket Eating Out guide, which points things like a Pizza
hut meal or a Macdonald's burger, or a pub shepherd's pie. Very
helpful.
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Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

[Joyce]

The only book you will find with *point* listings is going to be dispersed through
ww. You could probably buy one at one of the storefronts or pick one up off of
ebay. I think a better route to go if you want a hard copy of something, would be
to go to a bookstore and find a good nutritional data book - something that lists
the nutritional data (calories, fat, vitamin content, etc) of many foods. If you
have that information, you can easily calculate the point equivalent yourself.

Joyce
WW starting weight: 228.8 - 2/5/02
current weight: 133.3
Lifetime: 4/4/03

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 21:57:14 GMT, John Graf > wrote:

>Is there a book you can buy that contains point ratings for various
>foods?
>
>If you don't know the fat and fibre content in something, and thus
>don't have the inputs for the calculator, how are you to know its
>points?
>
>For example - if I want to find out how many points in a bacon and egg
>(2 eggs, 3 bacon) breakfast, how do I do it without a book?
>
>I looked on the online weigh****chers website and can't find anything.
>
>I must be missing something, as this seems pretty elemental?
>
>

[Laura]

Do a search on eBay on "weight watchers". There a lot of stuff for sale
including the new 2004 Flexpoints kits that include the Eating out and
Complete Eating Companion books.

"John Graf" > wrote in message
...
> Is there a book you can buy that contains point ratings for various
> foods?
>
> If you don't know the fat and fibre content in something, and thus
> don't have the inputs for the calculator, how are you to know its
> points?
>
> For example - if I want to find out how many points in a bacon and egg
> (2 eggs, 3 bacon) breakfast, how do I do it without a book?
>
> I looked on the online weigh****chers website and can't find anything.
>
> I must be missing something, as this seems pretty elemental?
>
>
>