WW info

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At 01:45 PM 08/05/00 -0400, Miriam Rudnick wrote:

>Apologies in advance if this is off-topic...

>

>I have noticed that some of the recipes posted here have " points "

>listed. I know that the new Weight Watchers program uses a point

>system; do these points refer to that? (This may have been explained

>before I rejoined the list, or maybe I just wasn't paying enough

>attention :-)

 

Hi Mariam yes the WW program refers to points which use the fat, fibre,

calories in a recipe. There is a vegetarian program but I've never seen

it. And being a vegetarian would be easy to stay within your points range

( it goes on weight ) Just watch the fat Here is some info I've put

together because a lot of people ask me what it entails Also I'm the

moderator of a WW support list ( non vegetarian ) call

123SUCESS and you don't have to be an official member of WW to

join you just have to practice the program

 

NOTE: The Part about every extra 20 min of exercise above and beyond the

intial 20 min has changed to only after you've reached your 10% goal ( I am

still doing it that way and it works so if it works why fix it

 

 

 

I do the WW on my own no meetings so it costs nothing really this is

where you can get a calculator to download and figure out the points of

foods, all you need is the cal, fat, and fibre and you can figure out the

points. Plus check out the rest of her site there are many good things

there.

 

http://www.dottisweightlosszone.com/calculator.html

 

The basics of the program is eating in your point range. You get a certain

amount of points per your weight

 

Under 150 18-25

150-174 20-27

175-199 22-29

200-224 24-31

225-250 26-33

over 250 28-35

 

The basic rules of the program are:

 

You should eat/drink:

* more than your minimum points but less than your maximum

* at least 6 - 8oz glasses of water a day

* 2 servings of skim milk each day * (I wouldn't worry too much about this

I rarely do I hate milk)

* at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day * ( the more the

better)

* at least 20 minutes of exercise per day * ( for every 20 min of extra

exercise you do you gain 1 point extra of food. That means that a point is

added to your minimum and to you maximum for example if your range was

20-27 and you exercised 40 min today, your range would now be 21-28. Try

to eat near the top of your range so as not to put your body into thinking

diet/starvation mode, you need to eat to lose weight

* veggies are zero points except startchy ones ( 1 potatoe or 1 cup (3

points), 1 Yam or 1 cup (3 points), 1 cup corn or 1 cob or, peas or,

parsnips or, water chestnuts, or squash is 1 point.

* Most fruits are 1 point, bananas are 2 points

* seasonings are zero points ( spices, worcheshire sauce, soya sauce,

mustard, ketchup ( not mayo mayo is fat)

 

Here is a site that has nutritional info on most foods and from there you

can figure the points.

 

http://www.cyberdiet.com/ni/htdocs/

 

Hope this helps and if you need any more info don't hesitate to email me

 

 

 

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!

 

Jenn

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

http://tlotc.dhs.org/jenn/

 

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Jenn,

 

Thanks so much for all the info! I plan to check it all out.

 

Miriam

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Until we extend the circle of our compassion to all living things, we

will not ourselves find peace.

 

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