Calculate Weight Watchers Points

The Weight Watchers weight loss program is focused majorly on counting your daily points consumed. All available foods have corresponding points, meaning you select those you enjoy eating as long as you meet your Weight Watchers points target daily. By doing so, you won’t have to follow overly strict diets. Just count the points every day, and you are on a path to a slimmer and healthier you.

Each food you eat and each activity you do has a corresponding Weight Watchers point value that is added to your daily point goal. The following guidelines will help you calculate factors that influence your Weight Watchers Points daily target:

• Your weight plays a vital role in computing your point’s target. When your weight changes, you need to re-calculate the points you need to reach daily. Less calories for less weight every day. You need to get your weight in pounds then add your weight’s first 2 numbers. The result will be your base points. If, for example you weigh 110 lbs, you will have base points of 11 to start.



• Your height also counts on deriving how many Weight Watchers daily points target you require. If you measure less than 5 feet, you add zero points, between 5.0? to 5.9?, you are entitled to add 1 point to your daily point’s target and if you are 5.10? and above, you can add 2 points to your list.

• Being male or female matters a lot when targeting your body’s needed calories. As men in general have faster metabolism than women, and thus require higher Weight Watchers points to target every day. Females need to add 2 Weight Watchers points while male get 8 points to start with.

• Metabolism slows with age and this makes your present age very important in calculating your points. The older you are the fewer calories required and lesser Weight Watchers points to achieve. Below are the age brackets and their corresponding points:

- 17-26 years old = 4 points

- 27-37 years old = 3 points

- 38-47 years old = 2 points

- 48-57 years old = 1 point

- 58 years old and over = 0 points

• When you exercise each day, your body will require more calories depending on the specific exercise, and how long you spend exercising. Your calorie intake points will increase parallel to quantity of physical activity you have daily. If you have long walks daily, you may add 4 points; doing some physical work allows you to add 6 points to your daily target.

• Nursing mothers need more calories daily, so if you are breast feeding its imperative you take more calories to supply your nursing needs. When nursing, add 12 points instead of 2 on your points under the gender category.

Weight Watchers program is uniquely designed depending on personal traits and information you possess. For instance, it makes perfect sense for a heavier person to have a higher point target because heavier individuals need more energy than those who weigh less.

A reward of 35 points every week you successfully reach your points target is truly fun! You may or may not use them immediately though. Always ensure you eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables plus 6 glasses of water and 2 servings of dairy every day. This constitutes a complete diet and makes losing weight much easier.

It’s essential to observe your weight accurately and regularly as it greatly affects your daily point target to achieve. When your weight reduces, it also reduces your daily point target total. When you take physical activity daily like long walks or exercising, it is very helpful both in weight loss and health wise. In addition, it will let you add more points to your daily points target too. This means you can eat more food because you engage in physical activity! This is actually referred to as “bonus points” for the Weight Watchers.