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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.

  1. 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.

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