Tips and Tricks for Weight Watchers

1. Drink lots of water.

2. Coffee and tea are 0 points (until you add honey or sugar, then it becomes 1 point).
3. Limit your soda pop consumption. (Better yet, stay away from the stuff).
4. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. (Note: Be careful, as some fruits have more points than
others. (Example: one medium apple is 1 point, but one banana is 2 points).
5. Don’t beat yourself up when you go over your point limit. Just start up again the next day.
DON’T GIVE UP.... BE A BULLDOG..!! (When you feel weak, call someone you know and
ask for encouragement that was what the Weight Watcher meetings were for).
6. “Wonder Whole Wheat Lite” bread is: 1 pt for two slices vs. other breads that are 1 pt. per
slice. (Stick with Whole Grain lite breads – more fiber).
7. When you run low on points, at the end of the day, go for items with “low to 0” points, such
as: tomatoes, lettuce, green beans, spinach, etc.
8. Be creative in your daily point consumption. Look for things tasty with more volume but
low in points.
9. When you have been really good.... Treat yourself (½ chocolate candy bar (no nuts or
caramel) = 2 pts.)
10. You are able to “bank” points during one week. (Example: if you have a particular day
that you know you will consume more points, use less points on the other days of that
week to make up for that day).
11. Remember, you can only “bank” points on a weekly basis. You have to start over at the
beginning of a new week.
12. I make my chili with ground turkey in place of ground beef. (Very little difference in
taste).
a. Cooked, ½ cup (2 oz.) of lean ground turkey = 3 points
b. Cooked, ½ cup (2 oz.) of lean ground beef = 4 points
13. Butter and margarine have the same point value: 1 tbsp. = 1 point.
14. Miracle Whip and Mayonnaise have the same point value: 1 tbsp. = 1 point.
15. Weigh yourself on a weekly basis, not on a daily basis. Weighing yourself too often can
become discouraging and we don’t want that.
16. You WILL plateau sometime during this journey, but don’t get discouraged; your body
just needs a little time to readjust to your newly lost weight. You will start losing again,
just stick with it.
17. REMEMBER.... the early pounds come off pretty easy but when you get closer to what
you should weigh, your weight loss will slow down.
18. No matter what you eat, as long as you stay within the specified point limitation, you
WILL lose weight. However, I don’t suggest that you spend all your points eating
chocolate. You will get pretty hungry later.

Bon Appétit