So I’m starting Weight Watchers with Sharon, and had a hard time trying to figure out how many points I could eat. Finally found this calculation at Yahoo Answers:
Answer the following 5 questions and add the points total:
1. Are you:
female?…………..score 2
male?…………….score 8
nursing mom?………score 12
2. How old are you?
17 – 26…………score 4
27 – 37…………score 3
38 – 47…………score 2
48 – 58…………score 1
over 58 ………..score 0
3. What do you weigh?
enter the first 2 digits of your weight in pounds. For example, if you weigh 175, enter 17. if you weigh less than 100 pounds, enter the first digit of your weight in pounds. i.e. for 98, enter 9
………………………….. Score___
4. how tall are you?
under 5′ 1″………………….score 0
5′ 1″ to 5′ 10″………………score 1
Over 5′ 10″………………….score 2
5. On most days of the week, how do you spend your day?:
sitting down…………………score 0 (receptionist, bus driver, office worker)
Occasionally sitting…………score 2 (sales person, housewife, cook, teacher)
walking most of the time………score 4 (waiter, mailman)
Doing physically hard work…….score 6 (gardener, construction worker)
The total daily points target ….. ____