Apparently, the big news at Weight Watchers is that they're changing the way they calculate points. And they're changing the name to the ProPoints Plan. I don't know much about it yet (they're going to explain it all to us next week), but from what I've picked up so far, the "Pro" in ProPoints is for protein. They're changing the way they calculate points to take protein into account, which they haven't done before. They want to encourage people to eat more protein, which is what I've already been doing, so I don't think there are going to be any big changes for me.
Also, with ProPoints, apparently there will be some zero point fruits, which should encourage people to eat more fruit. Again, I'm already doing that, so it shouldn't be an issue for me.
They're also changing the whole points scale, so that the lowest daily allowance will be 29, and the highest will be 72. I don't know what the range is now, but Karen is on something like 19 points , so that's a pretty big change in the scale. They're also getting rid of half points values, and changing from a system where you can save up to 4 points a day to a system where you have a daily points allowance (and you can only use those points on that day) and a weekly points allowance to give you a bit of lee-way.
So if I get to eat more protein and more fruit without being penalized points-wise, that sounds great. And they're also finally getting an iPhone app for Australian members (right after I bought a U.S. iTunes card so that I can get US apps that aren't available through the Australian App Store. Go figure.
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