I am confused with the WW online recipe builder. WW says there is not a discrepancy with the recipe builder but it doesn’t make sense to me. It does not count fruits and veggies as 0 points when it totals the Points Plus value. According to WW, this is because they total the overall nutritional value and do not factor in that most fruits and veggies are 0 Points Plus.
For example, I calculate my green smoothies as 1 Point Plus:
1 cup spinach- 0 Points Plus
2 oranges- 0 Points Plus
1/3 cup of Light Vanilla yogurt- 1 Point Plus
1 Points Plus, right? Not according to the recipe builder which calculates this as 4 Points Plus. I might as well grab one of those 100 calorie snack packs Weight Watchers is trying to get us away from… just sayin’. Not that I would do that, but their theory for the new WW Points Plus system doesn’t hold true in regard to the recipe builder.
This is frustrating to me because I want to make sure I am tracking my food properly. If I ate all of these items separately, they would only add up to 1 Point Plus. Also, how does a bowl of mixed fruit have a Points Plus value of more than 0, but if you eat the individual fruits throughout the day they do not count? Doesn’t make sense.
This is only my opinion, but I am going to go with common sense and count this as 1 Point Plus. If fruits and veggies are free- they should be free in recipes, too. I might start omitting the free fruits and veggies when I enter items into the recipe builder. I think we all have to do what works for us or makes sense for us. Also, one could enter the ingredients into the daily tracker or as a meal instead of as a recipe. If I calculate a casserole or something like that, I might count all of the ingredients- but for recipes made up of mostly fruits/veggies- I’m not sure I will add them to the recipe- it doesn’t make sense.
I’m pretty sure none of us got obese by eating too many fruits and veggies.
For you Weight Watchers out there, how are you calculating your Points Plus when you combine foods or for recipes?
