Return to accountability

I've decided to start tracking points according to the weight watchers plan again. I had great success with it when I took it seriously a couple of years ago. I went from about 250 to 230 (where my weight has hovered since) in a few months.

Since I did weight watchers I've thought of everything in terms of points. When I participated in a chicken nugget eating contest (more of a showcase) I turned some heads when I quoted the amount of points I just consumed. When you get into it you can't help it, even if you are eating like bull moose in mating season, everything becomes points.

I can't finish up my thoughts at the moment but...

A rough approximation of the old point system would be to find the calorie content of everything you eat. Divide that calorie number by 50 and call those points (the real formula penalizes fat and rewards modest amounts of fiber but more on that later...). Since we aren't taking fat into account on that simple approximation try to keep that number around 30. I think I used to get 32-35 points per day.

If you can't find the calorie content of things like arabic bread try to find a good proxy. I bet naan would be close. I googled store bought naan nutrition info and see that a piece of naan would be about 6 points (289 calories).

Food for thought (oh, that's funny)