How to Calculate Weight Watchers Smart Points

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We want to help you be able to calculate Weight Watchers Smart Points easily so all of your favorite recipes are still on your menu plan.  The recent introduction of the Weight Watchers Beyond The Scale program is a wonderful change to their formula. 

While in the past we have been able to share with you how to do Weight Watchers for free, this program is something you’ll need to sign up for to get all of the vital information you need to succeed.  However, once you’ve signed up with the program you will still need some help converting old recipes.  We have some simple tips to make this easier.

How To Calculate Weight Watchers Smart Points

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How To Calculate Weight Watchers Smart Points

First off, you want to make some simple changes in your diet to reflect the goal of the Beyond The Scale Smart Points system. The Smart Points system now calculates points differently than before.  Instead of just looking at a few things, they are now focusing on things like saturated fats and sugars.  This means that while previously you were able to eat a small honeybun for only 2 Points Plus, you would now be calculating that same item for 6 points instead.  The difference is to bring awareness to your food choices.

With Smart Points you will receive a more personalized weekly flex point balance, and a larger than normal daily balance.  The minimum daily points allowance is now 30 points instead of 26.  So the changes are reflected accordingly, but are still enough to make you rethink reaching for that donut instead of the fresh fruit.

How to calculate Weight Watchers points:  We have been using this same online calculator for several years.  It is simple, easy and now reflects Classic, Points Plus and Smart Points for any recipe.  You will need specific nutrition information to figure each type of point.  Most noted on Smart Points is the addition of calories, saturated fats and sugars.
Weight Watchers Smart Points Calculator

How to calculate recipe nutrition:  Not all recipe calculators include the information you need.  The best thorough calorie and nutrition calculator is found at Calorie Count.  You can input almost any ingredient into the recipe analyzer and it comes back with your full nutrition information for the entire recipe.  You can then put those numbers into the Calculator Cat tool above and find out the total points per recipe.  Divide that number by servings and you have your Smart Points value for literally any recipe you create or use.
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If you are still using the Flex Points system, take a look at this post.

How To Use Weight Watchers Flex Points


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  1. On the Freestyle program you are allowed to carry 4 unused points to the next day ONLY. Leftover points from one week, however, DO NOT carry over to the following week.

  2. I am doing the WW Freestyle and having really good luck with it. The way that I have been doing it is, whenever I don’t see a point total for the Freestyle I just use the points assigned for the WW Smart Points. Is this how you are supposed to do it? It is working for me but would like to be doing it the right way if I am not. Thanks for your help.

  3. I just joined online and they calculated my daily smart points to 23. What’s up with the minimum 30?

    1. This post isn’t for the new freestyle system. We just posted a new post this week with the freestyle updates. 23 is now the new points because of chicken, seafood, beans, corn, peas, and many other foods now being zero points. Thanks for stopping by.

  4. If you purchase the digital calculator and go thru the steps to set it up by entering your personal info, it calculates your daily allowance and the extra weekly points. To calculate for other people and as you lose weight, there is a reset pinhole on the back of the calculator. Stick a pin or paper clip in the hole. I used a lead on a mechanical pencil.

    The youngest age allowed is 17 so I had to enter 17 fir my 14 year old niece.

    You press the settings icon (a wrench) to enter your info.

  5. I use an app called I Track Bites. You Caden find it in the App store. It cost a one time fee. But so worth it. Plus it’s loin your phone.

  6. I still have the slide point calculator from membership years ago. Is this still effective with today’s point system?

  7. I have done WW so many times in my life, with good success each time, however, I’ve never made it to maintenance. I would like to startagain, but the price is to high for me at this time. I saw this on Pinterest and got so excited!! But I too have the same question as numerous other women here : HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY POINTS WE ARE ALLOWED TO START, THEN AS THE WEIGHT DROPS, HOW DO WE KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO DROP OUR POINT’S TO CONTINUE LOSING? Myself and numerous others would really appreciate an answer. I’m so excited to start, but seriously have NO CLUE as to how many pts. I’m allowed. I don’t mean to sound harsh, but I noticed none of the other women received a response to this “?” . I’d appreciate your help – thank you so much for sharing all this information with us 🙂

    1. Hi Sharon, Thanks for stopping by. As you can probably imagine the formula to calculating your allowable Smartpoints is very complicated. If it were easy WW wouldn’t be able to make money from having people join their program. I am working on finding out as much info as I can to share. I can tell you I tried the 3 mo membership special from WW so I could find out my point allowance. The minimum SP per day is 30. You also get extra points each week and activity points each week. Again, very complicated and based on so many variables. As soon as I have enough quality info. to share you guys will be the first to know. Good luck! Michele

    2. Hi, if you purchase the WW Smart Points calculator it includes how to calculate what your daily and weekly points should be for your height, weight etc by putting that information in. It also enables you to calculate smart points and to log your weekly use if you want. It’s £9.99 on their site so not too much of an investment.

  8. Do can you know where I can find how many smart points I can have in a day?

    Thank you,
    Kim

    1. Hi Kim, Thanks for stopping by. As you can probably imagine the formula to calculating your allowable Smartpoints is very complicated. If it were easy WW wouldn’t be able to make money from having people join their program. I am working on finding out as much info as I can to share. I can tell you I tried the 3 mo membership special from WW so I could find out my point allowance. The minimum SP per day is 30. You get daily points that carry over each day. You also get extra points each week and activity points each week. Again, very complicated and based on so many variables. As soon as I have enough quality info. to share you guys will be the first to know. Good luck! Michele

      1. I recently joined ww 3 month program. All I received so far was the free cookbook and a few other things. Still don’t know how to find out my point allowance… frustrating . Kim

  9. do you use an app for your phone? I am planning to join Friday but, only for a Month. I have a friend that was very successful on WW and so I know the support will be there. Just want to get the hang of the whole system.

  10. Thanks for this! I’m a WW member, doing SmartPoints & having wonderful success! I have friends that can’t afford to go, that I’ll share this with, but first they need to know how many daily & weekly SmartPoints they should be eating for their weight, height, activity level & age. Do you know if there’s a way to calculate thay?

    1. Hi Chris, ,

      Thanks for stopping by. As you can probably imagine the formula to calculating your allowable Smartpoints is very complicated. If it were easy WW wouldn’t be able to make money from having people join their program. I am working on finding out as much info as I can to share. I can tell you I tried the 3 mo membership special from WW so I could find out my point allowance. The minimum SP per day is 30. You also get extra points each week and activity points each week. Again, very complicated and based on so many variables. As soon as I have enough quality info. to share you guys will be the first to know. Good luck! Michele

      1. I know where the formula is online but I haven’t used it yet, it seems complicated but the person breaks it down for us if you want it let me know and I’ll copy and paste it for you guys.

        1. I would love to know, if you could send it me I would appreciate it.

          Thank you sky,

        2. Please copy and paste the link for me. I really want to do the program but can not afford to join.

        3. I would love to know how to calculate how many smart points I am allowed per day, as well as how many smart points I can deduct based on exercise. If anyone has that and could send the information to me or a link, I would greatly appreciate it

        4. Please send me the link to figuring out how many Smart Points I am allowed to eat per day. Thanks for the help.

        5. Hi Sky I would love to have the formula…please copy and past as soon as you are able…thanks so much and thanks Michelle for your blog !….Rita from Toronto, Canada ???????? ????????All the very best!…

      2. Actually, your daily points do not carry over. Whatever’s daily points you don’t use, you lose. 🙂

      3. I just went to my first meeting last night and they made it very clear that daily points DO NOT carry over to the next day. Eat them or lose them. Weekly points never carry on to another week either. Just wanted to clarify this so you get better results. Good luck!!

    1. I would like to know how to figure how many smartpoints/points I can have as it relates to my weight? I purchased the starter kit from ebay and it had everything I needed but how to figure points.

    2. I can figure points as it relates to receipes, but not total for day or any extra points applied,

  11. This sounds like something that I could use to help me keep track of what I am eating also, Sometimes I don’t get
    enough of vitamins.
    @tisonlyme143

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