Can someone who goes to the WW meetings please, please ask this ? for me

I posted this once before but no one knew the answer, so I'm hoping someone can ask a meeting leader for me bc it is so frustrating and confusing.

Why is it that when I use the recipe builder, my points are so much higher than putting in the individual ingredients.

This happens all the time when I build salads /fruit salads, since single stand alone fruits/vegetables are 0 points.

For example, this morning I had a fruit salad for breakfast. "Fruit salad" is not an option so I used the recipe builder.

This is what I put in:

1/2 large banana - 0 points
1/4 small mango - 0 points
1/4 cup grapes - 0 points
1/4 cup papaya - 0 points
1/4 cup pineapple - 0 points
1/4 small apple - 0 points

PointsPlus Value - 5 points

But if I just had let's say a banana, and an apple as stand alone fruits, it would have been 0 points??

This makes no sense to me.

It also happens when I am making regular salads for lunch.

So, what should I be counting them as? The recipe value? I'm so confused!!!

Can someone please, please, please ask their meeting leader for me?

I want to make sure I am counting my points correctly.

Thanks!

Re: Can someone who goes to the WW meetings please, please ask this ? for me

It's something that WW has to work out in their system.

They count fruit in recipes because when fruit is combined with other foods, it gains a point value. Even though what you have there is ALL fruit and nothing else. I know it's weird, and i'm sure it's a glitch they are working on.

Some people just don't add fruit to the recipe builder at all and count it as zero since its supposed to be zero...it's all confusing!!

Re: Can someone who goes to the WW meetings please, please ask this ? for me

It's fruit. Count it as 0. You're not on WW because you ate too much fruit


I only put things in as "recipes" when they really are recipes. Like cooked together recipe. For salads, sandwiches, etc. I put all the ingredients in separately.

Re: Can someone who goes to the WW meetings please, please ask this ? for me

Posted by MrsS6510

It's fruit. Count it as 0. You're not on WW because you ate too much fruit


I only put things in as "recipes" when they really are recipes. Like cooked together recipe. For salads, sandwiches, etc. I put all the ingredients in separately.

Re: Can someone who goes to the WW meetings please, please ask this ? for me

I agree with others - count it as 0. I thought initially that it might be a quantity thing (a small amount = 0, but too much = points), but you can put in 3 bananas or 6 cups watermelon and it's still 0 so obviously the recipe builder is just not doing it right since a combination of fruits should not be worse than a bunch of bananas.

Re: Can someone who goes to the WW meetings please, please ask this ? for me

My leader said fruits are zero but you should limit to 3-5 servings a day, more then that will really or should be counted as points.

But other then fruits, I dont know..its weird.

Re: Can someone who goes to the WW meetings please, please ask this ? for me

Re: Can someone who goes to the WW meetings please, please ask this ? for me