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In this post I am using a WordPress plugin called WordPress Plus Points to calculate Weight Watchers style food points for the foods that can commonly be found around my household. Because I am afraid that I will not be able to keep up with logging every thing that I eat, I thought that a list of all the foods I might eat will help me notice any big no-nos. Also, many things in my household are not perfectly measured out to the manufacturer recommendations, so I find it better for me to calculate the whole product instead of the single portion. If I am going to eat the whole bag of candy sooner or later, I might as well consider it eaten and the points added.
If there was no nutrition label to use I used Self Nutrition Data for the information needed to do the calculations. I will continue to add to this list and it is my hope to design something to allow you to do your own calculations and create your own list.
2 slices white bread [3 Points]
Fried Egg [2 Points]
1 Slice American Cheese [1 Points]
1 serving Wise Cheese Doodles [4 Points]
1 serving generic Raisin Bran [5 Points]
1lb 80/20 Ground beef [21 Points]
1 box Betty Crocker Family Size Hamburger Helper [26 Points]
1 can Mountain Dew [5 Points]
1 can Weis Orange Soda [6 Points]
6 Sweet Italian Sausage Links [29 Points]
12oz box Ronzoni Garden Delight Pasta [31 Points]
1 lb Ronzoni Large Shells Pasta [42 Points]
1 lb Chunky Ragu Mushroom & Pepper Pasta Sauce [11 Points]
It MUST be pointed out that a B.M.I Calculator is not a very good tool to gauge your level of “obesity”. It does not take in to account enough variables. The test I have posted at least tries to take into account male or female and age (at least as children) because most of the tests that I have seen do not. The most important thing that is wrong with the B.M.I Calculator is that it does not take into account muscle mass. How important is muscle mass?
Arnold Schwarzenegger “The Terminator” is also a 7 time Mr. Olympia making him one of the most physically fit people of all time. I do not think too many people would think that in the prime of his career he needed to lose a few pounds, yet, his stats at the time put his height at 5’10” and his COMPETITION weight at 235lbs. Put those numbers in the calculator above and it tells you “33.7 moderately obese”. Now here is the fun part – my B.M.I. is actually LOWER than his! If you want to actually SEE what is wrong with this test you should put a picture of me next to a picture of Arnie at the Mr. Olympia competition – because it pretty obvious. Do your own test and you’ll see.
The point is, that while most of us aren’t bodybuilders, we do each have a certain amount of muscle on us, and that muscle changes the formula. Therefore the test is not accurate and should not be used.
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