ZeroPoint™ Cheat Sheet: Oats & Oatmeal (2024)

FAQs

Can you lose weight eating only zero point foods? ›

While Weight Watchers does not require or recommend that WW members eat zero points worth of food in a day, eating zero point foods for a few days can give your weight loss a jump start. This isn't a long-term plan but rather a way to quickly get back on track with healthy eating.

Plain oats—no matter the type—are a ZeroPoint food. Are oats a ZeroPoint food if I process them into flour? Unfortunately not. Breakfast grains ground to a flour-like consistency (such as oats ground into oat flour) is not considered ZeroPoints since flour is not a ZeroPoint food.

Every day, you're given a point allowance that you can “spend” on whatever foods you want. But there are also a large variety of ZeroPoint foods that you can eat as much as you want of. The list of over 200 options is so nutritious, they don't count towards your point total at all (click through for the full list).

Whole fruit is a ZeroPoint food, but once it becomes part of a smoothie, the experience of “eating” it changes. Research shows that liquids don't promote the same feeling of fullness and satisfaction that solid foods do.

It doesn't matter what you cook your eggs with or in. Because eggs are a ZeroPoint foods, they do not have any Points™ values—even in a cake recipe.

Whole fruit and most vegetables are ZeroPoint foods.

Air-fried popcorn is zero points in Weight Watchers!

Full of fiber and protein, these foods also support overall health, keep you full, and bulk up and add flavor to your meals. And, of course, you can eat as much as you like.

That means if you previously had brown rice, or avocado, or wheat pasta, or potatoes as ZeroPoints, those will no longer be zero. That doesn't mean you can't eat them anymore (you can use your Points allowance however you like!), but you will have to count points for them.

What pasta is zero points? ›

Pastas and noodles made with flours from legumes and whole grains will be a ZeroPoint food. We've included them because when these flours are used in place of refined flour, they create a more filling, satisfying, and versatile base for pasta dishes.

Chicken thighs will have a Points value because this dark meat contains a higher amount of fat than the tenderloin or breast. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't eat them! There's still room for this delicious cut in your Budget.

That's right – you can eat as much as you want and not track a point! Weight Watchers purposefully makes a ton of foods zero points – and for good reason: it's fruits and vegetables! Specifically non-starchy vegetables.

You might be overeating zero-point foods

This system helps you choose more nutritious foods, but your body doesn't work off of points, it works off of calories. For example, if you've met your points budget for the day, but still feel hungry you're technically allowed to eat as many zero-point foods as you want.

1 Your assigned daily points are designed to track what you eat. Every food has a point value—members are instructed to use the allotted points per day, without going over or under.

In fact, while WW is designed to deliver a healthy, safe and sustainable rate of weight loss of 1-2lbs a week – because research proves that smaller, consistent losses are more likely to result in successful long term weight loss – don't be surprised if, like Leah, you see more in your first few weeks.