Weight Watchers Friendly Zero Point Soup Recipe (2024)

FAQs

Can you eat too many zero point foods? ›

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.

Take Progresso's Light Vegetable soup, for example. With a Weight Watchers value of just one point, it has a mere 60 calories and two grams of protein per serving. The same goes for tomato soup, vegetable noodle soup, and even most chicken noodle soups – not enough protein or even calories to qualify as a full meal.

All fresh and frozen vegetables and those canned without oil or added sugar are ZeroPoint foods. The following are not ZeroPoint foods: Dried vegetables that are a snack-food type like popcorn. Instant (or powder versions) refried beans, dried chickpeas, dried peas, dried or Peruvian corn, lentil chips, bean chips, etc ...

There are 42 calories in 1 cup (79 g) of Weight Watchers Cabbage Soup.

(It's a lot harder to eat six chicken breasts than six cookies,) In a carefully monitored clinical trial, members were able to eat zero Points foods, without tracking or measuring, and lose weight successfully. So go ahead and enjoy them!

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.

Poultry is included as a ZeroPoint food group because it's an excellent source of lean protein and is nutrient-dense, providing key vitamins and minerals. Protein can help you feel fuller longer and plays an important role in bone and muscle health.

Progresso Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup

This Progresso Reduced Sodium Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup has under 500 milligrams of sodium and 6 grams of protein per serving. Compared to the non-reduced sodium version (which has 680 milligrams of sodium!), this is the better choice for someone following WeightWatchers.

Yep, canned salmon, canned tuna, canned sardines—any canned fish packed in water (not oil) is a ZeroPoint food.

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.

How many zero point foods can you eat a day? ›

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).

If you're eating more fruits and vegetables than you used to, and you're using them as snacks, to bulk up your meals, or as a tide-me-over, then great! If you're eating more than two serves of fruit every day, purely because it's one of your ZeroPoint foods, you might want to pull back a little.

How many Weight Watchers smart points are you allowed per day? Users are usually allowed about 30 smart points a day. This varies from person to person according to factors such as age, weight, and gender.