Help!! I don't understand this points system - how do you put in tea with sugar?

[michie40]

I started weight watchers online yesterday and I am trying to figure out how this points system works inbetween dealing with my two dds. Its not easy.
Can anyone help - do you put drink in eg tea or coffee.
What if I am not eating branded products seems to be difficult to find home made stuff.
What about portion sizes - really totally confused.

I don't know as haven't used it - but would have thought if homemade stuff you list all the ingedients seperately and sugar in tea would just go in as sugar

Tea and coffee are free. A half pint of skimmed milk is 1 point, apoonfull of sugar is a point (you will drink all your points if you take sugar, switch to sweeteners or give up)

Welcome to weight watchers I started Feb and have lost 19 pounds so far.
If I have had a lot of tea and coffee on my tracker I write milk as 2 pts, if I have just had half a dozen I put it as 1 pint. But this is usually the first thing I write on my tracker, cant be too short on point for cups of tea!

Thanks for your help - thats just what i wanted to know - Its difficult to trawl through the website with my two about.
19 pounds since feb - thats brilliant
I have about 3.5 stone to loose and have never been on a proper diet before so it should be interesting.

After a little while it becomes second nature. It's worth putting the effort in for a week or so, measuring portions out etc and soon you'll just know how much of everything you are allowed without thinking about it too much.

Got about another 7-8 stone to go Michie, so its barely a drop in the Ocean as it were. But I am proud of me

Please can someone tell me how many points there are in a duck breast average size with skin on? i know it will be a lot but am saving my points to allow for big feast tonight !!