What is the Weight Watchers program for 2025? What are the newest changes, and how will it affect your weight loss journey? Read on to find out.
New Weight Watchers Program Changes for 2025
On December 8, 2024, I attended a WW virtual meeting to hear about the latest program changes. These changes take effect on Tuesday, December 10th. The program’s key components will remain the same (like foods being assigned a points value, how points are figured, and tracking in the app).
The leader stressed that these are enhancements. You are losing nothing (except pounds) and gaining new benefits.
Changes for both the Weight Watchers online program and those who attend meetings include:
- WW app enhancements
- Zero-point food enhancements
Keep reading for a description of the important information for both.
New WW App Features
Below are the new additions to the WW app on Tuesday, December 10th.
Recipe Analyzer by URL
WW members can enter a URL for any recipe and be given an estimate of the points. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which means a website address. For example, https://theholymess.com/3-day-diet-meal-plan/ is the URL for our crazy-popular free 3 day meal plan that features WW zero point foods.
This means the tedious process of manually entering a recipe’s individual ingredients will often be unnecessary.
As a recipe creator and WW member, I’m thrilled with this new feature! This will be a fantastic time saver for all of us.
Recipe Analyzer from a Photo
Members can snap a photo of their plate, and the WW app will estimate the points. While probably not perfectly accurate, this is a great feature to use when the points aren’t available, like restaurants, parties, or when you are simply in a hurry.
Regarding tracking, my motto is consistency matters more than accuracy, so I wouldn’t stress too much about the times that your points are somewhat inaccurate. Some tracking is better than no tracking, so it’s okay to estimate sometimes.
I can’t wait for this feature to arrive.
Daily Macros
WeightWatchers app will now track macros. Macros, or “macronutrients,” are the building blocks of food, including protein, carbohydrates, and fat. The Nutrients tracker also includes fiber and sodium.
I was fortunate to be in the 10% of members who were early testers for the feature.
Macros will appear at the bottom of the “My Day” section of the app.
At today’s meeting, we were told that WW will not give specific guidance on macros because this varies by person and needs to be determined by a medical professional. Members can meet with a Registered Dietician in the coming year for an additional fee.
How Do I Get the New WW App Features?
If you are a current member, your app will update sometime on December 10, 2024. The changes will roll out nationwide in stages, so be patient if you don’t see the changes immediately. Be sure your app is updated to the latest version.
When the app updates, any saved information, such as created recipes or meals, will automatically update to the new plan. Points you have tracked this week will also be updated.
Updated Zero Points Food List
Now for the big drumroll! Here is the news we have all been waiting for: What will the new zero-point foods be?
New Additions to the Zero Point Food (ZPF) List
Click here for a complete list of the new 350+ zero point foods for 2025 (and FREE PDF printable). All the previous zero-point foods continue to be zero-point, and new foods have also been added.
The 2025 list will include:
- Beans, peas, lentils
- Chicken and turkey
- Corn and popcorn
- Lean meats (added)
- Yogurt and cottage cheese
- Oats (added)
- Eggs
- Fish and shellfish
- Fruits and vegetables
- Tofu and tempeh
- Vegetables (including starchy and potatoes – new)
In addition, the new list will include the following categories of foods.
Select Cuts of Dark Meat Poultry, Pork, and Beef
This is a significant change! As a WW member for 20+ years (who is Lifetime and maintaining a 100+ pound weight loss), as far as I know, lean beef, pork, and dark meat poultry have never been zero-point foods.
This includes:
- Dark meat chicken and turkey
- Select cuts of lean pork
- Select cuts of lean beef
Examples of Select Cuts of Dark Meat Chicken and Turkey ZPF for 2025
These foods will now be zero points:
- Chicken drumstick, skinless
- Chicken patty, plain
- Chicken thigh, skinless
- Cornish hen, skinless
- Turkey drumstick, skinless
- Turkey leg, skinless
- Ground turkey, 90% lean or leaner
Examples of Select Cuts of Pork and Beef ZPF for 2025
These foods will now be zero points:
- Beef, arm pot roast, lean, trimmed
- Beef, ground 90% lean or leaner – including 90/10 ground beef
- Pork tenderloin
- Beef, top round roast or steak, trimmed
- Beef, top sirloin steak, lean, trimmed
- Beef, tri-tip roast, lean, trimmed
Many of these lean meat options will be more economical, making the WW program more budget-friendly.
All Starchy Vegetables
In addition to the starchy vegetables currently zero points (like peas and butternut squash), these items will also be zero points.
- All potatoes, including red, white, and sweet
- Parsnips
- Yuca and more
Oats
This includes all types of oatmeal, like quick, old-fashioned, and steel-cut.
Daily Points Will Not Change
Interestingly, WW has stated that members’ daily points will remain unchanged. You may wonder how to eat these additional foods while still losing weight.
- Weight Watchers assures us that the program has been tested and is backed by the latest scientific research. The science of WW zero-point foods is partly based on the concept of calorie density. Understanding and applying this concept has been an absolute game-changer for me and so many of my readers. Click here for a free printable guide on calorie density.
- Remember that zero-point foods are not zero calories. These foods do not need to be tracked but are meant to be eaten to satisfaction, not overeaten. As a recovered binge eater, I understand this isn’t as easy as it sounds. Click here for help if you struggle with binging or overeating zero point foods.
- The goal is to spotlight these foods and encourage members to include them in their diet, which helps reduce foods that are less healthy or higher in calorie density.
Diabetic Plan
Members of the Diabetic plan will have modified zero-point food lists. The diabetic plan will not include oatmeal and starchy vegetables on their zero point foods list. Stay tuned for the complete list when the app updates.
Foods NOT Included in the ZPF List for 2025
Here are some foods that are not on the zero-point list.
- Avocado will continue to have points.
- Rice will continue to have points.
- Other whole grains will continue to have points.
While the new zero-point foods list is somewhat similar to the previous Purple plan, and the Personal Points plan allowed zero-point avocado as a choice, there are significant differences with the plan in 2025.
Answers to FAQs about the Changes to the WW Plan
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Hi Sara
Can you answer some questions for me please? I was a member of WW for 7 years and I had to quit about a year ago. Personal reasons. I want to rejoin. I’m debating whether to do online only or join up for the weekly meetings . I currently live in 2 States , winter in one state and summer in another state. One state is less expensive than the other state. So I would like to join in that state. If I join in one state will I still be able to go to meetings in a different state without having to pay anything extra?. Also Wondering if they still offer Connect? If they do is it still offered to online only?
Hi Lori. Thanks for the great questions. As a former WW coach, I know pricing can vary from state to state. I’m in Arkansas. The WW franchise is owned by a family. We could accept visitors from other states, but if the member was a “long term” member, their pass had to be out of Arkansas.
My best advice is to call WW @ (800) 651-6000. They can give you the most up to date pricing and meeting locations.
The online, virtual workshops are also a great option. I attend one every week even though I’m a Lifetime member at my goal.
Please reach out to you team here at The Holy Mess if we can be of further assistance.
LaNette Whiteside
Community Care Coordinator for The Holy Mess
Thank you so much for this information!!! Happy to hear oats and potatoes are 0 points!
Thank you for posting helpful and useful information, Im not excited about these changes from WW looking to cancel my account. I feel like making all these foods zero for myself it opens doors for abuse and over eating on the zero foods. I don’t see how my potato from Mcalisters goes from 10 points to zero overnight. I don’t understand how bison something that’s been 5 points for a long time is now all of a sudden a zero pointed food.
I wish they would have updated the algorithm to read more than just a label. Pretzels and goldfish are less points than nuts and milk lol.
Any idea what time today the new rollout will be? I’m in the Eastern Time zone
Appreciate your time and summary!
Sara, in the meeting room with sale items there were books to buy listing foods and points, is
There a book like this with the 2025 foods?
I don’t think Ww is offering the little books anymore (I had a bunch, too!) based on this: https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/closure-shop#:~:text=We’re%20a%20brand%20that,community%2C%20connection%20and%20sustainable%20results.
I’m ecstatic! I get potatoes and oatmeal (in moderation) back in my life. I rejoined WW again in September and have been very careful about what I eat. This app is the best one yet hands down!
I’m thankful for the changes, especially the dark meat chicken. Chicken breast is expensive. I hope they will include rice as a zero point food soon. To me it seems very versatile for recipies.
I just restarted Weight Watchers today after many years. I eat out every night so being able to take a picture of my plate is something I never dreamed of. I am not planning to get on the scale as I find that depressing but will know if I’m losing weight or not. That’s probably a mistake, but one I’m willing to try.
I don’t care about macros. Happy about more zero point foods
Thank you for the best website and information! You keep things simple and to the point and answer questions that everyone is wondering! I am excited for the changes, but honestly at bit leary that our points budget is staying the same. I am trusting the professionals and am happy for this change!
I’m excited about the potatoes,especially sweet. I eat the small potatoes. My hubs is diabetic so just the small potatoes are great for me.
Oats I’m not to keen on they leave me feeling unsatisfied. Avacado still in moderation.
I like the changes. Just everything in moderation.
Thanks Holy Mess for all the great work you do.
I went to the virtual living on diabetes meeting to find out about the changes! So glad you put everything in one spot. I keep referring to your webpage & youtube when people ask what macros are.
I’ll be posting a link to this page in connect – so much easier than me repeat the information numerous times.
I believe I will like this new plan. I don’t attend the meetings since WW cut back on ours in my town. It will” be interesting to see if these new no point foods will work for me or not. I still have to make sure I don’t go overboard on these. Thank you, Sara for the information!
For some reason it says I’ve already made these comments but this I my first time seeing this email???
Oh my don’t know why my comment posted twice! Sorry!
I believe I will like this new plan. I don’t attend the meetings since WW cut back on ours in my town. It will” be interesting to see if these new no point foods will work for me or not. I still have to make sure I don’t go overboard on these. Thank you, Sara for the information!
yes as a 95 percent plant based due to allergies, finally I can eat potatoes,oats, as I was having a hard time on the plan before, I love these new changes, thank you for a great blog on this,,,, well done
So looking forward to this update. I did well when I had potatoes as zero points (love a baked potato with just spray butter and FF cottage cheese and a sweet potato with spray butter and cinnamon-splenda is like a dessert for me). I will need to be mindful of the amount of potatoes—I could very easily go overboard. And the ease of figuring out points by snapping a picture!!! Well, THAT’S AMAZING!!
I’m excited about the changes Weight Watchers is making in the Zero Point Lists. I’m most excited about the lean meats, especially the pork. And I do like potatoes once in a while but especially parsnips. Those are a few items that will keep my meals interesting.
I am ecstatic that potatoes and oatmeal are going to be zero points! And chicken legs!! 😍
I’ll wait and see how it works, and I am considering changing to another tracker. I can get myself into trouble with too large of a baked potato and too much lean meat calorie-wise. I’m not sure how that recipe URL will work from my phone because I will have to get it into the WW app somehow.
I wish the zeros at some point would start to to accumulate points past a serving. As an over eater, I am scared of this plan. The app updated mentioned are long overdue and will be very helpful. I expect with the photo I will be able to held more accountable and successful.
I’m very excited about the changes. Especially the dark meat chicken and potatoes! I do however wish avocado was included. Having the ability to take a photo and have somewhat of a point value will be so helpful.
I too would like for calories to be included but WW has never been about calories. I like that oats and sweet potatoes are now included. I ate them but probably not as often I would have liked. Being a pescatarian the addition of more meats doesn’t interest me. Thanks for info. I went to my meeting also this morning.
My app updated yesterday to include the camera to take pics of food. Taking a picture of a picture of food on a website results in an incorrect answer. The picture I took of my spaghetti squash this evening was accurate and gave me the point value. The only thing it did not pick up was the Country Crock spread I put on it.
So, so happy to hear this!! Being able to eat as many/much zero-point foods as I need to feel satisfied helps me SO MUCH to stay on plan. I did really well when oats and potatoes were free – and I *regained* weight when they were taken off the zero-point foods list when Personal Points was taken away. I had been using those foods as huge staples in my diet, and knowing I could eat as much as I wanted of them to stave off hunger was what had kept me on-plan. Looking forward to returning to WW this week!!!
I’m very excited about the changes. Seems it will be much easier to only need to make 1 meal for both my husband and myself. He wasn’t fond of the ground turkey. Also, being able to have light and dark poultry meats, will help with costs. It makes sense really to me, food like oats and potatoes. Seems just a healthier way to eat. Sure wish they would do calories though. That’s my only complaint.