I am a member of Weight Watchers and I go to meetings nearly every week. They actually have a couple of different "plans" you can follow for your eating, but the one I most often use is the flex program that involves keeping track of "points". (Don't worry, I'm getting to my point eventually). There is a way of figuring out how many points a portion of food is if you know how many grams of fiber, grams of fat and calories the portion has. There is a nifty little slide-rule type thing to use in determining points.

Anyway, at the meeting last week, one of the other attendees said "after I go grocery shopping, I "point out" all my foods and use a marker to write it on the box." I laughed at her usage, but we all knew exactly what she was talking about.

I thought you all migh appreciate this interesting way of using the phrase "point out".

More "pointed remarks" from you, CW!

I'm a weight watcher too: I eat, and I watch my belly get bigger!

BURRRRP!

We all of course know that "to point out" means to identify, as in "I pointed out the Sears Tower to her." However, when I looked at Dictionary.com, it says that "point out" can mean to "write a comment on." I don't think I would have considered "to point out" to mean to write something.

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Originally posted by Asa Lovejoy:
I'm a weight watcher too: I eat, and I watch my belly get bigger!

BURRRRP!

I heard that, Asa!

Sunflower, great to see you back. We haven't seen you for awhile.

Yes, I just ignored him!

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I heard that, Asa!

Uh, oh!

Asa hiding candy bar and running for dear life...

I have just returned from a cruise and can now tell you that the term "Weight-Watchers Cruise" is oxymoronic.