Should I give these up?!

Hmmm...I feel like yoda saying this but...I think only you can answer this question. I stay away from breads and sugar, but not because some one told me to, but because I feel better when I don't eat them. If you feel crabby and miserable when you avoid them, then maybe cutting them out isn't for you. Other people say bread makes them feel good. I'm gluten intolerant...so bread doesn't make me feel good. But potatoes make me feel wonderful. Sugar does makes other things taste good, so I eat it in very small quantities occasionally, but also feel better without it. But you know what? Alcohol isn't good for you. And I like whiskey. So I drink it sometimes. Got a problem with it? Doesn't matter....because I don't. So if you don't feel that sugar is a problem for you, and it brings you joy, have it sometimes. It probably won't be the thing that kills you....

I guess you have to make up your mind about *why* you want to give up these things. I don't think giving them up is a "magical" weight loss formula. Most people who chose to radically change their diet by giving up x food (sugar, bread, meat, whatever), successfully, do so because, as other posters have said, it makes them feel better in other ways. And conversely, people who don't stick to the changes usually say they felt worse, never got the promised results, and felt better eating differently. So again, I think only you are going to be able to answer this question for yourself.