I like having a treat every day and I'd rather weigh 10lbs more than give that up. I still track it, but I look forward to my daily indulgence.

Foods that have gone by the wayside: French fries, chips, white bread, other fried food, fatty meats. I honestly don't miss any of them (and I realized I never really liked them all that much to begin with-I just ate them because that's what everyone does).

Basically I've just accepted smaller portions of everything.

Also -- I dumped the guilt, and changed how I talked about food (and myself). Its just food, not a moral choice. Food isn't bad or good, and I am not bad/good based on my food choices. I think of my daily allowance as a budget, and spend it as I see fit. Gotta cover the basics first, but then I can spend the rest on whatever brings me the most pleasure. So I don't consider them 'guilty' pleasures, or really even indulgences. I don't have to answer to anyone but myself, so who was saying I should feel guilty about enjoying my food? When I realized it was just me -- well, that meant I could change that, didn't it. So I did. Super important.

When I started I did this exercise.

"I can do this if______". One of my answers was- get some kind of treat everyday. So I did an extensive study of treats. Finally decided that I got the best bang for the points with frozen treats.

As a result, I eat cream almost every day. My current favorite is Breyers No Sugar Added.

And I don't feel a bit guilty. It has always been part of my program. It's how I learned to keep away from candy and cookies that are not very helpful to my plan.

I'm with you @DavidKuhnsSr !

I started my WW program on the Points Plus plan--I think just one iteration ago. Having brushed up on GOADthoughts early, I loved the idea of not giving up anything for WW that I wasn't going to give up the rest of my life. I joined in late-Spring and we had an unusually hot and dry summer. I ate 1/4-1/3 cup of Haagen Dazs ice cream almost every night that summer! It was my first time in recent memory limiting my intake but I managed to lose weight most weeks because I cut portions of everything accordingly.

Like you, I have other examples too but for the most part, sticking to the structure of the point system helped me (forced me) to cut portions such that I really could eat anything I wanted, but obviously I'd have to make tradeoffs to do it. I love the flexibility and every day I appreciate life in a smaller body!

There's a few things that I haven't eaten in a long time, not so much because I've sworn them off, just that I've realized that most of the time, they aren't worth the point-cost for me now. I'm fine with the tradeoffs. I've learned I really can be satisfied with much smaller amounts than I used to eat. I've also learned that I used to eat a lot of stuff that added a lot of pounds not out of hunger or anything close to it, but just to stuff my face.

Reading @MurpleCat 's post reminds me that I was amazed at how high I had elevated food on my list of important things. Strange as it sounds, I had reached a point where so much of my life was scheduled around how I could make an appointment work with my foodlust. After adhering to the plan for awhile, I had a similar revelation as Murple: it's just food. I realized I given it a hell of a lot of / too much power. Combine that with @88olds 's perspective that life got smaller as I got bigger and I realize there was an absurdity to my former prioritization and perspective. Weight loss didn't solve all my problems but it sure helped me gain a healthier outlook about the role of food in my life.

Chocolate most days. Craft brew in moderation.