My body seems to want to weigh what it weighs

[Anonymous]

about restricting fruit....

Fruit has a lot of natural sugar. Eating something sweet causes your insulin to spike, then crash. When it crashes, you feel hungry sooner.

If you are going to eat something sweet, combine it with protein so that your insulin levels stay more level. Keeping your insulin even and less of a roller coaster will make it easier for you to keep the total calories for the day at the right number. And the less sugar you eat, the sweeter things like fruit will seem and your cravings for really sweet desserts will decrease.

Diabetics have to limit their fruit intake. This isn't an Atkins / South Beach thing, but the reaction of your body to sugar, even natural sugar.

Personally, I am all about gradually reducing my portion sizes, eating more slowly, picking my snacks very carefully. And trying to squeeze in more exercise and more sleep. I'm not at my end goal yet, but working my way there slowly. I'm also hoping that I don't seem weight obsessed to my DD and am modeling healthy habits and attitudes.

[Anonymous]

Taking issue with small aspects of WW is missing the point. You CAN eat the fruit, and drink the milk, and eat six small meals a day, and still lose weight. You just can't eat the fruit, drink the milk, and eat six not-so-small meals a day, plus your morning skim latte, just a bite of your co-worker's birthday cake, maybe a little bit more than the recommended serving size of pasta, and that tiny portion of ice cream before you go to bed. Nobody ever said it was easy.

OP I agree that many people's bodies seem to have a set point, and as long as that set point is within the healthy range for your height, I wouldn't worry about it. If you're 5'2" and you think your "set point" is 175, you're kidding yourself.