For me losing weight and maintaining that loss has been not only about knowing what foods I can eat and what foods I need to avoid, but it has also been about changing the way I think about food. First and foremost I eat to nourish my body so that I can be as healthy as possible. Although I still enjoy eating foods I like, enjoyment is not my main priority, health is. This attitude includes regarding foods that do not nourish me and in fact cause me physical harm as poison not food. Finally instead of looking at the way I eat as depriving myself of things I like, I regard the way I eat as a gift I give myself, the gift of good health.