Numbers Aren't Everything (1 Letter) Re "In New Diet Math, Subtracting Is Hard" (The Consumer, Feb. 7): I am an addiction psychiatrist and a recovering food addict who used to weigh 226 pounds. For those of us who love sweets and have binged on them in the past with significant weight gain, unlimited or unrestricted intake of all fruits and some vegetables is an invitation for increased caloric intake and decreased weight loss. Self control for overweight or obese lovers of sweets is a Sisyphean effort at best. Decreasing the daily points to 26 from 29 in the Weight Watchers plan does not address the real problem of a slower weight loss. I have learned that the only fruits I can eat without restriction are lemons. Jeanette F. Thornton, M.D. Albany