i´m probably to a lesser extent in the OP´s situation. i love my sweets. chocolate is the fastest way to buy me. i think when i was young my parents did me a big favour. the 1st time i tasted sweets i was 6. i was only allowed healthy food til then which gave me a great start. probably also helps my whole family has great figures. my brother is in the army so is probably fittest and really doesn´t look like someone you´d want to mess with but even when he was a nerd in school he was still lean, like myself and my mum. my dad has the slightest pot because his extremely healthy lifestyle in his 20s-40s has slowed a bit and the odd beer is starting to stay with him. back to me. i hate not having junk food within easy reach and although it has seemed to have no effect on me i´ve still decided to look towards healthier options. on the table next to the computer is a plate of apples. i´ve already burned through the 6 blocks of chocolate i bought a few days ago but that´s just normal. i buy 1000isk worth of candy every few saturdays (laugardagur er nammidagur
that translates roughly to a lot of candy....) and it lasts me for nearly a week. i´ve cut down on meat basically because of price (i´ve also been a vegetarian for 2 years back in au) and here all food comes super processed which doesn´t help at all. all in all i´m probably in the worst shape i´ve been all my life, especially coming off the winter hibernation period. what i´m trying to do more of late is eat more raw vegetables. salads are the easiest way to do this. if you don´t like salads then try playing around yourself and seeing if there is soewhere you can start. as i see it you have 2 options. you could use dressings like french dressings to sweeten things up or you can go ultra bland like just lettuce leaves. they have pretty much no flavour so if you start there you can work yourself into healthier food. i´m not saying you´re going to love broccoli (hell i´ve eaten it all my life and still do only because i know it´s good for me.) but you have to put the effort in and do things you may not like at 1st. i´m sure you will find ways to enjoy foods you never thought you would before and
look forward rather then dread eating things that are good for you.
i think my final word will go to a story about a friend of mine called chubbs. for his 1st 15 years he refused to eat vegetables and for some reason his parents never forced him to. at a family bbq he refused when his plate had some vegetables and his uncle snarled at him "eat your fucking vegetables!!" and through the crying forced him to. he could have ended up emotinally impaired but instead took to eating vegetables and as we speak he´s one of the most popular, in shape people i know, complete with a gf he´s had for several years that has most of us jealous. obviously your situation isn´t quite the same but if you dive in you won´t find it so bad.