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I'm about 20-25% body fat and really need to lose some weight. I love all kinds of unhealthy food and crave them often. I just started intermittent fasting again.
Does The Motte have any tips to share for successfully making permanent diet changes? Psychological/mental advice is especially welcome.
You have to make up your mind. Do you want to remain a slave to transient, small minded desires, much like a regular cigarette smoker, or do you want to increase your chances at a longer, healthier life?
It may help to read about just how destructive the worst foods are for your body (and brain). They significantly increase your chances of dying of any cause over a given year. Eating like shit daily is up there with daily heavy drinking and daily smoking in terms of risk of shortening your life. Some healthy foods, on the other hand, actively help repair the body.
Make your choice and stick to it.
For some people it will be helpful to have a "cheat day" once a week where you eat whatever you want. However I've found it's easier to go teetotal during a weight loss process. That way you don't tempt yourself to fall back into old ways.
It'll become more attractive to you to live clean and less attractive to you to eat junk, the longer you stick to it. The first few weeks will be rough. Tough it out.
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