Came here to say just that. Used to love fast food, sodas and candy in large amounts too. Then went to a conference and watched a video of myself giving a talk there afterwards. I hated looking like that.

Thus begun my journey of weight loss. 45kg later I can genuinely say that while some part of my brain still asks for garbage food, I genuinely enjoy eating healthy. My entire taste palette changed, too - and I can now taste flavors that were unknown to me due to overdependence on salt and sugar.

Daily walk/jog is a highlight of the day, and whenever I feel like eating garbage foods again, I just have to think about how it makes me feel not just after - just an hour, or two or a day later.

Yeah it takes some more selective choices, but you can make some really good delicious and healthy meals. Certain kinds of foods like deep-fried butter sticks are out of the question but I've had a huge brick of cheesecake for breakfast everyday this week because I made it healthy. (21gCarb 3g Fat 41g protein)

Took a while but I changed my usual cooking recipes to macro-friendly versions and my family hasn't minded at all, still tastes great. Trying to eat healthy outside the house is hard as hell though. Restaurants or premade foods rarely offer anything that fits my needs.

Like conceptually the hard part about eating burgers is the high carb buns and the excess fat in the meat. Can just use 93/7 ground beef, there's only 170cal in a quarter pound, so why not double it? You just need to be much more careful when cooking it because the lower fat gives you less margin for error. Dress it with a spicy jalapeno cream sauce using Greek yogurt instead to bring back some of the moisture but without adding fat. Use something lower carb than potato roll or buttered brioche and you end up with a juicy burger with a lot more meat than what you'll get from a restaurant and tastes better if you make it for yourself than some overworked line cook who doesn't have to eat what he's firing out the kitchen as fast as possible.

In many cases this is like telling a drug addict to just stop being addicted to drugs.

I genuinely don't get joy out of a lot of unhealthy foods.

Just get off the car and you will be able to control your weight way easier.

Yeah, but now I binge on vegetables and have to shit all the time!

I exercise four times a week, every week. I absolutely hate it and I feel gross and exhausted afterwards. It's been five years and still do it and hate it. There is nothing fun or happy about exercise.

What about no workout and lots of cheese burgers?

Work out so you could eat whatever you want whenever you want. I consume several muffins (40g) daily, put a shitton of sugar in my tea and coffee. I also happen to love potato chips, which I consume in copious amounts. Still fit as heck.

For some people it's not that easy.

I have done the same. Cut sugar drastically, work out almost everyday and try to make myself uncomfortable whilst working out so I am more comfortable under load in the world. Also to prep this olde body for the next decade. Far better overall to start 10-yrs earlier than later.

I have a home gym now, but back when I was trying to solidify my workout habits I had to will myself to workout as I passed the gym on the way home from work. Wanna race home to party? No, go workout. Feeling lackluster? Doesn't matter, workout. That extra push I gave myself back then worked (and felt great) and now I strive to get that workout in and feel bad if I don't.