Seems voting closed quite a long time ago. From 8th grade to about mid-junior year in college, I ran/lifted. Wrestling/football in HS. But then I lazily stopped and by the time the end of senior year rolled around, I was around 195lb and 6 ft. I saw the writing on the wall. Change it, or 10, 20 years down the road.....not so great. I'd definitely be obese by now if I'd kept up that diet and malaise.
So I introduced these:
- No soda; no caloric drinks other than those containing booze, milk, vegetable juices (and I am not a "juicer")
- No deserts, though guests that bring things usually beg me to try.
- Minimal processed carbs, as much as possible. (ie, pasta dishes are usually a mix of red lentil and edamame pastas.... tons of protein and fiber, especially the edamame or black bean kinds)
I also generally cleaned up on other fronts, since I went straight from college to law school and certain things *cough* are not entirely compatible.....at least not with how hard I ended up pushing myself. So I dropped that stuff from the diet permanently and resumed running and lifting with a fury. I've kept it up over the decades. It worked. Once I hadn't had the things I dropped for a month or so, I didn't want them. In fact, they taste nasty most of the time. (Same thing happened with cigarettes, which I also dropped simultaneously with everything else).
Other than that, anything I please. I have something else going in my favor: if I stuff myself, I actually feel bad. As in, fast light heartbeat for an hour and this cloud of anxiety. Just....not worth it.
The one thing many people do not seem to want to let themselves understand: a temporary diet only works if your goal is to lose 30 lbs so you can appear in a movie. The foolishness of the idea of dieting to lose weight then going back to normal seems head-slappingly idiotic, but it seems to be what happens with most people. "Oh, I've been on so many diets, but the weight came back after." Yeah, well, the only diet that's going to work is a permanent one.
You have to give things up. You really should move more as well. Don't let anyone tell you willpower is irrelevant. It is. It's just that the longer you let things slip, the harder and longer you'll have to struggle. Some need gastric bypass. But it's more than possible.
...life....