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I think this is good. You have power over the junk food. It can't tempt you and you consume it on your own terms.

Don't get why people associate something like this with shame. I like the sign. What kind of mess are you if you are ashamed by a sign. Smells of failure.

About 6 months if I remember correctly. It's worth mentioning that you should avoid the mentality of trying to do as much exercise as possible. Rest and recovery is just as important as exercise. Constantly doing loads of exercise will harm you eventually. If you want to start out walking for example, a good starting goal…

I see well I am only type 2 but they said to me when I was diagnosed that I had already progressed to a state where I need to be on medication. I missed the warning signs and it got worse. Have background retinopathy in one eye. The meds made me dizzy but I kept on with the exercise. Eventually I got to a state where they…

This is good basic advice but you can move beyond this. I went on a diabetes course run by the NHS. They just recommend the same eating habits as a healthy person. I would suggest to have the mindset of always making improvements. This week the cakes go. Next week it's no sugar in my drinks etc. I'm not trying to make you…

I was in this situation too. Simply put you have to make yourself as healthy and strong as possible. The first thing I did was google "how to be healthy". Not even joking. Now I've lost 47% of my body weight and I can deadlift 150kg. I spent all my free time the first 2 weeks researching. There is a lot of misinformation…

Well stupid me I guess for picking a fight with the champion of the internet

Ok the point I'm making is that extracting sugar from food to use on other food is the problem. Stopping doing that is like a "dumb solution" if you like as people seem to be unable to control their eating. Everyone here is probably used to tracking what they eat so it's easy for us. Some people just cannot control…

If the human race had never figured out how to extract sugar from one food and pile it onto another then we would be a lot better off. You can call it natural selection if you want. There are too many people on the earth I suppose. But people get so addicted to junk food they just end up with a slow tormented death. If…

You simply do not need to add extra sugar to food. There is enough in it already. The food industry encourages over consumption of their products to maximize profits.

I did see it and it wasn't that bad.

Adding sugar to food is not an alternative. It's a food industry strategy and it works big time. The cost? Well I'm sure they don' t lose any sleep after they get tired counting their millions of dollars. Who cares if people get sick and die? What's a limb or two here and there? Where do you draw the line?

Well I mean you can get away with a lot of things but they are steps down a dark path. You don't want to find out you are stuck with the negative consequences of your choices. There is a point of no return with health obviously and you don't always see it coming.

All this is available without added sugar. You are conditioned to be this way. I don't need a sugar high to hit a deadlift PR.

Healthy food can be delicous. Your taste buds are fried from all the junk. You can recover from this.

Ok what are the benefits of adding sugar to food?

Yeah but it's just you can be even further away from any health risks by at least not eating added sugar. It's not black and white, these things sneak up on people. Once something happens that you can't change you wish so bad that you lived differently. Added sugar has no benefits at all. It's a pure addiction.

Couldn't be bothered to read everything so don't know if this has been mentioned. A big part of how unhealthy sugar can be is how your body deals with it. I am diabetic and regulary monitor my blood sugar levels so I have a good idea what is going on. When I was at my worst a bowl of oatmeal with milk would send my…

I find it easier to not eat junk food at all than to eat in moderation. If I have a little bit I want more. After a while of not having it you crave it less. This stuff is made to be addictive and make people rich at the expense of other peoples health and potentially lives. The longer you go without it the harder it is to…

It's all just recommendations and estimates. Mfp says i need 2400 calories at maintenance but i still slowly lose at 2900. Find what works for you. Trial and error. Also you could try lifting weights. Then you could be slowly gaining or losing weight constantly and never have to maintain, which is something i find hard…