Bah, I'm surprised you haven't figured that out much sooner Ice. My condolences on having to choke that stuff down.

It's a mindset thing IMO. Over time, I've slowly worked myself into a mindset of eating healthier. Certain foods I just don't like anymore. I can't stand McDonalds, I've eaten there maybe 3-4 times for lunch or dinner in the past 5 years. When I do eat out, I try to do Subway or Chick-fil-a or something along those lines. My diet isn't perfect and I "cheat" often, but I can get away with it.

The other lurking beast which I think is a bigger problem is active lifestyles. Most of my weight loss started back in late 07 when I started martial arts. It picked up significantly yet again about half a year ago when I got really serious about eating better. Time and time again exercise and eating decent are the two biggest and best things people can do to help themselves by far. If the rest of America got on board with this we'd be far better off. Honestly, as much as I hate to say it, I think the whole narcissistic thing kids have going on these days is a bit of a good thing, because it does promote people being fit and healthy and not "fat and ugly", using their words.