I think I said this in the other thread, but replace the “I like the taste of junk food” desire, with a “I want to get healthy and look great-looking” desire. Or an, “I want to learn to cook” desire.

Plus once you learn to cook, there’s tons of things you can make that taste so much better than junk food. Youtube is great for learning how to cook, pick a cuisin you like and start a fun deep dive.

I also don’t suggest weening yourself off: read allen carr’s how to quit smoking, and you can apply that method to pretty much any psychological attachment: the mental supports and lies you tell yourself about “needing junk food”, is by far the biggest obstacle. Start thinking of junk food as poison ( which in many ways it is ).

Taper off, and replace with easily accessible healthy alternatives.

Instead of going ‘cold turkey’ taper off of your junk food and replace it with healthy alternatives. Ex slowly replace ice pops with frozen fruit, or the potato chips with nuts, kale chips, and jicama wedges etc.

Going 180 into healthy tends to lead to relapses in my experience.

I noticed that half of the U.S junk food I’ve eaten could also be remade into a less harmful way. For example: donuts. I would search recipes for donuts and could find some that are way less sugary than Krispy Kremes, at a low price, and much more tastier! Try making mock recipes but more healthier or less fatty/sugary. It might be hard work, however, it’s a learning experience towards cooking! Good luck!

Also, try finding fruit that could remind you of certain candy. I used to be obsessed with fruit rollups, gushers, and sweet tart ropes, then I replaced it with oranges and tropical fruits, which taste reminds me a lot of the candy I used to eat. Your brain will slowly take the need for that candy onto the need for fruit. Your tongue will also pick up on tastes better when you cut down on junk food. Due to U.S junk food being high in sodium and sugar, your brain might get used to the taste of high sugar and not notice the sugar in fruits that easily. However I’m no scientist, so take this with a grain of salt.

Also, I recommend watching a few documentaries talking about U.S junk food and how it’s made to screw up your mental health and how it’s intended to target children as well.

There are free documentaries on youtube called “Fed Up!” and there are some similar to that one for free in the recommended. There’s also one called farm inc, which tells all about how big businesses exploit the food industry.

The obvious point for dealing with addiction would be to reduce your usage over time, but I’ve found that having healthy food more readily available in the kitchen helps you build a better habit, but you should also have unhealthy snacks as well because it is apart of a healthy diet. (Search UK diet plate in images for general advice.)