I can really relate to this! I’m a chocoholic and I used to be able to munch my way through massive bars and still want some more a bit later. As much as I adore chocolate, it started making me feel the exact same things you have mentioned. Shortly after Christmas, I fell ill with a really bad cough. I was staying with my nan, and she’s a health freak. She gave me nothing but orange juice, cherries, salads and soups and sometimes a few picky sweet things for afters. I was there for about 6 days, completely ill but the food my nan was giving me made me feel a lot better within myself. I found myself not touching the sweets because I felt like they ruined the lovely and healthy things my nan was giving me. Now, I hardly have any chocolate and if I buy a big bar I just make sure I have a few squares instead of the whole 20! It’s so much easier to do than I thought. I used to be really sluggish and I’d always look in the mirror wishing to be healthier, not skinny. 

All you need is a little push.

You mentioned uni, so I’m going to have a wild guess here. If you live at home, you can ask whatever parent is in charge of the shopping to make sure they only get fruits and vegetables. That way, it’s more controlled and it’s the right push into a healthy diet. If you do your own shopping and don’t live at home, set a certain amount of money and budget everything you want properly. I normally spend £40 pounds a week out of my own money, and it keeps me going for a bit longer than a week.

Also, so I don’t get tempted by the food at my college, I pack my own lunch.

I’ll write a list of things I have for breakfast, lunch and tea.

For breakfast I have

• A glass of milk
• Banana
• Apple

At college, I take this with me.

• Cherries
• Bagel with ham or tuna
• Cracker biscuits with spreadable light cheese on
• Water
• Banana

For dinner I usually have

• Home made vegetable curry on fresh white rice
• Tuna on a jacket potato with salad, beetroot, cucumbers
• Cold pastas with sweetcorn, sliced carrots and cucmbers

These are just ideas. I usually make sure that Saturday is my day where I can treat myself to a bit of junk food but Sunday through to Friday, I am eating healthily.

I feel so much better in myself and I don’t even care if I lose weight or not. I just feel like I have energy. I’d advice anyone to swap their junk food for healthy food, in just a week you can feel the difference.

I would wish you good luck, but honestly you don’t need it. Anyone can do it, but I hope you have fun and don’t limit the foods you can have x