Awesome post. @allyoop

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Hello and welcome to Steemit.  Kudos to your dad for his support and wisdom.  Are we allowed to know who he is on here? It's okay if you want to keep it a secret.  Please source your images.  Some folks will flag you for not doing it.  If you need help with the coding, I'll gladly help you on steemit.chat.  Look me up there please.  The official chat site is nice for meeting new friends too!

Sugar was the hardest addiction for me to break.  I know how you feel.  Really, I do.  It took me almost three years to break the habit completely.  The stuff is like heroin.  You're fighting it though and taking a lot of positive steps.  You're winning!  That's great.  Just take it one day at a time, and slowly things will improve.  You knew that already though.  I don't call eating well "health food" however.

It's the food we were meant to eat.  We were meant to eat mostly fruit, vegetables, and nuts.  If you were in the wilderness and didn't have factories and machines, what would you eat?  That's what you should still be eating today.  ;-)  I eat mostly berries, veges, beans, and occasionally lean meats (fish mostly).  My circulation is good, I have no risk of sudden death from strokes or heart attacks, and I'll live a long and healthy life.

You will too.  Keep it up! Stay strong, warrior.  The best part about changing your diet for the better is that you'll feel a million times better emotionally.  That's worth it just by itself, right?!  Here's my normal intro info for new people who's accounts show promise...

There are a ton of other webpages to help you with Steemit.  Here are some of the best for beginners:

https://steemd.com/  (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats.  You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day.  I keep my voting power around 80% for example.)

https://steem.makerwannabe.com/  (This site will tell you who follows you, who unfollows you, and who mutes you.  It is great for meeting new people too.  I regularly check it to see who has followed me to see if I should follow them back.)

https://steemit.chat/  (This site is the official chat webpage for Steemit.  There are Discord channels too, but I usually stick to the official site.  Come in to network and meet new friends.  You can directly message people there too, so it makes it easier to communicate with your closest friends.)

Oh yeah, there are a lot of bots on here.  If you see a cookie cutter reply, especially to your intro post, it is almost certainly a bot.  Check the account's reputation.  If it is low, I would recommend just ignoring them.  Everything is public on Steemit, so you can go look at an account's comments and replies.  Are they all the same? It's a bot.

Adding photos to your account as a new Steemian may be confusing at first too.  The easiest way it to click to "Submit a Story."  Once in there, use the built in Steemit tool to upload an image from your computer.  Below the posting window, you will see "Insert images by dragging & dropping, pasting from the clipboard, or by selecting them." Click on the blue text.  Once the image is uploaded, you can copy and paste the link into your account settings.

Verifying your identity is very important because it will get you more support and people will trust you more.  The best way to verify is to link back to your Steemit account by using another public social media account.  For example, I posted my Steemit articles from here through my Twitter account.  Another person posted their Steemit information on their Facebook account.  Some people will even post a video of themselves writing out their account information since that cannot be Photoshopped.  The more famous a person is or the more valuable their content is, the more important it is that they verify.  If a new account falls within those two categories and fails to verify, it may get blacklisted.

Again, welcome, and I've followed you!  If you have any questions about getting started, look me up on the chat site.

Good luck in your new journey! Healthy will lead to happy. Upvoted, re-steemed, and followed.

@allyoop I know you'll be successful. Sorry to hear of your recent issues. At least you were able to get good advice from your doctor! It's important to try diet and exercise before meds. Good luck and look forward to your posts! Followed and upvoted :)

So proud of you! You will succeed, I can just feel it! Try to realize that everyone has issues and looking at their lives from the outside doesn't give you a view of the reality they are living.  Comparison kills joy. (Just a little tip for you-lol)xoxo

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Welcome to Steem Community @allyoop! As a gentle reminder, please keep your master password safe. The best practise is to use your private posting key to login to Steemit when posting; and the private active key for wallet related transactions. 

 In the New Steemians project, we help new members of steem by education and resteeeming their articles. Get your articles resteemed too for maximum exposure. You can learn more about it here: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@gaman/new-steemians-project-launch 

Good Introduction Men..

Good job Squeeshie; made me cry

Nice to meet you @allyoop ! :)

Hi @allyoop welcome to Steemit the platform where you are free to express yourself. It would be great to see a pic of, I also have some health issues which I am tackling daily so wishing you the best of luck on your health journey and don't be so hard on yourself love n light.

I'm glad you decided to come back to write. Your post is very encouraging. I have a few tips to burning calories if you need them. Drink ice-cold water, your body will burn calories warming your body back to the regular temperature. Eat unbuttered popcorn, your body burns more calories chewing the snack, than the snack itself. And a cheat day once a week is actually good for you, because your body stores calories, and if you do not have enough calories, your body thinks you are starving. A cheat day assures your body that you are not going to starve, and it will release the stored fat. :D Wishing you the best on your journey!

Great post ! I have actually felt the same way aboit steemit. Probably most of the community right now are just writing for themselves anda coulle of friends. But maybe it will literally pay off one day.

I wish you the best on your journey. From persoanl experience I can tell you that it will get better if yo7 stick with the heallthier choices. Fore that handful of chips is now actually not very appealing anymore. 

I'll follow your updates :)

Nice to meet you, @allyoop! Welcome to the Steemit Community, wish you good luck and a good start, ive send you a small tip and followed you, hope you have an amazing day! :)

Welcome to the community!