"I always made fun of ?veggies? but the food tastes good and does you good, too."
Eddie, although I was not as close to 'problems' as yourself, I saw early indications in myself that I needed to change my lifestyle, because that's what it is, a lifestyle change.
If you don't look at it as a diet or an excercise regime, but as a change to secure your future health, then it makes it easier to keep it up.
Good luck and good health.