Nice story Mazen,
Continuously I hear people complaining about how tough it is to change their diet. I agree, your eating habits are formed at right around your adolescence, and for most people that type of diet sticks with them for the rest of their life. If you have no need to change your diet, you won't ever change it.
But for people like us, eating healthy is imperative. I'm not saying my diet is perfect, but the way I eat now is so far nutritionally superior than the way I used to eat it's crazy to think how far I've come. For example, my first couple years of college my diet mainly consisted of things I grew up eating (pizza, fast food, french fries, bread, SODA, PASTA, cake, reeses pieces, yea...).
After the last two years of experimenting with the SCD diet, Paleo diet, reading about diet, learning about diet (getting two degrees in Food Science and Dietetics) I've come to the conclusion that the best diet is one that is centered around eating lean meats, fruits and vegetables. I RARELY ever eat any of the stuff I listed above anymore, and by just cutting all that crap out of my diet I've gotten so much butter. I now eat tons of ham and cheddar cheese sandwiches on italian bread, lots of philly cheese steaks from publix, tons of bananas and pineapple, and about a half a plate of veggies everyday. I only drink water, no juice, no milk, no soda, alcohol maybe every other week if that. Just by doing that I can't describe how much better I feel. I can stay awake in class now and pay attention, I've gotten so much better at public speaking (something I've always struggled with), etc.
I can go on and on about how much better I am but I'll just stop there. I guess my point to this ramble is just that at first changing your diet IS TOUGH! When you have eaten things that you have eaten your whole life it is so hard to change that. But after time it does get much easier, it's taken nearly 2 years, but I don't ever really get cravings to eat terribly anymore, to go out at 1 in the morning and get a pizza or go to whataburger or to eat any junk food. You just have to develop the mentality that it's a lot of what you're eating that is making you sick. It's kind of like how you can notice (at least in my car) the difference between when you put in regular gasoline versus premium. If you're not getting the right fuel you're not going to function properly. Our food is our fuel and we (us crohnies) REQUIRE the best type of fuel! That's the way I look at it.