Having never had to lose weight, I also feel happy talking about this. You are conflating healthy with boring, which is an opinion but not a helpful one; I happ

Having never had to lose weight, I also feel happy talking about this. You are conflating healthy with boring, which is an opinion but not a helpful one; I happen to disagree with it. A more useful discussion revolves around time. In order to eat cheap and healthy food you must cook everything yourself! Preferably in larger batches; things like slow cooking a whole chicken in water to not only prepare meat but to make chicken broth as well, then using that meat and broth later in other dishes and soups. All of this takes planning and time. Buying frozen meals or going to McDonalds is vastly more expensive, dollar wise, than preparing your own food. But they also require zero planning and minimal effort -- those are the real "savings" provided by junk food.