> Or just sack off chocolate bars Basic calorie counting goes a long way. And IMO is where 90% of people should start. But it's not as simple as "cut out the j

> Or just sack off chocolate bars Basic calorie counting goes a long way. And IMO is where 90% of people should start. But it's not as simple as "cut out the junk". Cashews for example are 150calories for 18 nuts. I would eat a bag of these, and I doubt anyone would call these "unhealthy" other then the sheer calorie amount. This goes for a lot of "healthy" foods. Finding "healthy" and "low calorie" and "reasonably cheap/convenient" is incredibly difficult from my experience. You can go further than calorie counting, there's different "types" of calories, different selections of food to keep you feeling full, strategies like fasting/keto can change how your body metabolizes food/your hunger. There's some "junk" food you don't have to stop eating. These strategies _have_ to be accompanied by a calorie deficit to really be affective though and are not "miracle cures". By all means you can keep eating a chocolate bar a day. Just know that it's ~24 cashews worth of calories. Again you can get more into this, as the nutritional value of a chocolate bar vs 24 cashews is very different, but this will still make a massive impact and shouldn't be an issue if the rest of your diet is reasonable. EDIT: IMO - 16/8 fasting keeps the hunger at bay most of the day, and from my experience makes it easier to plan calories because I'm only eating 1 meal + snacks.