I eat a diet so convoluted & complex that it results in fewer calories.
No red meat. I eat fish, eggs, or beans for protien.
No milk or cheese dairy it's all just fat.
I avoid processed foods and usually eat fresh veggies, fresh fruit, fresh fish. Never frozen fish, I want to be able to smell it before buying it.
No added sugar or salt.
No frozen meals, no canned soups, very little from large commercial chemical plants. Exceptions are too much bread and pasta, that I really need to quit.
You don't digest pasta or bread, they just dissolve and change to sugar.
I use the philosophy that just because some marketing person calls it a food, doesn't mean it really is a food or anything that belongs in you mouth.
I drink water, coffee, tea, have a water distiller so it doesn't taste like Clorox.
I believe I have an acid reflux problem that I make worse with too much coffee. When my stomach feels sour, I tend to put food in it. If I don't get enough sleep, I noticed I will want to eat to stay awake. I work on a computer all day, that doesn't help.
I do workout at least 4 days a week, usually more. I have swim days and strength days. I swim about 3 miles a week. Most other exercises are core strength and light weight lifting.
That is not a healthy eating pattern!
But I could not leave. 
