Nice. I spent a long time trying out various diet and tricks, but from what I've learned, there's a lot of wisdom in the simple mantra of "everything in moderation". Additionally, trying to eat a variety of non-processed foods will be really all you need to have a healthy diet.

There's truth in the calories in/calories out mathematical perspective of health, but it's hard to have the willpower to not overdo it if you are trying to fit a 600 calorie cheesecake or 1100 calorie deep fried meal into every day's nutrition. Eating nutrient-dense food will fill you up and you'll lose cravings and neurotic snacking habits naturally. To get there, focus not on the goal weight/fat loss/etc, but the idea of getting into sustainable habits that you know you can keep up indefinitely.