Originally Posted by cubewheels

Not sure what you mean by "good food" here.

The healthiest foods I know, they do taste drab. I have relatives who ate nothing but healthy foods which is almost unpalatable and reached nearly 100 years of age ----- without modern medicine! They were very poor and consequently, can't afford hospital bills and meds and their solution was minimalist healthy foods. They never became overweight at any point.

Eat less of very tasty foods, you'll still be craving it. You'll need some real good discipline to control yourself especially when you're doing lots of cardio workouts. Won't work for everyone. Fill your fridge with nothing but healthy and drab foods, the temptation is much less.