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Important: Focus on the type & quality of the foods you eat, the portion size, and if you truly are hungry. This is a major key to weight loss and maintenance. 

By doing this you will learn to eat like people without weight problems.  This is a lifetime skill you need to learn. 

Understand, just eating good food will not make you lose weight. A person can gain weight on healthy food if they consume more calories than their body needs.  Remember--energy balance: it is not what you eat, but the number of calories that determines weight loss.  You eat quality food for health reasons and to help keep you feeling full with less calories.  See the article Energy Balance for more details.

In some cases, people reach dieting plateaus lasting more than a month and they need to move on to phase 2 strategies where calorie counting is needed. But unless you need to use the Temporary strategies explained in phase 2, you should not live your life needing to count calories.

Again: 90% of your ability to lose weight and keep it off will center on what you eat. And how you eat should focus on food quality, portion control and actual hunger.