This is "weird" in the sense that nobody else I know wants to do it, but they'll gladly sign for all sorts of fad diet programs, blogs, etc and become demotivated when they're still not losing weight.
It's dead simple: calculate your BMR (https://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html) and restrict your calories to about 150-200 calories more than your BMR. That's literally all you need for weight loss. It can be in the form of beer, chips, candy, whatever or you can do it all healthy with fruits and veggies; that's up to you, but you will still lose weight regardless.
Yes, advice for weight loss THAT ACTUALLY WORKS is always boring, simple, and hard to do.
Calorie counting helps a lot with this. There's easily accessible databases that have detailed data (https://www.nutritionix.com/, https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/). It's funny sometimes how the calories you think you're eating don't match up with reality. My biggest blind-spot was pasta and bread, both of which had A LOT more calories than I had thought. Peanut butter is another one-- you can put a ridiculous amount of calories on one spoon of peanut butter.
Many folks can lose weight "simply" by sticking to whatever one's BMR + activity level suggests. A sustainable and easy to maintain rate of loss for most folks is between 1 and 2 lbs/week.
It's dead simple: calculate your BMR (https://www.calculator.net/bmr-calculator.html) and restrict your calories to about 150-200 calories more than your BMR. That's literally all you need for weight loss. It can be in the form of beer, chips, candy, whatever or you can do it all healthy with fruits and veggies; that's up to you, but you will still lose weight regardless.