I’ve been losing lately (-7 pounds). My go-to snack was cashews and I was probably going through a bag a week. That bag was probably 2000 calories.
My body seems to respond to excess fat by storing it. I also don’t crave sweets so much. My mouth likes savory: it would want pizza over cake.
To lesser extent I also stopped buying salami - high fat, high calorie, no nutrition.
For the first few weeks I was starving all the time. I replaced the cashews and salami with mandarin oranges and plain yogurt.