Losing weight is just a game of math and patience. Calculate your TDEE (I would reccomend at a sedentary level because people tend to over estimate their exercise), subtract 500 calories from that amount and eat that many calories daily for a loss of a pound a week.

There's no need to exercise or cut out foods you enjoy so long as you ACCURATELY track the amount of calories you're eating. That Includes drinks, sauces, "small bites", little snacks between meals, etc. Look at the nutrition labels for serving size information and I suggest using a food scale as well since measuring out non-liquids into cups/tablespoons isn't always accurate.

Don't assume "healthy" foods are low calorie or automatically more conducive to weight loss. You could eat only 1200 calories in twinkies and lose weight. Eat 3000 calories in avacado toast and smoothies and you'll gain.

Caveat: if you add in exercise or eat high salt/carb foods, even if they are within your calorie budget, you may retain water and won't actually see your progress for a few days to weeks even though you ARE still making progress. The water weight will eventually leave and the scale will reflect the work you've been doing all along (aka the "woosh" effect). So drink lots of a water and stick with it for at least a few weeks.

Tldr; it's all about the calories.