Most optimal diet:
Raw till 4 pm. That means fuits, veggies, juice and water. Added table suger is not only fine but highly optimal for improved taste and glucose partitioning, while avoiding dietary fats. More energy. Better mood. More insulin sensitivity (less insulin needed).
After 4 pm is your staple diet such as white rice, potatoes, pasta, or other very low fat, high carboydrate foods. There are plenty of seasonings, herbs, spices and non-fat sauces to choose to add to it to really add great flavor. Eat meat and/or dairy no more than one day a week, and on that day you should keep carbs/sugar to a minimum; and that day should be your least active day.
No need to count calories. No animal in nature counts calories. It's a ridiculous human pathology. Eat as much as your body tells you to eat. Why are 99.9% animals in nature lean despite not counting calories? Because it's an idiotoic human construct. Humans count calories yet they're aways struggling with weight issues.
This is what I do. Elite athletes, basically, do it, too - a high carb/sugar and low fat diet because it's the most optimal for performance. I'm single digit body fat %, strong, fit, and I look 20 years younger than my age.