When attempting to lose weight, it’s many people’s first instinct to simply cut down on how much they eat each day. But, much more importantly, we should be focusing on what foods we’re eating–not how much.

Your body processes all different sorts of carbs and calories and fats in all different ways. Certain foods–while high in fats–might provide your body with lower calories and higher energy densities that it really needs in order to help you to shed the pounds.

The fact is, you don’t need to stop buying food at all–you just need to head to the grocery store to stock up on the types of foods that will support your body through its weight loss journey!

To help get you started, we’ve compiled a list of 10 weight loss friendly foods you’ll want to stock your cupboards with on your journey to a trimmer waistline.