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Originally Posted by RedLefty
I'm not sure it's that big a difference, honestly. While the thermic effect of food (protein typically gets the love here) is real, it's not very big. Our bodies can turn any macro into bodyfat stores during a big caloric surplus.
And you're right, some people can easily get fat on "healthy" foods. Too much of anything is still too much.
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I think it's more a case of some foods satisfying and others simply making you feel like getting more. I'm typically someone who doesn't sleep well. It's not new, and my mother is the same. My father was capable of sleeping through an earthquake though.
Eating late at night when I couldn't sleep was probably one of my biggest issues. Trying to be honest about it I do think I was eating out of hunger, not boredom. Dinner would be about 7pm and by 11pm I'd be trying to sleep and hungry. What I took would be either fruit or some type of bread/tortilla/cracker with cheese. If I was still awake at 1am (which I often was) I'd repeat the cycle.
Now I'm not saying that this was my only vice. Dinners were higher cal that I'm eating now, but last summer/fall I hadn't fallen back into my truly bad habits of the past. There were still occasional junk food purchases, but not much. The difference I see now is frequency of eating (more often) and types of foods. Dinner is still at 7pm, with a snack of fruit at 9-ish. At 10pm though it's a quick protein shake (just whey and water). This does seem to keep the hunger at bay, even the nights when I'm still awake at 1 or 2am.
So, it's not specifically the macros, but I do think keeping the protein levels higher does stop the mindless hunger eating. Of course I'm truly a big believer (now) in planning what you're going to eat ahead of time.