Why does this happen ??

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I’ve realised something odd about weight loss for myself
I can lose weight by not changing my calorie intake at all or by upping it so long as I change the times I eat ??
Surely it’s the amount of calories I don’t understand how this is working ?

For example if I have
Breakfast, snacks, lunch, snack, dinner, snack then I stay the same or gain a bit
If I move the snacks to after the meals and actually feel hungry in betweenthen I lose loads of weight
...but it’s the same amount of calories sometimes more as I get starving ??
I walk a lot but don’t change that at all so it’s purely the timing of food
I can’t understand, ive always been told reduce calories to lose weight ?

Get rid of the snacks?

But what I mean is why does the timing of the snacks affect weight being static or losing weight when the same amount of calories are going in roughly each day?
The only difference seems to be the feeling of hunger ?

Probably similar to the theory behind intermittent fasting.

I find that if I eat three solid meals without snacks losing and maintaining weight is much easier. Meals have to have lots of good fats and protein and not too much carb so that I don’t have sugar crashes and hunger pangs between meals. That’s just how my metabolism works best though.

It’s hard to get through the first few days, but after that, making it to the next meal without snacks (or occasionally a handful of nuts mid afternoon) is way easier.

The timing of food makes a big difference.

At the risk of sounding rude, you must be quite large for this to make you lose enough weight for it to be noticeable.

I pay very careful attention to my diet for sporting reasons. I can lose muscle mass in a week if I don't have enough protein at the right time of day.

For most people it's a very basic calories in vs calories out equation but there are definitely tweaks within that.

Are you sure you're eating the same snack immediately after a meal than if you were eating them midway between meals?

And yes, if your body naturally gets hungry between meals you’ll lose weight faster.

Also, it is really important to get a good first meal in at breakfast time.

every time you eat your body secretes insulin. Insulin helps get sugar into your cells but also locks in fat. Eating less often = less insulin = fat able to freely move out of cells if there is a calorie deficit. This is an oversimplification but likely what is happening here.

I’m actually not big at all pretty average size 10-22 that’s why I notice it so much it just seems to drop off if I eat that eat but it’s same amount of calories

10-12 😂 not 10-22 that’d be a huge variation !

If anything the snack is more as I’ve git so hungry
Breakfast for example is usually porridge with blueberries and banana or egg on toast
I’d have something mid morn usually some nuts or a muffin but when I do t have that snack mid morn I often have the muffin and the nuts as ‘dessert’ after lunch !

If you eat sugar immediately after a meal your body processes it differently. You also don't get the sugar crash after.

Much better for your teeth as well.