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Years ago I did some experimenting on myself, including increasing to gain weight, and at least for me hunger seems to mostly be a function of relative emptines
by Izkata 3y ago
Years ago I did some experimenting on myself, including increasing to gain weight, and at least for me hunger seems to mostly be a function of relative emptiness from recent maximum fullness.
Sounds odd, but let's say I filled my stomach to 90% of my total capacity, then a few hours later I've digested down to 45% capacity and that's when I get hungry. That's -50% of the last maximum. If I spend a week or two restricting what I ate to a maximum of 60% capacity, I'd only get hungry around 30%, also -50%. But with less total calories eaten.
(numbers made up just to give an idea what it felt like)
- kasey_junk 3y agoI do 24-48 hour fasts weekly and for me the single biggest determinate of hunger is what I ate the day before. Carbs, especially sugar and processed carbs make the fast day’s miserable. But if I stick to meat, vegetables and some whole grains it’s usually no big deal.
- matwood 3y agoYes! I've noticed this too. If I have a carb heavy meal at dinner, I'm much more hungry the next day than less carb heavy meal.
- bavarianbob 3y agoTakes longer for protein to be digested, it's just nutrition 101.
- nathancahill 3y agoStrongly agree with that. Pasta dinner? I'll wake up ravenous. Smaller dinner of meat and vegetables? Won't feel hungry at all.