Hm that is interesting. If the stuff I said about carbs and hunger is true, counting calories risks you being put in a situation where you had a bunch of carbs, the carbs are making you hungry, but you’ve also reached your calorie limit for the day and have to stop eating. It seems like that would happen quite often if you are only paying attention to calories and not paying attention to what you are eating.
In my experience, this just isn’t a problem. I have only rarely experienced the [large carb bolus]->[untimely hunger cues] effect, and only with food that is so sugary that it makes me ill to eat, like a strawberry mochi that was 8cm across and 3cm thick. A Snickers bar (35g carb, 29g sugar) does not cause this effect—maybe the peanut fats blunt it?
The only times I might have to go to bed hungry are when I lifted heavy that morning and am experiencing excess post-exercise oxygen consumption. Sometimes, I take a Unisom so I sleep through it, and sometimes, I just keep eating. The net effect of these choices is weight maintenance.
In my experience, this just isn’t a problem. I have only rarely experienced the [large carb bolus]->[untimely hunger cues] effect, and only with food that is so sugary that it makes me ill to eat, like a strawberry mochi that was 8cm across and 3cm thick. A Snickers bar (35g carb, 29g sugar) does not cause this effect—maybe the peanut fats blunt it?
The only times I might have to go to bed hungry are when I lifted heavy that morning and am experiencing excess post-exercise oxygen consumption. Sometimes, I take a Unisom so I sleep through it, and sometimes, I just keep eating. The net effect of these choices is weight maintenance.