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Has anyone made the personal observation that they lose weight when they think harder?
I'm convinced this applies to me, even if the science appears to suggest that the brain consumes only negligibly more calories when it works hard. But even over the course of a day, I notice that I weigh less than expected if I spent the day on more mentally demanding work than otherwise.
I concede that rationally, it's more probable that my body doesn't defy science, and that when I have to think harder, it's correlated to pressure at work, and stress suppresses appetite etc., and even if the mental stimulation is positive because I'm really drawn into a project, then that same passion can deprioritize mindlessly snacking or something. I suppose to someone who wants to lose weight, this nuance might not matter? They could just commit to some project that requires a lot of thinking, and voila, weight loss achieved.
I think your rational concession is likely correct. When very stressed or busy it is easy to make it to the evening without eating anything; over a prolonged period in many people this will mean a calorie deficit and therefore weight loss.
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