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This article mentions that one of the factors is that late at night you have fewer hormones suppressing appetite so you would potentially eat more. That makes sense as a reason you would gain weight. It does say that you burn fewer calories at that time too (which might mean you convert more of it to fat at that time, and if you don’t burn those excess calories later you’re going to be stuck with it…)
But I don’t understand what you’re saying. It almost certainly takes more energy to convert calories to fat and then back to usable energy for your body to use… So what? If you eat 2000 calories, turn some of it into fat, and then burn 2000 additional calories later (in addition to the energy spent converting it to fat) you’re technically going to be burning more calories than you’re eating and you will lose weight.
I’m sure there is an effect of when you eat and how that makes you store fat and how that can unintentionally cause you to consume more calories than you think… but what you’re saying doesn’t make sense to me thermodynamically.
Because you think a human body wants to be "healthy" ...
It doesn't, it wants to pack on all the fat it can to survive periods where food isn't plentiful.
We didn't evolve for unlimited cheap calories, our bodies still act like we're living in caves.
Seriously, this is all very very basic stuff, you'll learn a lot more reading about this then asking questions on social media and hoping you not only get the right answer, but explained in a way that makes sense.
BECAUSE THIS IS A HELL OF A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN CICO
Something I've been unable to explain in a way you can understand.
I doubt bolded all caps will help, but that's literally my last hailmary.
Go read some actual scientific texts if you want to learn more.