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Magically Lose Weight by Switching Eating Times

The time of day that you eat can make all the difference in successful weight loss! Why Meal Planning is Vital for Weight Loss.

It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Lose weight, simply by changing the times you eat? Well, believe me, it's true - no magic wand here, no magic mirror, just good, safe sensible advice.

After indulging in a heavy dinner, have you ever noticed that your scales are not kind the following morning? Most of the time, you'll find that the unwanted weight doesn't go away. It's one of the pitfalls of eating during the very unfavorable time of day. Why?

During the day, your body is busy working to expend the calories that you take in. It's burning your food and turning it into quick energy.

At the end of the day, most people begin to slow down. There is generally little activity after work. People settle into their homes to rest, to enjoy the evening and to eat Paul Bunyan-sized dinners. They watch television and devour tubs of hot triple-buttered popped corn and bags of scooped-size corn chips and bean dip.

Then again, some people don't and still are faced in a weight-gain/weight-loss dilemma. So what's a body to do?

Try eating just a bit sooner in the evening, then cut off your supply. Why not give it a temporary try to see if it works for you? All you have to lose is weight.

In Summary

Cut off eating by five p.m. if possible. Anything after six p.m. is just going to sit in your tummy and molt as the metabolic rate slows in preparation for the long night's sleep ahead.

If you are famished at bedtime, eat a couple of crackers rather than raiding the refrigerator, or a low fat, low calorie fruit - such as a small plum, a couple of prunes, an apricot, a kiwi, a small peach or 1/2 cup of your favorite berries or melon. Sometimes it is very difficult to sleep on an empty tummy.

Try an experiment. For a couple of evenings, have something very light for dinner, such as a bowl of cold or hot cereal, or a piece of baked fish and a slice of bread rather than your regular dinner. You'll note that your scale will take a very positive plunge for your efforts if you avoid snacks from dinner to bedtime.

As suggested above, if you feel famished and need energy to hold you over until morning has broken, then by all means enjoy a couple of saltines.

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