No food after 8 pm

The easiest way to lose weight is simply not to eat anything after 8 pm. (Or, if you do eat, make it low calorie snacks like carrots.)

That's it - that's all you have to do. Eat your dinner at 6:30. Including dessert - bowl of ice cream or what have you.

Then no snacks - no sugary pop - until the next morning.

If you're on a normal schedule (i.e., work during the day, sleep at night) then your body is conditioned to be active during the day and wind down at night. If you eat or consume milk shakes or pop, those calories are going to get stored.

So the big question is - can you go 4 hours without eating anything except carrots?

It's those night hours that really make it hard on people trying to lose weight. They are at home, they can't get out and about in order to take their minds off food cravings. If they have no activities to occupy their minds - hobbies - then they're just sitting there, feeling bored...and when people are bored a lot of them eat.

Or they're alone and they're depressed because they're alone, so they eat.

Or they're not alone and wish they were....

It's those night hours before you go to bed that you have to learn how to control. These are the hours when people don't eat because they are hungry, necessarily, but just to fill the time until they go to bed.

Exchange the habit of snacking for the habit of drinking water. If you typically snack while you watch TV, change that habit. If you watch mindless TV shows, try watching something that engages your mind, like science documentaries. Or use the time to read a good book.

The night hours are the unforgiving hours- calorie-wise. Don't give in to them.