When eating to lose body fat or just eating in general for that matter, it is important to set start and stop times. In other words, it is important to know when your meals start and end. Many people often cheat on their diet at night when their cravings are at their strongest. They will say to themselves that their last meal will be at 8pm and that they will go to bed at 11pm. Of course this seldom works. Many people will abandon their diets and eat exactly what they are not supposed to eat at this point. Now they are stressed because they are dieting, stressed because they are cheating on their diet, and stressed out about whatever else may be going on in their lives. What makes them feel good? Food that are considered to be "off limits" during dieting of course. When someone is shown raiding the kitchen at night, they are often shown eating foods filled with sugar such as ice cream and cookies.
The easiest way to circumvent this is to first extend the time that you eat your last meal. "But everything that you eat before bed gets stored as body fat" is often said. Just to avoid an argument lets say that having your last meal at 8pm is "superior" to having your last meal at 10pm for fat loss if you plan on sleeping at 11pm. That is assuming that you can stick to it. If you are setting your self up for disaster by your "superior" meal timing then I don't think that it is that effective.
Now that you are eating a little later in the day to beat late night cravings, your next step is to simply tell yourself that after your 10pm meal, there will be no more food no matter what. It is really easy to tell yourself that eating is over and done with for the day. Just think of your job. You may not want to get their at 7am in the morning everyday but you do even though it is a pain in the butt. Why? Because you tell yourself that you will and because you have to. Now imagine that you didn't have to get their at 7am, and that you could just stroll in whenever you wanted. You would never get there at 7am would you?
It is important to create a schedule and stick to it when dieting or living for that matter or else sh*t just doesn't get done. So after your last meal of the day remember "STOP!"
Chris DeLaTorre is the author of You're Doing It Wrong! available for purchase at wheyvos.com
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