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[quote=Anonymous]Condition yourself to not eat anything after a certain time.  For me, with my schedule, 5 pm works.  I basically eat whatever I want during my eating window which is whenever I wake up to about 8-10 hours later.  This is 5 on days I work but varies on weekends and holidays.

When I started I did not try to change what I eat very much, I just ate what I wanted or what I was used to.  The main thing I did differently was follow the no eating after 5 rule religiously.  It was hard at first because like you I was used to snacking a bit in the evening.  And sometimes I used to eat dinner late, like 8-9 pm.  I don't do either of those at all anymore.

I've been doing this for about two months and lost 9 lbs without much trouble.  I have not added exercise at all.  As I got used to the new eating schedule I began eating a relatively light dinner (between 4 and 5 pm) like for instance a salad and a lean cuisine. (I also sometimes just cooked something that was relatively light.)  That helped accelerate the weight loss a bit and was not difficult because although I would get hungry again around 8 or 9 I would then only have an hour or two to use my will power until I went to bed.

This is similar to intermittent fasting and I find I feel better physically from not eating after 5, giving my body a chance to digest the day's food without adding more on top, and waking up hungry.

So, it's a relatively easy and painless way to lose some weight, you might want to give it a try.  I think it's also something I can sustain indefinitely.  I do occasionally make exceptions, like if I want to go out to dinner with others at a later time, but that doesn't seem to derail my weight loss if it's only occasionally.[/quote]

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