Small (and potentially obvious) eating tips aka timing is everything

This'll be short but I noticed something about the timing of my eating habits versus weight loss and weight gain and it's in-line with what dieticians tell you.

1. Eating Late At Night Leads To Weight Gain: You've probably heard about those people that cave-in to midnight hunger pangs and eat something then gain weight right? What if I told you that it's less about what they ate and more about WHEN they ate? Your body naturally burns more calories during the morning and afternoon hours than it does right before bed. I found this out the hard way by eating two sandwiches later in the day. This caused me to gain over a pound and a half over the course of two days. If I ate those several hours before bed? I actually LOST weight!

2. If You're Going To Indulge Do It Early: Tying into the above, the best time to eat a hearty and maybe calorie full meal is during the early hours right after you wake up or during the afternoon. I went to a party which had all the unhealthy options you could think of yet I didn't gain a pound! Why? For one I limited myself, four pieces of pizza and two square pieces of cake, I had only had one bowl of cereal up to that point and didn't eat anything else over the course of the rest of the day. For two I ate them at midday, I did NOT eat them before bed, after midnight, or in the AM hours, this allowed my body to work through it for as long as I was awake.

So the moral here is probably what your parents typically told you when you were younger, don't eat before bed, have your body work on that meal, otherwise you'll regret it when you get on that scale in the morning.