Question on not eating

It's not.

Not true - how much you eat not when you eat matters. If you put in less fuel than you need you can't create energy from nothing.

All that is doing is moving around the times in a day/night when you are in a surplus and when you are in a deficit - it doesn't change the total balance.

Think of it as topping up your car's fuel tank, if you put in ten gallons in the morning or the evening you have still put in ten gallons.

I eat most of my calories after 730pm most days. The only time this eating schedule has made me gain weight was when I ate in a calorie surplus.

Not true.
When you eat doesn't matter one jot, its the amount you eat. If you consistently eat less than you burn that equals weight loss.

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The only reason I would be worried about eating at night is if it hinders your sleep.

The only time it might matter is if you, for example, normally weigh in on an empty stomach but this time, you did so shortly after breakfast. The scale is likely to show a larger number in that case.

Usually, I weigh in first thing, after using the bathroom but before breakfast. When I was doing Weight Watchers, years ago, I attended evening meetings. I didn't fast on weigh-in day, though I did tend to eat a bit lighter and save my calories for after the meeting. I still saw weight loss. But the number on the scale at 6:30PM was probably a couple of pounds heavier than it would have been at 7AM. What's important is consistency. If you normally weigh in around the same time (and roughly the same number of hours after you last ate), you're likely getting a more accurate picture than if you just weigh in whenever the mood strikes you.

Yeah no. Day or Night if you eat too many calories you'll gain weight. Day or night if you eat in a deficit you'll lose weight. You don't magically gain 20 lbs because you ate a cracker after 7pm.