[Neoliberalnot]

Let me tell you something few people realize — Fat is an organ and will defend its position and mass. It even produces its own hormones. Losing weight requires cutting carbs and exercise and no carbs ingested after 4 pm. Eat hearty in the morning and sparingly in the evening and never at night.

[RedCell]

Losing weight requires cutting carbs and exercise and no carbs ingested after 4 pm. Eat hearty in the morning and sparingly in the evening and never at night.

No wonder! I love carbs, don't exercise, never eat breakfast, lots of times miss lunch and carbo-load late at night. Of course I knew this but habits (uh... lifestyles?) are hard to break. ;-)

[Ingtar]

Eat hearty in the morning and sparingly in the evening and never at night.

Interesting. Dieticians could not place why I am so overweight and yet this one line describes what would be one of the hardest things I could ever try.

[Alberta's Child]

I think you've hit the nail right on the head. I'll build on that and make a couple of more suggestions, too:

1. Exercise is the morning is probably better for you than exercise in the evening. It helps you get a head start in the morning, and speeds up your metabolism for the entire day. Imagine going to work in the morning feeling like you don't need a dose of caffeine.

2. The single most important factor in weight loss may very well be SLEEP. Your metabolism will slow down if you don't get a good night's sleep every night -- and by this I mean enough sleep that you can wake up without an alarm. And whatever a "full night" means to you in terms of sleep should always be within the night itself -- not when the sun is up. Sleeping eight hours from midnight to 8 AM is less effective than sleeping six hours from 10 PM to 4 AM.

[jdege]

The only thing that matters is net calories. Eat more than you burn, you gain weight. Eat less, you lose.

It couldn't be more simple.

But how much are you eating? More importantly, how much are you burning? You can vaguely estimate the former, you can no more than guess at the latter.

[RockinRight]

Eat hearty in the morning and sparingly in the evening and never at night.

Those of us that work from 9 to whenever have the most trouble with this...but I've heard that too.

I'm on a weight-loss plan now that's just based on reasonable portions and somewhat better food choices, nothing insane, no tofu or flashy workouts...just common sense. We'll see how it works.

[Proud_texan]

"Eat hearty in the morning..."

The saying "eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper" has been around for a long time for good reason.

[Excellence]

Eat hearty in the morning and sparingly in the evening and never at night.

I lost 40 pounds between Labor Day 1997 and Easter 1998 by doing the exact opposite. The worst part for me was going to bed hungry. So I would drizzle-feed myself during the day and eat a frozen diet dinner just as I was putting my feet between the sheets. The dinner held me until I could get to sleep. Otherwise I would just lay there in agony.

[Xenalyte]

Um, fat is NOT a organ. Biology calls shenanigans on you.

[A knight without armor]

“Fat is an organ and will defend its position and mass.”

OMG. Then diets make the fat mad. That explains a lot.

[Scotswife]

“Losing weight requires cutting carbs and exercise and no carbs ingested after 4 pm. Eat hearty in the morning and sparingly in the evening and never at night.”

That is exactly how I finally managed to be successful.
When I got the “muchies” at night, I made myself a protein shake, and that took care of the carb cravings.