The good news is that diet and exercise is not the only way to lose weight.  According to Michael O'Shea of Get Fit Now, you could very well sleep your way to losing weight.  How can you lose weight by sleeping.  Sleeping you would agree is an easy enough task.  It is the dieting and exercise that make losing weight such a chore. How can a passive activity like sleep reduce calories and pounds? 

Michael says that by going to bed earlier and not eating after 7:00 pm could help you to lose a lot of weight.The adage of losing weight by 7:00 will work buy may have you ravaging for breakfast the next morning.  Be ready for the appetite with a single serving meal such as oatmeal and a fruit.  Time you meals at least three to five hours apart as you go through your daily activities.  You can see how the system works now.  You are reducing your caloric intake and also by being active until about 7:00 pm and not eating after that hours indicates that the pounds should start to come off.  Add a thirty minute walk to your routine and before you know it you will get to your goal weight.

Keep your caloric intake limited to 400 calories on your three to five hour scheduled meal and your weight loss program will be a success.  Get your meal caloric average to 400 and do not exceed 1200 calories a day.  You will not be hungry because of the management of your meals that be sure to eat plenty of fiber-filled foolds that makes your stomach fill full.  Also do not forget to drink  eight glasses of water a day for a total of 64 ounces.  If you purchase the larger containers instead of the eight ounce of bottled water, drinking the 64 ounces will be easier.

 Most people get their appetite at nght when their day is less busy and for some less to do except maybe to eat and watch television.  Night time is the time when when most caloreis are consumed.  Dinner is never pancake and eggs but is maybe steak and potatoes, right?  Instead of making mumerous trips to the fridge if you managed to evade the steak and potatoes, have fresh fruits readily available.  Give your body enough time to digest your food which is the five hours that you are supposed to be spacing your meals.  By the time you need to eat again, it should be your bedtime.  Try not to eat after 7:00 pm as the calories will not be worked out during your sleep.  You are getting away from the dinner table by getting your much needed rest.  If you eat after 7:00pm and do not plan to exercise off the calories, the sedentary life style of evening life will add on the pounds.  No one goes on a diet to gain weight and you would be defeating the purpose of the Sleep and Lose Weight Diet.

So forget about being hungry as you should fill up with fiber-rich foods and grab a pillow instead of a snack loaded with calories.  Start on your way to losing weight the easiest way possible and that is through sleep.