1. Brush your teeth right after dinner so you remember: “no more food.”

2. Place a note on the refrigerator doors: "Closed after dinner."

3. Eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The large majority of people who struggle with late eating are those who skip meals or don't eat balanced meals during the day. This is a major cause for overeating at night.

4. Eat your meal in the kitchen or dining room. Take the time to sit down at the table.

5. Drink cold no-calorie drinks such as water or Crystal Light at night. They taste good and keep your mouth busy.

6. Change your bedtime plan. It will take effort, but it will pay off. You need something that will occupy your mind and hands. Try knitting, lifting free weights in the living room, stretching while watching TV, or putting together your photo albums.

7. If you are eating at night to unwind, calm emotions, or relax yourself, focus on getting in touch with what's going on emotionally when you go for the fridge. Develop non-food methods of dealing with stress.

8. Eat without engaging in any other simultaneous activity, i.e., no reading,

9. Eating late at night won't cause weight gain. It's the number of calories you eat not when you eat them—that counts. However, by having a cutoff point, most people drop weight by simply eliminating calories they were taking in out of habit as opposed to being hungry.

10. If you're up late burning the midnight oil, snack on "free" foods. These are foods that, don't have health benefits, are very low fat, low-calorie snacks and are almost harmless. These include sugar-free Jell-O (10 calories) and sugar-free chocolate pudding (60 calories). Need something crunchy and salty? Try trans-fat-free microwave popcorn.

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