Eat enough calories earlier in the day.

Don`t go into starvation mode once nighttime hits, thinking you`re saving your calories and eating fewer overall. That`s just not how it works! "Not eating enough during the day often causes people to eat excess calories at night, often from processed snacks that are high in calories and sugar," says Maggie Michalczyk, MS, RD. Plus, choosing not to eat can slow your metabolism during the day. And it`s obviously harder to burn off calories while you`re sleeping compared to when you`re able to move about when you`re awake.