Weight Loss Tips: Reset Your Body Clock with The Belly Melt Diet

How To Lose Weight All Day Long

Work with your body's natural rhythms to vanquish cravings, increase energy, and drop pounds


Lose Weight While You Sleep!
Not only can constant exposure to light disrupt sleep patterns, it also puts you at risk of weight gain. Mice exposed to regular light/dark cycles—16 hours of bright light and 8 hours of darkness—gained 50% less weight than mice that were exposed to more light. Not clocking enough dark minutes daily also suppresses the sleep hormone melatonin. The catch: Your body produces this sandman hormone only when it's dark. Any light—whether it's from the TV or the bathroom down the hall—will slow or stop its flow. Here, three smart ways to guarantee your body gets the darkness it needs.
2. Wear a sleep mask to keep out unwelcome light.

The Body Clock Reset Diet is adapted from The Belly Melt Diet, by the editors of Prevention. To find out more, go to thebellymeltdiet.com.

Published March 2012, Prevention