‘I’m a fitness trainer – I torched my belly fat by stopping eating at a specific time every day’

“It’s a great time for your body to be able to digest. But here was the biggest problem for me: the reason I had to give myself a time to stop eating was because I would just keep going.”

Katie explained that the “cravings would hit”, resulting in late-night snacking that she found hard to “control”.

She revealed that because she typically ate healthily during the day, she tended to treat herself at night with high-calorie snacks like sugary cereal.

Because she found it difficult to make healthy choices after 9pm, she eliminated this danger for herself.

Consequently, the weight loss inspiration saw the weight drop off. She said: “Just by giving myself a little bit of a barrier, it really helped me cut out hundreds of excess calories every single week.”

One way Katie ensured she stuck to this was by consuming lots of protein throughout the day to help her feel more full and banish cravings.

She also kept herself busy after 9pm to avoid temptation. Instead of reaching inside her kitchen cupboards, she would read or exercise “as a swap”.

Katie did emphasise that, while 9pm was her chosen cut-off point, there is no “magical time” to stop eating for weight loss.

Slimmers may just want to be mindful of late-night cravings and how they can go about curbing these.