Try These Overnight Metabolism Boosters

Wake up hotter tomorrow with these nocturnal calorie burners

You may have tried every trick in the book to burn calories during the day, from a hard-core diet plan and a serious exercise regime to one of those treadmill desks at work. But are you still frittering away seven hours or so of submaximal calorie burn? A study at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, found that those who simply went to bed earlier, thereby cutting their waking calorie-eating hours from 14 to 11, lost 3.5 percent of their body fat in just six weeks. And that’s not the only way to maximize your downtime. Use these clues to lose while you snooze.

Throw Out the Night-Light