One idea I came across somewhere in my travels, is using intermittent fasting as a way to put the kibosh on eating out of boredom at night. I'm not sure I wholly subscribe to a Jason Fung-ian, or Satchin Panda-ian concept of circadian eating, although what Panda says in particular about "shutting down the highway so the body can make repairs to the road" makes a certain amount of sense. (He is talking about how eating blocks autophagy.)
However, I do recognize that I have a tendency to eat for entertainment, particularly after dinner. There may be some cases where I am legitimately hungry, especially if I have delayed eating until after noon, or worked out especially hard. I do think though, that putting a cap in place, closing the kitchen around 8pm, might shave off some otherwise unnecessary calories. If I get a health boost out of it from a circadian perspective, all the better.
