Is it important to know “when” a person burns fat? Dr. Berg in his book, The 7 Principles of Fat  Burning, makes this point; “… a person doesn’t melt fat during exercising or during the day;  people burn fat  only while they are sleeping.”

This statement created both skepticism and curiosity. So I set out to do an experiment on myself  to see if this is true or not. I weighed myself in the early morning, then at night for three days in  a row. I wanted to see if there was any difference between losing anything between early  morning to late night or late night to early morning. I was sure that working out 2 hours in the  gym would burn 400 calories. To my surprise, Dr. Berg was correct. During those three days, I  lost nothing during the day, which was weird because I lost 400 calories, yet I lost a quarter  pound each night. This was interesting, because Dr. Berg says that those 400 calories burned  were sugar calories, not fat calories.

Hormones that burn fat get triggered through what you do during the day, but the actual  burning process happens when you are very calm and resting. The minute you stress yourself,  you shut off weight loss.

But the most interesting thing that Dr. Berg mentioned has to do with fat-making hormones. All  it takes is just a little of the wrong foods before bed to prevent any fat burning from occurring.  This is depressing, yet hopeful, because he lists all the foods you need to stay completely away  from. You can get his book and the list, but one thing on the list was orange juice. Dr. Berg says,  half a glass of orange juice before bed will block fat burning for 8 hours.

I tried to get his book at the bookstore and it was back ordered. But you may want to check his  website, because I know it was cheaper – findyourbodytype.com