Do not eat poor quality carbohydrates before bed. Poor quality carbohydrates are those that contain sugar or are highly processed. These would include most breakfast cereals, breads, snack foods, candies, and even fruits and juices. Eating these foods immediately prior to bedtime will likely result in increased fat deposit and will prevent your body from maintaining a successful fat-burning mode. The more lean muscle you have, the more calories your body will burn even at rest.
Muscle is extremely active metabolically.
Do some resistance training, add some muscle, and crank up that metabolism. Never let yourself get too hungry, or too stuffed. It really is all about moderation. Time your meals so that you eat before you are starving . When you do eat, stop when your satisfied not when you are so stuffed you cannot even get down another bite.