Timing Diets don’t work because of the timing, they work because they restrict calories. The magic of not eating after 6pm, isn’t that your body processes calories differently later in the day. The magic of not eating after 6pm, s not putting in calories after 6pm. The magic of eating 6 meals a day isn’t that your body processes calories differently with multiple feedings. The magic of 1 meal or 2 meal or 6 meal diets – is the number of calories you are eating.