How to quickly increase my metabolism

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These days where the pressure to have a tone body is tense, thousands of people will give anything to increase their metabolism. The metabolism is the rate at which your body can burn up energy and fat. The faster your metabolism is, the faster you will reach your goal weight.

There are numerous things that can affect how fast or how slow your metabolism rate is. The amount of muscle tissue you have, genetic, stress levels and the frequency of the meals you eat are just a few things that can affect your metabolism. Your metabolism can slow down due to a decrease in physical activity and an increase in your weight.

Here are a few tips to fire up metabolism:

1. As you get older, naturally your metabolism rate will decrease. It is apart of aging. That’s why it is important to build up on body mass. The more muscle a person has the more faster they are able to burn calories and get rid of the extra fat. You can build muscle by doing strength and resistance exercises. At least two days a week you can workout by lifting weights, in between those workouts you can do other exercises. You can walk, climb stairs and look for ways to be more active throughout the day.

2. You have to eat breakfast! So many people skip breakfast, not knowing that it is actually the most important meal of the day. Breakfast is what gets your metabolism up and running.

3. Eat less sugary foods. Sugar is what helps the body to store fat. Actually you should be eating foods that sustain an healthy level of blood sugar. If you are a person that likes to eat sweets you can find treats that are low in sugar or sugarless at all. So instead of eating a regular bowl of ice cream at night you can eat some sugar free ice-cream.

4. Eat spicy foods. Spicy foods help increase your metabolism.

5. According to studies people who don’t get a good night’s rest gain weight easily. Sleep helps regenerate your muscles getting them ready for the next day. So make sure you get enough sleep.

6. Drink more water. This is something we have heard every since we were children. Water actually flushes out toxins that are produced when our body burns fat. In order to keep our bodily functions working well we need water. A lack of water can slow down our bodily operations.

7. Eat smaller meals throughout the day. Many experts advise to eat 4 to 6 small meals about 2-3 hours apart. This definitely speeds of your metabolism. You lose weight faster and never get hungry.

8. Do not skip meals. Many people think that skipping meals will help them lose weight. This is a big misconception. Skipping meals actually slows down your metabolism.

9. Plan all your meal. Planning your meals will help you avoid eating fast food and unhealthy food. Make sure you go grocery shopping for all your planned meals in advance.

10. Beat stress. It’s so easy to become stressed out these days but we must find ways to combat it. Stress can decrease your metabolism rate big time.

11. Drink lots of green tea. Green tea can give you energy and can boost your metabolism.

12. Take in more energy foods.

These are simple, quick ways you can easily boost your metabolism.

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  1. Comment by Robin Hockley on 11 July 2008:

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  2. Comment by Valerie on 14 July 2008:

    Losing weight is all about controling the 2 hormones - insulin and glucagon. Insulin stores energy (fat), glucagon releases energy. This is so easily manipulated by the foods you eat that it is almost trivial. Get this right, and the weight will just fall off. I went from over 150 pounds to 119 in a very short time.

  3. Comment by Calorie Shifting on 22 July 2008:

    You know I also feel that too many people want the quick fix. There is not magic and if it took a year or two or 5 to gain the weight, it will take some time for it to come off. Don’t go on a diet that is hard. Go on a diet that you can manage easily. Diet that you are going to stick too. Find ways to speed up the metabolism with the right food such as more protein and a lot of fruit and veggies. That is the diet that is going to make you lose the weight! There are no quick fixes…Quick Fixes just don’t work.

  4. Comment by sue on 18 August 2008:

    Valerie, what foods did you eat that controlled your insulin and glucogon levels? I have been killing myself with exercise for years now in all kinds of intense programs and can’t lose much weight, just keep building muscle. Do I need to eliminate all carbs like bread? What are the foods that keep the hormones in line for better calorie loss?

    Looking forward to hearing from you. I am also post-menopausal and I wonder if you are a lot younger and therefore have a better metabolism or is it?

    Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks!

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