These are just a few habits you can embrace to start revving
your metabolism right away. You may have heard stories about people who have
lost dozens of pounds simply switching to diet soda or walking a few minutes
each day. These are all small habits that contribute to a big difference and
increase your metabolism over time. You
will make weight loss quicker and easier by increasing your metabolic rate and
burning more calories.
1) Drink Cold Water
Evidence shows that your body might expend more calories
trying to raise cold water to the temperature of your body then hot beverages.
And overall being well hydrated will help your body’s metabolic processes burn
quicker.
2) Eat Little and Often
Evidence suggests that eating small meals every 2-4 hours
will keep your metabolism burning faster than larger, less frequent meals. When
you eat small amounts often your body is constantly working to digest and
absorb food which requires energy.
3) Move More
Sedentary people burn about one-third less calories per
day. By simply taking every opportunity
to move can make quite a dramatic difference to the amount of calories you burn
in one day. Small movements will add up over time to lots of calories. The trick is to keep moving throughout your
day. Write the word ‘move’ on post-it notes and put them in places you’ll
notice them when you’re sitting still. Then, take every opportunity to move –
here’s some ideas for burning extra calories:
Tap your feet
Swing your legs
Stand up and stretch
Move your head from side to side
Change position
Wriggle and fidget
Pace up and down
Use the restroom upstairs
Park in the furthest corner of the parking lot
Stand up when you’re on the phone and step from side to side
Clench and release your muscles
4) Exercise With Weights
Training with weights boosts your metabolism in a number of
ways. By lifting weights you will build muscle tissue. And muscle tissue is
metabolically active, so it requires calories even when at rest and so it helps
to increase fat-burning enzymes in your body.
5) Spice up
Eating hot spices might speed up your metabolism. Just half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day can
help boost metabolism and keep blood sugar levels in check. Can’t stand the
thought of cinnamon in your morning cup of coffee? Spice up with cayenne,
crushed red pepper or wasabi.
6) Eat More Protein
Protein requires a more complex chemical breakdown by your
body in order to be digested and used as fuel. For example, 100 calories of
protein may take up to 30 calories to process.
Protein also takes longer to digest and helps to stabilize blood sugar
for longer periods of time and this can
help you to not overeat later in the day.
Eat a portion of protein at every meal and as part of your snacks and
you will increase the total number of calories you burn each day.
7) Eat Fat
If you want feel good and keep the fat off you need to first
put it in. Fat not only tastes good our
bodies need it to work efficiently. By
consuming several servings of ‘healthy’ fats every day you will actually
increase your calorie burning potential.
Try incorporating fats like Flaxseed oil, hempseed oil, olive oil,
avocados, salmon, albacore tuna, nuts and seeds into your diet daily.
