5 Quick Metabolism Boosting Tips
When you have a high metabolism, it is so much easier to burn fat, lose weight faster and maintain your desired weight.
The description of metabolism is: the rate by which the body produces and consumes energy and calories to support life.
We all know someone who has a high metabolism..you know…the person who can eat whatever he/she wants, all day, and still not gain a pound. These folks have a high energy level and seem to be doing something all the time.
Well, not all of us have high metabolisms, so here are a few tips to help boost yours without the aid of drugs or supplements.
1. Hot, spicy foods with peppers (jalepeno, habanero, etc…) have been
found to increase metabolism.
EAT SPICY FOODS!
2. Eat 4-6 small meals (2-3 hours apart), instead of 3 main meals.
EAT MINI MEALS 4-6 TIMES IN A DAY!
3. Toxins that are produced when the body burns fat are flushed out when
you drink water. Lack of hydration will slow up your body system’s processes
and also causes it stress.
DRINK MORE WATER!
4. It is a well-known fact that if you don’t eat breakfast, your body has nothing to feed it. Metabolism may slow down at a large rate if breakfast is eaten after a few hours of waking or even later in the early afternoon.
EAT BREAKFAST!
5. Physical or emotional stress causes the body to release cortisol, a steroid which slows down your metabolism. Some of us tend to reach for food when we are stressed, too.
REDUCE PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL STRESS!
I realize this last tip may be difficult to do, but with some foresight and tools, possibly yoga, you may be able to lower your stress level.
Until next time, here’s to a newer healthy you:)
Darlene
