Boost Your Metabolism And Increase Your Energy!

If you have ever attempted to lose weight, thenThe more activity you do throughout your day,
you know how difficult of a struggle it can be.the higher your basal metabolic rate must be to
There are some key principals that, when applied,sustain your activity. This means that the more
will immensely increase your success at losingyou walk and take the stairs as opposed to
weight and attaining your goals. Arguably, thedriving and elevators, the more your body will
most effective and significant thing which you canhave to utilize its metabolic processes to maintain
do to increase the rate at which you lose weightyour levels of activity, and thus increase your
it by increasing your metabolism, or the rate atgeneral metabolism.
which your body utilizes energy. If you have a6. Eat complex carbohydrates as opposed to
high metabolism, your body will burn more caloriesrefined sugars.
even when you are not exercising! Here are tenWhen your body burns complex carbohydrates,
tips that will help boost your metabolism and getyour blood sugar level remains more stable longer.
you closer to your ideal weight and body.This translates into an increased level of
1. Increase your lean body mass.metabolism to handle your steady blood sugar
The more lean body mass you have, the morelevel. If you eat refined sugars, your metabolism
calories your body has to burn just to maintainwill fluctuate in waves, and you are most likely
them. Lean body mass is essentially muscle, and inwell acquainted with the sugar crash.
order to increase your muscle mass you should7. Increase your intake of protein.
perform a resistance training program. The mostOther than being the building blocks of muscle,
effective resistance training program shouldprotein also requires a high metabolism to break
involve free weights and whole body movements,down. This means your body will expend energy
like squats and deadlifts.turning protein into usable amino acids. At the
2. Eat less, more regularly.same time, your body will increase the amount of
As long as your body has a fresh source oflean body mass if protein is coupled with
energy from food, your metabolism will sustain aresistance training.
higher threshold than if you fast for long periods8. Eat more spice.
between meals. Eating less more regularly meansBelieve it or not, it has been scientifically proven
eating smaller portions of food every 2-3 hoursthat spicy foods that contain spices like cumin and
instead of eating 3 large meals every 5 or 6hot peppers increase metabolism. Check out
hours.ethnic Indians in India, and you will notice the
3. Sleep on time, every time.hotter the cuisine, the skinnier the people!
Your body releases metabolism regulating9. Stay well hydrated, drink plenty of water!
hormones when you sleep. If you maintain aWater not only detoxifies and cools the body, it is
healthy sleep schedule, your body will releasea very important compound in almost all the
more beneficial hormones which will boost yourbody's metabolic processes. This means, when
metabolism and fat burning capabilities.you are low on water, your metabolism is not
4. Run sprints every other day.maximized!
Recent studies have found that running at full10. Incorporate interval training as opposed to
intensity for 30 seconds leads to an explosiveclassic aerobics.
release of growth hormone. Growth hormone isInterval training like HIIT (High intensity interval
directly responsible for lipolysis. If you aretraining) has been found to increase metabolism
skeptical, I ask you to look at any elite sprinter,more profoundly than conventional cardio. This will
and focus on their physique. Any more questions?pay massive dividends in your quest to burn fat.
5. Walk further, step more frequently.