How do you kick start your metabolism?

[Pie4me]

Hey friends...


I keep hearing the phrase "kick start your metabolism?"

What exactly does this mean and how do you do it?

What are the advantages?


Thanks Pie4me

[2big4mysize]

just eating breakfast will kick start your metabolism. the body will increase the metabolism slightly in response to food.
exercise will increase your metabolism.
improving any vitamin, mineral, and/or hormone your body is low in bACK TO NORMAL RANGE WILL KICK START YOUR METABOLISM CAUSE WHEN WE ARE DEFICIENT IN THINGS OUR BODIES SLOW DOWN UNTIL THE MISSING COMPOUND IS FIXED. (oops sorry bout tat darn cap key.)

eating anything thermogesic will slightly increase your metabolism too.

[jcapulet]

Originally Posted by Pie4me

Hey friends...


I keep hearing the phrase "kick start your metabolism?"

What exactly does this mean and how do you do it?

What are the advantages?


Thanks Pie4me

I think that just means getting it up and running. When you sleep, your metabolism lowers. If you eat breakfast, it will get your metabolism up back to "normal".

[changing]

I exercise to really work up a sweat and use hot sauce (cayenne peppers and vinegar) as a condiment a lot. I heard mustard is thermogenic too, and I eat a lot of that.


When I can stand it, I drink my water iced because the body expends extra calories to heat it up (or so I've heard).

The biggest thing that's kickstarted my metabolism is not eating all those carbs!! Insulin production is a nasty, counterproductive thing when you're trying to burn body fat for fuel.

[sweetgirl2]

Hi
It's so weird in a way, as I just re-read this article today that I have had in my notebook for a couple of months, when I saw this question here!

It isn't Atkins related as such, but I thought someone might find something in it that peaks their interest. I know I certainly have taken on board a couple tips. Cheers!

10 ways to boost your metabolism

1. Increase your meal frequency: Eat more often but don’t increase total calories. For example, break three meals into five to six smaller meals and eat every three hours. Food can actually help burn body fat when used strategically. Breaking meals into smaller feedings helps to control blood sugar and puts you in a better position to lose fat.

2. Break up your workout: Many people are pressed for time and the thought of exercise becomes another stress in their lives. However, research has proven that two short bouts of exercise per day will actually stimulate the metabolism more than one longer bout. Go for two brisk 15 minute walks per day, five days per week, and you’ll see progress at the end of 30 days.

3. Eat breakfast: If you sleep through the night and then deprive the body of food in the morning, the body is sensing a potential famine and holds onto stored body fat to keep you alive. Remember, calories from food represent heat. Use the heat to rev your metabolism.

4. Cycle calories: For three days, consume your minimum calorie requirement based on your height, weight and goals. Then, on day four, increase your calories by an additional 400 (nutritious foods only). This technique can actually get the metabolism racing and stimulate additional fat loss.

5. Drinks lots of water: If you limit your water intake, the body will retain water; the body only needs to be dehydrated by approximately 2 percent for this to take place. Drink 0.55 multiplied by your body weight in ounces of water per day.

6. Exercise in the morning: If you can fit it into your schedule, exercise in the morning. People who exercise consistently in the morning find that exercise at this time regulates their appetite all day long. They don’t get as hungry and they start the day with a boost to the metabolism.

7. Perform cardio interval training: Cardio interval training is simply short bursts of high-intensity exercise combined with more moderate intensity within the same workout. Studies have shown that people who perform interval training twice a week (in addition to two other days of lower intensity cardio) lose twice as much weight as those who do just a moderate cardio workout. You can easily incorporate interval training into your workout by inserting a 45 second burst into your stationary bike workout every four to five minutes.

8. Boost your metabolism by reading instead of watching TV: Researchers at Memphis State University monitored 32 girls as they watched a half-hour television program. They found the metabolic rates dropped as much as 16 percent below resting metabolic rate. They burned fewer calories watching TV than they did just by reading!

9. Drink green tea: Green tea is a popular tea from Japan that has numerous health benefits, including weight loss. It’s not 100 percent certain how green tea helps one to lose fat, but it appears to increase the amount of calories the body burns—not necessarily because of the small amounts of caffeine it contains, but due to a compound abbreviated as EGCG. When purchasing green tea make sure the label states that the green tea used is standardized for caffeine and EGCG.

10. Practice hydrotherapy: First thing in the morning, drink 32 ounces of very cold water on an empty stomach. Don’t eat breakfast for at least 30 minutes. The cold water will force your body to raise its core temperature, thereby stimulating your metabolism and excreting any excess water. You may find that you lose two pounds the first month you try this. If you want to take it a step further, do the same thing at lunch.

[SugarFreeSheila]

Cardio is a given - but resistance training really kicks the metabolism into gear!

[sweetgirl2]

Hi Sheila, thanks for that.
I was wondering why the article didn't mention resistance training as it was a personal trainer's site and I'm sure she didn't get her abs in the photo on there from cardio alone hehehe

[soappedaler]

Building muscle is a long term way to boost your metabolism. Doesn't mean you need to look like a body builder. Muscle is metabolicly active, fat isn't. Toned arms look so much better too.

[2big4mysize]

the cold water thing even has a diet named for it and we used to have a topic about it but basically if you drink 120 ounces of ice water spread throughout the day you will in a yr lose 20 pounds without any other changes in your way of life from the energy used to warm the water and your body tissue it contacts back to normal.