I Just Want Know How To Speed Up My Metabolism…
June 1, 2009 by Dan Eitreim
Filed under Diet Foods
Here’s some good news! If what you want to do is lose weight, you’ve stumbled onto the right article. If what you’ve been trying to find out is, “how to speed up my metabolism” you are in for a treat. For weight loss the metabolism is where it’s at, and speeding it up is pretty simple.
To begin, here’s a brief definition of what I mean by metabolism. When you eat, your body must do something with the food…and that’s your metabolism. You could rephrase the question “How to speed up my metabolism?”, as “How can my body better use my food?”
In other words, you take in calories whatever you eat something. Your body has to deal with these calories in some way so, if you need some energy they get burned off. However, if you don’t need any energy at that time, they get stored away as fat. This is your body’s way of saving up for a “rainy day”.
It’s a scientific given, if you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight. You must. The terrific part is, anyone can lose weight. Just burn more calories than you eat, that way you are taking away from your stored up fat rather than adding to it.
That’s what is meant by metabolism. It’s a bit like that fairytale, “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” -you have three options. If you eat too much, you will gain weight. (We think of that as a slow metabolism.) If you eat too little, you will lose weight. (We think of that as a fast metabolism.) But, if you eat just right, you will stay the same and not gain or lose any weight.
Burning off more calories, is the answer to the question, “How to speed up my metabolism?”. Not too difficult. The two basic ways are; exercise more, and eat less. In the eat less category, it is possible to eat just as much (or more) but not add any calories.
Logically, it would seem that eating less would be all that is necessary. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. This is not the way to “speed up my metabolism” If you start eating too few calories, all that will do is trigger your metabolism to slow down even further. Your body thinks that you’re in a starvation situation and it does what it can to help you out by slowing everything down.
Here is a way you can trick your body. It’s a way to cut back on your calories, while still making your body think you are getting enough. This will ramp everything up into high gear, and kick start your metabolism.
My all time favorite way to accomplish this miracle, is to make sure that I eat a lot of negative calorie foods.
When you eat, you take in a certain number of calories. But you also use a certain number of calories in digestion. When the number of calories used in digestion is larger than the number of calories you get by eating, that is a negative calorie food. Here’s an example, 100 g of broccoli is about 25 calories. However, digesting it uses about 80 calories. So, every time you eat broccoli you have a net loss of 55 calories! Plus, your body is tricked into thinking you’re getting enough calories so it doesn’t slow down your metabolism. Pretty cool, eh?
In the world of fruits and vegetables, there are quite a few negative calorie options. Work them into your diet – at the same time, pay attention to your portion sizes on your other foods, and start a basic exercise program. And you won’t be able to avoid losing weight.
On my website, there are a lot of interesting articles and more information on negative calorie foods. Check it out, you’ll be glad you did.
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One of the best and easiest ways of healthy weight loss is to lose weight by increasing your metabolism. Sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy eating habits generally take their toll on a persons metabolism, leading to weight gain. By switching to a healthier lifestyle where your basal metabolic rate”the rate at which your body uses up energy when you are not physically active” increases, you can attain fast and healthy weight loss. The best part is that with this kind of healthy weight loss, you will never regain lost weight the way you do with regular dieting. Another major advantage of this weight loss method is that instead of starving yourself, it encourages you to eat.