How do you boost your metabolism?

Answer 1

eat breakfast and exercise.

Answer 2

I think the best way is to make a reason for your body to increase it's metabolism. And that would be increased physical activity, often to and past the point of exertion. It can be yard work, biking, hiking, backpacking, running, canoeing, skiing, basketball, tennis, and so on. The more you do, the more your metabolism will increase. You also need to get enough sleep, because a lack of sleep will totally screw up you metabolism. Eating better goes a long ways too. But the main thing is staying active. Nevertheless, based on your body type, you will have a limit to how much faster your metabolism gets. Just learn to listen to your body.

Answer 3

Exercise. The exercise itself boosts your metabolism while you are doing it, and for a short time afterward. It also helps build muscle, which causes you to burn more calories, even when you are not exercising.

Answer 4

Make small, gradual changes and over time, they will have an extremely powerful effect on you.

Check out http://www.obesitykills.iconfessional.com . The guy there is an ex-Marine, like myself, and he's putting together a program for himself in his blog that will get him back into shape. It will work for pretty much anyone and he's doing it all publically.

He's not selling anything, just sharing what he's doing as he does it. He's hoping for encouragement and motivation from his readers.

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

well...... Drink a glaszs of water immediately upon arising, eat a big breakfast, don't eat after 6pm these all are proven to boost metabolism, and oh yeah.. drink one table spoon applecider vinegar before each meal. don't reall y know reasoning on that one, but i have heard it works.

Answer 6

Exercise, drink plenty of water, get plenty of sleep, take a multi-vitamins.. things like that.

Answer 7

Look around. You will notice that some people are skinny no matter how much they eat, while others cannot stop putting on weight, even when they skip meals.

That is because humans are born with either a metabolic tendency to be a fat burner or a fat storer.

The fat burners appear fortunate to the fat storers, and vice-versa. We always want to have what the other guy's got - that is human nature, too.

Within each of us is a sort of metabolic traffic cop, directing nutrients we eat into one of two parking lots. Fat storers tend to have traffic cops that get confused by the modern array of manufactured foods such as high- fructose corn syrup and trans-fatty acids that are invading our food supply at an alarming rate.

These substances get mistaken as fat and parked as fat, rather than burned up.

The problem is the fact that we are eating less of the good foods (greens, grains, vegetables, lean protein and fish) that can help to keep our metabolism higher.


Rule 1: Food is number one

One of the biggest mistakes people make is to eat so much less and skip so many meals that they actually slow their metabolism drastically. That slower metabolic rate translates to a greater weight gain when all the depriving is over, and they start eating regular meals again.

Food is the most important tool you have to achieve a strong, sculpted and leaner body. You must give your metabolism the raw materials it needs to start burning fat and building muscle. Every meal you eat should work with your metabolism, not against it.

It is essential to eat a little something every two to three hours to keep your metabolism burning fat to build muscle. Skipping meals and cutting calories will make your body hoard fat. Six small meals a day can remedy this.

Rule 2: Cut back on starch and refined foods
Most people eat the same 12 or 15 foods over and over again, day in and day out. These are often the wrong foods. Consider cutting back on starchy carbohydrates (corn, potatoes, chick peas, yams, squash). Cut back on refined breads and crackers. And definitely cut back on foods that contain trans-fatty acids. These are polyunsaturated oils and margarines that undergo hydrogenation processes to increase their shelf life. The trans-fats become rigid sections of your cellular membranes, and interfere with cell function, increasing insulin resistance, high cholesterol and contributing to higher cancer rates. You find trans-fatty acids in processed, refined grain products, such as cookies, fried snacks, cakes, breads, chips and other non-nutritious, or "junk" foods.

Rule 3: Avoid Fructose
Another processed "modern" food that gets bodies in trouble is fructose. Fructose is ubiquitous in food, especially the prepared, processed snacks marketed to children. It is also in soda, snack foods, condiments, frozen entrees, breakfast cereals and candy bars, since it was developed as a low-cost alternative to sucrose or table sugar. Read food labels (sometimes it appears as high-fructose corn syrup). The tiny amount you get in fruit is harmless. The massive amount that is epidemic in our manufactured food supply is health-threatening because it contributes to cholesterol, adult onset diabetes and heart disease. Plus, fructose can switch metabolism from fat-burning to fat-storage by promoting the formation of long chain fatty acids, which are resistant to oxidation. The more long chain fatty acids you produce, the more fat you will have on your body.

So even though you think you are just eating something with a sugar-like content, you are increasing the fat storing capacity of your body. This happens in a stealthy and sneaky way over the years, and before you know, it, your weight has soared. Just because food manufacturers put fructose in the food supply it does not mean that you have to overload your system with it.


Rule 4: Develop strength.
Only weight training will turn you into a champion fat burner and give your metabolism a tremendous post. This will happen within four or six short sessions of 10 or 15 minutes each. There are people who try to accomplish this through years of doing aerobics only, and they are completely surprised to find that they finally get in shape through weight training (lifting weights) much better than they ever achieved through aerobics.

Fast-twitch muscle fibres are the kinds of muscle cells used for weight lifting and keeping your body firm and toned. Weight training increases their efficiency. Suddenly you are burning a lot more calories, and you can eat a meal without gaining weight.

You need to lift weights that are heavy enough to give your body a true workout. Beginners should warm up with very light weights, and then advance to five different exercises, eight or 10 repetitions each set, for at least four days a week. You move up in weight when you can complete the tenth repetition. Initially, you may only get to four or so repetitions in the final set.

Rule 5: Eat high quality protein and fibre
Protein provides the amino acids you need to operate your metabolism and other vital systems. It is the real monetary exchange of your metabolism. In addition, fibre, the magical ingredient in fruits and vegetables, stimulates fat burning and helps counteract the damaging effect of high glucose producing carbohydrates such as grains. Higher protein intake with a higher fibre intake is the secret, winning combination which will keep you sleek and lean.

Good fibre sources are amaranth, barley, bulgur, kasha, asparagus, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, jicama, beets, carrots, sauerkraut, parsnips, broccoli, brussel sprouts, persimmons, raspberries, tamarind, avocado, boysenberries and apples.

Answer 8

excercise and lots and lots of PLAIN water:)