i heard that the easy way to lose weight is to speed up your metabolism is this true? and if so how do you speed it up? i heard iced coffee drinks like starbucks speed it up is this true? and i want serious answers from people who have technics on how to lose weight fast and how many pounds did you lose?
2007-03-26 15:22:25 · 7 answers · asked by IN WASHINGTON 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
The best way to speed up your metabolism is cardiovascular exercise. Get your heart pumping good and hard for at least 20 minutes in the morning, and your metabolism will be up all day.
2007-03-26 15:26:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are natural ways for you to boost your metabolism and things you can take (both scienfically proven and not).
If you eat smaller meals and more meals a day, your body will know you are getting good and won't store any as fat, and your metabolism will also increase.
If you work out, specifically weight training (light or heavy) the tearing of muscles and rebuilding of muscles will increase your metabolism.
You can also drink green tea or pills like Hydroxycut those also increase your metabolism. However in the end the best thing to do is eat healthy and workout, you're not going to lose weight by sitting there all day.
I doubt iced coffee drinks at Starbucks will increase your metabolism. Also I use these techniques for cutting during weight training...so I can't really tell you how much weight I lost. But 1lb a week is about right...losing anymore than 2 lbs a week is VERY unhealthy and dangerous.
2007-03-26 15:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coffee isn't a good way to speed up your metabolism. If you truly want to speed it up, eat multiple small meals a day. Every couple of hours...not big meals, but maybe yoghurt and then vegies, and then lunch etc....but space them out....your body will naturally speed itself up to digest these mini-meals....You will also most likely spend more calories breaking down the food then you take in if you choose your foods wisely. You should be able to safely lose about 10 pounds a month doing it this way.
2007-03-26 15:28:07 · answer #3 · answered by Tukie2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metabolism= the rate at which energy is burned by a living body....
Fat cells don't burn energy as fast as muscle cells...
So if you exercize with the intent to build muscle...
a) the exercizing will burn energy
b) the newly created muscle cells will continue to burn energy, even when you're not formally exercizing... THIS is the speeding up of the metabolism.
I really think that weight issues more often a symptom of a deeper issue... lifestyle (low activity level), nutrition/diet, hormone issues (thyroid, diabetes?)...
If you are really serious about loosing the extra fat, talk to your doctor. Tell him what you want to do, your goals, what you are willing to do, etc. There's usually something the doctor can do to help.
Best of luck!
2007-03-26 15:42:19 · answer #4 · answered by Yoda's Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes caffeine drinks ice water and exercise all speed up your metabolism
2007-03-26 15:27:15 · answer #5 · answered by KitKat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
caffeine speeds it up.
Eat the same amount you do now, but broken into 6 meals instead of 3...the weight will come off.
2007-03-26 15:26:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Exercise the more muscle you have the more calories your body will burn at rest.
2007-03-26 15:27:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋