3 Simple Ways To Increase Your Metabolism Today

The journey to get a high metabolism has become for many in the fitness and diet world the holy grail to go after. Since it is a journey that requires much time and energy to get your metabolic rate (rate at which your body burns calories while you rest) to a high point so that it begins to burn calories as quickly as you bring them in, there are 3 easy ways that you can begin right now to start to ramp it up.

What it really comes down to is (1) what you eat (2) when you eat and (3) the types of exercise you engage in to get rid of it. To begin with, what you eat and drink are major contributors to the rate that your body burns calories, no big surprise there right? The interesting part is that foods which are high in fiber and protein are better at increasing your metabolic rate then simple carbohydrates. It makes sense then to add more lean meat, green veggies, and fruit like apples and grapefruits to your daily food intake.

Feel free to add a lot of spice to your food as well like cinnamon and peppers, they have proven to have wonderful affects on a metabolism. Also since your body cannot do much properly when it is dehydrated try to make it a practice to drink lots of water and stay hydrated. If you get tired of water switch to green tea or other herbal teas which can also help out as well.

In regards to timing of when to eat food, the old fashioned 3 meals a day just doesn't make it anymore, especially if increasing your metabolism and losing weight is something your trying to do. The wiser course is to eat smaller portions more frequently, beginning early in the morning. Never miss breakfast (or any meal after that either) and try to eat after that every couple of hours. If you can't get past 3 meals a day that's ok, just try not to make them huge and try snacking (of course good snacks) between the meals.

Try your best not to eat your last large meal after 7 PM, this will allow your body extra time to break down the foods before you go to bed and it will also allow your metabolism to work on the excess fat's. Drinking water while eating is common today but you should strive to limit how much you drink while you eat, this is because your body slows the processing of food down when their is a large amount of water keeping the food floating in your stomach.

Lastly is what we do to assist our body in the burning process or in other words, exercise. All types of physical activity will help boost our metabolic rate but the more we can do to build muscle the better. So adding in weight training to our workout routine if we haven't already is a major plus to a quicker long term calorie burn.

This is due to the fact that muscle by itself is proven to burn more calories than fat does at a rate of about 17 times more. So one could rightly conclude that the more muscle your body has the more calories your body will need to burn to keep you fueled and energized each and every day. You could also conclude that engaging in aerobic exercise is better because during the exercise itself you will burn more calories than with weight training, yet weight training will do more when the workout is done to keep your metabolism higher.

What has been mentioned is really not that hard to do. Honestly you're probably already doing them it's just that the way in which you have been doing them might need to be altered just a little bit. Therefore take time to eat better, each frequently, and try to get off the sofa to continue your workout routines by adding in a little bit of heavy lifting which will keep your engine revving high and helping you to get thin.