Just Show Me How To Speed Up My Metabolism!
Great news! If you’ve been scouring the internet looking for articles on, “how to speed up my metabolism” you found the right place. Let’s face it, for weight loss the metabolism is where it’s at. And speeding it up isn’t as hard as you might think.
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?”
When you eat, you take in calories. Your body must do something with those calories. If you need some energy, they are converted into energy and burned away. If all of your energy needs are handled, the calories are converted into fat and stored for a “rainy day”.
The exciting thing is, anyone can lose weight. You must, it’s a scientific given. All that’s required, is to burn off more calories than you eat. So by eating less than you’re burning, you are not adding to your stores of fat but actually taking away.
This is metabolism. If it’s what we commonly think of as “fast”, we’re just saying that were burning off all of our calories and we are losing a little weight. If it’s what we commonly think of as “slow”, that simply means that we are storing our excess calories as fat and we are gaining weight. If it’s just right, (with these three choices, it feels like I’m telling the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”) we don’t gain or lose any weight but remain the same.
So, to “speed up my metabolism”, we need to start burning off more of our calories. There are two basic ways to do this. First, we can start eating fewer calories or start getting our calories from more “usable” sources. And second, we can start exercising more, which will burn off calories.
In the eating less category, we have to be very careful. It seems counterintuitive, but by eating less we could actually be setting ourselves up for more weight gain. If you start to eat too little, your body thinks it is starving and will cut back on the energy you consume. Thus, slowing down your metabolism.
Want to get ramped up into high gear, and kick start your metabolism? Here is a way to take in fewer calories while making your body believe you are getting enough.
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.