Boost Metabolism Using
These Proven Techniques
One of the most often searched for topics related to diet, fitness, and weight loss is how to boost metabolism. Everyone with a desire to lose weight or even maintain their ideal weight wants to know how to increase metabolism so that their body will burn fat calories for energy. If you want to know how to speed up your metabolism keep reading because in this article we are going to cover several different ways that you can use to boost metabolism so that your body will burn fat for every move you make.
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Metabolism Boost #1: Build Muscle. The absolute number 1 way to increase metabolism naturally is to increase lean body mass which means to build muscle. Muscle tissue is metabolically active which is to say that it requires energy to be sustained. A pound of muscle burns about 45 calories of energy per day. This means that adding 10 pounds of muscle will boost metabolism by 450 calories per day. The best way to build muscle is to begin a strength conditioning program. In the Magnetic Diet a method of strength conditioning (Energization Exercises) is described which does not require a gym membership or any special equipment.
Metabolism Boost #2: Aerobic Exercise. Cardio is another great way to speed up metabolism naturally. Whether it is walking, running, a cardio class at the gym, or playing with your family getting your heart rate up will burn calories and increase metabolism by virtue of what has become known as the after burn effect. To calculate how many calories you can increase metabolism by for over 72 different activities use this exercise calorie calculator. It will calculate how much you can speed up metabolism by based on weight and duration of the activity.
Metabolism Boost #3: Drink a Gallon of Water Each and Every Day. While most so called experts advocate drinking 8 glasses of water a day, the magnetic diet teaches that we should instead sip a gallon of water over the course of a day to increase metabolism. Sipping a gallon of water will insure that our body is able to detoxify itself, remain properly hydrated and keep our liver functioning properly which is the key to the body's ability to metabolize fat. Each and every day fill a one gallon container full of water in the morning and keep it with you throughout the day using it as your supply of water. Your goal is to finish it by the end of the day. You will find that this is not very hard to do at all. In addition to its ability to speed up metabolism this practice also helps to control food cravings and act as an appetite suppressant. To learn the most powerful method on the planet to control food cravings naturally get the magnetic diet weight loss program.
Metabolism Boost #4: Meditate. Can sitting absolutely still for 15 minutes be just as effective to boost metabolism as 15 minutes of cardio? How can meditation speed up metabolism? Physical and emotional stress can activate the release of cortisol, a steroid that can slow down your metabolism. Meditation is one of the most effective methods of relieving stress naturally. By developing a regular practice of meditation as is taught in the Magnetic Diet you will calm the mind and the entire physical system. This will help to boost metabolism by virtue of a decrease in the release of the steroid cortisol which not only slows metabolism but is also responsible for an increase in belly fat.
Metabolism Boost #5: Food Magnetism. All foods have one of two types of magnetism. Learn about invigorating magnetism and contaminating magnetism and learn to leverage the field of food magnetism by putting the principles and concepts of the magnetic diet in your own life. The Magnetic Diet is the most comprehensive weight loss success manual ever written. How does food magnetism increase metabolism? Foods with invigorating magnetism speed up metabolism naturally by virtue of the nutritional compounds, components, and phytochemicals. Eat the foods on the magnetic diet shopping list and the seven day success plan to boost metabolism naturally. Also eating spicy foods and foods that contain chile will help to boost your metabolism incrementally.
Metabolism Boost #6: Be Smart Taking diet pills every day while you eat the same old garbage has never worked to speed up metabolism for anybody and it isn't going to work for you. As it turns out, in 2007 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recovered $25 million to settle allegations of deceptive marketing for Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, TrimSpa, and One-A-Day WeightSmart diet pills. Don't fall victim to the deceptive marketing and false advertising claims of these and other bogus weight loss programs and products. So instead of wishful thinking, learn exactly what steps to take so that you can increase metabolism and make continual weight loss progress every single day.
Metabolism Boost #7: Keep a Journal People are always surprised when I tell them that keeping a journal can be a boost to their metabolism. How so? Keeping a journal is one of the most important secrets to success in the effort to lose weight. I always counsel my weight loss students to write down everything. Everything that they eat, everything that they feel, and everything that they do. Keep track of all of it. Writing down everything that you eat brings awareness to what you are putting in your mouth and helps you to stay honest. When you get into the habit of writing down everything that you eat and the number of calories you can see and understand if you are going to lose weight or gain weight as a result of the mathematics of weight loss. By having a record of what you have eaten you'll know whether or not you are on track and what you need to do to compensate by adding more activity if you have been overeating. In addition to writing down everything that you eat you should also be sure to write down all of your exercise activity keeping a record of all of your workouts. For cardio write down what you are doing how long you are doing it for and how fast you are doing it. If you are weight training write down every set that you do of each exercise and how many reps you have done. Be sure to write down the number of calories burned for each workout. You can estimate the number of calories using this exercise calorie calculator.
Metabolism Boost #8: Get Educated It's unfortunate but also true that we are constantly bombarded and overloaded with misinformation when it comes to health and nutrition. If you want your metabolism to work at it's best it is absolutely important that you become knowledgeable about what truly works to boost metabolism, lose weight, and burn fat fast. I've written what I believe to be the best diet success manual on the planet (The Magnetic Diet) but I've also read just about every other book out there on diet and nutrition and the two absolute best that I have found (other than my own of course) are Mike Geary's Truth About Abs and Tom Venuto's Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle. Both Mike and Tom are experts at what really works get your metabolism revved up into high gear so that your body becomes a fat burning furnace. I've written detailed reviews of both these great books which you can access using these links:
Truth About Abs Book Review
Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle Book Review
