5 Ways To Boost Your Metabolism And Lose Weight

Written By Sheryl Wright / Reviewed By Ray Spotts

Weight loss and healthy weight maintenance are a battle for many people. However, by making small changes to your activity level and your eating routine, you can make weight loss easier by boosting your metabolism. Your ability to burn off weight will make it easier to maintain a healthy energy level.

Change When You Eat

Try to leave at least 12 hours for your body to fully digest what you've eaten and to get out of the fed state. During the fed state, your body is storing nutrients, but it's also storing fat. To keep from snacking in the evening, brush your teeth right after dinner. Drink water in the evening, but don't allow yourself to eat unless you're actually experiencing tummy rumbles.

If your schedule requires you to eat a late supper, try pushing your breakfast time back a bit. While you can go ahead and have your morning coffee, even with a bit of cream, consider bumping your breakfast meal itself back far enough to allow you that 12-hour window.

Change What You Eat

Often, our favorite foods are simply the ones we've gotten used to. Familiar flavors become beloved flavors, so if your favorite treat growing up was chocolate, it will comfort you. Try to change what comforts you into what makes you feel empowered.

For example, if you love breakfast foods but tend to overdo it on high-carb products like syrup on pancakes, changing up your plate even a little bit can still give you the sugar rush you love. Fix yourself an omelet or scrambled eggs with cheese, then have dollar pancakes aside. One or two small pancakes with the required butter and syrup will still be a treat, but they don't have to create a huge insulin spike and send you into a nap.

Any food plan that says "never again" to a favorite food will eventually fall apart. If you love chips and salsa, plan a meal around this favorite snack. If you truly love chocolate, schedule your treat in the middle of the day and try to get in a walk afterward to burn up some of those calories.

Supplement to Boost Muscle

To increase the power of your workout to build new muscle, buy BCAA Canada. Blocked-chain amino acids must be taken in from our food or supplements, so adding this supplement to your pre- and post-workout routine can help you build muscle during the workout and recover with less soreness after

Additionally, weight loss is easier the more muscle mass you have. A well-muscled body will burn many more calories at rest than a body that doesn't have extra muscle. To stay on top of soreness, make sure that you stretch after each workout and consider adding a stretching routine after a simple walk in the middle of the day.

Drink Green Tea

Green tea and green tea extract have long been known as wonderful sources of antioxidants. To keep your tissues healthy, antioxidants are of critical importance. Additionally, green tea extract and supplements can reduce body fat production and increase fat oxidation. When dosing with green tea, take care to do it early in the day; this product is naturally high in caffeine and may make relaxing into sleep a challenge.

Eat Small Meals

For those reducing their food intake to lose weight, beware of the statement "I'm starving!" Getting too hungry will make it far too easy to lose control and overeat whatever is in front of you, which will be very hard on your gut and may make it hard to recognize when you're full.

To avoid the risk of bad choices, try eating six small meals daily. Instead of thinking of them as small meals, think of them as a healthy snack. Each small meal will need a

• healthy fat
• protein source
• high fiber carb

Focus on nutrients with each small meal; fresh fruit can serve as your fiber, while chicken or salmon can serve as your protein and fat, depending on the preparation.

There are many unhealthy things you can do to lose weight, but keeping it off will take better choices over the long term. Build muscle to help your body burn more fat at rest. Make logical food choices that keep you out of that starvation zone, and try to let your digestive system rest.

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Written By:

Sheryl Wright is a freelance writer who specializes in digital marketing, inclusive business, and interior design. If she is not at home reading, she is at a farmers market or climbing in the Rockies. She currently lives in Nashville, TN, with her cat, Saturn.

Reviewed By:

Founder Ray Spotts has a passion for all things natural and has made a life study of nature as it relates to health and well-being. Ray became a forerunner bringing products to market that are extraordinarily effective and free from potentially harmful chemicals and additives. For this reason Ray formed Trusted Health Products, a company you can trust for clean, effective, and healthy products. Ray is an organic gardener, likes fishing, hiking, and teaching and mentoring people to start new businesses. You can get his book for free, “How To Succeed In Business Based On God’s Word,” at www.rayspotts.com.

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