7 Calorie Burning Tips

by Chris on February 15, 2010


These are just a a small number of practices you are able to embrace to begin revving your metabolism quickly. You may have heard stories about people who have lost a lot of weight merely changing to diet soda or walking a couple of minutes per day. These are all small habits that add to a substantial change and boost you metabolism over time. You can learn how to get a six pack and make losing pounds quicker and simpler by increasing your metabolic rate and burning more calories.

1) Get Active
Inactive people burn something like one-third less calories per day. Only taking every opportunity to get active is able to yield quite a spectacular modification to the amount of calories you burn in a day. Small movements will total up over a stretch of time to a lot of calories. The trick is to go on moving throughout your day. Jot down the word 'move' on post-it notes and put them in places you'll see them while you are sitting still. Next, take each opportunity to move - here's a few thoughts for burning additional calories:

Tap your feet
Sway your legs
Stand up and stretch
Swing your head from side to side
Change positions
Wriggle and fidget
Step back and forth
Use the restroom upstairs
Park your car in the furthest space of the parking lot
Get up when you're on the phone and walk from side to side
Tighten and let go your muscles

2) Eat Little and Often

Studies suggest that eating small meals every 2-4 hours will keep your metabolism burning faster than larger, less regular meals. While you consume small amounts regularly your body is constantly working to process and absorb food which requires energy.

3) Eat Fat

If you desire to feel first-rate and keep the fat off you should first consume it. Fat not only tastes great our bodies need it to work efficiently. By consuming a few servings of 'healthy' fats per day you can actually fuel your calorie burning potential. Take a crack at incorporating fats like Flaxseed oil, hempseed oil, olive oil, avocados, salmon, albacore tuna, nuts and seeds into your diet daily.

4) Drink Cold Water

Evidence shows that your body may possibly use many more calories trying to raise cold water to the temperature of your body than it does for hot drinks. And overall staying well hydrated will help your body's metabolic processes burn quicker.

5) Exercise With Weights

Keeping fit with weights improves your metabolism in a few ways. By lifting weights you will create muscle tissue, and muscle tissue is metabolically active, so it requires calories even while at rest. Consequently, it helps to increase fat-burning enzymes in your body.


6) Spice It Up

Consuming hot spices could speed up your metabolism. Just half a teaspoon of cinnamon each day can help enhance metabolism and keep blood sugar levels in check. Can't stand the consideration of cinnamon in your morning mug of coffee? Spice it up with cayenne, crushed red pepper or wasabi.

7) Consume More Protein

Protein requires a substantially more complex digestive process by your body in order to be digested and utilized as energy. For instance, 100 calories of protein may take up to 30 calories to digest. Protein also takes a longer time to digest and helps to stabilize blood sugar for longer periods of time and this will help you to not gorge later on in the day. Eat a serving of protein at every mealtime and as part of your snacks and you will increase the total amount of calories you burn daily.

Get more information here on how to lose body fat, increase muscle, and get the toned body you have always wanted.

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