WebMD has a good slideshow about ways to boost your metabolism. Here are some highlights as well as some commentary. Be sure to check out the link at the end for the full article.
6) Spice up your meals (Will start)
Everyone burns calories, even while doing nothing. This rate is much higher in people with more muscle. Each pound of muscle needs 6 cals a day while each pound of fat needs 2.
2) High intensity workouts (Thank you, triathlon training)
They deliver a bigger, longer increase in resting metabolic rate than moderate workouts.
3) Drink more water (Thank you, triathlon training)
In one study, adults who drank eight or more glasses of water a day burned more calories than those who drank four.
4) Have your drinks on the rocks (Check)
Ice-cold beverages prompt the body to burn more calories during digestion.
5) Eat more often (No problem here)
When you eat large meals with many hours in between, you train your metabolism to slow down.
6) Spice up your meals (Will start)Eating a tablespoon of chopped red or green chili pepper can temporarily boost your metabolic rate by 23 percent.
7) Eat more protein (My biggest goal already, actually)
The body burns up to twice as many calories digesting protein as it uses for fat or carbohydrates.
8) Drink black coffee (I just will never, ever be able to do)
In one study, the caffeine in two cups of coffee prompted a 145-pound woman to burn 50 extra calories over the next four hours.
9) Drink green tea (I've got some in my cabinet and will make some today)
Drinking two to four cups may push the body to burn an extra 50 calories each day. That adds up to 5 pounds of weight loss in a year.
10) Avoid crash diets (No problem)
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