Lose Fat By Speeding Up Your Metabolism

Women in particular have a tendency of following diets that encourage you to eat few calories, with the result being that you end up looking boney and ill. However the worst thing is that the weight comes back after the diet, plus a little bit extra.

Forget about diets. They don't work. You have to make a complete lifestyle change, change your eating and exercise routines. When you don't allow yourself to have any food, your metabolism a.k.a Basic Metabolic Rate slows down.

This is the body's natural reaction when it get used to to less calories being taken in.

Here is what you can do to raise your metabolism:

1. Do some exercise. It burns calories to get the energy required. These calories are sourced from food. Doing aerobic exercise raises the metabolic rate, but the most effective exercise to burn calories is weight lifting. This is due to the fact that you challenge your muscles to pump up when you lift weights. The result of this challenge can increase your metabolic rate even 2 days after you have stopped exercising!!! The more muscles you build, the more energy you need. You can eat more and also look great!

2. Don't skip any meals, eat more regularly and have smaller portions. Your metabolism is given a boost when you do, so it rises. A good starting point is to try and eat 4-5 small meals a day. If you already work out then 3 meals and 2 snacks is a good eating plan. You should try to eat something small around every 3 hours.

3. You shouldn't ever miss breakfast. The expression about it being the most essential meal of the day is right. It increases your metabolism after you have been fasting overnight.

4. Protein, protein, protein. I can't make it clear enough how important it is to eat protein with every meal, particularly if you want to build some muscle. Protein is also very thermogenic, i.e. it makes the body burn a lot of energy during the digestion process.

5. Finally look out for traps like a night out with friends or that cocktail with coworkers. Be observant of your mean size and what's in it when you order and don't allow others to influence you with what to eat. Be observant of how many drinks you have. If you must drink, go for a small glass of wine.

Wine has natural antioxidants and the alcohol level is much lower than in whiskies, vodka and other stronger alcoholic drinks. Cocktails mainly contain high levels of sugar.