How to significantly boost your metabolism!

Metabolism is simply the rate at which your body burns calories. Someone with a lower metabolic rate would experience more difficulty in losing weight, even when both persons have the same amount of physical activity and diet. Hence, increasing your metabolism is crucial in achieving results.

So here are some useful tips on how to boost your metabolism and achieve quick weight loss:

1. Include protein in your diet

Proteins (amino acids) are the building blocks of muscles and tissues. Some of the proteins are also essential enzymes that are required for fat burning reactions in adipose (fats) cells to take place. However, try to take in the healthier types of proteins. Avoid red meats that are often laden with fats and cholesterol. Go for white meat (fish), legumes (especially soy bean products) and egg whites. Egg whites are excellent sources of low calories proteins! (Try to avoid egg york if you can because it is filled with fats and cholesterol!). Here you go! Just add protein into your diet to give your metabolism a boost!

2. Have small and frequent meals

Do you know that everytime your body goes into starvation mode, your metabolism actually decreases? Hence by eating frequent but SMALL meals would suppress your hunger pangs and keeps your glucose level stabilized. Hence if you are thinking of missing meals to lose weight, it will not only hinder your rate of weight loss but will also make you feel more lethargic. Also, research shows that people generally eat less overall in the day if they eat 5 to 6 small healthy meals throughout the day.

3. Do short, high intensity workouts

Incorporate intervals of short burst workouts (about 3-10 minutes) into your exercise routine. Though long-range workouts (more than 20 minutes) do well in burning excess fats in your body, spikes of high intensity exercise will help greatly in muscle toning and increasing overall body metabolism. A good tip is to try out interval running. Sprint for 100 meters then jog for another 100 meters then sprint then jog (400 meters = 1 round around the track). This is an extremely useful exercise in achieving results!

So there you have it. 3 simple steps to give your metabolism a quick boost! Now you know how to lose belly fat fast! Also, you can burn more calories even while resting! I wish you all the best in your weight loss journey!