You Can Improve Your Metabolism and Lose Weight Fast

     Somewhere in the fitness and health community there is a misguided logic that we are all subject to metabolisms beyond our control...that we are born one way, and there is not much we can do about it. Metabolism, people think, is simply something that slows to a crawl the older you get because, well, it is an age thing, and just the toll Father Time takes on your body.

As a fitness expert for over 25 years, it is difficult for me to listen to this line of logic, or "illogic" I should say, without wanting to bite a penny in two. I have worked one-on-one with multiple clients for the last 25 years. I have seen their highs and lows, as well as my own, and have come to the understanding that metabolism is not a wild card over which you have no control.

It is something you can take the reins of today, and lead yourself to a healthier lifestyle; but let it first be said that this is something you have to want.

Getting in shape and staying in shape are goals that require commitment. It is not always an easy task, but it is one that reaps rewards that will improve the quality and the length of your life. With diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, only a few of the potentially fatal effects of an unhealthy lifestyle can you afford not to take action?

This is why you must learn to improve your metabolism. And the faster you can do it, the better. Here are just three great tips for what you can do to get started:

Drink Ice Cold H2O

Hey, if you are drinking your required amount of water every day, then hats off to you. But drinking cold water offers the side benefit of helping your body burn more calories. How does this work exactly? Your body must work harder at getting the reduced temperature up to your normal body temperature. This does not exactly offer a drastic difference, but it is a helpful bell-and-whistle to increase your metabolism.

Keep Your Body Guessing

During homeostasis, your body attempts to adjust your metabolism to the number of calories you consume per day. By constantly fluctuating your calories, you use one of the greatest tools at your disposal for increasing metabolism. You keep your body's coping mechanism on its toes, and force your metabolism into a greater state of activity. You may try 1700 calories per day for a week, then up it to 2100 on a 1900-calorie plan. Confuse your body, and you will control your metabolism rather than allowing it to control you.

Eat More

That is correct. To lose weight, you should eat more often. Supply the body with a continual supply of nutrients, and you will force it into more frequent digestion, a process that requires the use of calories. Burn more calories. Lose more fat.

There are many more great ways for you to take charge of this all-important factor in the conquering of your fitness goals. There is also a lot of false information out there. So be careful, and only listen to the experts, or those who have put in the necessary time and research to get the positive results and change lives in the process.

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