Speed Up Metabolism!
Speed up your metabolism and burn fat - fast.
Metabolism - the rate at which your body burns calories.
Metabolism can be defined as the process where the body converts food into one of 2 things: energy or fat. To prevent food turning to fat you need to speed up your metabolism. In simple terms, if we have a faster metabolism we burn calories more efficiently and store much less fat. A slower metabolism will burn calories less efficiently and therefore store more calories as fat.
How is the speed of your metabolism measured?
The speed of your metabolism is measured by a formula known as BMR or Basal Metabolic Rate. A measurement of energy (calories) required to keep the body functioning at rest. Measured in calories, metabolic rates increase with exertion, stress, fear, and illness.
Why a fast metabolism is the key to fat burn.
A fast metabolism means that you’re burning calories efficiently all the time whether you’re resting or exercising. That includes sleeping. By far the most effective way to speed up your metabolism is by eating small frequent meals. It’s so effective, in fact, that if mastered you’ll never have difficulty losing body fat every again.
Junk food anyone?
Fitness models and bodybuilders have such fast metabolism they burn through huge quantities of food, even junk food without putting on weight. How? Through eating the right foods frequently. When frequent eating is combined with the right food choices, your body will literally turn into turbo-charged fat burning machine!
What factors effect our metabolic rate?
Several factors that determine our metabolic rate:
Genetic makeup
Genes play a part in an individuals metabolic rate - some people naturally have a faster metabolism
Your Age
Aging causes a decrease in calorie needs.
Muscle-to-Fat Ratio
Muscle is hungry and requires huge amounts of energy. Muscle speeds up your metabolism to incredible levels.
The more muscle you have the faster our metabolic rate.
Exercise
Exercise will burn calories period! Even after you stop exercising, your metabolism is racing meaning calories continue to burn off at a fast rate.
Meal Frequency
Eating regularly increases your metabolic rate, a process known as the Thermal Effect of food. Remember that your body needs energy all the time, even while you’re asleep. That is why skipping meals is the absolute worst thing you can do if your goal is to lose weight (body fat)
Metabolism Tip
You body has a built in safety measure. If your body receives fewer calories than it normally gets it thinks ‘starvation mode’ and will automatically slow your metabolic rate right down in order to conserve precise energy. This is also known as the ‘plateau’ effect during dieting and the secret why most diets fail. 95% of people start a diet thinking eating less will bring about weight loss so they starve the body of calories! BAD BAD BAD! The body will automatically stop burning further calories as a safety measure.