1. Get active – it’s a sure-fire way to increase the amount of muscle you have, which in turn will speed up your metabolism. Do a mixture of aerobic and resistance training for best results.
2. Eat little and often – there’s evidence that eating small, regular meals throughout the day, rather than one or two large meals, may help to keep your metabolism ticking over. Surprisingly, around 10 percent of the calories we use each day go on digesting and absorbing food – so the more times you eat, the greater this effect is likely to be. Don’t eat more… just more often!
3. Chill out – research shows that being very cold can increase metabolism by up to 20 percent. I knew there was a reason why we moved here!?
4. Heat up - being very hot is also thought to boost metabolism by about 20 percent. Did I hear someone say, “MBBC Winter Southern campus… in Miami!?”
5. Swap you daily cuppa java for green tea – there’s evidence that it contains antioxidants that speed up metabolism.
6. Twitch and Fidget Off Calories
A study conducted by the Mayo Clinic showed that leaner people spend more than two more hours a day fidgeting, standing and walking compared with obese people, which translates to a difference of 350 calories a day.
7. Try Two-a-Day Cardio Sessions
Breaking up a long workout into two shorter, spaced-out ones burns more calories because of “postexercise metabolic effect,” or the increase in calorie burn for hours after exercise.