Here are my goals for this blogging adventure. I hope to motivate you to become a healthier you. It is that simple yet that complex. I hope to help you reach your goals whether that is losing, gaining, or maintaining. The bottom line is I want you to be healthy!!! Lets do this!!! Lets start with the basics...
Metabolism booster 101
Metabolism sounds mysterious and complicated, but it's actually pretty simple: It's the amount of energy (aka calories) our bodies need daily. About 70% of those calories are used for basic functions, such as breathing and blood circulation. An additional 20% is fuel for physical activity, including working out, fidgeting, walking and even holding our bodies upright while standing. The remaining 10% helps us digest what we eat (it's true; eating burns calories!). The trouble begins when you consume more calories than your body needs to do these things: That's when you pack on the pounds.
The first thing you need to do is add breakfast to your daily meal planner. Although many people don’t like eating breakfast, it gives your body the rev up it needs to launch your metabolism. A 250-calorie snack is all it takes to boost your metabolism in the morning.
Another way to increase your metabolism is to add spices to your food. According to the U.S. Agricultural Research Service, Cinnamon is one spice that increases your metabolism twentyfold — and all you have to ingest is a mere 1/4 to 1 tsp per day!
While you’re planning your meals, you may want to add kiwi fruit to your diet. Kiwis pack a lot of vitamin C, but if you add 500 mg of it to your day, you burn up to 39% more fat when you’re exercising. Don’t get too much C, though, because once you get to the 2,000 mg mark, you start experiencing adverse effects like bloating, gas, and diarrhea.
Another metabolism boosting measure is to watch what you drink. Adding ice to a drink makes your body work harder because it has to heat it up in your stomach, which increases your metabolism. Also, ingesting a caffeine drink like coffee or tea can raise your heart rate and increase your metabolism.
Make sure you’re getting enough chromium in your diet to help your body burn more calories. Chromium, which is found in tomatoes and in a supplement form, also boosts the way you burn fat. Meat, eggs, green pepper, apples, banana and spinach are also good sources of chromium. When you supplement 120 mcg of chromium daily, your body benefits by revving up its metabolism.
If you really want to kick-start your metabolism, you may also try dividing your meals up into smaller portions that you eat more often throughout the day. Every time you eat, it helps your metabolism rise, so as strange as it may sound, eating frequently can help you lose weight or maintain a healthy weight.
Now that you have those basic steps let me give you some supplement ideas that will make these metabolism booster steps easier because lets face it, WE ARE BUSY PEOPLE!!
Breakfast..
Try an Herbalife meal replacement shake! It’s fast easy and affective. It has 20 vitamins, minerals and essential nutrients that you need to burn fat all in a 200-calorie yummy shake. Oh and why we are at it lets add that cinnamon… knock out 2 with one meal!! J You can get the shake mix from me. It is $86 (that’s with tax) and equals out to about $2.50 a meal. You cant beat that!!
Next lets add the chromium! You can eat the suggested foods that contain it or you can go the easy way and supplement supplement supplement! Snack Defense is a tablet that is an excellent source of chromium AND helps you with those snack attacks!! It is $25.45 for 60 tablets.
