1. Lift Weights
Lifting weights have a huge metabolic effect on your body. Lifting legs is especially useful for increasing your metabolism. Resistance training results in an increase in key hormones such as testosterone (this is good even for women) and thyroid hormone.
2. Eat Often
Skipping meals has a negative effect on your metabolism and eating has a positive one. Eating smaller meals frequently has an enormous, positive effect on your metabolic rate. Make sure to never skip a meal and for maximum effect, eat something every three hours.
3. Increase Lean Protein Intake
In order for your body to build lean muscle, it needs protein. Protein also requires a significant amount of energy to digest and this in itself will have a positive effect on your metabolism.
4. Exercise At High Intensity
Intense exercise can result in huge calorie burns. Additionally, it results in an effect known as afterburn which is a post-workout process where your body burns extra calories to clean up your systems.
5. Eat Higher Quality Foods
Eating whole foods such as vegetables, meats, and whole grains will also have a positive effect on your metabolism. These foods are a lot more difficult for your body to break down, take longer to digest, leave you more satisfied, and are understood by your body. In other words, your body sees these foods as food – processed foods are often misunderstood by our bodies.
6. Walk
Many people don’t understand that changing very small habits can often result in positive effects. For most people, starting their days with a 30 minute walk would increase their metabolisms, help them to control their appetites, and would result in a feeling of well being. This is a small change that almost anyone could make but most don’t because of the simplicity.