Tips for weight loss
- Dietitian.Lauren Hmede
- Feb 25, 2019
- 2 min read
Introduction:
We all know that both diet and exercise play a key role in weight loss when people are overweight or obese or even have medical condition and need to make dramastic changes about their lifestyle. But what really matters is your metabolism and how to boost it to burn more calories.
Metabolism is the sum of all chemical processes that happen inside the body forn normal organs functioning. They include breathing cells, digestive process and respiratory rythm all of them require energy. Your lowest level of energy is called basal metabolic rate is the metabolism that you have while you are resting and not doing any exercise. Your BMR is affected by your age, genes and your gender. Some people they have slow BMR.
Even obesity or overweight is a result of over eating not due to metabolic error you need to boost your metabolism.
Some easy steps to do is to drink enough water to boost metabolism, according to studies drinking about 500 ml of water can boost your BMR by 10-30% per hour.
Another tip is to not skip meals, instead you need to have five small meals instead of three main meals.
Easy weight loss tips:
Start your day with low glyceamic index food to improve satiety feeling moreover it can boost your metabolism by 5%
Adding spices to your food not only to enhance flavor but also to boost metabolism.
You need to get enough sleep as deprived sleep is associated with low metabolism and fat storage.
Choose healthy oil for cooking instead of butter and margarine.
Dont forget to include protein at your meals to boost your metabolism and enhance satiety feeling.
You need to exercise regularly and increase strength type exercise as building muscles is linked with higher metabolism and faster weight loss
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