trying to speed up my motabilsim
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Everyone is different. You could just drink more coffee instead of eat. The Caffeine would dull your appetite, increase your heart rate and help you lose weight the way weight loss drugs do but that's a terrible idea along with gaining a crack habit. A lot of anorexic type people drink tea all day long with sugar - sometimes skipping the tea and having a teaspoon of sugar and that is ALL they go on all day long. Then they get really weak feeling and sick feeling and skinny but it works. I mean, lots of things work. I jog two miles a day and you know what? My body got used to it. You do the same exercise for five years and you just adjust your body chemistry and its no longer effective. So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.0
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To inrease your motabilism, you need to listen to Smokey Robinson, The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, The Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight and the pips, etc.
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Myth. Meal timing and frequency doesn't increase metabolism.I am currently maintaining on 1700 calories is there anyway I could speed up my metabolism and maintain on 1900 calories without having to do extreme exercise?
From what I read ( Chris Powell) you can make it burn hotter and longer.
Eat every 3 hours.
Eat some Carbs and protien.
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Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.
what? Please explain this "trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats" theory....
typing that made my brain hurt...
and if OP should not listen to anyone, then why should they listen to your theory on gym culture..?0 -
I am currently maintaining on 1700 calories is there anyway I could speed up my metabolism and maintain on 1900 calories without having to do extreme exercise?
speed up your metabolism?
increase muscle mass, fever, illness, pregnancy, luteal phase of menstrual cycle0 -
One year ago I was doing water exercise to get back into exercising safely without injury. Last Friday I deadlifted 220 pounds. One doesn't have to injure oneself to work into a heavy lifting program, just because you injured yourself. And yes, I have been injured many times over the course of my gym career and had to do PT, because I have a genetic problem with my connective tissues. It means I need to focus MORE on getting stronger, not LESS, so that my muscles can do the work of holding my body together that my ligaments and tendons can't. Getting older is the reason to keep lifting weights, not the reason to stop lifting weights.Everyone is different. You could just drink more coffee instead of eat. The Caffeine would dull your appetite, increase your heart rate and help you lose weight the way weight loss drugs do but that's a terrible idea along with gaining a crack habit. A lot of anorexic type people drink tea all day long with sugar - sometimes skipping the tea and having a teaspoon of sugar and that is ALL they go on all day long. Then they get really weak feeling and sick feeling and skinny but it works. I mean, lots of things work. I jog two miles a day and you know what? My body got used to it. You do the same exercise for five years and you just adjust your body chemistry and its no longer effective. So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.0 -
Everyone is different. You could just drink more coffee instead of eat. The Caffeine would dull your appetite, increase your heart rate and help you lose weight the way weight loss drugs do but that's a terrible idea along with gaining a crack habit. A lot of anorexic type people drink tea all day long with sugar - sometimes skipping the tea and having a teaspoon of sugar and that is ALL they go on all day long. Then they get really weak feeling and sick feeling and skinny but it works. I mean, lots of things work. I jog two miles a day and you know what? My body got used to it. You do the same exercise for five years and you just adjust your body chemistry and its no longer effective. So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.
Look at the people who have been most successful and see what they do.
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The only way to speed up metabolism is to ad lean muscle to your body. There are no scientific prove that eating smaller more frequent meals will do that. I have a very fast metabolism and I only eat twice a day while fasting for the rest of the day.0
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Okay so on my to do list
. Drink more
. Eat more protein/meat
. Exercise for an extra half an hour everyday
.Build muscle0 -
Building muscle is really the only way to increase metabolism.
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Everyone is different. You could just drink more coffee instead of eat. The Caffeine would dull your appetite, increase your heart rate and help you lose weight the way weight loss drugs do but that's a terrible idea along with gaining a crack habit. A lot of anorexic type people drink tea all day long with sugar - sometimes skipping the tea and having a teaspoon of sugar and that is ALL they go on all day long. Then they get really weak feeling and sick feeling and skinny but it works. I mean, lots of things work. I jog two miles a day and you know what? My body got used to it. You do the same exercise for five years and you just adjust your body chemistry and its no longer effective. So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.
There is so much wrong in this post that I'd usually ignore it, but I couldn't help but respond to one point you made:
"the doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever" I beg to differ.
Ernestine Shepherd is around 75 years old I don't see her stopping anytime soon.
And she didn't start training until she was 500 -
So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.
There's a lot to be said for proper form and technique. Maybe you should have listened to someone after all.0 -
Everyone is different. You could just drink more coffee instead of eat. The Caffeine would dull your appetite, increase your heart rate and help you lose weight the way weight loss drugs do but that's a terrible idea along with gaining a crack habit. A lot of anorexic type people drink tea all day long with sugar - sometimes skipping the tea and having a teaspoon of sugar and that is ALL they go on all day long. Then they get really weak feeling and sick feeling and skinny but it works. I mean, lots of things work. I jog two miles a day and you know what? My body got used to it. You do the same exercise for five years and you just adjust your body chemistry and its no longer effective. So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.
There is so much wrong in this post that I'd usually ignore it, but I couldn't help but respond to one point you made:
"the doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever" I beg to differ. Ernestine Shepherd is around 75 years old I don't see her stopping anytime soon.
And she didn't start training until she was 50
thank you! I wasn't gonna bother either, but I've seen so many transformations even after age of 50, 60, 70, nothing is impossible. If you injure yourself, chances are you didn't follow proper form.
Increase muscle mass, best by picking up heavy things and putting them back down. to increase TDEE, not metaolism: Make effort to walk more (stairs, park your car in the furthest spot etc.) do house chores, go for walks, drink cold drinks (not sure about that one but the idea is that your body has to use energy to heat it up... I think this would be marginal, but thought I'd insert a little broscience here
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Ok, two camps going on here. One is to split your meals up and eat smaller thought the day. The other is to increase muscle mass.
I know what the answer but I'll relate to to cars, because cars are fun and can transform into robots.
I fill my car up at 8 am 11am 1pm, 4pm 8pm.
I rip out my 4 cylinder engine and put a 12 cylinder in it, put a bigger tank on it and top it off.
what is going to use more gas?
This is incomprehensible. What's the engine in this analogy? How do you "rip out" your engine?
The car analogy isn't a bad one though. Think of it like this:
Does your car use more or less fuel if you fill it up every time you hit the 3/4 full mark versus if you run it empty every time?
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Everyone is different. You could just drink more coffee instead of eat. The Caffeine would dull your appetite, increase your heart rate and help you lose weight the way weight loss drugs do but that's a terrible idea along with gaining a crack habit. A lot of anorexic type people drink tea all day long with sugar - sometimes skipping the tea and having a teaspoon of sugar and that is ALL they go on all day long. Then they get really weak feeling and sick feeling and skinny but it works. I mean, lots of things work. I jog two miles a day and you know what? My body got used to it. You do the same exercise for five years and you just adjust your body chemistry and its no longer effective. So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.
It's a wonder what proper form and appropriate weight choices do while lifting.... :huh:0 -
Awesome...Everyone is different. You could just drink more coffee instead of eat. The Caffeine would dull your appetite, increase your heart rate and help you lose weight the way weight loss drugs do but that's a terrible idea along with gaining a crack habit. A lot of anorexic type people drink tea all day long with sugar - sometimes skipping the tea and having a teaspoon of sugar and that is ALL they go on all day long. Then they get really weak feeling and sick feeling and skinny but it works. I mean, lots of things work. I jog two miles a day and you know what? My body got used to it. You do the same exercise for five years and you just adjust your body chemistry and its no longer effective. So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.
There is so much wrong in this post that I'd usually ignore it, but I couldn't help but respond to one point you made:
"the doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever" I beg to differ. Ernestine Shepherd is around 75 years old I don't see her stopping anytime soon.
And she didn't start training until she was 500 -
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Building muscle is really the only way to increase metabolism.
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You're talking 200 calories. Get a pedometer a couple miles every day.
That will do nothing for her metabolism. She is specifically asking how she can burn more calories at rest.0 -
Everyone is different. You could just drink more coffee instead of eat. The Caffeine would dull your appetite, increase your heart rate and help you lose weight the way weight loss drugs do but that's a terrible idea along with gaining a crack habit. A lot of anorexic type people drink tea all day long with sugar - sometimes skipping the tea and having a teaspoon of sugar and that is ALL they go on all day long. Then they get really weak feeling and sick feeling and skinny but it works. I mean, lots of things work. I jog two miles a day and you know what? My body got used to it. You do the same exercise for five years and you just adjust your body chemistry and its no longer effective. So people were all on me to 'lift weights' what a crock of crap. I tore up my shoulder, I didn't lose weight, and I ended up with 6k in doctor bills - and no I wasn't being extreme. The doctor said I was just getting old. You can't keep that kind of stuff up forever. Maybe just eat the calories and do what's right for you. I wouldn't listen to anyone. Whatever you do don't fall into the gym culture trap of perpetual almost to perfection if you just do enough squats.
How YOU doin'?
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The answer to that would be to add 34lbs of muscle or 100lbs of fat....You're talking 200 calories. Get a pedometer a couple miles every day.
That will do nothing for her metabolism. She is specifically asking how she can burn more calories at rest.
Which is why being a little more active each day is probably a more realistic solution.0 -
I am currently maintaining on 1700 calories is there anyway I could speed up my metabolism and maintain on 1900 calories without having to do extreme exercise?
Burning 200 calories/day doesn't require "extreme exercise". That's only a 4 mile walk or 2 mile run for a 180 pound person.
The caloric burn effects of adding muscle (which is already very hard to do for most people) are vastly vastly overrated. Lean mass adds about 6 calories per pound to your RMR - you'd have to add 35 pounds of muscle to reach your goal.0 -
a walk for 40 minutes. But I don't know if that's too craycray.0
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Make sense to me. Replacing a 4 cylinder with a 12 is analogous to building muscle.
It is most analogous to vast improvements in cardiovascular fitness.0 -
Increase your metabolism - add more muscle
Increase your Total Daily Energy Expended - more exercise, walk more, etc...0 -
Im finding eating little and often helps....sure i have to exercise as well but im loosing....but then thats not necessarily what will work for you. Play around with a few things and find what fits
Timing of meals has no effect on metabolic rate although it might be easier for some to control overall portions etc when eating small meals more frequently.0 -
I am currently maintaining on 1700 calories is there anyway I could speed up my metabolism and maintain on 1900 calories without having to do extreme exercise?
Burning 200 calories/day doesn't require "extreme exercise". That's only a 4 mile walk or 2 mile run for a 180 pound person.
The caloric burn effects of adding muscle (which is already very hard to do for most people) are vastly vastly overrated. Lean mass adds about 6 calories per pound to your RMR - you'd have to add 35 pounds of muscle to reach your goal.
Or 8 minutes of Tae Bo0 -
I am currently maintaining on 1700 calories is there anyway I could speed up my metabolism and maintain on 1900 calories without having to do extreme exercise?
Sure. Go for a 2 mile jog every day. Unless a half hour of exercise a day is "extreme."
What will happen to your knees if you jog 2 miles everyday? Will injury occur from repetitive stress?0 -
I am currently maintaining on 1700 calories is there anyway I could speed up my metabolism and maintain on 1900 calories without having to do extreme exercise?
Burning 200 calories/day doesn't require "extreme exercise". That's only a 4 mile walk or 2 mile run for a 180 pound person.
The caloric burn effects of adding muscle (which is already very hard to do for most people) are vastly vastly overrated. Lean mass adds about 6 calories per pound to your RMR - you'd have to add 35 pounds of muscle to reach your goal.
Or 8 minutes of Tae Bo
That's equivalent to running 2 miles at 4 minutes per mile. Doable, yes, but only for someone already at an elite level of fitness. Typical Tae Bo participant will burn much, much slower than that.0
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