5 Tips to Speed Up Your Metabolism

From what I can see it is from an article in Women’s Health magazine…..nuff said.

Listen lady- Don't talk **** about Women's Health. Have you ever even READ the magazine? They have a 1200 calorie meal plan in it each month that has pretty much changed my life! They have wonderful examples of fun cardio and different ways you can use household items to tone up.

Didn't you know you can cite magazines? If you couldn't, there wouldn't be examples of how to do so in APA, MLA, etc.

kk was just trying to be helpful share something I read. Sounds like some of yall need to add more fiber to your diet

Understood and I know that your intentions were good - the comments are really directed at the article, not you. The problem is, people read this cr*p in magazines and articles and then jump through all these hoops to do things that are not necessary. Losing weight is hard enough without feeling like they have to do things that do not actually help.

The best weight loss advice: eat at a reasonable calorific deficit. Second best advice (and this one is my opinion), strength train. Third in the list: get your macros right. Rest, repeat.

kk was just trying to be helpful share something I read. Sounds like some of yall need to add more fiber to your diet

Understood and I know that your intentions were good - the comments are really directed at the article, not you. The problem is, people read this cr*p in magazines and articles and then jump through all these hoops to do things that are not necessary. Losing weight is hard enough without feeling like they have to do things that do not actually help.

The best weight loss advice: eat at a reasonable calorific deficit. Second best advice (and this one is my opinion), strength train. Third in the list: get your macros right. Rest, repeat.

Also this.

Disputing the article is not a personal attack.

kk was just trying to be helpful share something I read. Sounds like some of yall need to add more fiber to your diet

It was nice of you to post it and it is appreciated. People can take it with a grain of salt and go from there.

kk was just trying to be helpful share something I read. Sounds like some of yall need to add more fiber to your diet

Understood and I know that your intentions were good - the comments are really directed at the article, not you. The problem is, people read this cr*p in magazines and articles and then jump through all these hoops to do things that are not necessary. Losing weight is hard enough without feeling like they have to do things that do not actually help.

The best weight loss advice: eat at a reasonable calorific deficit. Second best advice (and this one is my opinion), strength train. Third in the list: get your macros right. Rest, repeat.

There's a serious problem with all the health magazines- they have to produce new material and put out issues compelling enough to make people buy them in the grocery store EVERY MONTH. The problem is, actual nutrition and fitness doesn't change all that often. There's a few new ideas and studies all the time, but certainly not enough to produce a monthly magazine, and mostly the "new" information is some minute point that won't be applicable to most people, or if it is applicable- it's not anything earth shattering.

So, how do they produce new material month-to-month? They make it up. Or, more correctly, they take one of the minute points mentioned above, and extrapolate it in to complicated routines, regimens, and supplement suggestions and use tons of fluff writing to fill in the gaps. They re-print old, debunked ideas. They create workout routines of obscure isolation exercises to "target" some specific area. It's pretty much all bullsh!t, with the endgame of selling advertising and getting grocery aisle shoppers interested enough to buy the magazine and expose themselves to the ads at home. Unfortunately, this mindfcuks with people and gives resonance to silly made-up ideas.

I appreciate your effort to be helpful, but much of this information has been proven to be false. Eat at a moderate calorie deficit and exercise regularly. It is really as simple as that.

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Well I am new to trying to get on the healthy side, and searching anywhere and everywhere for help as I dont fully understand how I am suppose to be eating per my doctor. But awaiting for approval to see a nutritionist, so hopefully that will help

Hope you get to see a nutrionist as everyone is different. Basically, it's taking in less calories than you burn, drinking lots of water (fluids), watching carbs, fats.... and exercise

I get you're trying to be helpful- but first- everyone's not that different. With the exception of disease and disorders, most people are pretty much the same. Second- not everyone needs to watch carbs or fats. As a matter of fact, most people don't need to specifically limit either. A well balanced diet where you get enough protein, a wide variety of vegetables and fruits, and some healthy fats works for pretty much everyone- as long as you are at an appropriate calorie deficit for your goals. I didn't mention carbs in that list, because it's a matter of preference and satiety. If you don't have a specific condition that requires limiting carbs or fats, and you don't want to, you don't have to. Get the right amount of protein and fat within your calorie limits, and the carbs sort of limit themselves so they're not out of whack.

From what I can see it is from an article in Women’s Health magazine…..nuff said.

Listen lady- Don't talk **** about Women's Health. Have you ever even READ the magazine? They have a 1200 calorie meal plan in it each month that has pretty much changed my life! They have wonderful examples of fun cardio and different ways you can use household items to tone up.

Didn't you know you can cite magazines? If you couldn't, there wouldn't be examples of how to do so in APA, MLA, etc.

You can cite the National Enquirer using MLA and APA style too. Doesn't make te source any more reliable.

Well I am new to trying to get on the healthy side, and searching anywhere and everywhere for help as I dont fully understand how I am suppose to be eating per my doctor. But awaiting for approval to see a nutritionist, so hopefully that will help

Hope you get to see a nutrionist as everyone is different. Basically, it's taking in less calories than you burn, drinking lots of water (fluids), watching carbs, fats.... and exercise

I get you're trying to be helpful- but first- everyone's not that different. With the exception of disease and disorders, most people are pretty much the same. Second- not everyone needs to watch carbs or fats. As a matter of fact, most people don't need to specifically limit either. A well balanced diet where you get enough protein, a wide variety of vegetables and fruits, and some healthy fats works for pretty much everyone- as long as you are at an appropriate calorie deficit for your goals. I didn't mention carbs in that list, because it's a matter of preference and satiety. If you don't have a specific condition that requires limiting carbs or fats, and you don't want to, you don't have to. Get the right amount of protein and fat within your calorie limits, and the carbs sort of limit themselves so they're not out of whack.

No most people aren't the same and yes I neglected to include protein along with the proper amount of carbs, fats ...
But I disagree with you regarding carbs.

So everyone's different AND everyone needs to limit carbs?

I'll remember to eat better at breakfast. At the moment all i have the time for is an apple! Lol

When you copy paste an article, it’s good to provide that link to the article so people can check sources. From what I can see it is from an article in Women’s Health magazine…..nuff said.

Kinda funny. I think that is the magazine I read about and found out about this very sight from. I checked it out, joined and am down 25 pounds and plan on going on and on. Without "Women's Day" this would never have happened. Nuff' Said

And, were you on a calorie deficit also while doing these wonderful and totally scientific based things?

Thank you for the article and I agree with some of it, especially eating breakfast.

Here is an article from Web MD

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/increase-your-metabolism-start-losing-fat

That is basically from the same original source as the article the OP posted an extract of.


Check this out for one of the studies that indicate intra day meal frequency is irrelevent:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985?

"There have been reports of an inverse relationship between meal frequency (MF) and adiposity. It has been postulated that this may be explained by favourable effects of increased MF on appetite control and possibly on gut peptides as well. The main goal of the present study was to investigate whether using a high MF could lead to a greater weight loss than that obtained with a low MF under conditions of similar energy restriction. Subjects were randomised into two treatment arms (high MF = 3 meals+3 snacks/d or low MF = 3 meals/d) and subjected to the same dietary energy restriction of - 2931 kJ/d for 8 weeks. Sixteen obese adults (n 8 women and 8 men; age 34.6 (sd 9.5); BMI 37.1 (sd 4.5) kg/m2) completed the study. Overall, there was a 4.7 % decrease in body weight (P < 0.01); similarly, significant decreases were noted in fat mass ( - 3.1 (sd 2.9) kg; P < 0.01), lean body mass ( - 2.0 (sd 3.1) kg; P < 0.05) and BMI ( - 1.7 (sd 0.8) kg/m2; P < 0.01). However, there were NS differences between the low- and high-MF groups for adiposity indices, appetite measurements or gut peptides (peptide YY and ghrelin) either before or after the intervention. We conclude that increasing MF does not promote greater body weight loss under the conditions described in the present study."

Nonsense - if you skip breakfast - your body does not go into starvation mode. Why people keep posting stuff like this eludes me.

When we talk increasing metabolic rate, there really is only one way to increase it.... gain lean body mass. Exercise and foods can increase tdee but its not going to increase the calories burnt if you went into a coma. Either way the article.is off base.

Have you tried Macha tea? I was using it for a couple of weeks but stopped because there was a lot going on in my life. I plan on going back on. I was told when I bought it that it helps with energy and weight loss. I wasn't on it long enough to notice. So, I will try again. Donna:flowerforyou: