trying to speed up my motabilsim

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

Meal timing and sizing have nothing to do with it.

The only way you can up your TDEE is to have more lean body mass. Strength training will do that, as muscle burns more calories than fat, so the more muscle you have, the more you can eat to maintain your current weight.

I don't know what you class as 'extreme exercise', though.

Building muscle is really the only way to increase metabolism.

Eat little and often is the best way to boost metabolism Around 8 little meals a day I have read is the best way to do it!

Eat little and often is the best way to boost metabolism Around 8 little meals a day I have read is the best way to do it!

Lol no.

Read the link SideSteel posted.

OP, increase your muscle mass.
And its 'metabolism'

Move more throughout the day. Walk instead of drive, stand instead of sit, fidget more, take the stairs, etc. It doesn't increase our metabolism but it will increase your TDEE.

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."

Eating a high protein diet will boost your metabolism very, very slightly. Probably not even a noticeable amount, definitely nothing like 200 calories.

As many people said, increasing muscle mass is the only way to have a significant effect on metabolism.

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?

If I leave the car at home and walk to work, I'll use up more gas and get the desired results.
Especially if I had beans for lunch.

+1 to this good advice

Meal timing and sizing have nothing to do with it.

The only way you can up your TDEE is to have more lean body mass. Strength training will do that, as muscle burns more calories than fat, so the more muscle you have, the more you can eat to maintain your current weight.

I don't know what you class as 'extreme exercise', though.

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?

Make sense to me. Replacing a 4 cylinder with a 12 is analogous to building muscle.

I'd like to be able to eat 2000 calories a day and maintain without exercise, but to do that I'm probably going to have to gain a good bit of weight so that I have the muscle to require that much. How will I get that? By eating a surplus and lifting heavy for a really long time. So that's going to take a good long while, especially since I am already overfat and don't really want to gain any more. So, I am kinda stuck with the exercising anyway. Oh well.

Right now my goal is not to lose any weight because I'm not really restricting calories, I'm just trying to get crazy strong without gaining any weight. At the end of the year, I might cut calories a little to take off some fat, then once I get down to a reasonable body fat I'll work on a small surplus to put on more muscle. Eventually I'll get where I want to be, but we're talking about a 5 or 10 year plan here. Probably not what you're looking for.

This is not a game for the impatient! :laugh:

Look up the videos and writings of Layne Norton OP.

increase your NEAT or go for a run.