Boost your metabolism

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heatherwow1
heatherwow1 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Looking for ways to boost my metabolism. Any suggestions will help?
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  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
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    Just seconding what's already been said. Increased activity FTW :)
  • Whitezombiegirl
    Whitezombiegirl Posts: 1,042 Member
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    To increase your metabolic demand you need to increase the energy demand on your body e.g deliberate movement.

    Other ideas which increase the demand slightly are : dealing with irritants such as chilli, increasing heart rate e.g amphetamines or caffeine, healing, growing. Obviously some of these I definitely don't recommend and some you don't have control over.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
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    Move more.
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
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    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Move more in your daily non-exercise life. That's about the only thing that can actually work short term.

    Well, caffeine works a little, but you don't want to overdo that, because it's dangerous.

    Long term, having more muscle helps, but it's only a few calories per pound of muscle per day, and adding muscle is a slow process. General physical fitness may help a little, too - possibly because fit people tend to move more in daily non-exercise life. ;) Of course, general fitness also takes time to develop.

    Pills and potions? No, not safe ones, unless they're just caffeine. Magic exercises? Nope.

    Just move more. Don't sit when you can stand; don't stand when you can walk; don't put things in carts when you can carry them; etc.

    Edited: typo, omitted word

    +1
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    Move more, get more muscle.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
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    toxikon wrote: »
    Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/

    Great article
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    Exercise...
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
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    toxikon wrote: »
    Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/

    That's a really great article. Very thorough.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
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    toxikon wrote: »
    Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/

    That's a great read! I hadn't known about maintaining body temperature accounting for so much of RMR, although it makes sense - I wonder if that would mean there's a correlation between higher/lower RMR and higher/lower resting body temperature?
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,384 Member
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    Examine.com is a nice website for palatable scientific articles related to weight loss. They do sell some of their own stuff on there, but most articles are quite unbiased and have lots of links to scientific studies at the bottom.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    edited December 2017
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    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    toxikon wrote: »
    Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/

    That's a great read! I hadn't known about maintaining body temperature accounting for so much of RMR, although it makes sense - I wonder if that would mean there's a correlation between higher/lower RMR and higher/lower resting body temperature?

    Yes there is.

    Lyle on a pod cast gave a % of BMR change for each degree drop, based on some studies.

    But it requires have an average baseline prior to dieting and having some RMR adaptation going on already.

    I guess one could start in a diet, and know when the avgTemp drops more - you got a bad effect going on.
    Time for refeed or probably diet break.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    edited December 2017
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    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    toxikon wrote: »
    Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/

    That's a great read! I hadn't known about maintaining body temperature accounting for so much of RMR, although it makes sense - I wonder if that would mean there's a correlation between higher/lower RMR and higher/lower resting body temperature?

    That might explain some of my quicker than expected weight loss. I have always had a lower than normal body temperature and am always cold.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
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    heybales wrote: »
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    toxikon wrote: »
    Here's a quick read about metabolism if you're interested, OP: https://examine.com/nutrition/is-my-slow-metabolism-stalling-my-weight-loss/

    That's a great read! I hadn't known about maintaining body temperature accounting for so much of RMR, although it makes sense - I wonder if that would mean there's a correlation between higher/lower RMR and higher/lower resting body temperature?

    Yes there is.

    Lyle on a pod cast gave a % of BMR change for each degree drop, based on some studies.

    But it requires have an average baseline prior to dieting and having some RMR adaptation going on already.

    I guess one could start in a diet, and know when the avgTemp drops more - you got a bad effect going on.
    Time for refeed or probably diet break.

    It should be noted that there are confounding cyclical temperature fluctuations for women. I believe Lyle also mentioned this.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    edited December 2017
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