Sedentary people burn about a third fewer calories per day. Just taking every opportunity to move can make a dramatic difference in how many calories you burn each day. Small movements add up to a lot of calories over time. The trick is to keep moving throughout the day. Write the word “Move” on a Post-it note and stick it somewhere you can see it when you’re sitting still. Then take every opportunity to move. Here are some ideas to burn extra calories.
- Tap your feet
- swing one’s legs
- Stand up and stretch your body.
- Move your head from side to side
- Change location
- wiggle and move
- Speed up or slow down
- Please use the bathroom upstairs.
- Park in the farthest corner of the parking lot.
- When making a phone call, stand up and move from side to side.
- Tighten and relax your muscles
2) Eat small amounts often
Evidence suggests that eating small meals every 2-4 hours burns more calories than eating large meals less frequently. When you eat small, frequent meals, your body is constantly working to digest and absorb food, which requires energy.
3) Eat fat
If you want to feel good and lose fat, you need to start by eating fat. Not only is fat delicious, but our bodies need it to function efficiently. Eating several servings of healthy fats every day actually increases your calorie-burning potential. Try incorporating fats like flaxseed oil, hempseed oil, olive oil, avocados, salmon, tuna, nuts, and seeds into your daily diet.
4) Drink cold water
Evidence suggests that your body may burn more calories when trying to raise its temperature in cold water than in warm beverages. And overall, staying hydrated helps your body’s metabolic processes burn more calories.
5) Exercise using weights
Weight training increases your metabolism in several ways. Lifting weights builds muscle tissue. Muscle tissue is metabolically active, so it requires calories even at rest, which helps increase your body’s fat-burning enzymes.
6) Add spices
Eating spicy spices can speed up your metabolism. Just half a teaspoon of cinnamon a day can help boost your metabolism and control your blood sugar levels. Don’t like the idea of cinnamon in your morning coffee? Try adding cayenne, crushed red pepper, or wasabi to spice it up.
7) Eat more protein
Protein requires more complex chemical breakdown in your body to be digested and used as fuel. For example, 100 calories of protein can take up to 30 calories to process. Protein also takes longer to digest and helps stabilize blood sugar levels for longer, which can help prevent you from overeating later in the day. Eating some protein at every meal and snack will increase the total number of calories you burn each day.
Published by May Healthy Lifestyle
