Metabolism Tips Pt2
Hey there, I’ve got a few more tips on how we throw a wet blanket on our metabolism.
The not so right way to start the day - Skip breakfast, hibernate in a dimly lit room, be still for too long.
Couch Potato Syndrome - Keep being still and you’re asking your body to conserve energy. You don’t have to run a marathon (unless you want to) but common sense says you burn more fuel when you move more.Wasting Away - Not in Margaritaville either. I’m talking about your muscle mass. Use it or lose it. If you’ve got a set muscle toning workout twice a week that’s a great start. Bits of toning here and there daily boosts your metabolic rate also, so why not? A squat here, a lunge there, it’s all good.Oxygen Deficit - Poor posture, and a sedentary lifestyle keeps us on the low end of the benefits of deep and full oxygenation. Shallow breathing dampens our capacity to energize properly.Thirst Quencher - By the time you realize that you’re thirsty you’re on your way to dehydration. Not taking in enough fluids puts a strain on your cardiovascular system, kidneys, and promotes fatigue.Last Call - The body treats alcohol as a toxin and works to get rid of it rather than burning fat for energy. Too much also increases your sensitivity to blood sugar, which leads to too much insulin which does nothing to promote fat burning.
Stress and Hormones - When you let stress handle you instead of the other way around, everything is thrown out of whack. Negative emotions like guilt, anger, an anxiety trigger hormonal responses that encourage fat storage. Cortisol is one of those hormones; and don’t even think about taking Cortislim to counteract it.
Got Protein? - If you’re not getting enough (of the good kind) your body reacts by blocking the thermogenic response as it prepares for what it thinks may be a long stretch without it. Better known as the starvation response.Some advice is so standard and run of the mill that we dismiss it. This failure to act can often mean the difference between succeeding or not.
One bit of run of the mill weight loss advice is to take the stairs. “Yeah right�, we mutter to ourselves. We’re looking for something BIG, something dramatic, not a piddly little thing like taking the stairs. After all we’ve heard it; we tried it and didn’t work. Millions of people take the stairs everyday and the United States is still one of the fastest countries in the world. Climbing one flight of stairs or two a couple of times a week, will not net the results you want. Consistency works, applying other simple and effective techniques works as well. But you gotta move from your cushy spot in wishful thinking land and do something no matter how small. It’s the small successes that you rack up along the way that motivate you to keep going, and to be on the look out for what else works, for you. Take the stairs, take a walk, take a bike ride, take charge of your wellness and get on with your life.
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