If you'd like to lose weight simply and easily, forget diets and dieting - starving yourself to get skinny doesn't work.
Focus on your metabolism.
Your metabolism is simply the conversion of food into energy.
That's all it is - just the processes of turning food into energy in your body.
You can't really "boost" your metabolism, but you can ensure that your metabolism works efficiently.
When your metabolism works efficiently, you're completely alive.
You've got energy.
You bounce out of bed in the morning, eager for the day.
You look forward to exercise, and you handle stress well.
If you starve yourself, your metabolism seems to slow.
It's conserving every little calorie that comes your way, because your body thinks there's a famine.
It hoards calories to keep you alive.
At this stage, everything you do is an effort.
You don't want to get out of bed, and everything is a struggle, because your metabolism's switched to hibernation mode.
Here are five tips to boost your metabolism: 1.
Eat More - Increase Your Meals Eat a little, and often.
Enjoy five small meals a day, and include some protein (meat, fish, eggs, beans) at each meal.
This keeps your metabolism firing - it's your body's engine, and it needs fuel.
2.
Plan Your Meals For A Week At A Time Plan your meals.
Take lunch and snacks to work, or make sure that you can buy snacks with protein.
3.
Move - Walk Around Your Office For Five Minutes Move.
Forget "exercise" until your body demands it - it will, when you're providing enough good food.
Walk around your office, up and down stairs, and stand when you're making phone calls.
Every movement counts: spend less time sitting, and more time moving.
You can even park your car further away from your office.
4.
Choose Fast Food With Care There's nothing wrong with fast food, as long as it contains protein.
Find out what you're eating.
If the majority of the calories in your fast food come from fat and sugar, the food won't help your metabolism, and certainly won't help you to lose weight.
5.
Use Visualization To See Yourself Lean And Healthy Use your imagination to see yourself lean, fit, and super-healthy.
Take a few moments every day to see yourself swimming, biking, hiking - see yourself moving - in your imagination.
We become what we think about, and if you see yourself healthy, you will be.
Your subconscious mind will deliver what you visualize, because it "thinks" in images.
So there you have it: five easy ways to boost your metabolism, and become the lean, fit and energetic person you really are.