| Did you know, that once you pass 25, your rate of | | | | Eat breakfast |
| metabolism declines by approximately 5% every | | | | So you have had your 8 hours plus sleep, now its time |
| decade? None of us are immune, and many of us | | | | to literally break your fast.When you do sleep, your |
| show signs of middle age spread long before we | | | | metabolism slows. It needs a good square high fibre |
| begin to feel (or act!) middle aged! | | | | meal to wake it back up. You may not feel like it, you |
| There is hope though! Below are 6 great ways to help | | | | may not have time for it, but skipping breakfast can be |
| speed up your metabolism, and combat the aging | | | | a great way to gain weight. |
| process. | | | | Cut back booze |
| Don't be too severe with the calorie cutting | | | | What science gives with one hand (more sleep) it |
| When you embark on a restricted calorie diet, it is | | | | takes with the other (less booze). Alcohol has been |
| important that you do so sensibly. Cutting calories too | | | | shown to slow down the body's ability to burn fat. |
| hard and too quick actually results in your body holding | | | | Even though a glass of wine with dinner seems like a |
| onto the pounds. It reverts to its basic survival mode, | | | | good idea, your body will burn the sugar in the alcohol |
| and slows your metabolism down in the assumption | | | | first, meaning the calories from the food will be stored |
| you are starving. On average you should aim to lose a | | | | as fat. So once again, everything in moderation! |
| half to two pounds maximum, per week. | | | | Lift Weights |
| Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep | | | | 60-70% of your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) is |
| Sorry, I was a bit excited about being encouraged to | | | | linked to your muscle mass. The more muscle you |
| sleep, so I had to keep repeating it! It is recommended | | | | have, the more calories you burn. Yet another good |
| you sleep at least 8 hours a night - not just to banish | | | | reason to pump some iron! |
| dark circles and wrinkles, but also to encourage the | | | | Interval Training |
| release of cortisol. Cortisol is the appetite regulating | | | | Bursts of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) have |
| hormone, which when absent can cause individuals to | | | | been shown to boost your metabolism, as well as |
| continue eating past the point of being satisfied, leading | | | | shaking up your exercise routine. Lose fat and get fit - |
| to weight gain. | | | | could it be any simpler? |