Increase Your Metabolism Through Exercise

If you believe that the excess weight around your waistline is
a product of poor metabolism, you are probably right. Low
levels of metabolism are indeed a serious cause of keeping
those extra fat cells trapped in your body. But do not panic.
Metabolism levels can change and this is why you should be
familiar with what metabolism is and how you can accelerate its
function.

At some point in your life you must have encountered an
incident of someone eating repeatedly large quantities of food
without gaining weight. Although frustrating, it is true that
genes play a crucial role in determining a body's
predisposition to handle the excess amount of calories
consumed. But recent studies have showed that poor eating
habits and low levels of exercise have increased the problem of
obesity and combined with low metabolism levels people
experience tremendous difficulties in reducing that extra
weight. Especially when summer period approaches, an increased
number of overweight people attempt, although usually
unsuccessfully, to loose the extra pounds they have gained
during the winter months and kept hidden under those heavy
attires. Thus, exactly before having to cool down that summer
heat in crowded beaches, people realize that the light summer
wardrobe needs a fitter body and a well-trained metabolism
system. If you want to enjoy an ice-cream without gaining
excess body mass, the secret is to maintain throughout the year
a good metabolic rate.

The human metabolic rate, which is the amount of calories your
body uses on a daily basis, is actually determined by three
factors. First, your body needs the necessary amounts of energy
for vital body processes. Second, you need energy to burn when
you perform any kind of physical activity. Last, the calories
you consume are needed to digest the food you intake. Combined,
these three factors constitute your total metabolic rate.
Depending on your eating and exercise habits you can improve
your metabolic efficiency levels and feel, look and actually be
healthy.

But be aware that being skinny is far away from being healthy.
Nutritionists and dieticians support that your body needs fat
cells, as long as they are kept under control. Since fat cells
are your body's storage room, where extra energy is saved in
case of an emergency, reducing them in lower levels that the
ones suggested by experts can cause serious problems related to
boniness. Unfortunately, the body does not stop producing fat
cells, even when the needed safe energy zone is attained. That
is why exercise is actually the best way to increase your
metabolism rates and help your organism burn the extra fat
cells stack around your waistline and destroying your figure.
By reducing body fat and increasing lean muscle mass,
metabolism increases and aids in the weight-loss battle. That
is because muscle tissue needs more calories to work than fat
tissue due to their higher metabolic rate. Swimming, walking,
and cycling can speed up your metabolism and you will continue
burning calories for an extra 4 to 8 hours after you complete
exercising. So, stop stalling and start walking. You are steps
away from acquiring the figure of your dreams.

About The Author: Jonathon Hardcastle writes articles for
http://healthandourworld.com/ - In addition, Jonathon also
writes articles for http://yourfitnesssource.net/ and
http://foodandourlives.com/
 

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