We won’t deny that making fitness part of your routine is incredibly important for health and wellness, but sometimes working out everyday just doesn’t, well, work out. The good news is there are countless other habits you can embrace ?from how you work to what you eat?that can boost your metabolism and kickstart your weight loss 24 hours a day.
Yes, you read that right: You can boost your metabolism without exercise. Here’s how, according to experts.
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1. Drink Two Glasses of Ice Water as Soon as You Wake Up
The water itself jump-starts your body from sleep mode into awake mode, while the coolness of the water starts shunting water from the internal organs to the peripheral muscles. “That gets your blood pumping and flowing, which boosts your metabolism 1 to 2 percent,? says Kian Ameli, owner of the Concord, California location of Momentum Fitness. Water is the single most important thing our bodies need to sustain good health and wellness, but so many of us walk around mildly dehydrated every day.
“Our bodies will become metabolically sluggish without getting the water they need,” says Deborah Orlick Levy, M.S., R.D. and Carrington Farms health and nutrition consultant. In fact, “German researchers found that drinking six cups or 48 ounces of very cold water a day requires the body to expend more calories in trying to warm the water to body temperature. Thi...