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Those in the $14 group were more than 5 times as likely to lose five percent of their weight based on this study. Therefore, it can be proven that money can drive people to lose weight, so maybe diet companies should offer cash incentives for each pound shed in a given time. What do you think about that?

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Did you know your metabolism slows down naturally around 4-5 percent every decade after age forty. I know that stinks, but there are ways to help increase your metabolism.

Exercise is a Must. Whether you like it or not, aerobic activity must be performed at least four to five times a week for at least twenty to thirty minutes. For instance, taking a fast walk, swimming, running or riding a stationary bike. Studies show that your metabolism will increase afterwards for an extended period of time which is what you want. The next best activity is to perform weight training two to three times a week. This also will increase your resting metabolism throughout the week. Perform push ups and sit ups to warm your body and then stretch before actually lifting any weight. Here it's important to use light weights and higher reps and sets to help build lean, tone muscle tissue. For when you build muscle, it burns far more calories than your body fat. The more muscle you have on your frame, the more calories you'll burn while doing other things like sleeping or watching television.

Food plays a key role in keeping your metabolism up. Therefore, always eat enough food, minimum of thousand calories a day. Many make the mistake of fasting or try not consuming any food all day and think they will lose a lot of weight. Guess again? Your body is way to smart for that parlor trick, so consuming say under one thousand calories in a given day and your metabolism will slow down to protect your body as a defense mechanism. You also should make note that you should consume a small meal about every four hours to increase your metabolism. If you can't eat meals every four hours, then eat a well balanced snack. Lastly, you should bear in mind to ingest lean protein with all meals. This will highly boost your metabolism after consuming the meal with protein in it. Protein always has the greatest increase in your metabolism when compared to carbohydrate or fat. You also, need to consume protein to help your body produce lean muscle which will boost your metabolism through the roof. A rule of thumb that is easy to remember is take half your body weight and that's the amount of protein you should be consuming each day. If your 180 pounds, then you will need 90 grams of protein for the day. Protein comes from mostly living animals, but you can also get it from tofu, beans and lentils.

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