How To: Boost Your Metabolism

I am so excited right now, you don't even know. It's my birthday tomorrow and someone is going to have a blast at her Sunday birthday brunch tomorrow!

But, going back to the point of today's post. Ways to boost your metabolism. Now, for those of you who have a super-duper fast metabolism and can eat anything you want anytime you want...I hate you. No, but seriously, us girls who have a slow metabolism have it so much harder than ya'll. So, I've been doing quite a bit of research on the topic of metabolism lately and have found a few ways that personally work for me and that will probably work for you that will help boost your metabolism.

1) RISE AND SHINE What do you do the second when you wake up? Stretch? Go to the bathroom? Make coffee? Well, what you should really do is exercise. Now, I'm not saying that you should wake up at 5 AM every morning to go on a 40-minute run or something ridiculous like that. What I want you to do is wake up, stretch quickly, and do a very brief and quick 5-10 minute workout (some squats, push-ups, jumping jacks - nothing fancy). Working out in the morning will help you boost your metabolism and make you feel better overall!

2) CUP O' COFFEE I know some say that coffee is bad for you, and I know that some don't like coffee... But if you do like coffee - one cup in the morning won't hurt you! In fact, your health will benefit from it! Coffee has a lot of anti-oxidants and it boosts your metabolism, not to mention wakes you up for school. But coffee does make you dehydrated, so make sure that you drink plenty of water!

3) DRINK UP Just as I mentioned above - water is very important for you and your body. I try to drink at least 8 glasses of water a day (on weekends I drink about 11-12). Water flows throw your system, flushing everything out and boosting your metabolism. Yay!

4) START IT RIGHT Eat a healthy breakfast. I cannot stress enough about how important this is! I actually wrote a post some time ago about quick and easy (and healthy) breakfast ideas, so I won't talk much about that here... But the point is, I love breakfasts and you should too! - it helps you boost your metabolism (DUH) and makes you less hungry later on!

Yep, so that's all for tonight, hope ya'll enjoyed! TALK TO YOU WHEN I'M 14 ;)

xoxo,
Liz

P.S. Also, the picture above shows some foods that help boost your metabolism! ;)