Dieting isn’t just about eating less and exercising more.
In fact, most of your time is spent either not eating, or not working out. So we’ve put together a list of things you can do to maximize the amount of calories that your body burns while the rest of you is at rest.
1. Start running: runners consistently burn more fat throughout the day than do those who don’t hit the trail.
2. Workout harder during the first half of your workout: studies show that you can burn 23% more calories in the beginning of your workout than you can at the end.
3. Go hard and fast: by running faster for a shorter amount of time you use more oxygen, and thus burn more calories.
4. Lift your weights slowly: by doing your reps slower you’ll be able to build more muscle mass which increases your metabolism.
5. Update your playlist: listening to Madonna over Mozart has been proven to make your workouts more effective.
6. Don’t stop exercising: even exercising as little as 80 minutes a week can stop your metabolism from slowing down.
7. Speed up and slow down: vary your speed in your workout and you’ll burn more calories.
8. Focus on strength: building strength can burn up to twice as much as cardio can.
9. Lift more to lift less: by using heavier weights and doing less reps you’ll burn more calories faster.
10. Make a game out of it: studies have shown that people tend to workout longer when they’re playing in a game or having fun during their workout.
11. Cut alcohol: alcohol can lower your metabolism by as much as 73%.
12. Eat continually: grazing keeps your metabolism running.
13. Stop gorging: keep your meals under 600 calories.
14. Eat fruit, not juice: fruit juice adds calories and few nutrients, whereas fruit makes you feel fuller.
15. Sleep more: by getting 8 hours of sleep you can prep your body to burn more fat.