Am I doing enough to get a fast er metabolism?

[Anonymous]

1. I do light exercises every single day. Usually like 10 minutes in the morning, then whatever I feel like doing in the afternoon or night. Yoga or bodyweight exercises

2. I drink 2 cups of iced coffee on a typical day. Big ones, like the ones at Starbucks. Never with sugar and only rarely with milk

3. I sometimes drink tea as well - all kinds.

4. I sleep 6-8 hours a night, mostly close to 6 though...

5. I like spicy Foods. But nothing too spicy, just enough to make me break a little sweat when eating.

6. I smoke. 9-15 cigarettes a day.

7. I now never skip break fast anymore, however, I eat my breakfast quite late, around 10-11 a. m. when I feel hungry.

Are all of these enough to boots my metabolism? Any other ideas?

Updates

+1 y

8. Approximately half of what I drink every day, I drink cold.

[cobra2]

Meditate (decrease cortisol levels). Skip breakfast, but eat 2 moderate size meals later in the day (6 hours apart). So if you wake up at 6. Wait 6 hours and eat your first meal. Then in another 6 hours eat your second meal (you would be eating at 12 and 6 pm in this case). Make sure that your calorie intake is only slightly (about 400-500) calories below maintenance if you are trying to lose weight. Going too low on calories can screw up your metabolism.

[Xfitchick]

If you want to increase your metabolism, you need to get extra muscle mass. And its better to have 5 light meals a day, instead of three big ones or even skip meals which is really unhealthy. And stop smoking, but workout more

[Asker]

I do bodyweight exercises since I can't exactly afford a gym membership. But I do at least yoga daily.

[Asker]

I also feel like if I gorge on a huge meal early in the day, the rest of the day I could get away with eating just fruits or light snacks cause my appetite would be a lot lower

[Xfitchick]

Bodyweigth exercises are OK. Just make sure you use all muscle groups to keep in balance. Regarding meals, the first meal is the most important regarding energy, but its better to focuss on all meals to gain muscle mass. Fruit is OK. Snacks also if they are not sugar booster snacks. They should focuss on slow carbs and proteins and fibers.

[Xfitchick]

thanks, go for it. Have a nice weekend

[Anonymous]

You gotta quit the smoking. Everything else you're doing is fine.

[Asadi]

just avoid cigarettes

[apple24]

maybe reduce smokes!