Are there ways to speed up your metabolism?

[Anonymous]

I went on a medication a few years ago and was around 95 pounds but just hitting puberty. I then slowly gained weight and was around 120 pounds and then was consistently around 116-117 pounds. I then went off of the medication and went around 110 and I have been around 110 lbs and get close to 105 lbs and have already been down to 102 but my ideal weight is 100 pounds. I am 5'2 so this is still a healthy weight. I really feel like I would have stayed a lot thinner if I never would have went on that medication. Does anyone know how to speed your metabolism? Has anyone lost weight and kept it off effectively? If anyone knows how to keep this weight off, let me know :) thanks!

[Tarvold]

Yep. There are three things you can do to speed up your metabolism.

1.) Eat frequently. Half the size of your regular meals, and eat six times a day. Do not skip meals.

2.) Build muscle. Muscle burns energy. The more muscle you have, the more energy you burn, hence higher metabolic rate.

3.) HIIT - High intensity interval training. HIIT systematically depletes the energy stores within the muscles itself through the bursts of high intensity exertion, leading to a longer draw on energy from your food intake and fat stores after the exercise.

Everything else is just inefficient.

[Madlaugher]

how tall are you? your build? you sound very unhealthy? just because your skinny & don't weigh a lot doesn't mean your healthy I wiegh 215 I'm 511 I have a subtle build crosse between arhletic & muscular(beefy), I can tell you how to crank you metabolism but I want to know why you want to lose weight first.

[Asker]

5'2 and a small frame. My whole family is on the thin side. So 100 pounds is really not bad for my build. Since I went off of this medication 3 years ago, I have been typically between 105-110 pounds but my lowest weight was 102 pounds last year. I want to lose weight because 105-110 looks heavy on my frame

[Madlaugher]

the only way is extreme cardio conditioning, increase your bodily food consumption I eat my weight about every 3 to 4 days your a woman so every five days eat your weight, next step after you gain about 15 pounds hard part you'll feel lethargic after gaining the weight so quickly but use your will to get up & run stretch out first flexibility is very important but it also decreases risk of injury, then run for say 5 minute's or sprint as long & as far as you can when you can't run anymore walk

[Madlaugher]

don't walk for more than 60 seconds then start running again alternate from running to say fast paced sqaut steps etc, this will stop your muscle memory from making it easy as long as your struggling to keep going then it's working after say about a month could be more could be less you'll start losing weight rapidly at that point make sure you're daily values are met, & decrease your intake to half your body weight every 4-5 days then as your stomache shrinks you'll need less & less 2 maintain

[Madlaugher]

have any questions shoot me a message I'll try to clear up any parts you don't understand

[PonyCar]

I'm 5'2" and 100 lbs, and let me tell you, it is NOT a healthy weight. I don't know what BMI chart you're using, but 100 lbs is Underweight. 102 lbs if 0.2 points within Normal Weight (as in, 0.2 less and you're Underweight).

Ignore the Photoshop parade that is the media & the fashion industry. You're healthy. Unless you are suffering from some biomechanical problem exacerbated by excess (weight) stress, stay where you're at.

Source:

- I'm a Physiologist with a 4-year BS in Biology and a background in nutrition & epidemiology w/an emphasis on Diabetes

[COCOCHANEL]

that sounds very light. I am 5'2 and don't think I've ever been that light at this height.

[kheserthorpe]

Your goals contradict each other.

Broadly speaking, the more muscle you have, the higher your metabolism. However muscle weighs a lot.

I think the best advice I can give you is to give your scale away. You say you want to be thin, yet judge yourself based on being light, when they are not the same thing.

[martyfellow]

Aerobic workouts will do it, especially combined with anaerobic short burst sprinting. Either aerobic classes or running will do the trick.

Your body adapts to it by increasing how fast it takes up nutrition and consumes it for energy. The more it needs fast energy, the faster your body will generate and consume it.

[lucky24]

eat smaller portions more frequently to keep your metabolism at its highest

gain muscle since muscle requires energy which ends up increasing metabolism

do some cardio to help you get rid of unwanted fat

proper sleep is very important as well

[WeaponZero]

A weight of 100 lbs or so is only a "healthy weight" if you have virtually no LBM at that height. If you have any muscle at all on your body you will be heavier than that.

[beastman88]

the fitter you are the better your metabolism works. really overweight people actually have very slow metabolism, so the fitter you are the more fat your body will use up as energy

[harveykinkle]

Despite what everyone tells you only one method works:

burn more calories than you consume.

[Anonymous]

The more muscle mass you have, the faster your metabolic rate. The more exercise you do, the faster your metabolic rate.

[Anonymous]

Eat small portions more frequently. Exercise. Build muscle.

[MrAtticusLebowski]

What are you taking thyroid supplements?