Healthy eating habit tip : Eat more often to increase your metabolism

You should eat 5-6 meals a day to increase your metabolism. Make your meals smaller and add healthy snacks between meals - eat more often.

It all goes back to the days of our cave dwelling ancestors when food was available only if the hunt was successful. When we eat, our bodies are designed to store fat for the future when we might have less food available. If our body is starving it does everything to store fat after every meal and your metabolism slows considerably. On the other hand when when your body feels you have plenty of food available your metabolism increases and you store a lot less fat.

This is why starving yourself ( and diets that require you to eat less than 1500 calories a day ) will never work in the long run as a way of losing fat. Your metabolism will slow down and when you go back to eating like you did before the crash diet you gain a lot more fat than you lost.

So increase the frequency of your meals and the amount of healthy food you eat and increase your metabolism to burn more calories after each meal and to store less fat.

There are other benefits to changing your eating habits to eat more meals a day. When your body digests food it burns scalories, so by deviding what you would eat in a day into smaller meals and eating more often will burn more calories. You will also feel full for longer periods and it will prevent you form feeling hungry during the day.

Healthy eating habit tip : Start eating early and dont eat late at night

You should eat breakfast as soon as possible when you wake up, this will start your metablolism that slowed during the night, if you dont eat breakfast your metabolism will slow even further as your body reacts to the hunger.

Stop eating at least two hours before you go to bed. This will allow your food to digest properly and help your body rest and recuperate better from the previous day.

Healthy eating habit tip : What you should and shouldnt eat

This is simple. Dont completely change your diet all at once. Start by eating the same foods you are used to only the healthier versions of those.

Eat wholemeal and wholegrain bread instead of regular white bread. Eat wholemeal pasta and brown rice, low fat milk products, egg whites as well as lean meat and tuna.

Counting calories you should consume and the calories each meal contains is tedious and is generally not necessary for the average person. Simply stay away from the foods you know are bad for you, cut down on sweets, cakes, pastries and soft drinks. Eat less saturated fat.

Aim to consistently give your body what it needs: fruits, whole grains, vegetables, nuts, and lean protein. Drink lots of water.