7 Easy Tricks to Boost Your Metabolism

1. Add Protein to every meal, 

especially breakfast, it is important for stoking calorie burn because it takes more energy to digest protein than it does to digest carbohydrates and fat. Plus, you need protein to build muscle. 

2. Make Breakfast a MUST.

Your calorie burn is at its lowest at rest. So to wake it up and get it moving, you have to stoke it with energy — breakfast. Studies also show that breakfast eaters typically consume about 100 fewer calories per day than people who skip breakfast.

3. Drink Plenty of Water.

Here's a reason to obey your thirst: "When you're dehydrated, cellular functions slow down and your metabolism starts to get poky," says Lauren Schmitt, a registered dietitian in Los Angeles. Yes, you can slim down just by drinking up. "People who down eight cups of water daily burn 100 calories more each day than those who drink four cups or less," says Schmitt.

4. Get a Good Night's Rest.

A single night of less sleep than the recommended seven to nine hours causes your resting metabolism to dip by about 5% the next day, says a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "Sleep loss induces widespread hormonal changes that pump up the amount of ghrelin — the hormone that triggers appetite — in your body and dials down your metabolism," explains study coauthor Christian Benedict, Ph.D. 

5. Lower Your Thermostat by 2 Degrees.

When you're a little bit cold, your body has to work to generate heat to warm itself. One recent study found that people who spent time in a chilly room boosted their calorie burn by 80%.

6. Get Up Out of Your Seat.

If you make phone calls for one hour at your desk, you'll burn 15 calories, but if you do it while standing up and pacing, you'll blast 100 calories.

7. Build More Muscle.

The more lean muscle you have on your body, the faster your metabolism, the more calories you'll burn, and the slimmer and trimmer you'll look. Every pound of muscle zaps six calories a day just doing nothing, while a pound of fat burns a measly two calories. That's because even when your muscles are at rest, they still require three times more energy than fat does for tissue maintenance and rebuilding.