There are several variables that contribute to your metabolism including age, gender and hereditary. But there are certain ways by which you could quicken your metabolism. Here is a quick brief of these ways.Exercise More

This is as simple as this. When you walk, run or lift more weights you body requires a lot of energy and this raises the metabolism of your body then and keeps it high state for hours.

Work out with more weights

During this process of weight training all our muscle tissues gets stresses and it is repaired afterwards which boosts our body’s metabolism. According to Robert Wolfe, PhD, Professor of geriatrics, a woman who does weight training atleast three times a weak for six months can develop muscles that is capable of burning 10 to 32 extra calories per day and thus boosting the metabolism to this rate.

Practice portion control

This is the correct way to ensure that you don’t eat more food and overload your metabolism with a huge amount of unusable energy. For this purpose, a food scale or measuring guide would be the best option. Some even use their hand itself as a guide.

Eat less food more often

There is term associated with eating smaller meals often even through out the day. It is called grazing and some experts feel that grazing helps in normalizing the sugar levels in our body. But do not over eat. Always eat what is required for your body but split your meals and eat them as smaller ones.

Laughter as metabolism booster

Researchers from the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, have found that laughter can be one of the means to raise our metabolism. This was clear when they put some people into an metabolism chamber and showed them some funny videos and saw their metabolism rate shoot up by 10 to 40 calories.

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Kim, who is 35 now, is one of the iReporters who have been involved in sending updates on the changes they want to bring in or make in 2009. A resident of Seattle, Washington, Kim’s major goal was to lose weight and start her new carrier as a writer. In her latest video update, Kim says she has been trying to find her “center” and adjust from that point. She also admitted that it is extremely difficult to lose weight slowly and gradually without making any extreme dietary changes. Kim is now trying to change her long-term habits and started to eat more healthy food.

At the beginning of 2009, Kim weighed almost 190 and her doctors wanted her to come down to her pre-pregnancy weight of 120. Soon after she started changing her habits, she lost 10 pounds in February and felt motivated to carry out this routine.

A couple of deaths of her family members in March and April made Kim emotionally wreck and also made her go off track. From then on, the past weeks have been only a roller coaster for Kim. She has now reassessed her goals and has now settled on book and blog as her carrier interest. Her weight loss journey has been as tough one as she weighed 178.5 last time. Kim companion in this weight loss journey is her friend Renee, who recently became a mom after losing a bulk of weight. Both women are food lovers who have now focused on losing weight. With healthy diet, exercise and meditation Kim stays positive and feels she can win in this tough fight.

It is not sure whether Kim will become a mom but it is clearly visible that she is determined in losing weight and will succeed one day.

Though family problems and emotional problems have kept her aside sometimes, her determination and dedication is still keep her move in this journey.