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-๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ๐ดโฃ
-๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆโฃ
-๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ดโฃ
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If youโre feeling this, chances are youโre feeling the effects of a slowed metabolism.โฃ
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Metabolism is probably something youโve heard of before, but more or less itโs a summary of all the ways the body uses energy to stay alive on a daily basis. โฃ
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Now, I specifically say โstay aliveโ because your body doesnโt know that when you feel stressed, it likely isnโt caused by a constant life or death situation (of course there are some professions where this can be likely). โฃ
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Your body also doesnโt know that when you go on a restrictive diet, youโre still surrounded by an abundance of food that youโre choosing to abstain from. โฃ
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This is important because your hormones are what influence your metabolism. And you can think of hormones as the messengers. โฃ
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If stress and extreme food restriction are being perceived by the brain, your hormones are sending the message โweโre in danger and need to hold onto what we have so we can survive this danger!โโฃ
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This makes it really difficult for your body to lose fat. โฃ
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Fortunately, there are things you CAN do to improve your metabolism so you can naturally burn more without having to cut all of your calories. โฃ
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๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ #๐: ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ (๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฒ)โฃ
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If you โhateโ veggies, this is the time to put on your adult pants and get over it. โฃ
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Veggies provide an abundance of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytonutrients to the body that allows it to run optimally. These micronutrients make sure hormones in the body are functioning properly and at normal levels. โฃ
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๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ #๐: ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง โฃ
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Strength training tells your body to build muscle because it needs to be better at overcoming that stress. More muscle means more energy being burned. โฃ
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Having more muscle on your frame is like starting a bonfire with bundles of your own firewood (as opposed to having to chop down a tree to keep the fire going).โฃ
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*๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต: ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต.โฃ
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๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ #๐: ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌโฃ
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Protein provides the building blocks for all the โstuffโ in the body. Muscles, organs, enzymes, etc. It also keeps you fuller longer (win-win). โฃ
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Healthy fats (aka less processed, hydrogenated, or refined) are what provide the building blocks for your hormones. This is one reason why low fat diets can cause a ruckus for your hormone profile.โฃ
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๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ #๐: ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ญ๐๐ซโฃ
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Youโre basically a walking ocean. Mostly made of water, itโs important to keep your hydration up so your body is a well oiled machine. โฃ
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๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ #๐: ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐-๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ง-๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐โฃ
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If youโre in a stressed state more often than not, thatโs a problem. โฃ
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Iโm guessing that youโre not planning on quitting your job, shipping out your kids, or firing your inlaws anytime soon. So youโll need to find a way to work on de-stressing when your life inevitably elevates you.โฃ
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My personal favorites are meditation, journaling, or a yoga practice. โฃ
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The truth is, there are more than just 5 metabolism boosting techniques, but it all starts with picking one thing and making it a habit. โฃ
