These Daily Bad Habits Will Destroy Your Metabolism

Have you noticed that the older you get, the slower your metabolism seems to be? While this is true, there are also daily habits that can affect your metabolism. If you want to have more energy while improving your metabolism, these are the bad habits you should avoid.

Skipping Breakfast

You may think that you’ll have an easier time losing weight if you skip breakfast, but this couldn’t be farther from the truth. While you’re sleeping, your metabolism slows down and eating in the morning can fire it back up, allowing you to burn more calories during the day. By skipping breakfast, you’re telling your body to conserve energy rather than burn calories. Kick start your day with a nutritious breakfast like eggs, yogurt and berries, or whole-wheat toast with peanut butter.

Being Inactive

With many of us working from home these days, we find ourselves sitting at the computer for eight or nine hours at a time, barely getting up from our seats. When you’re sitting all day, your body goes into energy-conservation mode, which ends up slowing down your metabolism.

Not Eating Enough Protein

We all know that protein is important for building and maintaining muscles, but it also leads to maintaining a healthy weight.

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Juicy lemon garlic honey chicken, grilled asparagus, and walnut-parmesan pesto pastaaa 🍃🌱🥰. It doesn’t get much more spring than this! Made a big batch of my go-to basic basil-walnut-parmesan pesto earlier today (could eat this stuff by the spoonful), and it was a huge hit with the fam 💯. This pesto is just as delicious on noodles as it is on zoodles, veggies, chicken, cheese — really anything savory under the sun, and that kind of versatility lends to easy quarantine cooking 😌. It can also be frozen and thawed for delicious meals that come together in minutes. Let me know if you try it, and happy weekending! 😘 – I used @fishernutsbrand walnuts in the pesto, which are packaged fresh right out of their shells, are preservative-free, non-GMO, and gluten-free. They’re also now available on Amazon (link in bio!). #ad#thinkfisher – BASIC BASIL WALNUT PARMESAN PESTO 🍃 Servings: Makes about 1-1/4 cups (about 10 servings) INGREDIENTS 1/3 cup @fishernutsbrand walnuts 2 large garlic cloves, chopped 2 cups basil leaves, gently packed 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/2 cup grated parmesan INSTRUCTIONS Place the walnuts and garlic in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Process until coarsely chopped, about 10 seconds. Add the basil leaves, salt, and pepper and process until mixture resembles a paste, about 1 minute. With the processor running, slowly pour the olive oil through the feed tube and process until the pesto is thoroughly blended. Add the parmesan and process a minute more. Use immediately, or cover with a thin layer of olive oil and store in refrigerator for about a week. Pesto can be frozen in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

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Not Getting Enough Sleep

It’s not unusual to have trouble falling asleep, but if this is happening all the time, your metabolism decreases and you’ll have hormonal imbalances.

Not Drinking Enough Water

Drinking water throughout the day will not only keep you hydrated, but it will boost your metabolism.