So if you’re a bit put-off by the term lifestyle, please don’t skim over this
section. The little things that you change in your regular, day-to-day
lifestyle can indeed have the most profound influence on the speed of your
metabolism, and the achievement of your short and long-term weight loss
goals.
Get on the Wagon
Do you know people who carefully choose low-fat, low-calorie meal
choices, are very disciplined when it comes to not ordering the Chef’s
Special pecan pie for desert, yet order a glass or two of wine with their
meal?
Well, unfortunately, these people are really undermining their efforts to
boost metabolism.
Studies show that drinking alcohol with meals actually encourages over
eating; which means more calories that need to be burned away (or
transformed into fat!).
Furthermore, many people are simply unaware that many alcoholic drinks
are laden with calories; almost as much as sugary-rich soft drinks.
A bottle of beer can deliver a few hundred calories, and most cocktails
are in the same range. Wine is generally considered to deliver the least
amount of calories; but even this is a bit of a slippery slope.
Three glasses of wine can be worth 300 calories that the body simply has
to deal with in one form or another.