What Can Speed Up Your Metabolism? :

A fast metabolism is the secret to lean body. If you have a fast metabolism then you are burning more calories efficiently all the time, whether you're resting or training. If you have a slow metabolism then losing weight is hard even if you have an excellent diet and training program. Obviously knowing what can speed up your metabolism is important.

Eating frequent, small meals a day is by far the most efficient way to make your metabolism faster. High protein foods eaten six or seven times a day, is the way bodybuilders speed up their metabolism. The bodies then become so efficient in burning calories that they burn through huge quantities of food and they become leaner in the process. When you combine the right eating frequency with the right foods, then your body becomes like furnace that just keeps burning calories.

If your goal is to lose weight fast then eating 5-6 and even 7 meals a day is essential. High meal frequency will allow you to do it as quickly as possible. You can burn fat with the more common 3 meals a day, if you eat the right foods, in the right quantities and with proper aerobic exercise, but it is just not as fast.

One or two meals a day is a disaster. If you haven't been eating at least three times a day, you are causing serious damage to your metabolism. Skipping meals is also a bad thing to do. Eating six meals a day is the most effective. Because people sleep about 8 hours, so that is 16 hours waking hours in the day. Eating 6 meals during 16 hours equals one meal every 2.7 hours. On average that would be one meal every three hours.

If you do not have the habit of eating small frequent meals, you may see some results, but you'll never reach your maximum potential, especially when you have average and lower than average genetics. You can also eat more foods than you did before and still lose weight. Five or six meals a day accelerates your body's natural rate of calorie burning. The mechanical breakdown and absorption of food requires a substantial number of calories.

Example:

Women:
Average optimal caloric intake for fat loss = 1500
Desired number of meals = 5
Target calorie intake per meal = 300 calories per meal

Men:
Average optimal caloric intake for fat loss = 2400
Desired number of meals = 5 or 6
Target calorie intake per meal = 400 to 480 calories per meal