# How To Increase Your "Slow" Metabolism (4 Easy Fixes!) Source URL:: https://builtwithscience.com/diet/how-to-increase-metabolism/ Suspect you have a "slow" metabolism? Find out if that's true - and how you can naturally increase your metabolism to continue losing weight. ## Highlights > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Wed Mar 22 2023 18:57:37 GMT-0400%% > > Your TDEE Is A "Moving Target" > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Wed Mar 22 2023 21:18:33 GMT-0400%% > > Instead, the 200 calorie difference was ENTIRELY accounted for by a reduction in the amount of physical activity that the participants were performing! > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Wed Mar 22 2023 21:18:37 GMT-0400%% > > Here's the truth. As you diet, it's very likely that you will start to move around less during the day. This holds true - regardless of whether you realize it or not. > [!quote]+ %%Updated on Wed Mar 22 2023 21:19:58 GMT-0400%% > > Also known as your resting metabolism. This is the energy that your body uses each day just to keep your organs working. On average, RMR accounts for around 60% of the calories you expend over the course of a day. Meaning? If you simply sat on a couch the entire day, you would still burn 60% of the calories you typically burn in a day.