I had read a study that increasing muscle mass actually only increases metabolic rate by something like 75 extra calories a day.

anyway...that being said...to increase your metabolism...you have to move. moving bodies burns calories. which means...don't just thinkof exercise

think of active living! laundry, mowing the lawn, playing with the kids all uses up calories...and... kissing and "nudge nudge" also uses calories...

we exercise so that all those things i was talking about go easier...isn't it nice to bound up the stairs without complaining about knees, back, and breath? or playing with the kids? or "nudge nudge" without the "aww, not tonight honey, i have no energy?"

just some food for thought!