Generally speaking, your metabolism is the amount of calories your body burns every day for basic biological functions. Increasing it is a great way to accelerate arm fat burning.

Also keep in mind that your metabolism is mostly under your control. Please do not buy into the outdated argument that you inherit and are stuck with a fast or slow metabolism. You see, nothing could be further from the truth!

Hopefully, with this article, you will be able to regain that control just like I did not too long ago. Here are 4 ways to regain control of your metabolism today:

1. Exercise in the morning. If you exercise in the morning, your body will burn an extra amount of calories throughout the rest of the day, even while you sit at your desk. As an added bonus, the food you eat after your workout will most likely go to your active tissues instead of your arm fat tissues.

2. Exercise hard and fast. You can exercise hard and fast by sweating and panting and keeping your workout under 45 minutes. You can get by with a 30 minute workout if you go hard enough. By doing this and your body will go into EPOC (exercise post oxygen consumption). This is a state in which you burn calories up to 36 hours after exercising.

3. Hydrate between meals. In between meals, your body uses stored water to digest food. This process dehydrates you. You have to drink small amounts of water between meals to compensate for this because dehydration will decrease your metabolism. You see, a well hydrated body is a metabolically active body.

4. Do not drop calories by more than 20%. Do this, and your thyroid will decrease output. Your thyroid controls how fast your metabolism is. You will also produce more fat-producing enzymes. So do not cut calories by too much.

So if you think getting on a 1000-calorie diet is going to speed up fat loss, think again. This is very unhealthy and provides little benefit if at all.

You see, your metabolism has the final say as to how much arm fat you are going to lose. So make sure you follow the tips in this article to keep the metabolic fires burning.

Katherine Crawford, a Harvard exercise expert and recent flabby arms sufferer, is an expert on upper arm exercises. Discover how to get sexy and toned arms right now by visiting her blog on skinny arms.