Eat spicy foods. Hot/spicy foods ups your heart rate which ups your metabolism.

Caffeine. It also ups the heart rate, which increases metabolism.

Get your B vitamins. The B vitamins are responsible for keeping you upbeat and such. If you have a deficiency in them you will get fatigued and depressed and your metabolism will slow down. Look for foods high in B vitamins like spinach and beans.

Get your magnesium too. Spinach also has magnesium in it. Magnesium is responsible for metabolism and making sure you get enough of it in your diet can boost your metabolism. Nuts and other foods have it.

Work out more. Getting exercise and strength training speed up the metabolism.

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