NEAT Improvement Strategies to Improve Weight Loss

PAPYRUS3

noodlesno wrote: »

I mean probably the most expensive way of doing by buy/adopt a dog. I do over 16k steps a day, everyday.

I mean he cost me a fortune in food and vets so is it really worth the 300kcal burn

Far more interesting and less expensive than purchasing a Peloton I'm sure!

AnnPT77

noodlesno wrote: »

I mean probably the most expensive way of doing by buy/adopt a dog. I do over 16k steps a day, everyday.

I mean he cost me a fortune in food and vets so is it really worth the 300kcal burn

Dogs are definitely great for NEAT, if a person treats their dog right.

If calorie burn is the only perceived benefit of a dog, though . . . hmm, might not be a dog person?

I don't have a dog now, because good reasons. But I miss those other (non-calorie) benefits.

gentlygently

I had hip tendonitis recently and gained 6 lbs in 3 months. The tendonitis is thankfully on its way out now - but I worked out dog walking steps lost added up to a pound worth of calories each of those months…

(Don’t worry the dog still got his steps - just I went for a dog chat not a dog walk…).

I probably lost a lot of calorie burn in household activity too .. I only measure steps out the house (phone in back pocket). And maybe - just maybe - I ate too many ‘it hurts’ biscuits, cheese, crumpets, pudding etc. Oh ok, I definitely did.

The NEAT angle has a lot of value I think. On high fatigue days (I manage an illness) my activity slumps, and when I first got ill - which involved a lot of slumping - the weight crept up and up over 2 years or so. The increase of about a pound a month, equated to how many steps outside the house I had lost and how much extra time in bed I had spent when I did the maths.

Now I aim to manage the disability and still be fit and still aim for activity. My hip tendonitis weight gain episode reinforces the impact of getting this wrong!

So I am back to walking to the bottom of the hills in my park, got the bike back out (or walking shoes) for those longer local trips that can be too easy to do in the car, and am going to be in adding squats as the kettle boils/teeth get brushed to keep the glutes and hips happy… and reminding myself on high fatigue days it is best not to comfort eat!

I don’t see myself ever making household tasks take even longer - but I like the 250 steps every hour approach. I work from home, so today’s task is to set some NEAT enhancement habits that could work for me.

Thanks for all the ideas!

Pdc654

So many great ideas here! Recently I have found a way to improve my NEAT by walking around my house while my tea is brewing. I cut waaay back on the amount of diet soda I drink about 5 months ago, and started drinking tea instead. The last 2 months, instead of sitting down while my tea brews, I started walking around the interior perimeter of my house during the 5 minute it takes my tea to brew. I often get in an extra 600 or so steps during that 5 minutes. I have 4-6 cups of tea a day, so I have found this an easy way to increase my normal day to day activity.