A NEAT way to increase your metabolism.
SideSteel
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Rather than give you bogus information about meal frequency, or hot sauce, or a crash diet....
NEAT: Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. It's the stuff you do when you're not in the gym. It's the walking your dog, or the cleaning of the house, or the mowing of the grass. It's the energy expenditure that you create when you're just being active and doing things OTHER than laying around on your *kitten* (I said that just for Sara).
NEAT is something that, by end of day, can comprise a significant energy expenditure.
Ever hear people give those recommendations like:
"Park your car really far away so you have to walk further"
"Get up from your desk every 20 minutes"
"Move around with that book instead of sitting"
"*kitten*"
They're right.
So instead of thinking about whether or not you should buy those keytones, or whether or not you should load your breakfast with cinnamon and hotsauce, or whether or not you need to eat every 1.8 hours -- How about instead, you get up from your desk and move around?
Don't disregard this rather trivial advice. Increase your NEAT, increase your success.
NEAT: Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. It's the stuff you do when you're not in the gym. It's the walking your dog, or the cleaning of the house, or the mowing of the grass. It's the energy expenditure that you create when you're just being active and doing things OTHER than laying around on your *kitten* (I said that just for Sara).
NEAT is something that, by end of day, can comprise a significant energy expenditure.
Ever hear people give those recommendations like:
"Park your car really far away so you have to walk further"
"Get up from your desk every 20 minutes"
"Move around with that book instead of sitting"
"*kitten*"
They're right.
So instead of thinking about whether or not you should buy those keytones, or whether or not you should load your breakfast with cinnamon and hotsauce, or whether or not you need to eat every 1.8 hours -- How about instead, you get up from your desk and move around?
Don't disregard this rather trivial advice. Increase your NEAT, increase your success.
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Completely agree, great post Side
NEAT allows me to maintain on 3000 calories. Why deprive yourself when using the stairs instead the elevator allows you to pig out LIKE A BOSS ?0 -
THANK YOU! That was the most informative and inspirational bit of information/advice I have read on these boards since I joined MFP.0
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My new guy is going to make me so skinny!0
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Inspired by this I'm going to walk to a toilet a long way from my desk and *kitten* right now. Double the NEAT burn.0
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Too much common sense in this post!
I took this advice six or seven months ago....and it works!!!0 -
Great post - NEAT is what I use every day so that I can eat that little bit more. I now run up the stairs at work rather than plod up!0
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Yup, sounds about right... People look at me like I'm crazy when I park at the very back of the Wal-Mart parking lot or take the laundry up the stairs in more than one trip but hey, I'm a girl eating almost 2000 calories a day and losing weight... So what's the problem with that?0
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one dilema tho! (ohhh and here comes the negative bird with too much time on her hands!!) I am disabled, I can't walk far, nor stand for long either... any ideas for the waist upwards???0
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The little things add up. Thanks for the reminder.0
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one dilema tho! (ohhh and here comes the negative bird with too much time on her hands!!) I am disabled, I can't walk far, nor stand for long either... any ideas for the waist upwards???
Entirely joking, but walk on your hands? :-P
Find something and constantly keep your hands moving some. Even if you only burn an extra 3 or 4 calories an hour this way you are burning more than you do without the movement!0 -
Excellent post. People are always after a weight loss "secret" or a special workout.
We've had a great tool all along: just get up off the couch!0 -
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MOST of my calorie burns are from NEAT.0
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Brilliant!0
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one dilema tho! (ohhh and here comes the negative bird with too much time on her hands!!) I am disabled, I can't walk far, nor stand for long either... any ideas for the waist upwards???
My best friend is in a non-motorized wheel chair; she has cerebral palsy. She goes for walks (that she calls her runs). There are also side bends from wherever you are seated. Truthfully, just the act of standing and sitting (for YOU) expends more energy than it does for someone who is not disabled. The basic point of my dear friend's post is to do something more than sit there with your hands on the keyboard exercising your fingers only. Good luck to you.0 -
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Such an intelligent and yet common sense post for such a pretty torso...0
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Totally agree! I have 2 young children (16 months and 3) and I run around like crazy with them, always up and down like a yo-yo, chasing them, going for walks, playing, pushing the swings etc. Plus we live in a 2nd floor flat with no lift, so that must burn a few calories.
I also work part time as a secondary school teacher, and it's very rare that I sit down while I teach.
I honestly don't know what i'd do with myself if stayed at home all day, on my own! Well, washing, ironing, hoovering probably!0 -
You couldn't be more right! Even my kids ask my husband why he parks so close when he drives. My son says, "well mommy parks at the end of the lot so we get more exercise in our day!"0
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Yep! One reason why at 5' I can eat like many of the women here that are 5'6" and up.0
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I really like this post. I make sure I drink lots and lots of water in the office. As well as been good to keep me hydrated it makes me pee ALL the time lol. And I make sure I use the downstairs toilets so that I am up and down the stairs numerous times.0
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REading this while boncing on my exercise bal at work......do I look weird ? Absolutly. Do I care? not at all 0 -
You should load your breakfast with hotsauce though. Not for weight loss, just on principal.or whether or not you should load your breakfast with cinnamon and hotsauce0 -
makes sense, after all, i do need to love myself as much as possible...0
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Rather than give you bogus information about meal frequency, or hot sauce, or a crash diet....
NEAT: Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. It's the stuff you do when you're not in the gym. It's the walking your dog, or the cleaning of the house, or the mowing of the grass. It's the energy expenditure that you create when you're just being active and doing things OTHER than laying around on your *kitten* (I said that just for Sara).
NEAT is something that, by end of day, can comprise a significant energy expenditure.
Ever hear people give those recommendations like:
"Park your car really far away so you have to walk further"
"Get up from your desk every 20 minutes"
"Move around with that book instead of sitting"
"*kitten*"
They're right.
So instead of thinking about whether or not you should buy those keytones, or whether or not you should load your breakfast with cinnamon and hotsauce, or whether or not you need to eat every 1.8 hours -- How about instead, you get up from your desk and move around?
Don't disregard this rather trivial advice. Increase your NEAT, increase your success.
I see you've read Levine's study. Ever read anything by Joe Friel?0 -
My video game guru likes to tell me:
"Mom you don't need to bounce around so much and throw practices punches on the Wii playing Punch Out"
Little does he know - I do!! But it makes him crazy to have to share the Wii AND put up with me taking up the whole living room to play!!! Thats *MY* NEAT work out0 -
Wait? What? Moving around burns more calories than sitting on the couch eating crisps and watching the Kardashians?? Surely you jest? :P:huh:0
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AWESOME advice!!!
While it may seem trivial and/or common sense..... some people do like to find that spot as close to the door as possible or sit hours on end watching movies/playing games or something other than moving around. Sometimes a little reminder is good!! :happy:0 -
In all seriousness, I move around when I’m home a lot. It’s hard during the day when you are glued to a desk with someone watching your every move to make sure you don’t leave your desk for more than a minute to use the restroom. Exercise balls? Not sure what kind of places you all work in but in a very conservative insurance office those are a big no no.
At home, I run around and play with my pets. I move around cleaning, doing laundry etc. There was an article in a recent issue of my ferret owners magazine that actually gave ideas for workouts you could do with your pets. My ferrets did not enjoy being used as light free weights though, so that didn’t work out. Haha.0
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