April 2009 Natural Health Magazine
Women who abhor exercise will love the No-Diet Weight Loss Plan. It's NEAT!
“Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis, or NEAT, is the calories you burn doing everything that isn’t going to the gym, sleeping, or eating. Life impacts NEAT and NEAT impacts life.” —James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, Mayo Clinic
NEAT at HOME
DO THIS: Wash dishes by hand. Calories burned: 50 in 30 minutes; more if you dry by hand.
NOT THAT: Use a dishwasher.
DO THIS: Use a push mower to cut your grass. Calories burned: 295 an hour.
NOT THAT: Drive a sit-down mower.
DO THIS: Rake the leaves from your lawn. Calories burned: 200 an hour.
NOT THAT: Use a leaf blower.
DO THIS: Shovel snow from your driveway and walkways. Calories burned: nearly 350 an hour.
NOT THAT: Plug in an electric beater.
DO THIS: Shovel snow from your driveway and walkways. Calories burned: nearly 350 an hour.
NOT THAT: Hire someone else or use a snowplow or snowblower.
DO THIS: Cook meals from scratch. Calories burned: 100 an hour.
NOT THAT: Microwave prepared food.
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