Thursday Thoughts Ed. 100 - That's NEAT!
This is
the 100th edition of Thursday Thoughts! Wow. Thank you to everyone for reading!
I have loved hearing from you and sharing my musings over the past 3 years!
I'd be
thrilled if you want pass my posts along to friends and family. Sharing my love
for happy, healthy living has been a great adventure and I love meeting and
hearing from new people.
Things
have been crazy in my little life as we unpack and start to get settled in our
new home. Finally got the interwebs connected this week. Tomorrow, painting and
carpets. I thought I was a mover and shaker before but now I just don't stop --
clean this, paint that, buy this, go go go. I'll be glad when it settles down
some but it really is fun. AND it's burning calories!
Every
move we make, from wake up time to jammie time, and even in between takes
energy (calories). The more we move during that time the more we burn. And
we all like that.
According
to Polly de Mille, R.N., an
exercise physiologist with the Women's Sports Medicine Center at the Hospital
for Special Surgery in New York City. "It takes energy -- calories -- to
move even the smallest muscle, for example, you burn about 1.5 calories per
minute just lying still while your body performs its most basic
functions."
Move a
little more everyday and you can easily up the total. Cool.
We've
been taught that 30-60mins of cardio exercise everyday is ideal. And it's true,
but don't discount the minutes that add up doing any number of
things outside of the gym.
Non-Exercise
Activity Thermogenesis or NEAT is the energy, calories, expended for everything
we do that is not sleeping, eating, sports, or exercise. This can range from
walking to work, typing, playing with kids, even fidgeting and has a great
impact on our daily metabolic rate. People who move more tend to weigh less and
have more energy.
Here
are some ways to increase yours….
-make
meetings 'walking meetings'
-carry
your groceries to the car or home
-wear a
pedometer to track your steps
-take
breaks during the day at set intervals to walk around your home or office
-bike
to work or to do errands
-do
mini workouts at your desk. Try squats, calve raises or push ups
-dance
while you clean
-sit on
an exercise ball instead of a chair
"Sitting
for extended periods of time has been linked with heart disease, diabetes,
cancer and obesity," says April Plank, M.S., M.B.A., an American Council
on Exercise-certified personal trainer and performance enhancement specialist
with the National Academy of Sports Medicine. "Getting up hourly and walking
to the restroom, getting a refill of water or standing up to stretch can
decrease stiffness, boost energy and burn calories. Also, when watching TV,
during every commercial break get up and move. Do a few stretches, walk around
the house or bust out a few bicep curls."
We
can do that! Every little bit really does help. Pretty NEAT huh.
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