Start Moving Differently and Lose 500 Calories from Your Fat Stores

Did you see the Horizon programme last week about exercise? If you didn’t I urge to do so before it goes off the iplayer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cywtq/Horizon_20112012_The_Truth_About_Exercise/

Dr. James Levine talked about NEAT- Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. If you can increase your NEAT you could burn 500 or more calories a day extra. Simple things that involve no gyms, no sweating and no cost either. Now I’m a big fan of this and have been encouraging clients for years to ‘just do it’ as the slogan goes!

Sitting down all day puts the whole body system into idle mode and when you make an effort to move around at least once per hour you will increase your metabolism and have a positive impact on your physiology.

Keep on the move by walking everywhere you can. Walk up escalators and stairs instead of lifts. Walk to the shops.

Stand up to have a meeting or walk with your colleagues. Set a reminder on your computer every hour to march up and down under desk for 1 minute or better still get up and do so.

Not only will you feel more awake you will be burning excess fat. If you are one of the 80% who take no regular exercise then use simple methods to get moving.