I didn’t lose 25 pounds by joining a gym or following a crazy diet.
I did it by moving more in everyday life.
One of the things that helped me lose 25 pounds in 6 months has a real scientific name.
It’s called NEAT.
That stands for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis.
Which is a fancy scientific way of saying:
«Calories burned from normal life movement.»
Not gym workouts.
Not running marathons.
Just the movement that happens while you live your life.
Things like:
🚶 Walking to Starbucks for coffee
🎮 Standing and moving during pinball tournaments
🧺 Doing laundry with five cats supervising
🛒 Walking errands instead of driving everywhere
🐈 Getting up twelve times because someone knocked a sock off the bed
All of that movement adds up.
It’s the kind of activity that fitness trackers sometimes label as “light activity.”
But over time it quietly becomes thousands of extra calories burned every week.
That’s why I say:
«Still counts.»
Because real life movement matters.
You don’t need a crazy diet.
You don’t need a punishing gym routine.
Sometimes you just need to:
• walk a little more
• move a little more
• live your life on your feet
The science calls it NEAT.
Around here we call it incidental exercise.
And apparently it works. ☕🚶♀️🐈🎮
Still counts, isn’t that NEAT?