N.E.A.T stands for Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis and is a body process which includes all your physical activity throughout the day excluding your “formal” workouts.

Things like walking, shopping, standing and even fidgeting all contribute to burning calories by the process of NEAT.

If your job involves sitting at your desk all day and not moving much your NEAT level is low causing you to burn fewer calories than those with a more active job by as much as 350 calories. Short of changing your job there are little things that you an include into your daily routine to help increase the amount of calories you burn through NEAT.

Here are a few ideas you can try to bring into your lifestyle:

• Take the stairs instead of the lift.
• Stand or pace more instead of sitting.
• Get out of your chair and walk around, stretch, do some bodyweight exercises throughout the day.
• Try to spend some more time outside, and less timein front of the TV, surfing the net, playing on the computer, or aimlessly scrolling through your smart phone.
• If you have kids, get as much physical activity with them as much as possible.
• Where possible just WALK MORE!

All these things can help burn more calories, improving your health over time if adopted into your daily lifestyle.