What is your "Neat" Factor???

A Great day, full of fun with Whit and the Grandsons. Didn't have any structured exercise today, but my "neat" factor was way up there! (No...that isn't a scale to determine how cool I am:) "Neat" stands for: Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. This is everything you do to move your body that isn't structured exercise. Like standing, even sitting, walking, fidgeting, chewing gum, stairs, etc. Having young kids around definitely takes alot of "Neat". I have an exercise heart monitor with a watch that tells me my heart rate, my zone, and how many calories I'm burning. It's fun to wear it once in a while to see just how many calories I burn in a 24 hour period. Granted it doesn't take into effect individual metabolism, BMI, muscle mass, etc that ultimately goes into figuring exact calorie burn, but it's a great indicator of how hard my workouts are, and just how active my day has been. On a day that is mostly spent at work, at my desk, and not a lot of cleaning, or shopping, etc, compared to a day that I'm on my feet all day, doing yard work, shopping, chasing kids, cleaning.....I can actually burn an extra 1000 calories in an entire day on the busy ones!! That's the "Neat" factor at work! Pretty cool huh?



So congrats to those young moms on their feet all day, and anyone else with an active day or job, you're a step ahead of the rest of us! But we can all increase our Neat factor to some degree, by taking the stairs, walking when possible, sitting on a balance ball chair at work, standing instead of sitting, and so on. What is going to be your Neat Factor today??



Food diary:

Blueberry Antioxidant Shake - meal replacement: MP (made thick like a milkshake) loved it!

Caramel crunch bar - MP

hamburger steak, cucumbers onions &green peppers in vinegar, deviled egg, green salad

honey mustard pretzel sticks - MP

Chocolate ready drink - MP

Chili Nacho Cheese puffs - MP

fresh tomatoes from the garden (not mine though :(

banana pudding - MP , with chocolate cool whip - yum!!!

70 oz. of water, 1 flavor infuser antioxidant (white grape peach, love it), omega 3 supplement.
Energy level: 7 (a little tired in the afternoon), slept fairly good.


***Shout out to: client Eileen D. from Indiana, who with many serious health conditions, is still hanging in there and doing her best! Slowly and steadily, she is improving her health. Way to go!!!


***Did you know.........that a Dairy Queen Medium Chocolate Malt has 880 calories, 22 grams of fat and 131 grams of sugar!!! Call the paramedics if you eat this one! Sooo not good for you!