Think fat loss only happens in the gym? Think again. In this episode, Alison breaks down NEAT — Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis — and how the calories you burn outside of workouts can make or break your progress. Learn how to increase your daily movement without adding hours to your schedule.

🎯 Action: Track your steps for 3 days — then aim to increase your weekly average by 1,000 steps.

REFERENCES

Levine, J.A., Eberhardt, N.L. and Jensen, M.D. (1999) ‘Role of nonexercise activity thermogenesis in resistance to fat gain in humans’, Science, 283(5399), pp. 212–214.

Levine, J.A. (2002) ‘Non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT)’, Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 16(4), pp. 679–702.

Hamilton, M.T., Hamilton, D.G. and Zderic, T.W. (2007) ...