The Steps To Leading A Long Life

The Steps To Leading A Long Life

There are really simple ways to drop 50 lbs in a year, ease joint pain, and extend your life.

No complicated diet plan, no grueling workouts, no deprivation, no pills or drugs…

Recently, a Mayo Clinic researcher found that simply moving more will lead to a thinner, healthier body, and a longer life.

James Levine, M.D., developed the NEAT lifestyle, that is short for “Nonexercising Activity Thermogenesis” and asserts that even the smallest movements can lead us to burn thousands of extra calories daily.

In his book, “Move a Little, Lose a Lot,” Dr. Levine explains how he went from sitting at a desk all day, carrying around a beer belly, and feeling fatigued, to burning more calories, dropping 30 pounds, and finding endless energy.

Dr. Levine’s research found that people eating the same diet and who did not exercise had varying degrees of weight gain. That largely due to various in simple daily movements, such as taking the stairs, pacing, performing chores, or simply tapping their toes while at their desks.

According to Dr. Levine and other experts in the new field of “inactivity physiology,” sitting in and of itself not only makes you fat, it is hazardous to your health. No amount of exercising, he says, can make up for too much time sitting.

But small movements can help.

Something as simple as ditching the electric tooth brush and brushing your teeth by hand can make a big difference in how much energy our body uses and how much weight can be lost, when combined with other small life style changes throughout the day.

Experts agree that everyone needs to get up on their feet and incorporate many more movements into their daily life.

Even if you sit at a desk throughout the day, you can make small changes at work and at home that will boost your metabolism and up your chances of a longer, healthier life.

According to Dr. Levine, simply standing instead of sitting 3X’s the number of calories your body burns. Adding movement boosts the body’s energy-burning machine even more.

Expert tips for incorporating small movements at work, as follows:

1. Stand when you answer the phone and pace around your desk as you talk.
2.  Make your office less convenient. Place your stapler, calculator, and wastebasket across the room.
3. Don’t send e-Mails or instant messages to co-workers. Instead, walk over to their desks or offices to have a conversation face to face.
4. If you work at an office desk for long periods of time, get out of your chair every half-hour, stretch, and walk around.
5. Instead of keeping a bottle of water at your desk, trot down the hall to the water cooler.
6. Keep moving even while you’re sitting. Swing your foot, tap your toes, or drum your fingers.
7. Park at the far end of the parking lot or a couple of blocks away and walk to work.
8.  Use stairs instead of elevators and escalators.
9. Take a brisk, 30-min walk at lunch.
10.  Use a standing desk for at least part of the day.

Expert tips for small movements at home, as follows:

1. Leave the remote sitting on the television and change channels manually.
2. Stand and walk around during television commercials.
3.  Move your alarm clock to the opposite side of the room from your bed.
4. Start a vegetable or flower garden.
5. Take a walk before breakfast or after dinner.
6. Skip the car wash and wash your car yourself.
7. Mow your lawn and rake leaves.
8. Put on your favorite music and dance while you are dressing.

These are all things that we used to do before we made things so convenient as to do very little. They are simple, easy and healthy, no pills involved.

Eat healthy, Be healthy, Live lively.

Have a terrific weekend.

HeffX-LTN

Paul Ebeling

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