As expected I’m in bad shape, I can hardly walk up and down stairs and don’t know whether I can do any workout today. I’ve I had had my trainer with me yesterday, then I would have got a better walm down stretch out and mini-massage, which probably would have helped.

OK, at least I lost two pounds.

I keep wondering why i’m not losing weight at anywhere near what I should be. But when I look at my kids and how they bounce around from one place to another, and keep slim despite the fact they live on sugar and junk it gives a clue. Conservation of energy. I sit at a computer most of the day. Other than my one hour work out, and making dinner and coffee, I’m sitting. Here is an article from the NY times on the subject [the link probably expires in a week]

New Weight-Loss Focus: The Lean and the Restless

By using special underwear to measure movement, they find that thin people move and fidget and walk around and fat people avoid any movement. The heavier ones tended to sit, while the lean ones were more restless and spent two more hours a day on their feet - standing, pacing around and fidgeting. The difference translated into 350 calories a day, enough for the heavy people to take off 30 to 40 pounds a year, if they would get moving.

Here is another article on NEAT, for nonexercise activity thermogenesis

NONEXERCISE ACTIVITY THERMOGENESIS

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