I’m so N.E.A.T.
Wed, Oct 17, 2012
Seriously.
These days my life is so so flipping insane jam packed with amazing stuffs the majority of my workouts arent traditional—-but they ARE N.E.A.T.
I SPRINKLE:
I HOP:
I SKIP IT!
Im MizRunsInPlaceDuringCommercialBreaks:
I HOOP:
I N.E.A.T. because I am my brand.
Fitness isnt about changing & shifting my WHOLE life to fit my workout routine.
It’s about fitting my workout routine —- N.E.A.T. or not-so —- into my life.
So I ask you:
How will YOU N.E.A.T. today?
(still not sure what NEATing means? I’m over at Life…Supplemented proffering a more, uh, adult comprehensive definition.)
Tags: N.E.A.T. is my life, NonExercise Activity Thermogenesis RULZ
GREAT POST over there.
I do jumping jacks.
I still want a SKIP IT.
Where did you find that?
we found our latest SKIP IT STASH at Michaels
I’m inspired. I’m going to take the long way between the classes that I teach today to sneak in some extra movement.
Thank you for this and the other post.
I needed the reminder today since I have class and then nannying after.
I can at least move some.
Love this!!! I skip and hop too!! Would love to get into hooping! Fitness should totally be a natural part of the day!
It’s cold and rainy here, Miz.
I will sprinkle with the twins as my N.E.A.T.
You’re so neat.
I like your NEAT. Sounds like fun to me. Mine is not nearly as creative–walking the dog, playing sports w/ the kids, etc. But I agree that we should fit into our everyday.
Given all the somberness in my life lately I think I’m particularly moved to go buy a hula hoop and a skip-it now! Make working out go old school for a day
It does sound silly but around here we CANT BE SAD when we’re dancing.
xo
I tend to pace, I think because it makes the dogs chase me, which then turns into a run away from them, which means dodging furniture, and then I’m suddenly in a Bruce Willis action movie!
this morning’s N.E.A.T. silliness:
http://twitter.yfrog.com/jl99hzmhduueqgbqzapdbxumz
Been all N.E.A.T. here this week.
Walking book club? BRILLIANT.
I loved that as well.
And when you said you were a NEAT cook.
I spend a lot of time preparing meals. That’s a great tip.
Well……. I don’t really do that nontraditional stuff very often – just me as I love my traditional weights… so.. I use a 24 hour facility so I can always fit it in no matter what. I love that you do what you do & when you have kids in the house AND a job like yours, well, it works & it is so you!
I forgot to say that I do fit in NEAT stuff by walking up & down stairs & parking further away & standing when I could sit & I do core work/stretch while watching recorded TV or just the news.. I get that in too!
see? and you thought you werent NEAT
I’m more of a homeschool-nature-walking-hiking-with-the-goats-and-cats NEAT-er.
Cool!!
Does CPR count as NEAT?? I’ve burned plenty of calories doing that over the years!
YES!!! you get an award for that one! helping-people-whilst-calorie-burning trophy shaped like a heart.
I easily fall into the “if I cannot do thirty minutes why should I bother?” mindset. I liked your tips.
Last night I started practicing my push-ups and planks while listening to the debate. Might be my new favorite TV “work out”.
Um, non-exercise activity thermogenesis, well I plan to bounce a bunch of ideas off the wall today. The wall I will be bouncing them off of is very far away, so lots of walking before I get there.
We had the Lemon Twist when I was a kid. It’s a variation of the skip it. Also – love the hula hooping video. Especially the part where you ask RenMan to video you when he already has been for several minutes.
I had a lemon twist too!!!!
You rule. I personally love Tornado’s tongue noise at the end. Haha!
LOVE YOUR DANCE MOVES!
SKIP IT?! I love those!!!!!
I am going to clean my house like no other today. It NEEEEEEEEDS to be done … and I’m gonna move more so I get a workout outta it too
I love this concept and that it’s NEAT.
Yes I still use that word all the time to my son’s dismay.
I will be NEAT today by doing plank-a-day during my conference call.
I don’t get to talk about it much cos I don’t do it much… but the time I love is after I do a morning walk – or some early morning exercise WHEN I have time after to kick back (and not rush to work).
I put music on and dance about the kitchen… feeling psyched and happy that I’ve done my exercise for the day – but more of a sense of accomplishment and the fact that i’m feeling energized.
I LOVE that feeling. That time….
Deb
Reason #46 why I can’t wait to have kids
Loved your guest post! I used to be better at adding more day-to-day activity in, but have gotten lazy as my running increased. Time to mix it in again!
I am definitely going to borrow my daughter’s skip-it this week!
I love you. The skip-it is my ultimate favorite childhood toy. One day my Mom texted me and told me she was “watching SYTYCD and hooping”. My mom is hilariously adorable but I was also impressed. Skip around, hoop, and be NEAT! During the show AND during commercial breaks
I need to be N.E.A.T.er (and neater too). Love this post!
I need to as well.
I started my morning with cleaning lunges.
SKIP IT! Omg!! I LOVE SKIP ITSSS (if you can’t tell by the overuse of capitals)
I agree, fitting the workout in is critical to any routine. I realized that I had to block out my fitness time in my work calendar…once I did that guess who started getting less meeting requests at noon?
Does it count that i stand at my computer desk and do the old ballet barre exercises i used to do when i was a kid?
Oh I’m so glad I found your blog today! I had no idea what NEAT was and then I just read one of your earlier posts about it. I love incorporating NEAT into my daily life.
My latest obsession is with doing planks during commercial breaks. I’m up to 2 minutes on my planks but want to be able to do entire commercial breaks. One of my goals! I also love tossing my 2 year-old up into the air (not high!) as it gives my arms a great workout.
Off to do an hour of pool running now…
Gosh I needed this today. Thank you.
Love this! Not only are you N.E.A.T, you are such a NEAT person too! I’m so glad you share your life with us!!! Hugs.
I LOVE hooping!! haven’t done it in a while… just saw my hoops in the garage the other day… need to climb up and get them!
all i can hear in my head right now is “coconut, coconut, coconut oil”. your daughter is absolutely adorable. Your core workout was hysterical. i totally agree with you. i have realized that now when i can’t make it to the gym, that’s ok because there are so many alternative things i can do to fit exercise into my life. today i wanted to go to zumba class but left work late, so decided to take along 20 block walk. i have also been trying different workouts at home. thanks for the inspiration as always.
I was able to walk on the nauture path today. Love it.
Why do I always need the reminder of something being better than skipping?
Thanks Miz.
I don’t ever think of dancing as calorie butning, but I do think of my Zumba that way.
I’m gonna start a walking book club, too.
You rock.
If I could have your physique just by taking advantage of NEAT opportunities I’d ditch the gym forever and run and play and jump and skip!!!
Sadly, to get where I want to be it seems to require some dedicated gym time, but it’s a great point that there are opportunities everywhere for sneaking in more exercise if we are mindful enough to look for them.
You are such a role model for finding these and using them; thanks for the great post!
OMG! My mom is always telling me this is why I manage my weight, I’m a big believer in NEAT. I swear I’m always so restless and shaking my leg. I can’t even sit in a movie without fidgeting and wanting to move, unless it’s super fascinating!
They make grown up sized one skip balls? For real? Sweet. I love those…
I made my own hula hoop but I’m genetically lacking the ability to hoop I think. I keep trying, much to the amusement of my nieghbors
ok we know I like to workout, I dig it…but I love just moving about all day long. I stand while typing, I take the stairs… I also have random dance parties
I currently am packing up our home and incorporating squats and such as I go…then working out at the gym when I am actually working! =)
chasing preschoolers and catching them and lifting them over my head when I do. and getting paid for it. someone’s gotta do it!
NON -EXERCISE ACTIVITY THERMOGENISIS?
Great post!! Love that you fit fitness into your life and not the other way around!!!