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Move a Little, Lose a Lot: New N.E.A.T. Science Reveals How to Be Thinner, Happier, and Smarter Hardcover – January 20, 2009

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Escape Your Desk Sentence!

Dr. James Levine, one of the country’s top specialists in obesity, says America suffers from “sitting disease.” We spend nearly ten to fifteen hours of our day sitting–in cars, at our desks, and in front of the television. The age of electronics and the Internet has robbed us of the chance to burn up to 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day, leaving Americans less active (and much heavier) than we were thirty years ago. We are facing a human energy crisis.

What you need, according to this doctor’s orders, is to get moving, or nonexercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT). NEAT is as simple as standing, turning, and bending. Research proves that daily NEAT activity burns more calories than a half hour running on the treadmill. Just by the very act of standing and moving, you can boost your metabolism, lower your blood pressure, and increase your mental clarity. It’s about using your body as it was meant to be used. Move a Little, Lose a Lot gives you literal step-by-step instructions for small changes that equal radical results:

• Give at the office–burn 2,100 calories a week just by changing your daily work routine.
• Hey, Einstein–just like the scientist who thought up his most famous theory while riding his bike, you can increase production of new brain neurons in as little as three hours.
• Tired of being tired–reduce fatigue by 65 percent with low-intensity NEAT workouts.
• Don’t forget–an Italian study showed active men and women were 30 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.

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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Crown Archetype (January 20, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 030740854X
ISBN-13: 978-0307408549
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 1.1 x 9.5 inches
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Simple and Perfect, so Stress Free.

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2018

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It is basic, but perfect. The plan is great. I have tried and been temporarily successful with Whole 30, paleo, Fat Slush, South Beach, etc. But in the end, it is very stressful to be so perfect. The amount of energy and time to prepare all meals and to exercise while managing 50+ hours a week at work, a busy family, care for an elder makes it eventually unsustainable. One unexpected or even expected event throws the time commitment out the window. Having a NEAT lifestyle is how I used to be until I was chained to a desk, and pretty much exhausted. I bought an under desk cycle and I love it. I am now gently burning calories for 2-3 hours a day, working up to 5hrs. I will soon have a slow walking treadmill to use in the evenings watching TV. I am standing to sort bills and fold laundry, such simple adjustments that seemed to have slipped past my notice for years. Highly recommend this program to get out from under the "Sitting Disease" and to really lose weight without all the stress.

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Len Nia

Reduced stress, freed me from my chair, and was fun!

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This is the most fun I've ever had with a healthy-lifestyle program. I really followed the program, and it changed my head, the most important part. I haven't shed a lot of pounds, but I'm not that overweight, so it's going to take time. I have 2 more weeks to go before finishing the book/program and I expect to be down about 4 pounds on a goal of 10. That's a great start, and what's really important is that the book has helped me stop the gaining trend, even if I never lose more, I'm happy not to keep gaining.

The way this book changed my head is the most important thing of all. Instead of feeling guilty when I step away from my desk, I embrace movement. Instead of feeling like cleaning out the garage, cleaning the house, going shopping or going for a walk was tearing me away from my work, I embrace those things, for 2.25 hours every day. I feel freed up from the work-a-hol-ism that kept me chained to my desk at risk to my health. Now I view housework, yard work, cleaning the cars or "running" errands as opportunities for NEAT activity. (I walk to stores now.) As a result, I shed a lot of anxiety as well, stress from all the undone chores and activities around the house. Stress from not moving.

I benefited the most by carefully doing almost all of his suggested activities...because I wanted those rewards. You get to set your own rewards. Wow, now I also know how effective setting up rewards for myself really is. I'm going to do that more as well.

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Get Off That Chair!

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2014

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James Levine is on the cutting edge of health with this book. He backs up his ideas with solid science, the whole premise is KEEP MOVING. Get out of that recliner! Man wasn't meant to sit 8 hours a day, Monday thru Friday at a desk, then sit in a car or train, arrive home & sit some more watching tv.

This book is the reason I converted my treadmill to a "desk" & walk while I email & surf online. Remember that old adage, "move it or lose it"..... It's not what we do for exercise that counts as much as the frequency of moving.

Buy yourself a pedometer & wear it, shoot for more steps every day. It's fun ckg your day's total as your health improves. I like the book's premise, but not a fan of the complicated NEAT #s--too much like bookkeeping. Just move more often....bottom line.

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Ari Whitten

A Seminal Work By a Brilliant Man

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2014

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I am an author on the subject of fat loss, and I quote Dr. Levine throughout my work. Why? Because he's awesome. That's why. But seriously, I truly believe that Dr. Levine's work into the damaging effects of sitting and lack of movement on our bodies is a massive piece of the puzzle in terms of not only fat loss, but also optimal health, vitality, and a long life. For anyone working a desk job, the strategies in this book can genuinely be life transforming.

For anyone considering buying this book, I would highly recommend watching the phenomenally well-done BBC documentary called "The Truth About Exercise" which features Dr. Levine extensively. (Note: this can be found for free online). You can get to know him a little bit, and after you see this guy in action, you'll no doubt want to get his book.

Thank you for your incredible research into this important subject, Dr. Levine!

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SKIP THIS BOOK! Read "Get Up!" By The Same Author, Instead.

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2015

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I read the author's "Get Up!" and was impressed. This book though, which (in the second half -- the first half is a re-hash of "Get Up!") lays out a plan that theoretically allows one to "ease" into living the NEAT way, and it's insane. I can't imagine anyone who drinks coffee for breakfast and has a desk job, jumping in on day one (and every day thereafter) and eating fruit and then a full breakfast, finding a way to walk for twenty minutes three times a day, stretching in the morning, etc. It just isn't realistic to expect people to start living like that right off the bat.

I don't drink coffee for breakfast and I do have the time to take three twenty minute breaks during the day, but other factors prevent me from eating fruit and a full breakfast and taking those walks. The author seems to think we can all just shift everything. My husband, for example, gets physically ill if he eats breakfast (the author says to just eat anyhow), and Mike is stuck in a classroom from seven in the morning until three in the afternoon. Because he works in an L.A. barrio, he isn't allowed to leave his room except for three quick restroom breaks. If he paced ("walked") the room for twenty minutes, the kids would go nuts. That might not be the greatest example, but I think it makes the point that the author didn't think through his plan when he laid it out.

By all means read "Get Up! Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It" by Dr Levine, but skip this book. The other provides the same information (and more of it), but doesn't give you an unreasonable plan that, if tried, would probably reduce most people to tears (or get them fired).

I'm asking Amazon for a refund. This book is just bad.

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Cambierà il tuo modo di vedere la vita e le azioni che fai ogni giorno. Un libro di quelli che andrebbero studiati nelle scuole, peccato non c'è in italiano.

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