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Originally Posted by ladyumbra  ahh ok it was the that made me think you were basically saying to the boards " read this and stop asking the same silly questions" like everyone here was going to get it. I do agree in the hoping that anyone who doesn't asks for help. |
That's an excellent point.
I'll edit my original statement, especially since one of the mods has stuck this post (thanks). I don't want anyone thinking I expect them to understand everything.
Thanks for bringing that up.
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How do you deal with it personally since you can't really measure how many extra calories your burning just fidgeting. How do you work around your bodies natural desire to just keep moving?
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I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
Are you asking how I factor this number into my caloric expenditure calculations?
If so....
I don't calculate my caloric expenditure. It's too much of a hassle and I hate toying around with such vague estimations. Instead, I pick a caloric range that's close to what I believe to be maintenance (calories in =
calories out). From there, I either up my
calories above this point or drop them below this point depending on what my
goal is; to gain or lose respectively.
After that point, it's all about tracking progress. I take pictures, weigh myself, and most importantly take measurements. If things aren't heading in the desired direction, I modify my intake either higher or lower, again, depending on the original
goal. I keep tweaking until I'm gaining or losing consistently. I also never stop tracking as adjustments will certainly need to be made as my
body changes.
This has been the easiest approach for me, personally, and my clients.
For example, when you've got someone with a high NEAT, but you don't know it, what you pick as their supposed maintenance is probably going to lead to
weight loss due to the unknown caloric expenditure from high NEAT. If the
goal was to maintain, you'd realize after a couple of weeks that what you thought was maintenance isn't working (they're losing) so trend the intake upward to match said individual's maintenance.
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On the flip side for those losing weight who compulsively move around it seems like a good things since it's extra work you're not aware your doing.I'm guessing there's no real drawback to it in that aspect correct?
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Most anyone should count their blessing if they have a high NEAT, IMO. Sure, it's a pain in the booty for people like me. But still, I'd rather have to struggle to gain weight than struggle to lose.
As mentioned in the article, people who tend to have high NEATs even have this NEAT trend upward in response to over-feeding. This means, if you take someone with high NEAT and force feed them more
calories than they need, they're metabolism is going to speed up to compensate for the increased intake. They're lucky like that.
In general though, our bodies are genetically hardwired to strongly regulate
weight loss, which is not so much the case wrt
weight gain. So the people who have an uptick in NEAT in response to over-feeding are lucky. The average person's
body doesn't like losing weight but doesn't mind gaining weight, is what I'm trying to say.
