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Originally Posted by Leigh P.
Where people usually blame a slow metabolic rate it is really just getting more tired and moving less. From shaking your foot when you sit to asking your wife to get something out of the car you normally would have.
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Wow, this is really a really fascinating insight. Its so easy to think of 'activity' as what you do in the gym. It never really crossed my mind that working hard in the gym, then collapsing on the couch and not moving for a couple hours means I'm burning less calories that if I did that same workout and then went about my day as normal. I know on the weekends in particular, if I do a workout in the morning, I'm much more likely to put off mowing the lawn and doing yard work.
I'll really have to bare this in mind.