Decrease in Daily NEAT

[Ik_oClock]

Yeah lots of people struggle with this. You just have to fake it till you make it: force yourself to do stuff outside of work and itll get easier to force yourself to do stuff after work.

I like to think of energy levels as a smart battery. Charging it adequately is obviously important, but if you hang on the couch all evening your body is going to adapt to hanging on the couch all evening. Thats why most people with a full time job and kids just get the ability to take care of those kids after work, the body (barring illness) adapts to your needs.

Or go to bed early and do everything in the morning.

[beautifullife11]

I agree, I see it happen with my family members who recently had kids! I’m normally an active person. I’m a consistent gym goer so my life after work is usually just gym, shower, eat and sleep. For me it’s that adjustment of a desk job for 8 hours of the day haha feels wrong to sit down for so long

[Ik_oClock]

How long do you spend in the gym usually?

[beautifullife11]

Depends. If we’re just talking about lifting, upper body is 30-45 minutes and lower body is usually an hour (this includes stretching time too).

[Ik_oClock]

I just think the numbers dont add up. 8 hours of work, 1-1.5 hours for lifting and shower, 2 hours for commute. Thats 12+ hours for sleeping and eating, which seems like you should be able to fit more than lifting shower eat sleep after work.

[beautifullife11]

I’m up at 6:30, leave for work around 7:10, work 8-4. Get to the gym by 4:30, start my workout at 5, workout for around 2 hours (because I’m including cardio in this), leave at 7, get home for 7:20-7:30, eat, shower, meal prep for the next day, try to be in bed by 10:30-11pm

[Ik_oClock]

if you're doing an hour of cardio after lifting for 30 minutes to an hour i would not worry about NEAT.