Move a Little, Lose a Lot: New NEAT Science Reveals How to Be Thinner, Happier, and Smarter

by James A. Levine and Selene Yeager

Book Overview

Dr. James Levine, an esteemed expert on obesity, argues that the reason so many of us are overweight is simple: our office and social-networking environments coax us to remain desk sentenced. Human... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030740854X
• ISBN13: 9780307408549
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

This such a great book. It really makes you aware of how little we do now as compared to years ago. It is a good wake up call.

I move a little

I am enjoying this book, "Move A Little Lose Alot" It is an interesting way to move into a healthy lifestyle. I like the inovative ways of moving more without exercise.

great common sense with the stats to back it up

I love this book. If maintaining or losing weight were intuitive, we would have all figured this out long ago. But we haven't. Enter Prof. Levine. This guy does talk courageous common sense. I go to the gym, walk and hike. But his point about keeping it going throughout the day makes perfect sense considering how humans have lived throughout the centuries. I want to give this book to everyone I know who is struggling with weight and more importantly with health and quality of life. But . . . I cannot afford to give it to everyone I know.

Solid results

About a year ago, I traveled for a solid 2 months, in and out of airplanes, airports, hotels, all while pulling a suitcase behind me. When I returned home I was surprised to find I had lost 7 pounds without changing my eating habits. I tried to maintain the loss by going to the gym in the morning, but I was still sitting at a desk all day, then going home and sitting, so it wasn't long before I gained it all back. After reading this book, I realize I need to move all throughout the day, not just for 1 hour in the gym. Stand more than you sit, move more than you stand. Basic principles that work and are easy to incorporate into your daily routine. Great book, solid principles.

LOVE THIS BOOK!!

Since reading this book, I have changed my life in small but important ways. I have a stepper in my office, I walk to my car (20 minutes each way) when I commute, I take walks with clients, I cook with my kids at night while dancing and I've completed several home projects I'd been postponing. I've not only slimmed down, but I've shifted the way I think so that I now welcome things that require energy and movement. I can't say enough about this book. Read it. Once you understand what sitting all day does to your body, you'll have no choice but to get up and dance and move and get healthy. And, the best part for a former sloth like me, you don't have to go to the gym.