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Maybe you can't consciously manipulate NEAT, but you can control movement. You are literally saying that we can choose to move more in order to offset over-cons
by algoatecorn 4y ago
Maybe you can't consciously manipulate NEAT, but you can control movement. You are literally saying that we can choose to move more in order to offset over-consumption, which is true. NEAT holds a different level of influence based on the individual. Adjust to it or pick an average percent and move on. This appeal to "CICO is oversimplification" is a distraction and excuse.
- Beaver117 4y agoNEAT holds a different level of influence every single day, maybe even hour, based on your body's supply of energy, hormones, and other unknown stuff. Have you ever been extremely fidgety while people next to you are completely still? You would have been burning at least 2x the calories they were in that time. Basically, its simple and accurate to measure calories in. But almost impossible to measure calories out. So TDEE actually shifts by a couple hundred calories every day. That's small but not insignificant, and explains why some people end up quite underweight and others quite overweight, even if they eat the same foods (over a long period of time).
- algoatecorn 4y agoI'm am quite aware of how TDEE and NEAT work, but they average out in the long run. If you choose to give little credence to CICO, then so be it. I've spent the past decade in various sports which require different bodyweights and body comps, successfully going up and down as needed. I know it works, and it's not unique to me. For some reason I never have these arguments with other athletes. I wonder why
- Beaver117 4y agoUnfortunately most people are not athletes. I still count my calories because it works, but I think appetite plays the biggest role, and then NEAT.