Move a Little, Lose a Lot
I am fascinated by the simplicity of activity importance in fat loss. I am more fascinated by the amount of people who think it is not relevant. I am not talking about exercise, I can take it, or leave it for fat loss. What I am discussing is general daily activity and its importance to energy intake.
It seems like a simple concept right? Move more, eat more. Move less, eat less. It would be a simple concept if the world wasn’t full of people who thought they are owed something. In this case that “something” they are owed is food. As society slows down in movement, it speeds up in greed, on all fronts.
In Move a Little, Lose a Lot Dr. James Levine starts out his journey of movement discovery with a tale of his own life. Bound by a desk and frozen to stillness by way of occupation, James was having a hard time achieving the happiness he wanted in his life. He found on a life changing trip that movement was the hidden culprit. He found that “sitting disease” as he playfully calls it, is slowly robbing the world one chair at a time of their health.
I really liked this book and Dr. Levine’s work. The book wasn’t what I thought it was going to be either. I was expecting it to be more technical and dry. I expected the the solution of failed daily activity to be a treadmill desk and to call it a day. Dr. Levine impressed me and went much further into detail about the change of your actual lifestyle, beyond just movement.
I am often a fan of books that have a “between the lines” meaning. What I mean is books that are painting a clear picture, but underneath there lies an extra meaning. The main purpose of the book is how to lose fat by increasing daily activity. The underlying purpose of the book is how to have a better life by being the better version of you. That better version will likely to be less overweight by more happenstance than intent. If I had it my way, that is how all people would achieve the bodies they wanted. Sadly, suffering from paralysis by analysis, there is not enough demand and hand holding to do the job.
My only bone to pick with the book is the discussion of “free foods” in forms of veggies and fruits. This is a common dietary recommendation flaw in many weight loss books, and from what I have found in my work, you simply can’t put the word “free” to food. People will take it literally and eat enough veggies and fruit to erase the deficit they have created. I hate to think with all the brilliance and effort that Levine has put into the book, he will see failed results based on these guidelines.
Overall I highly recommend the book to anyone. It is filled with great research, a few fun facts I wasn’t aware of, and it is surprisingly uplifting and positive. It leaves you feeling really good after reading it. I would promote this book as a lifestyle book as much as a weight loss book.
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