NEAT: free calorie burn hidden in your Indian day

You tell yourself you have no time to exercise, so you cannot lose weight. This is the story that keeps middle-class India on the sofa. But your body burns calories all day, not just in the gym. Every walk to the metro, every flight of stairs, every bag of vegetables you carry home, every time you stand on a bus or sweep a room — that movement spends energy. Scientists call it NEAT, Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis. The Hindi-English way to say it: the burn you do without calling it exercise. For most sedentary office workers in India, NEAT is a bigger and easier lever than any workout, and it needs no gym, no special clothes, and no block of time. This article shows where NEAT hides in a normal Indian day and what it is honestly worth for your deficit.