You don’t need any fancy sneakers, or a budget-breaking gym membership to get up and get moving! These little everyday substitutions can, believe it or not, make a difference in your overall health. Here are a few ideas to try while you’re at home:

1. Stand up to change the channel instead of using a remote.
2. After laundry is folded, take a few trips to put it away instead of one big trip.
3. Talking on the phone? Walk around your house, yard, or neighborhood during the convo instead of sitting down.
4. Walk to the mailbox instead of stopping the car on your way in the driveway.
5. Cooking dinner? Turn on your favorite tunes and do some dancin’ instead of standing still or sitting down.
6. Ask the paper-boy to leave your newspaper at the end of the driveway instead of by the front door.
7. When tidying up the house, put things away in a few trips instead of one big one.
8. Stand up while doing your hair, makeup, shaving, etc. instead of sitting down.
9. Wash your dishes by hand instead of using the dishwasher.
10. Give your dog a bath instead of paying someone else to do it.
11. Leave your phone in one location instead of carrying it around with you, so when you need it, you’ll have to go get it.
12. When you order take out, go get it instead of getting it delivered.
13. When cooking or baking, forget the electric mixer and mix by hand instead.
14. Reorganize your closet/pantry, etc.
15. Do seasonal yardwork instead of hiring someone else to do it. (Rake leaves, shovel snow, water grass, pull weeds)
16.  Preset the sleeptimer on your TV to turn off after a while to remind you to get up and do something instead of sitting for hours.
17. Instead of sitting and reading, listen to an audio book and go for a walk or do house chores or gardening.
18. Keep a mini-trampoline/rebounder behind the couch and pull it out while you’re watching your favorite movie instead of sitting for a few hours straight.
19. Wash your car by hand instead of driving it through the car wash.
20. Put items you use a lot on a top or bottom shelf, instead of within easy reach, so you’ll have to bend and stretch to get them.