Most of the calories we burn in a given day aren’t during our workouts, and the majority of the differences in most people’s activity levels are unlikely to be just from that hour or so most of us are used to spending in the gym.

If you find yourself cutting your gym time short or having to take some extra days off this holiday season, remember that just moving your body more can increase your NEAT (aka, the amount of calories you burn). Here are a few simple ways to keep your NEAT up when you’re short on time!