Not sure how to calculate this 'exercise'

callsitlikeiseeit

Every other saturday (during jan and feb), i spend all day at the church, photographing the basketball teams during their games. I literally spend the day walking around the full sized gym. This is far and above my normal activity level (LOL!) but.... im not sure how to calculate it? Any ideas?

pensierobello

Surely it's just walking at whatever pace, minus however much time you vaguely calculate you stop to shoot? Why not use a pedometer or a Fitbit or something?

callsitlikeiseeit

if i had something like that, i would lol

StephieMae81

Log it as walking, slow pace under cardiovascular exercises. You just have to guesstimate how much time you spend walking vs. standing. I would be conservative and say less than half the time walking.

callsitlikeiseeit

i was there from 7 to 3, i said 80 minutes of active time (if i remember right), which is probably grossly underestimated, but it gave me something, you know? i dont want to overestimate and eat a ton back, and cancel out the good i did.

as a side note, last year when I did it (before i started trying to exercise a little more), i would get home at the end of the day and be not only exhausted, but would have horribly sore feet and muscles and achy and miserable. While i wont say i wasn't a little achy when i got home (mostly hips), I took a hot bath and was back to normal and not sore or tired at all! So a vast improvement from the year before!

NextPage

I would be careful about assuming that the fact that you were exhausted means you burned a lot of calories. This will happen if you, like most of us, aren't typically on your feet all day. The good thing about the MFP exercise log is that you have many choices when logging walking (slow, moderate, brisk, very brisk, uphill etc.). If you were taken pictures during games when can probably cross slow of the list!

ruggedshutter

Were you squatting a lot during the day? I know that when I'm on a photo shoot that I squat a lot. I don't usually log it as exercise though so I'm not sure what you can do other than put a pedometer app on your phone and see how accurate that is.

callsitlikeiseeit

i was up and down, back and forth all day long. i wasnt exhausted (the year before i was, might be where you are getting that). my hips were sore, but a hot bath cured that and i felt fine afterwards. not sore at all today, either.

callsitlikeiseeit

do you have a good ped app, ruggedshutter? ill try that next time and see what it says?

loratliff

I would consider this daily activity and wouldn't log it, but that's just me.

callsitlikeiseeit

if i were at all active in my daily life, i would; but im not, so this gets counted! LOLOLOLOL

disneygirl626

I don't know of any apps but you can definitely get a cheap pedometer at Wal-Mart for $7-$10. It will tell you both how many steps you've taken and how many miles that is (divide the miles by how many hours you were there and you've got your pace).

999tigger

Just allocate a set amount of walking to it. Its continuous activity. Its a guess. It isnt going to be make or break and its in your interests to be honest and conservative. If you dont count it your body will still get the benefit 100%. I doubt id eat more than a small % of this back if any.

tbilly20

loratliff wrote: »

I would consider this daily activity and wouldn't log it, but that's just me.

I agree. I sit behind a desk on most days. On days when I go to an expo, I am on my feet the entire day moving around. It just counts as another day when I log things.

I think it would be a huge mistake to log this time and think you can eat more because of it. If your goal is to lose weight, this seems like a dangerous thing to do.

callsitlikeiseeit

since i dont eat back my exercise calories burned ,im not worried about that aspect LOL

skinnyinnotime

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

since i dont eat back my exercise calories burned ,im not worried about that aspect LOL

Don't worry about logging it then

CatrinEluned

Why not try downloading something like Runkeeper onto your phone? It tracks more than just runs (walking/cycling/rowing pretty much everything) and shows you how many calories you burned as well as average pace and all that other stuff

DopeItUp

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

since i dont eat back my exercise calories burned ,im not worried about that aspect LOL

Why on earth do you care about calculating it then? Seems like a waste of time, no?

loratliff

DopeItUp wrote: »

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

since i dont eat back my exercise calories burned ,im not worried about that aspect LOL

Why on earth do you care about calculating it then? Seems like a waste of time, no?

Yeah, if you're not going to eat back calories, then don't worry about logging it. I only log runs and sometimes strength workouts if I have my HRM—and I only log those because I *do* like to eat back calories sometimes.

JoRocka

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

if i were at all active in my daily life, i would; but im not, so this gets counted! LOLOLOLOL

you know you can up your calorie content by 100 calories a day or so- to massage it in for 2 months then drop it back down- it's something you can change.

callsitlikeiseeit

i log and track it cause you know, i like to know.

crazy thing.

thanks for the advice, everyone