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winter activities

julieagburton
julieagburton Posts: 13 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I know that shoveling snow is considered exercise, but what about sliding and playing in the snow. I was sliding with my 2 year old granddaughter yesterday, having to carry her up the hill along with the sled. I was sweating and out of breath, so I know I was getting a work out, but I am not sure what to enter it in under exercise.

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  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    you don't its included in your activity level ….
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    What is considered exercise is up to you. Some people log everything they can, some people only log intentional workouts, some do a balance somewhere between the two.

    While I'm sure it was some type of a workout I wouldn't know what to log it as. Personally, that is one of those activities I just chalk up to being a few extra calories burned. Our calories vary everyday no matter how accurate we try to be. Some days we overestimate a bit, some days we underestimate. Little extras like that help balance in our favour.
  • Robbnva
    Robbnva Posts: 590 Member
    Next time strap on your heart rate monitor before you go play lol
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