does the calories I burn at work count?

TwinsRfun08

I bought myself a pedometer yesterday and wore it today at work. My job, I'm on my feet walking fast from one area to the next. So my meter told me I have burned 967.7 calories and did about 5.879 miles. Does those numbers count even thought I stop here and there?

shadow2soul

Your activity level setting should be set high enough to account for all of your daily activity (this includes work) before exercise. From what you said you should either be set to lightly active or active on MFP.

TwinsRfun08

I didn't go into detail about my job, I work in retail in the backroom, where I'm up and down ladders and lifting up to about 60 LB items and pulling and pushing pallets of liquid and it heavy furniture.

FitPhillygirl

TwinsRfun08 wrote: »

I bought myself a pedometer yesterday and wore it today at work. My job, I'm on my feet walking fast from one area to the next. So my meter told me I have burned 967.7 calories and did about 5.879 miles. Does those numbers count even thought I stop here and there?

I'm a Nurse in a large Emergency Room and am on my feet for most of my shift. I easily walk between 5 and 8 miles before my shift ends. I also do other workouts after work like weightlifting, HIIT workouts, and steady state cardio such as walking and jogging long distance. When I was tracking here on MFP I kept my tracker set to maintain and active which was spot on with the amount of calories that I needed each day. .....From reading your job description above it sounds like you also have a very active job. Therefore I would set your tracker to Active and see how you do with the amount of calories that it gives you to eat. You can always reset it to lightly active if the calories are too many.

TwinsRfun08

Thanks, it seems like most days I don't even use all my calories. But I have noticed I don't eat as much every time I eat a meal. I eat till I get satisfied. I have also given up the soda. I'm still so new to this and learning. So I love the advise, thanks.

DesertGunR

Yes the calories you burn at work count. I can't say how accurate your pedometers estimate of your calorie burn is, that is up to you to decide based on where you feel it falls in the lightly active to fairly active range. The more you walk, climb and lift will all result in burning more calories. If you decide this is enough or you wish to burn more by adopting an exercise routine on top of what you do at work is again totally up to you. Just make sure to set realistic exercise goals that will fit into your schedule. That way you will be more likely to stick to them and ultimately succeed in your achieving your goals.