working at walmart

Icandoit233

I recently started working at walmart. I lift 40 lbs and over items constantly. My fitbit said I burn roughly 2400 calories ( includes calories needed for functioning)everytime I work at walmart. For this week my diet wasn't good and I only went to the gym once. However when I weighed myself. I went from 130.6 to 128.6. I lost two pounds!!!!! My question is should I eat more food and would this count as a workout? Will my body get used to it and stop losing weight?

madhatter2013

Like any other workout, your body will get used to the repetition of motion and stop using as much energy to accomplish what your doing. Tweek your motions a bit to keep your body from creating too much muscle memory (is that the right term?). Good or bad, your diet is at a deficit and that's the key to losing weight. I would keep doing what your doing cause it seems to be working for you.

flaminica

If this is your workplace routine it's not a workout, it's your regular activity level and should be reflected as such in your settings. My job is similar - I'm on my feet walking, jogging and lifting moderate weights five days a week. In the MFP settings I use "Lightly Active." Any added exercise, like sports, weights, cardio, etc. should be logged.

editorgrrl

Icandoit233 wrote: »

I recently started working at walmart. I lift 40 lbs and over items constantly. My fitbit said I burn roughly 2400 calories ( includes calories needed for functioning)everytime I work at walmart. For this week my diet wasn't good and I only went to the gym once. However when I weighed myself. I went from 130.6 to 128.6. I lost two pounds!!!!! My question is should I eat more food and would this count as a workout? Will my body get used to it and stop losing weight?

Weight loss is not linear. Some weeks you do everything right but maintain—or even gain. Others you lose a whole lot in a "whoosh."

Work (including housework, yard work, and childcare) is part of your activity level—not exercise. Only workouts should be logged as exercise. And your Fitbit is already tracking your step-based activity for you, so you only need to log non-step exercise, like swimming or biking.

Your Fitbit burn is TDEE, the number of calories necessary to maintain your current weight. If you eat at a reasonable deficit from that, you will lose weight.

You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users

yusaku02

flaminica wrote: »

If this is your workplace routine it's not a workout, it's your regular activity level and should be reflected as such in your settings. My job is similar - I'm on my feet walking, jogging and lifting moderate weights five days a week. In the MFP settings I use "Lightly Active." Any added exercise, like sports, weights, cardio, etc. should be logged.

This.

beemerphile1

Work/job should be included in your normal activity level. Exercise is purpose driven activity above and beyond what you do daily.

Icandoit233

So would I eat the 2400 calories and calories from exercising?

MamaBirdBoss

Not if you're trying to lose weight....

editorgrrl

Icandoit233 wrote: »

So would I eat the 2400 calories and calories from exercising?

No. Your Fitbit burn is TDEE—the number of calories necessary to maintain your current weight. To lose weight, you need to eat at a deficit—250 calories for every 25 lbs. you're overweight.

Connect your accounts at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/fitbit

Enable negative calorie adjustments: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings

Follow your MFP calorie goal, eating back your adjustments. Do not log any step-based activity. Log non-step exercise (like swimming or biking) either in Fitbit (that's what I do) or in MFP—never both.

You can learn more in the Fitbit Users group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1290-fitbit-users