How many 'exercise' calories a day do you NOT log?

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  • MrsK20141004
    MrsK20141004 Posts: 489 Member
    I only log exercise minutes, not calories. I'd log anything I do at the gym but not things I do daily as part of my routine like walking to the bus stop. If I go out for a walk, I'd log that but I don't log cleaning even though I wouldn't necessarily do that daily. I do log minutes spent shopping though :) Hey, its walking :happy:
  • Tuala42
    Tuala42 Posts: 274 Member
    I only log cardio workouts, dont log anything for strength. I do log in the time I spend mowing the lawn, because we have a push mower and enough hills that it is a good workout. I recently had to change my activity level to "active" because of a new part time job. I had it at "lightly active" and my weight dropped too low (reached my goal 2-3 months ago).
  • SweetestLibby
    SweetestLibby Posts: 607 Member
    Using TDEE and now I have a FitBit so I long workouts as 1 calorie just to record them. When I enter HRM info into my FitBit I only record calories burned through cardio (running, elliptical, etc).
  • allenhandley
    allenhandley Posts: 134 Member
    I don't log:
    - working in yard
    - cleaning house (yes I help sometimes)
    - walking at work
    - anything that is not a workout

    My workouts include:
    - running
    - cycling
    - weight training
    - ab workouts
    - sports workouts with kids
  • SJLS2013
    SJLS2013 Posts: 149 Member
    My activity is set to sedentary.

    I don't log my weights or walking from work to the bus stop (about 1.2 miles per day), shopping or walking around during the day. I do, however log my walk from the bus stop to home (about 2 miles a day).
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    There is nothing I don't log. My Fitbit logs it constantly during the day for me...so I never not log any exercise cals.
  • NoeHead
    NoeHead Posts: 516 Member
    My account is set to sedentary so I do log my strength workouts and I try to fit in about 20 minutes of cardio right before strength training class and then I usually do a zumba class. So I log all of it. Same thing with spin and pilates. Just in case I sometimes take off about 100 cals from strength training because I would rather underestimate cals burned.

    If other log in stuff like rigorous cleaning and it works good for them...I don't trust myself to burn enough cals to make it worth it but that's on me. lol
  • Jennikitten
    Jennikitten Posts: 142 Member
    I use a Nike+ fuel band so I have set my activity level at sedentary and read the number off there at the end of the day (minus 300 calories for the walking ect that is accounted for under sedentary)

    I only eat back a small proportion of my exersise but I do log it all becasue I like to track how active I have been, it helps me know when I need to do better.

    Also my fuel band doesnt really count my time in the gym very well but I don't log it seperatly as I don't want to double count any. I just take thoes calories as a bonus burn and ignore them :)
  • newmelady
    newmelady Posts: 132 Member
    I never log household chores.
  • Brandilynnrose
    Brandilynnrose Posts: 121
    I have my activity level set to sedentary so I do tend to log things out of my norm. I will log cleaning that is not part of my everyday routine (However, making the bed, doing dishes, cleaning up after cooking meals, everyday bathroom cleaning, and straightening up the house are never logged) but other household cleaning times are logged if I do them for more than 20 minutes (and then I deduct at least 5-10 minutes and log conservatively). I will include times I am preparing food or cooking, because I tend to do be active in the kitchen for long stretches during the day when I cook. Again, I log these conservatively and knock off time.

    I do NOT log walking up stairs or around the house and I don't log anything from running quick errands, as I feel this is included in the "sedentary" lifestyle calorie count. However I will log the walking I do on long shopping trips. For example, I went on Sunday and had my oil changed. There was a 2 hour wait. I ended up pushing a shopping cart around a Walmart for 2 hours during this time, since it was right next door to where my car was having the oil changed. I probably did 12 laps around the store and wandered up and down ailes I have never ventured down, just to kill time. I logged that walking in, but again conservatively, putting that time down as over an hour, instead of 2.

    Other than that the only things I log are actual exercise. Walking the path that runs beside my home and yoga.
  • bellaa_x0
    bellaa_x0 Posts: 1,062 Member
    i only log my cardio as well.. i burn much more with the strength training i do, etc., but for purposes of MFP i only log the cardio workouts.
  • vicksg1973
    vicksg1973 Posts: 55
    I have a FitBIt automatically synced to MFP, so it naturally includes all the 'extra' exercise I do above the 'slightly active' category into which I've put myself on MFP.

    LIke someone else said, I find the FitBit underestimates activities that aren't just stepping (like Body Combat) but I figure being stingy with the calories burned is better for me!

    If however I do a HIIT or weights session, I do log those calories manually into MFP.

    I'm on 1200 calories NET and if I didn't log as much exercise as possible I wouldn't be allowed to eat over 1200 and I would find that IMPOSSIBLE!
  • emmamaelee888
    emmamaelee888 Posts: 18 Member
    Dont have time to read all of the other comments, but personally I do not log housework or stairs, really I only log what I have done that is outside what I would have done before I began this journey, if it is something I would do anyways I dont count it. I only log what I consideer "extra"
  • rosemaryhon
    rosemaryhon Posts: 507 Member
    Does it really matter what people log? As long as they are happy with what they are logging and it's working for them who really cares.


    True this ^.

    When I first began here I logged running up and down stairs because I was purposely running up and down stairs a dozen times as my activity. The weather was not good for outdoor walking, I have no exercise equipment at home. I had previously been very sedentary and IMO that was a real workout *for me*.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    I log my strength training.

    I know my upper and lower limits on calorie consumption based on TDEE, so I stay in that range no matter what I do during the day. But for the actual exercise, I entered my own exercises and calorie burns. I don't go by MFP's calorie burns because they're way off for me. I am not over 200 an hour in calorie burn though, and I include an abs circuit the last 10-15 minutes, which gets the heart up.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I log my actual exercise sessions (runs, rowing, weights etc). I don't log things like walking the dogs etc as I assume there's a sufficient margin of error in my calorie counts (I don't measure every last little thing and nutrition information labels are also permitted a margin of error) that, overall, I'd rather err on the side of caution.

    Having said that, while I would like to lose a bit more weight my real focus is on fitness (I have a marathon coming up in October)
  • notworthstalking
    notworthstalking Posts: 531 Member
    My activity is set to the most active, and I do log exercise. I managed to lose a kilo last week, with PMS, and eating above maintenance . So currently I am set to gain 0.5 kg a week. We will se how that goes. I have a physical job, two kids and do the heavier house work. So stuff like the laundry , which I carry up and downstairs. I haven't exercised as much as I would like in the past few weeks, but I log- an estimate for aikido, 50 cals for helping the kids, and 150 cals for my class, per hour. I log run walks, which normally are 4 km and I get 200-250 cal burns . I don't log walking to our close shops, but if I walk 2 km , I log that. I also log strength, but I know it's a estimate. If I have a busy day with housework , and I am hungry, I just eat extra.
  • quicklabs
    quicklabs Posts: 254 Member
    This. And I use a HRM to ensure more accurate burns. This morning,alone, MFP overestimated by about 50 calories.
    I only log conscious efforts to exercise. Things like walking the 3 km round trip to pick up schoolies when possible, c25k, treadmill, and circuit training. All the other stuff I would assume is part of my "lightly active" activity profile.
  • dawnna76
    dawnna76 Posts: 987 Member
    I don't log
    Weight training
    Ab workouts
    My physical job
    Anything that is not a preplanned actual gym cardio workout.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I set my activity level appropriately to account for my actual NEAT, which would include playing with my kids, walking around a bit, cooking, cleaning, general chores, being alive and breathing and taking a dump, etc. When I was doing MFP I only logged actual exercise and always ate back around 70% of those exercise calories as they were not accounted for in my NEAT activity level.

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