Work as Excercise calories burned??????

kjsnookumz4

I am new to fitness pal and love it so far. I have been doing 30 to 45 minutes of cardio every morning. I am a bartender and work 8 to 12 hours a day......does anyone know if I can use my running around at work all day as a form of Excercise (moderate walking) to track calories burned?????

haraldxedge

A rough estimation of how many calories you burn doing bartending for 8-12 hours would be around 200-300
Atleast 150 calories.

diannethegeek

I would include work in your activity level (lightly active or active) rather than logging it as exercise.

Lasmartchika

No... that should be part of your activity level. So if you put yourself as active, mfp will give you more calories. But don't count it as exercise or you'll be double dipping. Only count your actual exercise (your cardio) as exercise.

besee_2000

Grab a pedometer. If you have a smartphone (and can keep it on you at work) you can turn step counting feature on and can give you a rough estimate of what your personal activity level is like at work. I use a Fitbit Flex and find its pretty good and keep me at my goals.

kjsnookumz4

Thank you for feedback!

ninerbuff

If you marked yourself as lightly active, then no.

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zoeysasha37

No I wouldn't log that. I only log intentional workouts . your job should be included already in your daily calorie allotment so logging it would be double dipping .

lithezebra

I'm on my feet most of the day, and upgraded myself to moderately active, in addition to my 30 minutes of cardio 5-6 times a week, and I've still lost weight while eating accordingly.

This link won't tell you how to designate your activity level, and I would be cautious about taking the calorie recommendation verbatim, but it will give you a good picture of how much time you spend being sedentary vs. being active.
http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced

peggykirkby

diannethegeek wrote: »

I would include work in your activity level (lightly active or active) rather than logging it as exercise.

Dianne, I always read where I see you've commented!

My sons suggested this when they did my initial MFP set up. Hence, chores for a household of 7 became part of my Daily Activity Level!

kjsnookumz4

Thank you again for all the feedback! Good luck to everyone on their journey to get healthy!!!

shadowconn

I used to work retail. I'd take my 8 hour days . . figure I stood around 3 hours with lunch and breaks and being lazy and would do 60 * 5 * 3 = 900

Sued0nim

kjsnookumz4 wrote: »

I am new to fitness pal and love it so far. I have been doing 30 to 45 minutes of cardio every morning. I am a bartender and work 8 to 12 hours a day......does anyone know if I can use my running around at work all day as a form of Excercise (moderate walking) to track calories burned?????

No

It's your activity level not exercise

Don't double count

lithezebra

Actually, you can include your job as part of your activity level, OR you can log the time that you spend on your feet as some kind of light exercise. For the sake of accuracy, you can't do both.