How can I add the calories I burn at work?

stefanielucille

I have an active job. I work with heavy material on an assembly line at a factory. I stand all day except for my breaks, which add up to 50 minutes. Depending on the day I also lift 2-4 hours. I searched "standing" in the cardio exercises and "fishing on the riverbank" or "playing music in a band" were the only results. I put in my time under the "fishing" one and it estimated that I burned 2300 calories.

Two questions: 1. Is 2300 calories burned for standing for 430 minutes legit? 2. If not, how can I add my work day in?

kathrynjean_

I feel like there isn't really an accurate way to estimate this, so I would just account for this in my "activity level" in the MFP settings.

Best of luck!

queenliz99

Have you had this job a while? Or is this a new job?

editorgrrl

Work (including commuting, housework, yard work & child care) is part of your activity level, and should not be logged as exercise. Work = activity level. Workouts = exercise.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

How would you describe your normal daily activities?
Sedentary: Spend most of the day sitting (e.g. bank teller, desk job)
Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesman)
Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. waitress, mailman)
Very Active: Spend most of the day doing heavy physical activity (e.g. bike messenger, carpenter)

stefanielucille

queenliz99 wrote: »

Have you had this job a while? Or is this a new job?

I've worked there for over a year.

stefanielucille

editorgrrl wrote: »

Work (including commuting, housework, yard work & child care) is part of your activity level, and should not be logged as exercise. Work = activity level. Workouts = exercise.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

How would you describe your normal daily activities?
Sedentary: Spend most of the day sitting (e.g. bank teller, desk job)
Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesman)
Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. waitress, mailman)
Very Active: Spend most of the day doing heavy physical activity (e.g. bike messenger, carpenter)

Oh ok I'll have to change that then. Thanks

SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage

editorgrrl wrote: »

Work (including commuting, housework, yard work & child care) is part of your activity level, and should not be logged as exercise. Work = activity level. Workouts = exercise.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided

How would you describe your normal daily activities?
Sedentary: Spend most of the day sitting (e.g. bank teller, desk job)
Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesman)
Active: Spend a good part of the day doing some physical activity (e.g. waitress, mailman)
Very Active: Spend most of the day doing heavy physical activity (e.g. bike messenger, carpenter)

+1

alltheweigh170

I would recommend buying a heart rate monitor or FitBit to help guide you.

Binky_Muffin

I agree with the above poster. I bought the surge a little over a month ago and it seems pretty accurate. I was surprised at how many calories I burned from walking.

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Asher_Ethan

Set your activity level to lightly active, after a month if you find you are hungry all the time and losing weight faster than expected then I would switch it to active.