How much would you log for Disneyland?

JanAlyssa825
JanAlyssa825 Posts: 43 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
My husband and I love going to Disneyland - it's not very far away, and we have passes that we like to use as much as possible so we can get our money's worth. When we go, we walk as much as possible - we do not take trams, we take the long way around as much as we can, and we walk as quickly as possible. Sometimes, that's tough because of crowds, but we manage to walk a lot. Last time we went, my husband wore a pedometer, and I wore my heart rate monitor. I shut it off during our one meal, but not while we were physically on rides. The pedometer read about 10 miles, and the HRM said 850 cal. I'd say we were sitting on rides for maybe an hour and a half - the rest of the time was either walking or standing in lines. We were there about 8 hours, including dinner. We both have fairly sedentary jobs, so a day at Disney is definitely way more walking and standing than we usually do. We have "sedentary" marked on our MFP profiles, so our calorie count is set for that level.

What do you guys think? I definitely couldn't eat all of those calories back, especially since I also worked out before we went to the park, but I'm curious: how many exercise calories would you log?

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  • AlexisJ330
    AlexisJ330 Posts: 97 Member
    Personally, I wouldn't log since I'm on vacation. But you could go to mapmyrun.com and trace the route you walked and get the distance. From there it is pretty straight forward to get calories. Enjoy your vacation, though.
  • BoomstickChick
    BoomstickChick Posts: 428 Member
    I'd keep the HRM on only when I'm walking or actively doing something, not sitting and eating or on rides. Then, I'd log that.
  • JanAlyssa825
    JanAlyssa825 Posts: 43 Member
    Thanks! Next time I'll pause it during the time we're actually on rides. We don't do much sitting, mostly just standing.

    We're actually not on vacation - we live in California and go to Disneyland 2-3 times a month, so we figured we would count the calories because they will add up quickly and we go so often! We also don't eat crazily while we're there, but a cookie now and then seems okay when you're walking 10 miles :)

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