Ok I'll bite - is "cooking and food prep" really exercise?
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One thing to consider OP, is that although they logged the exercise calories, they may not always be eating them back - either over the course of the day, or week. They may be logging it for the same reason I still log exercise - to have something on the newsfeed, get some encouragement, maybe get some chats and discussions going, etc0
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I.... guess it counts loosely as "activity", if your daily calories are set to your RMR and you're logging absolutely everything you do..........????? I mean, you're burning more calories than if you were sitting on your butt. Though it's still kind of a stretch.
Or maybe the people on your feed are doing squats with 20lb turkeys. You never know.
Hahaha 20lb turkey0 -
CassidyScaglione wrote: »Or, you know... if this is your kitchen:
Or if you are this guy:
I'm just now realizing there are penguins in this kitchen...0 -
One thing to consider OP, is that although they logged the exercise calories, they may not always be eating them back - either over the course of the day, or week. They may be logging it for the same reason I still log exercise - to have something on the newsfeed, get some encouragement, maybe get some chats and discussions going, etc
Noted, thank you!0 -
CassidyScaglione wrote: »CassidyScaglione wrote: »Or, you know... if this is your kitchen:
I'm just now realizing there are penguins in this kitchen...
Lol I did a double take when I saw the Penguins. The first time I looked at the photo, I was too busy thinking I wish that was my kitchen!0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Not for me. It's part of "lifestyle".
That's what I'd think too. I'm sure there are people who do a lot of walking/moving etc. for hours prepping food. But if that's a regular thing, like for your job, I'd probably change my activity level from low to medium or something. Not log it every time.
Now if you normally sit on your butt all day and then on saturday spend 7 hours on your feet moving around helping prepare a large meal somewhere, ok, you could probably count that as an hour of walking or something.
But I have a feeling those people are going to be sad they aren't losing weight after burning all those extra calories.0 -
Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »Not for me. It's part of "lifestyle".
That's what I'd think too. I'm sure there are people who do a lot of walking/moving etc. for hours prepping food. But if that's a regular thing, like for your job, I'd probably change my activity level from low to medium or something. Not log it every time.
Now if you normally sit on your butt all day and then on saturday spend 7 hours on your feet moving around helping prepare a large meal somewhere, ok, you could probably count that as an hour of walking or something.
But I have a feeling those people are going to be sad they aren't losing weight after burning all those extra calories.
Other option: get an activity tracker and go by that. They know when the steps are fast or slow and adjust the calorie burn accordingly. After I get my initial ~4500 steps (the level for sedentary) I get maybe 15 calories for 1000 casual steps (like cooking or housecleaning) but get closer to 40-50 for 1000 steps of actual fitness walking (3.5-4 MPH). When I teach, it is kind of in between because I may be on my feet most of the day, but it is a combination of casual steps and purposeful steps when I change classrooms or have recess duty. I do not log anything except swimming and water aerobics. I know my Garmin calorie adjustment is pretty close to accurate because I have been losing at an expected pace.0 -
CassidyScaglione wrote: »CassidyScaglione wrote: »Or, you know... if this is your kitchen:
I'm just now realizing there are penguins in this kitchen...
Lol I did a double take when I saw the Penguins. The first time I looked at the photo, I was too busy thinking I wish that was my kitchen!
I saw them. I first thought that this was probably the hotel in Memphis (I think) that has the penguins that live in the lobby fountain but I see that it is an "eat-in" kitchen. I would love to have about 20% of that kitchen. More space than my little galley.0 -
Nope.I see it all over my feed, people burning hundreds of calories by cooking! I wear a step counter, and I spent 2h cooking today, and my step counter told me I have burned no calories. Is this real?
Cooking isn't exercise.
Picking your nose isn't exercise.
Reaching for something on the top shelf isn't exercise.
Doing laundry isn't exercise.
Netflix marathons aren't exercise (despite the deceptive name).
Rubbing the dog's belly isn't exercise.
Battling internet trolls isn't exercise.
A bubble bath isn't exercise.
Playing armchair quarterback isn't exercise.
Cursing after stepping on a lego isn't exercise.
BUT. You'll find people who log those things anyways. They're just lying to themselves.0 -
Nope.I see it all over my feed, people burning hundreds of calories by cooking! I wear a step counter, and I spent 2h cooking today, and my step counter told me I have burned no calories. Is this real?
Cooking isn't exercise.
Picking your nose isn't exercise.
Reaching for something on the top shelf isn't exercise.
Doing laundry isn't exercise.
Netflix marathons aren't exercise (despite the deceptive name).
Rubbing the dog's belly isn't exercise.
Battling internet trolls isn't exercise.
A bubble bath isn't exercise.
Playing armchair quarterback isn't exercise.
Cursing after stepping on a lego isn't exercise.
BUT. You'll find people who log those things anyways. They're just lying to themselves.
You do put yourself at risk of carpal tunnel syndrome however.
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If Im doing something and someone asks "what are you doing?"...and my answer isnt "exercising" or "working out" it doesnt get logged. And "activity" starts when Ive been doing it for 10-15mins. The rest is just life.0
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Ah yes, the "If it makes a fat person sweat it must be cardio" rule. People will defend that nonsense to the death. Absolutely no one is fooled except the people logging it.
After a while you just start being amused by the bizarre things people want to reward themselves with MOAR FOOD for doing.0 -
CassidyScaglione wrote: »CassidyScaglione wrote: »Or, you know... if this is your kitchen:
I'm just now realizing there are penguins in this kitchen...
Lol I did a double take when I saw the Penguins. The first time I looked at the photo, I was too busy thinking I wish that was my kitchen!
I'd take it with the penguins... probably you'd get lots of exercise chasing them around too.0 -
It depends. I do have people on my list that do it -- in most cases what they are logging falls outside of what they usually do. I log heavy cleaning a few times a year when I clear my house out and wash down walls.
Be annoyed if they do that and complain they aren't losing weight.0
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