Work?

ariennedumont

Do you count working as excercise? I work as a psw 3 days a week 8 hour shifts. I am on my feet and walking,lifting,pushing wheel chairs? I get about 8000 steps in a shift. What are your thought?

TR0berts

No. That would be part of your normal activity level. I realize that since it's 3 days, it might not seem like it, but it is. Or, at least, it's supposed to be.

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foxandflora

I don't track my exercise here; however, my job does result in 15,000-20,000 steps per day. Again, I don't count that as exercise nor would I track it, but when I need to factor my intake, my job partnered with my daily walks around the city I do for myself each day, makes me "lightly active" and not "non-active."

malibu927

Nope. It's counted in your activity level, so logging it again can cause you to eat too much.

singletrackmtbr

Depends on if you're using a tracker and if it's linked to MFP. I do and it is. I'm set to sedentary in MFP even though I'm not. MFP makes an adjustment to my calories based u what I do (or don't).

If you aren't doing all day tracking and have set your activity level correctly, then you shouldn't log it again as it should already be accounted for.

ariennedumont

Thank you everyone .. I've never counted it but just wondered what other people where doing.

DancingMoosie

I use to have similar job and wore a pedometer. I logged anything over 10000 steps because I was at a very low weight and did not need to lose more.

cwolfman13

ariennedumont wrote: »

Do you count working as excercise? I work as a psw 3 days a week 8 hour shifts. I am on my feet and walking,lifting,pushing wheel chairs? I get about 8000 steps in a shift. What are your thought?

This is what those little descriptions are for when you set your activity level.

chunky_pinup

I've never tracked my work. I figured if I gained weight while doing the same work, then I really can't track it as "exercise"