Pedometer for counting calories burned.

Gee_24

HI everyone, this is my gazillionth thread, I know. I just want to stay as informed as possible. ( I've also been searching past threads on this all afternoon )

After re-adjusting my goals, and adding into account my new weight, 1200 cals a day is still popping up. This IS fine for now, but I'm worried about how sustainable it is. So I've been googling all day long how many calories cleaning burns, walking burns, etc etc and cant find a straight answer.

As my lifestyle is set to "active" -400 calories for daily activity have already been deducted. My problem is, I do 6 hours a day cleaning vigorously ( as a maid ) and every "Calories Burned " counter regarding cleaning / housework is slightly different. I reckon I burn about 800 a day JUST at work. As a guestimate. I'm pretty much soaked in sweat with an eliveted heart rate for at least the first 2 hours of my shift.

To be entirely sure, do you think a pedometer is my safest bet? I can take into account the calories burned ( I suspect I make about 14000 steps a day ) I can take those calories and minus the 400 already on MFP?

Until I'm entirely sure of what I burn, I'll never be completely settled on whether or not I'm eating as much or as little as I should be.

In short: Is a pedometer accurate and the right way to go for me? I'd love a Fit Bit or Nike Fuel band, but I'm very...very skint. I've just had to repair my smart phone. That aint cheap.

Thank you everyone, as always.

jwdieter

You'd be double-counting. If you want to knock your daily back to "sedentary" and try to calculate and record your burn separately, you could do that.

MsEndomorph

A fitbit or bodymedia might work well for you. I use a fitbit and it syncs to MFP. I keep my setting on sedentary and it basically adds calories to my allowance every day. Unless it's a lazy day. Then it subtracts. But I've found overall the calories it has me consume is pretty on par with what other sites have estimated my needs to be.