Ridiculous logging

ReneeReiser

Log whatever you feel like logging, it's your diary. It's so sad when people pass judgment. (Not saying anyone here is passing judgment), but, I was helping a friend with her house cleaning business and occasionally I would log it because I am normally not burning those extra calories. Because on top of helping with her cleaning, I would come home and have to clean my own house because I'm a stay at home mom.

I have seen people logging "cooking, food preparation", but I don't know if they were catering or helping a friend at a restaurant, right?

I mean, aren't we supposed to be motivating friends for any activity they choose? I know for me, when I was heavier, I was proud of any movement that didn't require my hand going to my mouth.

MySweetPotato

I only log excercise. I don't even log my dairy dog walking.

Escape_Artist

I only log whatever I do at the gym. House cleaning, grocery and other regular life activities I don't log.
I don't log my dog walks either.

But that's just me, I have some friends who log them and that's fine by me

Bridgetthegre

Ridiculous probably isn't the nicest way to put it, but for myself, I'm trying to be accountable for my choices, and the results. I wouldn't call someone else's logging ridiculous. I do think some people may be cheating themselves if they call themselves active, because they exercise 3X per week, and then log that exercise separately. It's double dipping. If you're doing it, and losing weight, well whatever you doing must be working, but if the results aren't what you expected, that's one possible reason why.


I gained weight for many reasons. The biggest is probably mindlessly eating. MFP has helped me think about what I'm stuffing in my mouth, because I log EVEYTHING. The good, the bad, the ugly. At the end of the day that little "In 5 weeks you would weigh XXX" reinforces for me exactly what the long term results of my choices will be. I wouldn't call anyone ridiculous, but I don't think you do people any favors if you blow smoke and tell them it's all good.

salladeve

I log anything that is out of the ordinary for me. Heavy gardening, walking for exercise, heavy cleaning (moving furniture, cleaning windows, etc).

I really only do it to keep track of my activity because I don't eat any of the exercise calories back anyway, so what does it matter? I only eat between 1100-1200 calories a day no matter what I am able to do for exercise, and some days that is nothing

MamaCatO

I'm set at sedentary. I was over 300 lbs when I started and rarely moved off the couch or bed. I have chronic pain and other issues and I used them as an excuse not to do anything. I sat on my *kitten* and played video games, watched tv and ate junk food ALL day. I'm married with teenage kids, so they did all the housework. So yes, I log everything that gets me up off my *kitten* and moving. It's working for me. I've lost 32 lbs in 56 days. So I wouldn't call it ridiculous. remember not everyone is the same. For some of us SOME movement, even if it seems silly to you, is better than where we started.

ladymiseryali

I log when I walk to and from the grocery store because it is technically exercise. I make sure to log hauling laundry half-way across town as well. Again, exercise.

WildCardKro

There's really no ridiculous logging. People may cheat and their results will show, but they may not be. I wouldn't fret yourself over it since even if it bothers you, you can't control it. It really is going to come down to what works for you and balance it with your weight loss. Some people may have to log those things in either for emotional support or because they may not have been doing them regularly before.

My personal situation: bad ankles helped beget weight gain, so anything I'm doing on my ankles, I'm logging, but in the form of pedometer counting with the Runtastic Pedometer app. It does have it's sources of error, but balances out fairly well. This isn't logging the intensity of things I may be doing while on my feet (like lifting, carrying, cleaning, shopping), but it's a good baseline. I did a week of "trial" by clocking the steps I've done in different work departments and days off. I'm adjusting to increase my counts on off days toward the minimum suggestion of 10k steps. I hadn't been eating up to the calories it was allowing me here on MFP with the exercise factored in and as a result after these first 2.5 weeks, I've dropped just under 10 lbs and 2/3rds of it registering as fat. And I'm hungry, a lot, so I am trying to use water and healthy snacks to tie me over between meals to avoid that senseless munching I did in the past. I'll continue to adjust both eating a few more calories so I don't inadvertently put my body into starvation mode by undereating too greatly, yet also make sure I stay active to facilitate the weight loss. Eventually the pedometer may not be used and I'll only log in any form or workouts, but again, it'll happen if my situation changes and that's the best option for me.

joycehostetler

I do not criticize any ones activity level of exercise. Some people even moving at all is a form of exercising. We all live differently and we all move at different levels. House cleaning can burn a lot of calories sometimes depending on what your doing. Simple things burn calories....so I feel what people want to log as exercise is their own business!

ElizaGeorge

I truly didn't mean to offend anyone. I really wanted to know what you personally log, not what anyone thinks "should" our should not be logged. I posted this because a friend and We're joking about if we could log the calories for the walk to the fridge! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: so sorry if anyone misunderstood my intentions or felt judged. I just wanted to know what you would feel ridiculous logging for yourself.

ladymiseryali

I truly didn't mean to offend anyone. I really wanted to know what you personally log, not what anyone thinks "should" our should not be logged. I posted this because a friend and We're joking about if we could log the calories for the walk to the fridge! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: so sorry if anyone misunderstood my intentions or felt judged. I just wanted to know what you would feel ridiculous logging for yourself.

Depends on how far away the fridge is. If it's halfway across town, then go for it. :laugh:

Life0fbrian

Depending on your level of fitness, if its strenuous i would say log it, for me mowing the yard isnt that easy so i will log that, doing house chores i will not log that, only something that takes a lot of energy away i will log.

pinkraynedropjacki

I walked 37miles yesterday. I logged it via fitbit. I always log my walking, ALWAYS. I walk to the supermarket every ay, it's a good 10-12000 steps just there & back. I log it. I do 30,000 steps a day minimum. I log it. It's a daily thing for me but I log it. Otherwise I get to eat 1200 a day & with the amount I burn that would put me about -2000 net easy.

I log it. Others would say cause it's a 'daily' thing that it does not count. Anything that is above sleeping or sitting counts.

wyogal79

I'm a CNA and I log my work activity if only I'm busting my butt that day and actually sweat and I only log about 2 hours of it. When I first started mfp I did log the whole 7.5 hours at work, but I thought that was a little much. Mostly I just log my extra exercises and I do log cleaning if its over an hour. I think it just depends on the person and how much they do in a day.

Lady_Bane

I sit a lot as a student, and MFP is set for me as sedentary, plus...when I clean....its insane.....so I log it aahahha

pinkraynedropjacki

I think people can just log whatever s working for them. I hate when people say "but cleaning is something you do daily so why log it" yet people exercise daily & log it. If it's still part of your daily routine it's still part of your day. Regardless if you do it every day or not. If it works for you then go for it. People have no right to tell someone what not to log.

tmm_0127

I generally only log stuff I actually consider an exercise. I have my pedometer, so when I'm at the grocery store or roaming my house the steps always get counted. If I don't break a sweat, I don't log it.

Katiedid717

I only log housework if it's something like rearranging all of the furniture, full floor-to-ceiling scrubdown, etc - for example, back in March I spent 19 hours painting, rearranging, sweeping, mopping, rearranging again, etc.. I don't log my weekly touchups - an hour with the windex and the vacuum just really doesn't cut it!

I live in an apartment. now, but when I was growing up there was a huge difference between watering the plants and doing yardwork - one was 15 minutes of lugging a watering can around the yard, the other was pulling weeds, pruning shrubs, vigorous raking, carting things out to the woods, etc.

I think it really goes on a case-by-case basis.

Ready2Rock206

I have a FitBit so I don't log anything. And I have it set at higher than sedentary so it doesn't give me much of an adjustment.

I'm not sure at this point that I'd really log anything without it though either... I'm not a big burner so it's not really worth it.