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Should I increase my activity level...?

Honeythighs
Honeythighs Posts: 22 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Up until a month ago my activity level was sedentary. Honestly it's still sedentary with the exception of my 1 day weekend job, which is cleaning vacation condos. I clean these non stop for 6 hours, with maybe a 5-10 min lunch break. If I logged this as exercise its over 1000 cals burned.

So should I log this as exercise, while I'm other wise inactive, or just increase my activity level?

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  • T0M_K
    T0M_K Posts: 7,526 Member
    I would personally ignore it all together and just keep on keepin on.
  • Rocknut53
    Rocknut53 Posts: 1,794 Member
    I would do as @Tomk652015 suggested. You can always eat a little more if you feel you've had a particularly strenuous day, but it's hard to "uneat" if you've miscalculated your activity level in the long run.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Don't log it. Yes, it'll burn calories but it's best not to log cleaning imo.
    But maybe now is a good time to start doing 15 or 20 min daily walks? It's good to move and it energises as well as burns calories.
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