Walking at work

timmystick
timmystick Posts: 19 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I have a question. I do a lot of walking when I am at work. I walk around the store sweeping the floor and cleaning the store for 4 hours. Do I log this as exercise? If so, how? I saw walking listed in the exercise list, but it has walking 2.0 mph slow pace and others listed like that. What would be the correct one to choose for this?

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  • CMB1979
    CMB1979 Posts: 588 Member
    Maybe light house-cleaning? It's hard to say since you stop and start a lot when cleaning/sweeping.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    No, you factor it into your activity level setting. Prob lightly active. Exercise is for purposeful exercise.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Work isn't exercise. Up your activity level to account for your job.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Set your activity level appropriately or purchase an activity tracker that connects to MFP
  • girlgeeklula
    girlgeeklula Posts: 85 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    Set your activity level appropriately or purchase an activity tracker that connects to MFP

    ^ This. I wore a Fitbit when I worked my office job to track the amount of walking I did on my computer breaks (would take a couple of laps around the floor or do a flight of stairs and lap on another floor).

    Now that I work in child care, I just set my activity level to lightly active since I don't take any dedicated walking breaks and laying kids down to nap would always cause some issues with the Fitbit (patting kids to sleep would switch it to sleep mode or rocking would cause to count for extra steps...and I could be rocking a kid for 20+ minutes).
  • keithwp99
    keithwp99 Posts: 83 Member
    Get Runkeeper for free. I used it for a few years and it will track walking. Assuming you have an android or apple device....
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    No, you factor it into your activity level setting. Prob lightly active. Exercise is for purposeful exercise.

    This^

    A FitBit or other activity tracker that syncs with MFP might be helpful. Those devices compare your stated activity level against your actual activity and give you credit for the difference.

    Logging too many things as exercise is going to increase your risk of double counting.
  • dindon68
    dindon68 Posts: 26 Member
    I also walk a lot at work, I don't log it as exercise because I figured my body was used to it because I've been doing it for 12 years.
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