Daily Activity Settings VS exersice?

jello737

I am unsure how to log my exercise.....I have my daily activity set as active, I do janitorial work and am active all day. SO my question is, do I still log the hours I am doing this as exersice or does the app already take into account that I am doing this?? Thanks for any help!!

bajoyba

If you have your daily activity set as active to include your janitorial work, then you shouldn't log it as exercise. Your calorie goal already reflects that activity, so logging it as exercise would be kind of like logging it twice. With an "active" setting, you should only record exercise that isn't part of your typical day.

tlmclennan

It is already counting it if you put active. I myself put sedentary as I work at a desk all day. Then I log any exercise I do on top of that. That said, if you do regular exercise on top of your active work, you should be logging that as well and that will give you more calories to eat.

herblackwings39

Basically what's already been said. MFP wants your daily job activity. When you exercise outside of that you log it and eat back those calories.

jello737

Thank you!!