Do you log standing?

I have my stuff set to sedentary. I'm a couch potato really. Except I work 2-5 days a week, mostly just standing there. If I'm going to be standing there for 4+ hours, should I calculate at least part of that in my exercise? I don't want to bump my profile up to "spending a good amount of time on my feet" because its only ~20 hours a week. I don't want to bump my calorie limit up every day if I'm only working a few days out of the week...

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  • Posts: 218 Member
    No, I wouldn't log standing. It's not really movement. Get yourself a fitbit and that will tell you how active you are.
  • Posts: 514 Member
    No way am I spending $100 to lose 15 lbs. I just want to know if my sore legs are worth 1/2 cup of cottage cheese.
  • Posts: 45 Member
    i would. i log everything.
  • Posts: 1,444 Member
    No
  • Posts: 5,769 Member
    No, you might as well log breathing. If you want some cottage cheese make it fit your budget instead of your budget fit what you want to eat.
  • Posts: 1,293 Member
    no offense intended, but that question reminded me of a comment a friend made about her anorexic sister - how she wouldn't sit down for tv, because standing used more calories...
    i can't really answer your question, i call myself active, and ballpark cycling to the store and walking the dog in with that, unless i want another bite of chocolate, then i may just log it :wink:
  • Posts: 880 Member
    No way am I spending $100 to lose 15 lbs. I just want to know if my sore legs are worth 1/2 cup of cottage cheese.

    You are doing it wrong.
  • Posts: 403 Member
    I don't log anything that isn't intentional exercise
  • Posts: 2,401 Member
    you should not be sedentary. most people with desk jobs aren't even truly sedentary. if you are on your feet for work, as it states in the MFP descriptions, you should be at the VERY least "lightly active." don't log standing as an exercise, just account for it in your daily calorie goal.

    eta: I know you're only doing it part time, but you're still not sedentary. trust me.
  • Posts: 607 Member
    I would not. I only log something that is really an extra effort like a walk or actual exercise. I am a stay at home mom so my days vary with the activity. Some days are cleaning the house, others are chasing my kids around the playground for two hours, some days are more lazy with books, TV, and games. I just figure whatever I did was extra if it was more active and nothing that was probably going to burn that many extra calories anyway.
  • Posts: 218 Member

    You are doing it wrong.

    I agree. Fitbit zips are only $60. Also, you can't put a price on your health, if you really want to get fit and healthy invest a little money, time and effort. Standing won't get you there. Let me give you some perspective; today I did 25 squats with 20kg weights and only burned about 30 calories. So no, your standing will barely count for anything.
  • Posts: 2,917 Member
    no, but make sure you log cleaning and having sex.
  • Posts: 262 Member
    I don't log anything that isn't intentional exercise

    Would this mean that raking leaves for 2 hours isn't exercise because it's not really "intentional," but necessary? Lol.
  • Posts: 204 Member
    I don't log anything that isn't intentional exercise

    ^^This
  • Posts: 248 Member
    I don't log anything that isn't intentional exercise

    Oh this is good advice.
  • Posts: 403 Member

    Would this mean that raking leaves for 2 hours isn't exercise because it's not really "intentional," but necessary? Lol.

    Where in my post did I say it isn't exercise? I personally do not log anything that isn't one of my workouts. Do I burn calories doing other things like cleaning or walking my dog? Of course, I just don't log it.
  • Posts: 514 Member
    no, but make sure you log cleaning and having sex.


    What if I don't do either?

    (Yeah, that's a joke. I don't scrub but things get picked up and dishes get done. Probably doesn't burn any more calories than the 50 bathroom trips I take to drink my 8 cups of water.)
  • Posts: 1,151 Member
    no, but make sure you log cleaning and having sex.

    sex? two minutes is barely enough time for me to work up a sweat for crying out loud.
  • Posts: 216 Member
    I don't log anything that isn't intentional exercise

    This.
  • Posts: 467 Member
    I don't log anything that isn't intentional exercise
    ^this
  • Posts: 22,281 Member

    Where in my post did I say it isn't exercise? I personally do not log anything that isn't one of my workouts. Do I burn calories doing other things like cleaning or walking my dog? Of course, I just don't log it.

    Why?
  • Posts: 375 Member
    This is dumb
  • Posts: 3,436 Member

    Would this mean that raking leaves for 2 hours isn't exercise because it's not really "intentional," but necessary? Lol.

    If you were doing it before you started trying to lose weight and it wasn't really helping the losing cause then I wouldn't log it, think of it as a bonus.

    Now if you are raking like a madman running from side to side in the yard and you are sweating from movement and not the heat from the sun, then by all means log that.
  • Posts: 61,406 Member
    Typically I log while seated comfortably in my favorite chair
  • Posts: 28,072 Member
    you should not be sedentary. most people with desk jobs aren't even truly sedentary. if you are on your feet for work, as it states in the MFP descriptions, you should be at the VERY least "lightly active." don't log standing as an exercise, just account for it in your daily calorie goal.

    eta: I know you're only doing it part time, but you're still not sedentary. trust me.


    ^^this
  • Posts: 582 Member
    No, I won't log it. difference is too small between sitting & standing to worry about.

    http://www.juststand.org/tabid/637/default.aspx

    for someone that weight
    150 calories / hr Standing
    - 116 calories / hr Sitting
    = 34 calories/ hr approx difference.


    btw, here's another great exercise calculator website:
    http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/activity-based-calorie-burn-calculator.aspx#
  • Posts: 4,584 Member
    no.
  • Posts: 732 Member
    Unless you have an HRM or Bodymedia armband or Fitbit, then I wouldn't log it. As you really don't know what it truly accurate for your body and if you really are burning anything.
  • Posts: 106 Member

    sex? two minutes is barely enough time for me to work up a sweat for crying out loud.

    :laugh:
  • Posts: 3,902 Member
    Unless you have an HRM or Bodymedia armband or Fitbit, then I wouldn't log it. As you really don't know what it truly accurate for your body and if you really are burning anything.
    Yeah, I have a Bodymedia and stand at work all day and there's no appreciable burn, almost the same as sitting. :sad:

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