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Should I log my new job as exercise?

DriRose
DriRose Posts: 28 Member
edited February 26 in Fitness and Exercise
Or just change activity level?

My job is as a housekeeper (fancy name for a janitor I suppose) at a long-term care facility and we do a LOT of work and are on our feet going up and down the building the entire time - minus our breaks that combine to an hour, which we sometimes work through on faster days - but it is only part-time, so I sometimes have up to 4 days off in a row that I am definitely sedentary during, unless I go for a run which I've been trying to make part of my routine but my leg/butt muscles and feet get soo sore from work there is no denying its an exercise itself!

If I log 7 hours of vigorous heavy cleaning mfp says I burned around 1,200 calories, which I wouldn't doubt, but does that just sound kinda ridiculous to log?

Thanks for any opinions :)

(note: I do not have a heart rate monitor nor can I afford one at this time :)

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  • GetSoda
    GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
    Move from sedentary to low. Watch your weight trend over the next 4 weeks and reevaluate.
  • HellyFaye
    HellyFaye Posts: 202 Member
    Because you have 4 days in a row off and are not very active on those days, I would say no. Keep it the same. I would make an effort to make sure you do get active for at least 30 minutes a day on your days off. Good luck.
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