can i use this as an excersize?

xxshelbyxx0818

I have step counter on my g s5 phone and it restarts itself everyday so I get to see how many steps I take and the distance and the calories burned based on my heart rate when I first set up the app, which I know won't be 100 % accurate so I'm waiting on a heart rate monitor and calorie counter watch to come in the mail cuz i can't afford a fitbit. Anywho, it shows I already walked 3000 steps today and burned 100 something calories, so I was wondering if I can add that to my exercise diary as walking for X amount of minutes to equal the calories it says I burned OR if it doesn't count as exercise cuz it wasn't done all at once, it was over a period of the last 10 hours I've been awake.


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thavoice

I have step counter on my g s5 phone and it restarts itself everyday so I get to see how many steps I take and the distance and the calories burned based on my heart rate when I first set up the app, which I know won't be 100 % accurate so I'm waiting on a heart rate monitor and calorie counter watch to come in the mail cuz i can't afford a fitbit. Anywho, it shows I already walked 3000 steps today and burned 100 something calories, so I was wondering if I can add that to my exercise diary as walking for X amount of minutes to equal the calories it says I burned OR if it doesn't count as exercise cuz it wasn't done all at once, it was over a period of the last 10 hours I've been awake.


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Eh. Depends on how you set your activlty level on here if you should count it as exercise. If you put in you are moderately active then I wouldnt count it.

I would only count things as exercise that go above and beyond your every day working activities. Some do, but then again some count house cleaning and yardwork as exercise as well.

dbmata

short answer: No.

long answer: No, I wouldn't suggest it, it's just something you do in your daily life and already factored in to your TDEE.

TeaBea

I wouldn't.

MFP asks for your activity level....sedentary, lightly active, etc. MFP gave you credit for some steps already. When you log (all) walking steps into MFP it gives generous calorie burn estimates. If you walk (purposely) briskly, swinging your arms, intent upon keeping your heart rate up.....this is exercise.

Keep a separate log of intentional brisk walking and log that only.....or......increase your activity level some for all steps.

The heart rate set up on the phone is next to worthless (for calorie burns).....unless you are wearing a chest strap & the phone syncs with that. Exertion is part of calorie burn. HRMs (with a chest strap) are for steady state cardio.....not to be worn all day.

xxshelbyxx0818

I have step counter on my g s5 phone and it restarts itself everyday so I get to see how many steps I take and the distance and the calories burned based on my heart rate when I first set up the app, which I know won't be 100 % accurate so I'm waiting on a heart rate monitor and calorie counter watch to come in the mail cuz i can't afford a fitbit. Anywho, it shows I already walked 3000 steps today and burned 100 something calories, so I was wondering if I can add that to my exercise diary as walking for X amount of minutes to equal the calories it says I burned OR if it doesn't count as exercise cuz it wasn't done all at once, it was over a period of the last 10 hours I've been awake.


I KNOW I SPELLED EXERCISE WRONG IN TITLE

Eh. Depends on how you set your activlty level on here if you should count it as exercise. If you put in you are moderately active then I wouldnt count it.

I would only count things as exercise that go above and beyond your every day working activities. Some do, but then again some count house cleaning and yardwork as exercise as well.

Ok yeah I haven't been logging it BUT I set my activity level to the lowest like sedentary cuz i literally was for so long. Even playing with my toddler I wasn't getting more than 1000 steps in a day, sometimes only 400. That's why I asked.

xxshelbyxx0818

I wouldn't.

MFP asks for your activity level....sedentary, lightly active, etc. MFP gave you credit for some steps already. When you log (all) walking steps into MFP it gives generous calorie burn estimates. If you walk (purposely) briskly, swinging your arms, intent upon keeping your heart rate up.....this is exercise.

Keep a separate log of intentional brisk walking and log that only.....or......increase your activity level some for all steps.

The heart rate set up on the phone is next to worthless (for calorie burns).....unless you are wearing a chest strap & the phone syncs with that. Exertion is part of calorie burn. HRMs (with a chest strap) are for steady state cardio.....not to be worn all day.

Ok I'm not logging it but I am set at sedentary cuz i literally was til a few weeks ago when I decided to come out of my slump. But I'm not really following the calorie burner on my phone I'm just using the pedometer and waiting for my heart rate monitor to get here. If I do walking jogging as like circuit or interval training what do I put that in my diary as ?