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How would I log this?

MelsAuntie
MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
Five hours at a friend's farm, steady work with no breaks, doing this: Killing 9 turkeys ( sitting on them, cutting their throats, draining the blood; best to do that while the heart is still pumping), wrestling 20 to 25 lbs. of turkey carcass over a washtub full of boiling water to dip the bird, which means lifting it out a couple of times to reposition it; sitting on a chair with the turkey on a stump, plucking; standing at a table to cut off the head and legs and gut the bird, then standing at an outdoor sink to wash it inside and out; then bagging the carcass for sale. I have no idea how many calories that took, but my arms are aching today. Anyone have any ballpark idea?

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  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    HAHAAHHAHAHA :huh:
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    Five hours at a friend's farm, steady work with no breaks, doing this: Killing 9 turkeys ( sitting on them, cutting their throats, draining the blood; best to do that while the heart is still pumping), wrestling 20 to 25 lbs. of turkey carcass over a washtub full of boiling water to dip the bird, which means lifting it out a couple of times to reposition it; sitting on a chair with the turkey on a stump, plucking; standing at a table to cut off the head and legs and gut the bird, then standing at an outdoor sink to wash it inside and out; then bagging the carcass for sale. I have no idea how many calories that took, but my arms are aching today. Anyone have any ballpark idea?

    #1, you're a monster.

    #2, that doesn't sound like exercise, it sounds more like something you'd count as normal activity.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Maybe a note on the exercise tab and count it as a bonus? If you really want to eat those calories back I guess I'd just log it as 100 calories or so...
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Don't. It's just a slightly more active day, it won't really count as that many more calories overall.
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    Five hours at a friend's farm, steady work with no breaks, doing this: Killing 9 turkeys ( sitting on them, cutting their throats, draining the blood; best to do that while the heart is still pumping), wrestling 20 to 25 lbs. of turkey carcass over a washtub full of boiling water to dip the bird, which means lifting it out a couple of times to reposition it; sitting on a chair with the turkey on a stump, plucking; standing at a table to cut off the head and legs and gut the bird, then standing at an outdoor sink to wash it inside and out; then bagging the carcass for sale. I have no idea how many calories that took, but my arms are aching today. Anyone have any ballpark idea?

    #1, you're a monster.

    #2, that doesn't sound like exercise, it sounds more like something you'd count as normal activity.






    Oh come on...... I'm a farmer, been butchering my own healthy farm-raised meat for the table since childhood, where do you think meat comes from??
  • MoveitlikeManda
    MoveitlikeManda Posts: 846 Member
    surely that just mean you had a slightly more active day at work? therefore is not actually exercise

    im not sure dipping a dead turkey in a barrel of water equals weight lifting lol

    ETA meat comes frome the supermarker right? lol
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