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Paula_Addem
Paula_Addem Posts: 80 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So this morning I went snowshoeing for 40 minutes. I found snowshoeing in the database which is great, but I also had my daughter in the backpack while I went. I normally enter "carrying infant or 15lbs" when I walk with her. She actually weighs close to 30lbs.

What should I do? Enter both for 40 minutes each or just one? If I had done just one I would enter just one, but technically I did both....so that's where I'm leaning. What do you think?

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  • javamom
    javamom Posts: 309
    Play around with the exercise tool and figure out the difference between the two exercises and then add the difference manually. Adding both would be overestimating the calories burned as both account for the walking part of the exercise.
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    I would enter just one ....probably just the snowshoeing one...and consider the other extra bonus
  • madijo41
    madijo41 Posts: 367 Member
    I agree. I read somewhere that we under estimate our daily calories and over estimate or exercise burned.
  • Paula_Addem
    Paula_Addem Posts: 80 Member
    Thanks everyone!
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