To log shopping hrm calories?

vlc1979
vlc1979 Posts: 227
edited September 28 in Fitness and Exercise
so what does everyone think? I wore my hrm to the grocery store tonight for the heck of it. It says I burned 326 calories. Should I log these ???

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  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    i dont think so
  • Shanzstar
    Shanzstar Posts: 197
    why not? walking is walking is walking! take it!! :)
  • Dellonious1
    Dellonious1 Posts: 209
    Ohh yeas record them...
  • jenttifer
    jenttifer Posts: 90 Member
    I wouldn't. Those things are what I consider to be part of my daily activity of living...and they already account for those calories for you based on the activity level you entered upon starting.
  • lclarkjr
    lclarkjr Posts: 359 Member
    I vote no. By doing so you're just fooling yourself into thinking you can eat more...
  • BeckyRayJohnson
    BeckyRayJohnson Posts: 88
    It is a choice you can make. I myself try to avoid counting the cals burned in the things I do daily ..those things done once a week like shopping I might count. The thing is not everyone burns the same amount doing the same activities. I burned more walking the store sixty lbs ago then I do now. So do what makes you feel better and keep on moving. I tried a thing the other day. I wore a hrm all day and lived a normal day. Not a work out or anything out of my ordinary. I was shocked. You might like to do that to get the general idea of where you are burning extra..say the shopping. I was advised next time to wear the monitor all night as well. Good Luck. :happy:
  • vlc1979
    vlc1979 Posts: 227
    I have my activity level set as sedentary. I think I am going to log them. However I am def not eating back the calories.
  • vlc1979
    vlc1979 Posts: 227
    Becky: I thought about wearing the hrm all day on a lazy day to see what a base is.
    Where u surprised when u did yours or did it seem on target?
  • CriticalX
    CriticalX Posts: 212 Member
    log it
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    well, it's not like you go shopping like that everyday, right?

    If you want to log it..LOG IT! I have...its up to you!

    and you must have done some SHOPPING to burn that many...WHEW! I know you're tired now!
  • beccarockslife
    beccarockslife Posts: 816 Member
    I wouldn't. If you weren't shopping you'd be doing something else. I'm set at Sedentary too.
  • beccarockslife
    beccarockslife Posts: 816 Member
    I wouldn't. If you weren't shopping you'd be doing something else. I'm set at Sedentary too.
  • Bubs05
    Bubs05 Posts: 179 Member
    Becky: I thought about wearing the hrm all day on a lazy day to see what a base is.
    Where u surprised when u did yours or did it seem on target?
    Just FYI, a HRM is not meant to be worn all day, only during activity as it is not designed to calculate calories at rest. A Body Bugg or something similar is designed for full time usage.
  • hill2302
    hill2302 Posts: 139 Member
    I understand, aka i was told, that HRM are meant to measure cardio workouts and unless your heart rate was getting up into a cardio workout range, that it probably would be accurate. I wore mine playing softball one night and it registered a huge burn. I certainly had moments of a veey high heart rate, but most of the night was standing around. The burn it calculated was nowhere near what it felt like. I didn't eat those calories back.

    I would say err on the side of caution and don't record the calories, but if you do, don't eat those back. Don't fool yourself into eating calories which you may not have really burned.

    Now if you do some sort of cardio shopping where you are doing lunges down the aisle, then that's another story!! :-)
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